User Guide ASTROLABE ESOTERIC TECHNOLOGIES Before You Open the Disk Package
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Solar Fire v. 7 for Microsoft Windows User Guide ASTROLABE ESOTERIC TECHNOLOGIES Before you open the disk package... Please read the End User Agreement that comes with your program disks. Breaking the wrapper signifies that you agree to the terms of this contract. This means you will not sell or give away copies of Solar Fire or its documentation and manuals while still using a copy on your own computer. Buying a copy of this program entitles its use on only one computer at a time. If you do not agree to these terms, return the manual and unopened disk package, and your money will be refunded. No refunds are available on opened disk packages. Producing this program has taken many months of development time, testing, and documenting. To continue to supply astrologers with top-grade astrology software, its makers need to recoup costs and keep staff on hand to give service and technical support. Please make sure that those you know have only licensed copies of these programs. That way, you can ensure continued technical support and new programs in the future. ISBN 978-0-87199-151-5 1. Astrology 2. Computer Software 1. Title Program and User Guide copyright © 2008 by Esoteric Technologies Pty Ltd. All rights reserved. Reproduction of this manual in whole or in part, by any means, for any but the registered user’s own personal use, is strictly prohibited without written permission from the publisher. Printed in the United States of America Published by: Astrolabe, Inc. 350 Underpass Road • PO Box 1750 • Brewster, MA 02631 USA Tel.: (508) 896-5081 • Fax: (508) 896-5289 www.alabe.com • email: [email protected] SF7DOC 01/07 2 Solar Fire Gold v. 7 Table of Contents Chapter 1: Solar Fire and Its Authors.......................................9 Selected Features ..................................................................................10 Esoteric Technologies Pty Ltd ..............................................................11 Chapter 2: Finding the Information You Need ......................12 Chapter 3: Installing Solar Fire ..............................................13 Computer System Requirements...........................................................13 Installation ............................................................................................13 If You are Re-installing Solar Fire........................................................14 If You are Upgrading from an Earlier Version of Solar Fire ................14 If You Own a Copy of Solar Maps v3 ..................................................15 If You Own a Copy of Solar Maps v1 ..................................................15 First Run Setup Tasks ...........................................................................15 Further Manual Setup ...........................................................................16 Chapter 4: Finding Your Way Around Solar Fire..................20 Starting Solar Fire.................................................................................20 Using Solar Fire ....................................................................................21 Exiting from Solar Fire .........................................................................26 Using On-line Help...............................................................................26 Using the Keyboard ..............................................................................27 Chart Calculation and Storage ..............................................................31 Chapter 5: A Guided Tour of Solar Fire ................................34 Help and Web Support..........................................................................37 Register by Email..................................................................................37 Find Program Updates on Web.............................................................38 Get Technical Support by Email...........................................................38 Submit Suggestions by Email ...............................................................39 Encyclopedia.........................................................................................39 Importing Charts, Files and Settings.....................................................39 Import Options......................................................................................42 Chapter 6: Casting a New Chart.............................................43 Pre-Setting Calculation Options............................................................43 The New Chart Data Entry Dialog Box ................................................44 Casting an Instant Chart for Here and Now ..........................................44 Entering the Chart Name.......................................................................45 Entering a Date .....................................................................................45 User Guide 3 Description of Format ...........................................................................46 Modern and Old Calendars ...................................................................47 Entering a Time.....................................................................................48 Description of Format ...........................................................................49 Entering Location Details .....................................................................50 Entering a Time Zone ...........................................................................51 Entering Longitudes and Latitudes .......................................................53 Selecting an Event Type .......................................................................54 Selecting a House System.....................................................................55 Selecting a Zodiac.................................................................................55 Selecting a Coordinate System .............................................................55 Entering a Source Rating ......................................................................56 Entering a Source Description ..............................................................56 Entering Chart Comments.....................................................................57 Entering Life Events .............................................................................57 Calculating the New Chart....................................................................58 Chapter 7: Working with Life Events ....................................59 Editing Life Events ...............................................................................59 Chapter 8: Using Place Databases..........................................62 Using the Solar Fire Place Database .....................................................62 Using Solar Fire Timezone Tables........................................................66 Using the ACS Atlas.............................................................................70 Chapter 9: Retrieving Charts From a File ..............................77 Choosing Chart Data Columns to Display ............................................78 Searching All Chart Files......................................................................79 Finding a Chart in the Current Chart File .............................................80 Selecting Charts Manually....................................................................82 Opening Charts .....................................................................................83 Chapter 10: Manipulating Charts in Files ..............................84 Editing Chart Details.............................................................................84 Copying Charts .....................................................................................85 Deleting Charts .....................................................................................86 Moving Charts ......................................................................................86 Adding or Editing Chart Comments .....................................................87 Changing the Chart File Description.....................................................87 Printing a Summary of Charts in a File.................................................87 Chart File Limitations ...........................................................................88 4 Solar Fire Gold v. 7 Chapter 11: Casting Subsidiary Charts ..................................89 Selecting a Base Chart ..........................................................................89 Selecting or Entering Event Details ......................................................90 Entering Subsidiary Date, Time and Place Data ...................................91 Casting a Transiting, Progressed or Directed Chart..............................91 Casting a Return, Ingress or Transit Chart............................................94 Casting an Harmonic, Transform, Antiscia or Analogue Chart ............99 Casting a Combined Chart ..................................................................102 Casting a Prenatal Chart......................................................................104 Casting a Rising/Setting Chart............................................................106 Casting a Lunar Phase or Eclipse Chart..............................................108 Casting a Locality or Relocated Chart ................................................110 Casting a Vedic Chart .........................................................................111