🌌 Welcome to My (Public) Universe

A cosmic-themed Obsidian vault for life management, creative writing, and personal organization — originally shared on Reddit and the Obsidian Members Group Discord.

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✨ About

After multiple requests from the community, I created this public version for others to peruse. I'll do my best to keep it up-to-date with my main universe, as it's still under construction and constantly evolving!

[!NOTE] This vault started as a personal life management experiment and turned into an entire cosmic system ✨

✨ Features

🌠 Cosmic Metaphor System — Notes are stars, tags are constellations, folders are nebulae, and projects are galaxies
📓 Digital Hobonichi — Daily/weekly/monthly planning system based on the analog Hobonichi planner
✅ Mission Management — Task system with 10 categorized sub-INBOXes across life areas
📊 Observatories — Custom dashboards for activity tracking, finances, signal frequency scanning, and more
🎨 Color-Coded Organization — Unified color language across tags, graph view, and folder regions
✍️ Creative Writing Galaxy — Series bible, drafts, and world-building for the 5th of June boy band novel series
🖼️ ColoringtheCosmos — Galaxy dedicated to Instagram/TikTok cozy coloring content (@coloringthecosmos)

📸 Screenshots

New Tab Setup

Daily Star

Weekly Overview

Monthly Overview

Frequency Scanner

Bills & Subscriptions

🚀 Getting Started

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/aetrigg/obsidian-universe-public.git

Or download as ZIP.

Open Obsidian.
Select "Open folder as vault" and choose the downloaded folder.
Open HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE.md for a full guided tour of the vault's cosmic terminology, color system, folder structure, and plugins.

[!WARNING] This vault is optimized for reading view — all views are designed with reading mode in mind.

[!TIP] New to the universe? Start with MISSION CONTROL.md (the home page) and explore from there. The NORTH STAR.md sidebar cheat sheet is also a great quick reference.

📂 Folder Structure

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├── 5OJ/                    — Boy band novel series galaxy (W.I.P.)
│   ├── 5OJ Series Bible/       — Characters, plot, and world-building
│   ├── Drafts & Revisions/     — Novel drafts and works in progress
│   └── Note Imports/            — Notes from OneNote, Google Docs, ChatGPT
├── COLORINGTHECOSMOS/      — Instagram/TikTok cozy coloring content galaxy
│   └── Color Palettes/         — Ohuhu marker color combos
├── Digital Hobonichi/      — Daily/weekly/monthly planning galaxy
│   └── [Year]/
│       ├── [Month]/             — Daily stars
│       ├── Monthly Overview/    — Monthly summaries with visualizations
│       └── Weekly Overview/     — Weekly planning canvases
├── INBOX/                  — Mission staging and organization nebula
│   ├── 00_MAIN.md               — Aggregated view of all open missions
│   ├── 01_PERSONAL.md           — Personal life missions
│   ├── 02_CHORES.md             — Household missions
│   ├── 03_FINANCES.md           — Financial missions
│   ├── 04_WRITING.md            — Writing projects
│   ├── 05_COLORING.md           — CTC content missions
│   ├── 06_FAMILY-FRIENDS.md     — Social and family missions
│   ├── 07_RECURRING.md          — Recurring missions and events
│   ├── 08_UNIVERSE.md           — Vault development missions
│   └── 99_UNSORTED.md           — QuickAdd landing zone
├── OBSERVATORIES/          — Dashboards and data views
│   ├── Finances/                — Bills, expenses, and financial analytics
│   ├── Activity Observatory.md  — Generated using the Daily Activity plugin
│   ├── Coloring Book Observatory.base
│   └── Frequency Scanner.md     — Quickly view previous signals
├── SYSTEM/                 — Vault infrastructure and utilities
│   ├── Launchpads/              — Quick navigation cards
│   ├── _ai/                     — Agent documentation and prompts
│   ├── _data/                   — Data storage (bills, shows, etc.)
│   ├── _media/                  — Images, gifs, banners
│   ├── _scripts/                — Templater scripts, JS, Datacore components
│   ├── _snippets/               — CSS snippets and HTML widgets
│   └── _templates/              — Templates for dailies, weeklies, monthlies
├── THE BLACK HOLE/         — Archive for old and inactive stars
├── MISSION CONTROL.md      — Home page and cosmic landing pad
├── HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE.md  — Full guided tour and reference guide
└── NORTH STAR.md           — Quick-reference sidebar cheat sheet

🏷️ Cosmic Glossary

Term	Meaning
Universe	The entire vault
Stars	Individual notes
Constellations	Tags
Nebulae	Folders
Galaxies	Major projects or life areas
Missions	Tasks
Mission Control	Home page
North Star	Quick-reference sidebar cheat sheet
Hitchhiker's Guide	In-vault deep-dive tour and reference guide
Observatories	Dashboards and data views
Star Charts	Graph views
Signals	Time-logged entries in daily stars
Glyphs	Custom SVG checkbox icons
Nuclear Star Clusters	MOCs (Maps of Content)
Satellites	Orphan notes
Launchpads	Quick navigation paths
The Black Hole	Archive

🔌 Plugins

Core Plugins

Journals — Daily, weekly, and monthly note generation
Templater — Custom templates with complex scripts
QuickAdd — Quick logging from anywhere in the vault
Meta Bind — Habit tracking inputs in dailies
Tasks — Mission management system

Visualization & Interface

Beautitab — Custom new tab appearance
Home Tab — Search bar widget for Mission Control
Homepage — Quick link to Mission Control
Callout Manager — Custom callouts for daily logs
Icon Folder — Nebula and star icons
Icon Shortcodes — Planned icon-folder replacement
Pexels Banner — Note banners
Contribution Graph — Contribution graph visualizations
Contextual Typography — Typography enhancements
View Mode by Frontmatter — Auto view mode switching

Data & Query

Datacore — Primary querying and React component rendering
Dataview — Query and data aggregation (being phased out)
Charts — Chart rendering

Automation

Buttons — Interactive action buttons
JS Engine — JavaScript execution engine
Markdown Attributes — Custom navigation styling
Natural Language Dates — Natural language dates for daily logs
MetaEdit — Frontmatter editing for sleep tracking

Integration

Google Photos — Google Photos in daily stars (setup required)
Visual Crossing Weather — Daily weather data (setup required)
Obsidian Git — Version control and backup

Organization & Navigation

Folder Overview — MOC lists for Nuclear Star Clusters
Folders2Graph — Links nebulae in star charts
Sync Graph Settings — Consistent star chart colors
Colored Tags Wrangler — Color-coded constellations
Tag Wrangler — Advanced constellation searching
Multi Tag — Bulk constellation tagging
Global Search and Replace — Global search and replace

Productivity & Tracking

Daily Activity — Activity Observatory rendering
Focus Time — Time tracking for universe sessions
Grandfather — Status bar clock

Utility

Style Settings — Theme and CSS customization
Statusbar Organizer — Status bar management
Inline Spoilers — Spoiler syntax
Garble Text — Text obfuscation
Reactive Notes — React component rendering (Datacore backup)

Development & Writing

AI Providers — AI integration (setup optional)
Markwhen — Timeline generation for 5OJ galaxy

[!NOTE] Some plugins require external API keys or additional setup (marked above). Check each plugin's documentation for details.

⚠️ Disclaimers

[!CAUTION] This is a personal system, not a starter template. It was built for my own workflow and may not suit everyone out of the box. Use it as inspiration, not a drop-in replacement.

Desktop only — Many features and custom components were designed for desktop and may not work on mobile.
Reading view optimized — All views are designed for reading mode over editing mode.
AI-assisted — Much of this vault was shaped with AI as co-pilot (alongside my own web design background).
Visual content — Photos, gifs, and banners used throughout are not mine. All copyright belongs to their respective owners.
Living system — Constellations shift, nebulae expand, and plugins update. I can't guarantee everything will work perfectly at all times.
Use at your own risk — I cannot be held responsible for any stardust lost along the way. Keep your own vault backed up!

[!IMPORTANT] If you notice something broken or unclear, feel free to open an issue — this is my first public repo, so tips and patience are appreciated!

🙏 Acknowledgments

Everyone who asked for this vault to be shared — Your enthusiasm pulled me to polish every star
@Weaverling, @ᵏᵒʳᵉᶠᵒˣ, and @bushidō — Your own universes were the first constellations I followed
HOCA-1's Neon Homepage — Lit the path to Mission Control
John's Galaxy on the Web — Showed me organization could be cosmic
ElsaTam (@Kapirklaa) — Creator of the Fancy-a-Story theme
Kepano and the Obsidian team — For crafting the telescope through which I see it all
The Obsidian community — For filling the night sky with endless possibilities

🤝 Contributions

This is a personal vault, but I'm always open to ideas, suggestions, and feedback! If you have thoughts on how to improve the system or spot something that could work better, feel free to:

Open an issue with your suggestion or bug report
Fork the repo and submit a pull request
Drop a message in the dedicated Discord thread

[!NOTE] This is my first public repo, so I'm learning as I go — patience and tips are very much appreciated!

📬 Contact & Support

Discord: @hppandeli — I prefer questions in the dedicated thread in the Obsidian Members Group Discord
GitHub: Open an issue
Buy Me a Coffee to fuel future space explorations!

Thank you for your support and encouragement ✨

Last updated: March 13th, 2026

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