Dial Panel

Designed for managing each of the 4 dials. It consists of 4 slots, each corresponding to a specific dial. The leftmost slot corresponds to the 1st (Base) dial. Each of these slots has its own control elements. Let us examine them in more detail using the 2nd dial as an example:

Dial Menu

• Objects — define for each object of this dial whether to show it on the chart or not, and also determine its participation in aspectation. These settings are saved in the configuration.

• Directional Aries Point (for the Base dial only) — using this option, you can display on the chart such points as: the Point of Life or the Point of Death.

• Natal Arc Lots — these were mentioned by William Lilly in “Christian Astrology” in chapter CLXXII (“On Revolutions”). They can also be found in J. Frawley’s book “The Horary Textbook” in the very first chapter “On the Architecture of the Soul.” The essence of the technique is that a natal arc is calculated between specific planets and then added to the Ascendant (or Midheaven) of the solar return chart. In the program they can be constructed not only for the solar return chart. The following Lots of al-Biruni are implemented:

  • Fortune (ASC+Moon-Sun)
  • Spirit (ASC+Sun-Moon), Love (ASC+Spirit-Fortune)
  • Despair (ASC+Fortune-Spirit)
  • Captivity (ASC+Fortune-Saturn)
  • Triumph (ASC+Jupiter-Spirit)
  • Valor (ASC+Fortune-Mars)

  Also the Lots of Paulus Alexandrinus:

  • Love (ASC+Venus-Spirit)
  • Necessity (ASC+Fortune-Mercury)

All these Lots are calculated the same way for both diurnal and nocturnal charts. The color of the Lots can be configured in the general chart palette (menu Settings > Chart > Chart Palette). Ticking the checkboxes next to the selected Lots instantly activates them on the chart. When this window is closed, the Lots also disappear from the chart. The selection of Lots will be preserved for the next time. The color for the Natal Arc Lots can be configured in the chart palette.

• Here and now — set the selected dial’s data to the current date and default location.
• New — the Event Editor will open with preset data for the current date and default location, where you can enter the required data.
• Load — the Database will open, from which you can load a saved event.
• Edit — the Event Editor will open with the current data of this dial preset, where you can edit the required data. A similar result can be achieved by double-clicking on the event row itself. You can also drag events from one slot to another with the mouse; if event swapping is required, hold the Alt key while dragging.
• Save — save the current dial event to the selected file.
• Save as fixed — save a fixed chart, i.e., the current data and coordinates of the dial’s objects.
• Rectification (for the Base dial only) — a method for rectifying charts with an unknown birth time using the Moon’s progression. You can read about the method itself in A. Kolesnikov’s article A Methodical Approach to Determining Birth Time Using Moon Progression.
• Relocation — build a relocation chart.
• Local Space Polar Chart — a variety of relocation chart. The geographic latitude is the fixed latitude of the Arctic Circle (66°14’N), and the geographic longitude is calculated so that the MC of such a chart is in conjunction with 0° Capricorn. In such a chart, the Ascendant will be very close to 0° Aries. Thus, in such a chart the horizon plane will coincide with the ecliptic plane. This is a promising method for Local Space, where it has so far been impossible to make mundane forecasts due to the absence of a reference point for the lines.
• Exactitudes — the time of the exactitude of aspects between objects of the selected dial is calculated, with detailed information for each object participating in the aspect: elapsed time, coordinate at exactitude, distance to exactitude. From the context menu you can build a chart for any calculated event or save the calculations in PDF format. Rows highlighted in beige show events preceding the current chart event. If the “Aspects by latitude” checkbox is selected, those objects that, in addition to the aspect by ecliptic, are in parallel or contra-parallel by latitude, are given additional information. In cases where exactitude does not occur, the data of maximum proximity of the objects is displayed with the symbol ?, indicating that the aspect did not become exact. If the option Consider sign visibility for major aspects is selected, and if at exactitude one of the objects moves into another sign, the symbol ! is displayed.
• Exactitudes to Base Chart — exactitudes of aspects between objects of the current and its base dial are calculated. In the case of applying, the symbol A is used; in the case of separating — S; if an object in the process of applying/separating starts moving in the opposite direction from the exactitude — ?, and the time and distance of maximum proximity of the objects are displayed. The residual orb values and aspect types are also shown. If the option “Consider sign visibility for major aspects” is selected, and if at exactitude the dynamic object moves into another sign, the corresponding notation ! is displayed. The table can be sorted by any column.
• Directional Arc — if the chart type of this slot is any direction, the opened window will show: the native’s age, solar arc, and the solar day number for the time of this dial relative to the base chart.
• Solar Return Information — this menu item is available when the chart type “Solar Return” is selected. Calling this command opens a window with information on the given solar return: profection ascendant, distributors (rulers of the ascending terms), partners (planets in aspect with the distributors), partner aspects, periods of solar revolutions (according to Vettius Valens — from the ruler of the profection Ascendant, and according to Junctinus of Florence — from the ruler of the solar return Ascendant), sub-periods, start and end dates of distributor rulership. The algorithms for solar revolution periods are switched from the context menu. There can be two distributors. This happens in the years when they change. It is also possible to select the primary direction key by which the term ascension periods are calculated. Currently there are three: Ptolemy (1° = 1 year), Naibod (1° = 1.0146 years), Placidus (which is also the method of the correct Solar Arc by equator).
• Open in Separate Window — the chart of this dial will be opened in a separate window. It can be scaled and minimized. The number of open charts is unlimited. If the separate window is set to show an extra-dial, its objects will be calculated in accordance with the dial defined for extra-objects in the right panel. At the same time, if the option “Automatic dial deactivation” is selected in the Settings menu, then when the chart is opened in a separate window, the dial itself will be deactivated.
• Base Dial — select the base dial for this dial. For example, you need to build a direction of a solar return. To do this, you can build the solar return as the 2nd dial. It is built for the data of the base dial. And in the 3rd dial — its direction, specifying dial 2 as the base dial. By default, the 1st dial is the base for all.

Chart Types

Each slot has a list of chart types. To edit this list, go to the menu Settings > Basic Preferences > Charts > Chart Types or select Chart Types from the dial panel’s context menu. In this window you can create both your own sets from the presented chart types and your own chart types (directional, progressive, thematic, return charts).

Events in the top panel can be dragged with the mouse from one slot to another. To do this, click on the event data row of one of the slots and drag it to the corresponding field of another slot. If you want the slots to swap events, press the Alt key while dragging.