diff --git a/src/components/cycle/cycle-ring-tile.tsx b/src/components/cycle/cycle-ring-tile.tsx
index 2e20b4761..b7363c57e 100644
--- a/src/components/cycle/cycle-ring-tile.tsx
+++ b/src/components/cycle/cycle-ring-tile.tsx
@@ -92,23 +92,28 @@ export function CycleRingTile({ className }: { className?: string }) {
   const hue = PHASE_HUE[wheel.phase];
 
   return (
-    <Link
-      href="/cycle"
-      data-slot="wellness-cycle-tile"
-      data-metric="CYCLE"
-      data-phase={wheel.phase}
-      data-revealed={play ? "true" : undefined}
-      // Match the score `RingTile` chrome: the phase's `--tile-hue` low-opacity
-      // mix over `--card` + the faint film grain (the `.wellness-tile` family),
-      // with a calm once-per-session rise. The per-phase hue arc inside the
-      // ring is the only saturated thing on the tile.
-      style={{ "--tile-hue": hue } as React.CSSProperties}
-      className={cn(
-        "wellness-tile focus-visible:ring-ring flex flex-col gap-4 rounded-xl p-5 focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:outline-none",
-        play && "wellness-tile-rise",
-        className,
-      )}
-    >
+    // `data-revealed` must sit on an ANCESTOR of `.wellness-tile-rise` — the
+    // keyframe selector is `[data-revealed="true"] .wellness-tile-rise`
+    // (descendant combinator). Both on the same node never matched, leaving the
+    // tile stuck at the rise rule's `opacity: 0`. The `contents` wrapper carries
+    // the flag without adding a layout box.
+    <div data-revealed={play ? "true" : undefined} className="contents">
+      <Link
+        href="/cycle"
+        data-slot="wellness-cycle-tile"
+        data-metric="CYCLE"
+        data-phase={wheel.phase}
+        // Match the score `RingTile` chrome: the phase's `--tile-hue`
+        // low-opacity mix over `--card` + the faint film grain (the
+        // `.wellness-tile` family), with a calm once-per-session rise. The
+        // per-phase hue arc inside the ring is the only saturated thing.
+        style={{ "--tile-hue": hue } as React.CSSProperties}
+        className={cn(
+          "wellness-tile focus-visible:ring-ring flex flex-col gap-4 rounded-xl p-5 focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:outline-none",
+          play && "wellness-tile-rise",
+          className,
+        )}
+      >
       <div className="text-foreground flex items-center gap-2">
         <Droplets className="h-5 w-5 shrink-0" aria-hidden="true" />
         <span className="truncate text-base leading-none font-semibold">
@@ -131,6 +136,7 @@ export function CycleRingTile({ className }: { className?: string }) {
           {t(`cycle.phase.${wheel.phase}`)}
         </span>
       </div>
-    </Link>
+      </Link>
+    </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/components/cycle/cycle-view.tsx b/src/components/cycle/cycle-view.tsx
index 7f3b9b103..9f3d155e3 100644
--- a/src/components/cycle/cycle-view.tsx
+++ b/src/components/cycle/cycle-view.tsx
@@ -159,20 +159,29 @@ export function CycleView() {
       <div className="grid gap-6 lg:grid-cols-[minmax(0,22rem)_minmax(0,1fr)] lg:items-start">
         {/* Wheel + compact phase card — grouped so they stick together. */}
         <div className="flex flex-col gap-4 lg:sticky lg:top-6">
-          {/* Wheel — the signature ring on the premium wellness-tile surface. */}
+          {/* Wheel — the signature ring on the premium wellness-tile surface.
+              `data-revealed` must sit on an ANCESTOR of `.wellness-tile-rise`
+              — the keyframe selector is `[data-revealed="true"]
+              .wellness-tile-rise` (descendant combinator). Both on the same
+              node never matched, leaving the tile stuck at the rise rule's
+              `opacity: 0` (invisible but still boxed). The `contents` wrapper
+              carries the flag without adding a layout box. */}
           <div
-            data-slot="cycle-wheel-tile"
             data-revealed={play ? "true" : undefined}
-            style={
-              tileHue
-                ? ({ "--tile-hue": tileHue } as React.CSSProperties)
-                : undefined
-            }
-            className={cn(
-              "wellness-tile flex flex-col items-center gap-3 rounded-xl px-6 py-6",
-              play && "wellness-tile-rise",
-            )}
+            className="contents"
           >
+            <div
+              data-slot="cycle-wheel-tile"
+              style={
+                tileHue
+                  ? ({ "--tile-hue": tileHue } as React.CSSProperties)
+                  : undefined
+              }
+              className={cn(
+                "wellness-tile flex flex-col items-center gap-3 rounded-xl px-6 py-6",
+                play && "wellness-tile-rise",
+              )}
+            >
             {loading ? (
               <div className="flex h-[220px] items-center justify-center">
                 <Loader2 className="text-primary h-8 w-8 animate-spin motion-reduce:animate-none" />
@@ -216,6 +225,7 @@ export function CycleView() {
                 {t("cycle.ring.firstPeriodCta")}
               </Button>
             ) : null}
+            </div>
           </div>
 
           {/* Phase-education card beneath the wheel — the single instance,
diff --git a/src/components/cycle/phase-education-card.tsx b/src/components/cycle/phase-education-card.tsx
index 681e2d9ed..eb8e65bcd 100644
--- a/src/components/cycle/phase-education-card.tsx
+++ b/src/components/cycle/phase-education-card.tsx
@@ -107,18 +107,23 @@ export function PhaseEducationCard({
   const phaseName = phase ? t(`cycle.phase.${phase}`) : null;
 
   return (
-    <section
-      data-slot="cycle-phase-education"
-      data-revealed={animate ? "true" : undefined}
-      data-phase={phase ?? "none"}
-      aria-label={t("cycle.phaseEducation.title")}
-      style={{ "--tile-hue": hue } as React.CSSProperties}
-      className={cn(
-        "wellness-tile rounded-xl px-5 py-5",
-        animate && "wellness-tile-rise",
-        className,
-      )}
-    >
+    // `data-revealed` must sit on an ANCESTOR of `.wellness-tile-rise` — the
+    // keyframe selector is `[data-revealed="true"] .wellness-tile-rise`
+    // (descendant combinator). Both on the same node never matched, leaving the
+    // tile stuck at the rise rule's `opacity: 0`. The `contents` wrapper carries
+    // the flag without adding a layout box.
+    <div data-revealed={animate ? "true" : undefined} className="contents">
+      <section
+        data-slot="cycle-phase-education"
+        data-phase={phase ?? "none"}
+        aria-label={t("cycle.phaseEducation.title")}
+        style={{ "--tile-hue": hue } as React.CSSProperties}
+        className={cn(
+          "wellness-tile rounded-xl px-5 py-5",
+          animate && "wellness-tile-rise",
+          className,
+        )}
+      >
       {/* Zone 1 — eyebrow + phase name with a hue dot (never colour-only). */}
       <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
         <Sparkles
@@ -196,6 +201,7 @@ export function PhaseEducationCard({
           ) : null}
         </>
       )}
-    </section>
+      </section>
+    </div>
   );
 }