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- From: cruiser1@u.washington.edu (Astrolog)
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- Subject: v42i001: astrolog - Generation of astrology charts v4.10, Part01/16
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- Date: 25 Mar 1994 15:08:07 -0600
- Organization: Sterling Software
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- Submitted-by: cruiser1@u.washington.edu (Astrolog)
- Posting-number: Volume 42, Issue 1
- Archive-name: astrolog/part01
- Environment: UNIX, DOS, VMS, X11, MSC
- Supersedes: astrolog: Volume 37, Issue 70-81
-
- Astrolog is an extensive and customizable astrology chart
- calculation program. Astrolog can do standard natal wheel charts,
- aspects, midpoints, relationship charts, transits, progressions, and
- astro-graphy, as well as local horizon, solar system orbit, and
- various influence charts. It supports different zodiacs, central
- planets, 12 different house systems, and can display positions of
- asteroids, Transneptunians, and several dozen stars. It supports
- graphics charts in the X Windows environment, and when compiled on
- PC's it can do EGA/VGA/SVGA screen graphics. Charts may be smoothly
- animated forward and backward and in real time. Some charts access
- the program's own internal map of the world which can be also be used
- to a nice animation of a rotating globe! Graphics files may be
- generated in X11 bitmap, PC bitmap and other formats. Astrolog can
- also do a simple form of deduced interpretations.
-
- Astrolog version 4.10 supersedes an older version (3.05) that
- was posted here in May of 1993. File diffs weren't chosen in this
- release due to the enormity of their size and the many changes made
- since then. New additions include the ability to optionally access
- if available ephemeris files covering over 8000 years for increased
- accuracy. Graphics files may now be generated in PostScript and MS
- Windows metafile formats in addition to bitmaps. The graphic wheel
- charts are much enhanced, and graphical ephemeris and biorhythm
- charts may now be done. More of the chart types may be interpreted,
- and various new influence charts, planetary rising and setting times,
- and calendars are available. This version has a bunch of other
- enhancements (e.g. PC mouse support), several bug fixes, and some
- general performance improvements.
-
- The program (pronounced astro-log; astro as in astronomy, log as
- is logarithm) works best when run on a Unix system with X windows, or
- a DOS system with VGA. However neither X11 nor graphics, or even Unix
- or a PC, are needed in order to be able to run the program. The X11
- and other graphics features can easily be compiled out for those who
- don't have them, and the program can be compiled properly (although I
- haven't tested it myself) on VMS and even Mac systems with only a few
- modifications necessary.
-