Cosmic Sun and Moon Mandala
Stable DiffusionAn SDXL prompt for a cosmic sun-and-moon mandala — a radiant sun face and crescent moon face in symmetrical celestial line art, surrounded by concentric rings of sunbursts, crescent moons, stars, and planets in indigo and gold on black, vintage astronomical engraving style.
Last tested: August 2026 with Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0
Part of the Stable Diffusion prompt library · see more abstract prompts .
Prompt
A cosmic sun-and-moon mandala with a radiant sun face on the right half and a crescent moon face on the left half, both rendered in symmetrical celestial line art, surrounding rays of alternating sunbursts and crescent-moon shapes radiating outward in concentric rings, tiny stars and orbiting planets scattered between the rays, deep indigo and burnished gold on a black background, vintage astronomical chart engraving style, no text, no letters
Negative prompt
photorealistic, 3d render, modern, neon, text, watermark, blurry, deformed faces, asymmetrical
Settings
- Model
- Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0
- Aspect ratio
- 1:1
- Steps
- 30
- CFG scale
- 7
- Sampler
- DPM++ 2M Karras
How to use this prompt
"Sun face on the right half and crescent moon face on the left half" is the bilateral symmetry that makes this a mandala, not a generic celestial illustration. "Symmetrical celestial line art" prevents SDXL from rendering the faces photorealistically, which would break the mandala's abstract contract. The negative prompt bans "deformed faces" and "asymmetrical" because SDXL struggles with face symmetry at small scales. "Vintage astronomical chart engraving style" gives the surrounding rays the etched, almanac look; without it the model defaults to smooth digital rays. Indigo and gold on black is the celestial palette.
Variations to try
- Replace the sun and moon with a single all-seeing eye at the centre for a mystical variation
- Add a ring of zodiac constellation symbols between the two outermost ray rings
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What to do next
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For developers — copy this prompt as JSON
{
"title": "Cosmic Sun and Moon Mandala",
"prompt": "A cosmic sun-and-moon mandala with a radiant sun face on the right half and a crescent moon face on the left half, both rendered in symmetrical celestial line art, surrounding rays of alternating sunbursts and crescent-moon shapes radiating outward in concentric rings, tiny stars and orbiting planets scattered between the rays, deep indigo and burnished gold on a black background, vintage astronomical chart engraving style, no text, no letters",
"negative_prompt": "photorealistic, 3d render, modern, neon, text, watermark, blurry, deformed faces, asymmetrical",
"model": "Stable Diffusion",
"model_version": "SDXL 1.0",
"settings": {
"aspect_ratio": "1:1",
"steps": 30,
"cfg": 7,
"sampler": "DPM++ 2M Karras"
},
"style_tags": [
"abstract",
"vintage"
],
"use_case_tags": [
"mandala-sacred-geometry",
"wall-art"
],
"source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/stable-diffusion/cosmic-sun-moon-mandala/"
}The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.
