Solar Fire Deluxe User Guide
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Solar Fire User Guide Deluxe Version © 1994-2005 Esoteric Technologies Pty Ltd Adelaide, Australia No part of this manual may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, for any purpose without the express written permission of Esoteric Technologies Pty Ltd. Table of Contents i Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................1 2 FINDING THE INFORMATION YOU NEED........................................................4 3 INSTALLING SOLAR FIRE...........................................................................5 4 FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND SOLAR FIRE...............................................11 5 HELP AND WEB SUPPORT.......................................................................26 6 IMPORTING CHARTS, FILES AND SETTINGS................................................32 7 CASTING A NEW CHART.........................................................................35 8 WORKING WITH LIFE EVENTS..................................................................50 9 USING PLACE DATABASES......................................................................53 10 RETRIEVING CHARTS FROM A FILE...........................................................65 11 MANIPULATING CHARTS IN FILES.............................................................71 12 CASTING SUBSIDIARY CHARTS.................................................................76 13 SAVING CHARTS TO A FILE.....................................................................98 14 MANIPULATING CALCULATED CHARTS.....................................................100 15 EMAILING CHARTS...............................................................................103 16 VIEWING CHARTS, GRIDS AND PAGES....................................................107 17 USING THE VIEW SCREEN FEATURES......................................................114 18 COPYING, PUBLISHING AND SENDING GRAPHICS......................................124 19 VIEWING INTERPRETATIONS...................................................................127 20 VIEWING ASTRO-LOCALITY MAPS..........................................................140 21 GENERATING CHART REPORTS..............................................................147 22 CHART SEARCH AND ELECTIONAL SEARCH.............................................158 23 USING DYNAMIC REPORTS AND TIME MAPS............................................178 24 USING THE GRAPHIC EPHEMERIS...........................................................199 25 SEARCHING FOR ECLIPSES....................................................................205 26 REAL TIME CLOCK AND ANIMATION........................................................209 27 PRINTING FROM SOLAR FIRE.................................................................217 28 USING THE FILE MANAGER...................................................................223 29 CHANGING CHART OPTIONS..................................................................228 30 CHANGING PREFERENCES.....................................................................247 31 BACKING UP AND RESTORING CHART FILES............................................272 32 TEXT AND DATA SUPPLIED WITH SOLAR FIRE..........................................273 33 CHANGES FROM VERSION 5.X TO DELUXE...............................................278 34 TECHNICAL SUPPORT...........................................................................280 Changes from Version 5.x to Deluxe 1 1Introduction Solar Fire is a state-of-the-art astrology software package for Windows on a PC. Solar Fire is intuitive, easy-to-use calculation software, designed for both novice and expert astrologers alike, and it provides easy access to high-quality chart production using the Windows visual interface. Solar Fire includes natal, progressed, directed, solar, lunar and any planet or asteroid return, composite, harmonic, lunar phase, rise/set and prenatal charts, with a flexible selection of aspect sets, chart point sets, and database files for chart and place detail storage. It also includes flexible and powerful dynamic transit and progression reporting over any specified time period, plus novel options for sorting and viewing output graphically for maximised readability. It is possible to view interpretations of any natal chart or of any dynamic report event interactively on the screen, by simply clicking on items in the chart or report. Synastry interpretations are also included for any pair of charts. Both interpretations of individual charts plus general definitions of a large variety of astrological categories are included. It is possible to edit or append your own text to that supplied with the program. Chart viewing includes an aspectarian inside the chart wheel (or as a separate tabulation, if preferred), plus dual wheels, biwheels, triwheels or even quadriwheels for displaying combinations of two or more charts, and synastry grids. Chart points can be viewed in color, as can the zodiac sign glyphs. Reports include sorted listings of standard chart analysis details, lunar phasing, modalities and elements, plus additional listings of aspects, rulerships and dispositorships, both traditional and esoteric, and midpoints listings, midpoint trees and axes, fixed star and Arabic Parts positions and aspects. Chart points include all conventional planets, Moon's nodes (true or mean), the TransNeptunians, TransPluto, the Black Moon Lilith (mean position), seven asteroids, including Chiron, Vesta, Pallas, Ceres, Juno, Astraea and Hygeia, the Ascendant, Midheaven, Vertex, Equatorial Ascendant and Part of Fortune. The esoterically important planet Vulcan is also included. Solar Fire has aspect sets selectable from the 1st to the 12th harmonic, with glyphs and colors for each, plus the ability to accept user defined aspect of any type. .1.1Selected Features Holds up to 15 chart pages in "video memory" for instantaneous viewing. Allows on-screen viewing of a large variety of astrological definitions and interpretations, including interpretations of each planet and asteroid in each sign 2 Technical Support and house, plus interpretations of each planet in aspect to every other planet (using six different aspect types). There is also information relating to decanates and individual degrees of the chart, amongst many other categories. Displays high-clarity, high-resolution charts on the screen using the maximum resolution of any screen device. Chart point and aspect colors are user selectable. Includes all commonly used chart-type calculation methods. Computes composite charts for a pair of individuals or for an entire family or group of up to 15 individuals. Includes 30 different house systems. Creates any number of named aspect sets with user-definable orbs. Any one of these can be selected to be used in computing charts by simple mouse operation. Prints charts to the maximum resolution of any printer, including high-resolution laser printers and inkjet printers. Contains an atlas with more than 250,000 location names, positions and time zones with full daylight savings history, accessible by simple mouse operation. Allows creation of any number of chart database files from which records can be retrieved, copied or deleted. Supports color printers. Aspect lines, planets and signs can be printed in color. Copies charts to the Windows clipboard for use in word-processing or drawing programs, and can also export as a PDF file. Charts, chart data and page displays and may be emailed in one step, when used with a MAPI compliant email program. .1.2Esoteric Technologies Pty Ltd Esoteric Technologies is an Australian company specialising in technology for the harnessing and beneficial use of esoteric knowledge. In addition to the development of astrological software, it offers various astrological services, including chart printing and consultations. Esoteric Technologies’ directors are Graham Dawson and Stephanie Johnson. Graham holds a B.Sc. in Physics and Meteorology and a Ph.D. in Coastal Oceanography. He has been employed as a technical software consultant to a variety of large companies in the UK and Australia. He has a strong interest in Ageless Wisdom teachings, including esoteric psychology and astrology. Graham is the Technical Manager of Esoteric Technologies. Stephanie holds a B.A. in journalism and has been a freelance journalist reporting on current affairs, women's issues, the environment, politics and the arts. She is also Changes from Version 5.x to Deluxe 3 a consulting astrologer. Stephanie is the Marketing Manager of Esoteric Technologies. Graham and Stephanie both hold Practitioner Certificates and Diplomas from the Federation of Australian Astrologers and MSE degrees in Esoteric Psychology from the University of the Seven Rays in New Jersey, USA. 4 Technical Support 2Finding the Information You Need If you are new to the Solar Fire program, then you should first read the sections Installing Solar Fire and Finding Your Way Around Solar Fire. This presents some basic information about the manner in which the program operates. If you are familiar with the basic concepts and method of operation, but you wish to find out how to achieve a specific task, then you may like to refer to relevant chapters in the body of the manual as the need arises. If you are upgrading your version of Solar Fire from earlier versions, then you may wish to refer to the section that contains a summary of differences between