The Direction of Aspects window enables you to select rings in dual and complex charts for aspect analysis. The ring(s) currently in use are indicated on the Status bar (field #2 from left).
The Direction of Aspects window is opened by:
· right-clicking in an empty region of the Chart tableau to display the popup menu, and selecting the "Aspect Direction..." item,
129 | P a g e The icon indicates the ring(s) of the chart selected for the aspectarian and the display of aspect lines on the chart wheel. In the above example, the aspect direction has been set for aspects between the planets of the 1st (innermost) and 3rd rings of the chart, the chart containing 5 rings altogether.
Click with the mouse in the matrix to select rings for aspecting. A single ring can be selected if desired. Keyboard numeric keys 1 ... 7 move the selector icon to the specified cell in the row.
The predefined hot-keys F5, F6, and F7 set the row and column of the direction matrix to (1,1), (2,2), and (1,2) respectively.
If the matrix becomes displaced in the window, use the arrow cursor keys to restore it.
The ring(s) selected for aspecting can have different color backgrounds. See Chart Settings - Color tab, the options Selected ring(s) for aspects and Unselected rings for aspects. When the columns of the Planets List have been restricted (option on the Chart Settings - Data tab), the selected rings' planets data is displayed in addition to the core planets data. Planets List colors can also be adjusted in the Color tab, i.e. the options Main text and Planets List - Core Data and Planets List - Background Data.
The direction of aspects is significant for midpoint tree diagrams. The selected row indicates the chart ring whose planetary midpoints are being investigated. The selected column indicates the ring whose planets may or may not fall on the midpoints of the planets selected by the row indicator.
The popup menu of the "Direction of Aspects" contains the following items:
· Aspect 1x1 direction for dual chart. If this option is enabled, then going from a single to a double chart (by "dual chart selector" or other way) will not automatic switching to 1x2 aspectation direction.
· Always show house numbering for 2nd ring. If this option is enabled, and the option "Outer ring House number" (Chart Settings, Wheel), the numbers of houses an external chart will be
displayed regardless of the "House numbers" option. So only external chart's houses numbers will be displayed.
130 | P a g e · Reduce orb of divergent aspects option allows to reduce orbs of divergenting aspects at some value relativelly the nominal orb value. This consider all aspects. E.g. if the nominal orb of some aspect, defined in the Orb Table, is 1 degree, then, if set 30% reduce value, you get 42 minutes orb of divergent aspect (60*30/100 = 18; 60-18 = 42).
· Dual Chart Aspect Dynamics - In considering how the mutual aspects in a dual chart develop over time, some techniques require that one set of planets be treated as fixed (in time) and the other set as mobile.
· Fixed outer wheel - immobilizes the outer wheel, for example, during rectification of a natal chart, so that the sensitivity of the initial (core natal) data can be investigated,
· Fixed inner wheel - immobilizes the inner wheel, for example, when investigating transiting planets in the outer (background data) wheel.
· Multiple Dynamics Diagrams - when checked, allows multiple aspects' Dynamics Diagram windows to be displayed and monitored - they all update appropriately if the event data changes. When unchecked, only one Dynamics Diagram window is allowed.
· Orb Calculation This panel allows you to select the method of determining orbs in situations where the orb table values are different for the two bodies involved:
· Maximum - utilizes the higher of the two orbs indicated, · Minimum - utilizes the lower of the two orbs indicated,
131 | P a g e Option is only available in the "Orb depends on the aspect" (see Chart Settings - Aspecting - Aspects - Orb Tables (Orbs of Aspects) - the popup menu).
· Orb for midpoints - this entryfield allows you to set an orb value for midpoints.
· Parallels of Declinztions - allows to specify an orb value for the parallels aspects.
· Anticia - allows to specify an orb value of antiscia.
Anticia
· Draw Anticia Aspects - if checked, displays on chart the arcs of anticia and (if leftmost checkbox checked) contra-anticia aspects,
· Draw Anticia of Planet - if checked, displays the planets' glyphs at the outer ring of chart in position of planets' anticia,
· Anticia Filter - allows to select a set of planets (separatelly for natal and transiting planets), which uses for anticia aspectation, the selecting fillulled by mouse,
132 | P a g e · Anticia Axes - antiscion, reflection over the axis:
o 0 Cancer - 0 Capricorn (0 Aries - 0 Libra for contrantiscion), o Ascendant - Descendant,
o MC - IC.
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Chart Settings - Stars
The Chart Settings window consists of several thematic tabs of options for calculating and displaying horoscope charts. The Stars tab contains options for selecting and displaying stars from the Star Catalog, and nebulae and galaxies, on the Chart tableau.
The Chart Settings - Stars tab is opened by first:
· selecting "Settings" | "Chart Settings" from the main menu, or
· clicking the "Options" Toolbar button and selecting "Chart Settings..." from the menu, or · right-clicking in the Chart tableau and selecting "Chart Settings..." from the popup menu, or · double-clicking in an empty region of the Chart tableau.
Then by clicking the "Stars" button at the top of the window, or typing the 'S' key.
On Wheel
The options on this panel control the display of stars in the ring surrounding the chart wheel. (The position of the ring of stars in relation to the chart wheel is set on the Size tab).
· All stars - displays in the ring of stars all stars which meet the conditions set on the Star Filter panel (see below),
· Conjunct with planets - displays in the ring of stars only those which are conjoined with planets, · Hide stars - hides the ring of stars,
· Star names - displays star names in the ring of stars on the wheel, in addition to star glyphs (named stars only),
134 | P a g e · Aspects to stars - displays star-planet aspects (other than conjunctions) in the central region of
the wheel.