Scene

The Scene is the main area of the program window where calculated data is displayed graphically.

There are three modes available from the main Scene menu:

• Chart
• Celestial Sphere
• Geo Map

Chart

Astrological charts are displayed in the Scene, including objects, aspects, house cusps, object and cusp coordinates, and more. Tables can also be displayed by enabling Settings > Scene Tables. Many of these tables are visual counterparts of the main calculation tables available from the main menu. More information can be found in the Scene Layout settings section.

Chart elements (objects, sizes, colors, arrangement, etc.) are configured in Settings > Chart.

To quickly open Chart Settings, double-click on an empty area of the Scene or use the Scene context menu.

The size of the chart itself and the surrounding tables is configured in Settings > Layout. While this settings window is open, charts and tables can be repositioned with the mouse.

Most Scene tables also provide their own context menu with additional options.

If Scene Tables is disabled, a single chart is automatically centered and scaled to occupy the maximum available space.

The Scene scale can be changed quickly with the mouse wheel while holding Ctrl. Navigation within a zoomed Scene is performed with the mouse wheel alone (up/down), with Alt held (left/right), or with the arrow keys.

Sometimes it is useful to keep markers, objects, and extra-object labels at a fixed size while zooming. This makes it possible to distinguish overlapping elements. To do this, hold both Ctrl and Shift while zooming.

To return to the original scale, click on an empty area of the Scene while holding Shift.

An alternative chart layout is available, using a different combination of elements. The alternative chart is configured in Chart Settings. You can switch between the standard and alternative chart through the Scene context menu or by pressing Q.

Chart Objects

• Primary Objects – planets, hypothetical planets, and certain special objects.
• Extra Objects – additional objects such as stars, asteroids, midpoints, lunations, mutations, etc. Displayed on the extra ring.
• Lots
• Stars

Chart objects are selected and configured in Settings > Object Catalogs.

Chart Elements

• Rings
• Object markers
• Retrograde symbols
• House cusps
• Object and cusp coordinates
• Aspect symbols
• Belts (universal, terms, decans)
• Scales
• Movable elements (Pointer, Movable Scale)
• Void of Course Moon (Moon parallax) – displayed as an arc
• Via Combusta – displayed as an arc

Additional Interactive Features

Scene Context Menu

A context menu is available in the Scene area and can be opened with the right mouse button. It provides quick access to various program functions. The menu is configured in Settings > Global Settings > Scene Context Menu or from the bottom section of the menu itself.

Tooltips

When the mouse pointer is placed over chart objects, cusps, or aspects, tooltips are displayed. These can be configured in Settings > Chart > Tooltips.

Multichart

If more than one chart ring is displayed, the Multichart option can be activated from the Scene context menu. This changes the display from concentric charts to separate charts for each ring. Press M to toggle this mode quickly.

Aspect Dynamics (Angular Aspects, Antiscia, and Parallels)

To open the Aspect Dynamics window, click on an aspect in the chart, select Aspect Dynamics from the aspect context menu, or click an aspect in the Scene table Aspect List.

In this window:

• The horizontal axis represents time.
• The vertical axis represents the distance value between the two selected objects.

Available scales include:

• 1 hour
• 1 day
• 1 month
• 3 months
• 1 year

The horizontal slider moves the time axis forward and backward. The vertical slider adjusts the distance scale.

For easier orientation, the graph includes:

• Current time line
• Exactness line
• Aspect line
• Orb area

The orb area depends on the aspect itself. Applying aspects use applying orb values, while separating aspects use separating orb values.

The top section displays dynamic information based on the mouse position:

• Date
• Arc
• Remaining orb value

The window header displays the original aspect data:

• Aspect type
• Objects involved
• Rings containing the objects
• Orb value

The context menu provides additional options:

• Use double-precision calculations
• Duplicate dynamic information next to the mouse pointer
• Use the aspect’s original color or a user-defined color for all aspects
• Set colors for graph elements

The vertical scale can also be adjusted with the mouse wheel. Holding Shift moves the time axis. Holding both Shift and Alt increases the adjustment step.

Set Exact Time

You can instantly recalculate the current chart for the exact time of any selected aspect. This option is available in the aspect context menu as Set Exact Time.

Primary Object Context Menu

Using an object’s context menu you can:

• View current aspects involving the selected object. Clicking any aspect opens its Aspect Dynamics window. Aspects are shown even if they are hidden on the chart. This applies only to aspects, not parallels or antiscia.
• Display House Position from the Princeps. This option shows not only aspects involving the selected object but also the house occupied by the aspected object in the selected Princeps house system, including its distance from the house cusp in percentage terms.
• Open an interpretation of the object in the current house or sign (if configured in Global Settings).
• Enable or disable the object’s participation in aspect calculations.
• Enable mono-aspect mode. When activated, only aspects involving the selected object are displayed.

Aspect Context Menu

The aspect context menu allows you to:

• Open the Aspect Dynamics window.
• Build a chart for the exact time of the aspect.
• Display an aspect interpretation (if configured in Global Settings).
• Open the current aspect page.

Celestial Sphere

The Celestial Sphere is an interactive 3D representation of the sky. Calculated objects, house circles, major astronomical points, circles, and axes are displayed on a three-dimensional celestial sphere model.

The Celestial Sphere is configured in Settings > Celestial Sphere.

You can zoom using the mouse wheel and rotate the sphere with the mouse.

Geo Map

This mode is used to display various calculated lines and objects on a geographical map.

Displayed elements may include:

• Local Space lines
• Planet-on-angle lines
• Paran lines

Parans can also be displayed in table form.

Alongside the map, regular charts can be shown on the left side:

• Lower chart – radix
• Upper chart – relocation chart

The relocation chart updates interactively as relocation changes are made on the map.

Features

• Mouse wheel — smooth zooming down to house-level detail. You can also return to the full map view using Whole Map from the Geo Map context menu.
• Ctrl + drag — rectangular zoom area.
• Shift + drag — measure distance and azimuth between any two points.
• Clicking a saved location icon displays a tooltip. The location context menu includes:
  • Apply — relocate to the selected location.
  • Delete — remove the location.
  • Save to Event Pool — save the relocation event to the Event Pool.

To create a new location, right-click on the desired point of the map and choose New Locations → Add Location. You can also add a location from the Atlas using New Locations → Add Location from Atlas.

• Shift + click on a saved location — delete the location.
• Hold Alt to adjust relocation interactively with the mouse.
• Hold Ctrl and Shift to display mouse coordinates.
• Click a planetary line to display its interpretation (if enabled in Global Settings).
• An interactive Local Space line tool is available through the context menu option Enable Pointer. This works only when the corresponding element is enabled in auxiliary charts. The line azimuth depends on the current Pointer position.

The Geo Map provides its own context menu with various options and settings.

Geo Map objects also display tooltips.