iPhemeris Astrology Software Blog

October 29, 2023

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Searching & Filtering Chart List

The search bar is at the top of the list of Charts in all versions of iPhemeris. Any text typed into this bar (regardless of upper or lower case) will cause the list to be filtered to show only items in your database with that text in either of the following fields: Name Category Example If there was an item in your database with: George Patton in the NAME field. WW2 in the category field. You could find it by entering either patton or ww2 into the search bar. Categories The category field is a good way to group charts and find all items labeled with one of your categories. You can add as many categories to a Chart as you like. Separate them by a space or comma. For example you could categorize: George Patton’s chart with: ww2 general Dwight Eisenhower’s chart with: ww2 general president Entering president in the search bar will show Eisenhower’s chart, but not Patton’s. MORE SOPHISTICATED SEARCHES Use the ‘/’ (forward slash) character to create more sophisticated searches: Text entered to the left of the / character will be restricted to being in the NAME field. Text to the right of the / will be searched for only […]

December 23, 2022

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iOS Progression Defaults

Progression Defaults – Changing default Progression settings does not change the style used on charts already created and in your chart database. Progressed Planets – The default style used to Progress the planets, bodies and any other point derived from their positions. Progressed MC & Cusps – The default style used to Progress the MC and other House cusps.

June 13, 2022

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What’s New iOS

Version 11.12.2 This is a maintenance release and iPhemeris now requires iOS 18 or greater. The changes are: Improvements to the look and feel of the User Interface for recent changes to iOS since iOS 17 & 18. iPhemeris will respect your preference for a light or dark background in iPhemeris Settings and Chart Database. New: Esoteric decanates (faces). A small number of users are reporting missing Chart data. This seems to be either a bug or a change in the way that iOS 18 handles certain iCloud Conditions. iPhemeris has not made ANY changes to our data storage code in many many months. Please check the following things if you are missing your chart data as any of the above can cause data to appear to be missing: Please make sure you are logged into your iCloud account. Please make sure that iCloud Drive is turned ON in iCloud Settings. This is an iOS iCloud setting accessed from iPhone Settings -> iCloud – iCloud Drive. This must always be ON even if you are not letting iPhemeris backup your data to iCloud. iPhemeris stores data in a location on device that is used by that service on the chance […]

April 25, 2017

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iOS Other Settings

ASTROLOGER INFORMATION Add up to 5 lines of text that you want to appear on your charts. It will show up under the wheel in the lower right corner. USE INTERNET ATLAS When this setting is ON all features in iPhemeris which require a location, will allow selection of the location using the Map interface. Use of the Map interface requires access to the internet. We do not recommend setting this feature to OFF. When it is off you are required to use other means to lookup the Latitude and Longitude and enter them manually. PRINTING DEFAULTS If you have a color printer but wish to save ink, set this ON and iPhemeris will temporarily change the color scheme of the feature being printed to use the Black & White color scheme. ICLOUD Turn this ON to save charts in iCloud and share them with iPhemeris on all your other iOS and MacOS devices. This is the recommended setting, we do not recommend turning it OFF. Your astrological charts use very little data, probably less than one large photo 🙂 Please keep in mind that if you turn it OFF, you could lose all your Chart data. If this settings is […]

June 14, 2016

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iOS Graphic Ephemeris Chart Report

When enabled, the Graphic Ephemeris Chart Report shows up as a new button on the Chart Display toolbar. For full details on how it works and what the buttons do, see the previous section. In brief you can: Select a date range to display. Display 6 months either side of now. Select a harmonic degree range for Longitude. Declination data cannot be shown with chart data. When a horoscope is selected for display, the positions of the first chart (inner most wheel) are overlaid on the Graphic Ephemeris. These positions are shown as horizontal dashed lines.

June 14, 2016

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iOS Graphic Ephemeris

The Graphic Ephemeris can be added to iPhemeris for iOS with a one-time In-App Purchase. The Graphic Ephemeris adds the following capabilities: A new Graphic Ephemeris tab on the main view that: Display planetary longitude and declination for any date range; Displays harmonic ranges. A new Graphic Ephemeris Report in charts that overlays the currently displayed chart data. After purchasing you will find the feature activated on the More menu. You can move it wherever you like. LONGITUDE When longitude is selected, standard zodiacal positions for bodies are displayed. Customize what is shown from Settings: Planets & Chart Points. Data is shown for the selected date range. Use the toolbar buttons to select a range: The Search button allows selection of any start/end date between 1700 and 2100. The Now button jumps to 6 months either side of now. DECLINATION Declination can be displayed for the bodies selected in the sidebar by clicking the Declination button in the toolbar. Declination for most bodies is between -30° (south) and 30° (north) degrees of latitude. Use of harmonic ranges does not make sense for declination and therefore the degree range selector is disabled. UNDERSTANDING THE DISPLAY If you are not familiar with the display of a graphical ephemeris, it […]

March 10, 2016

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Void of Course Moon Tables

Void of Course Moon tables display in the lower left of the Ephemeris and Declination / Latitude displays. The table is included with the Mac Version of iPhemeris, and is available as an In-App Purchase on iOS. Last Aspect Columns Time Columns – the first 2 or 3 columns show the date and time of the event. There will be 3 columns when GMT, the Ephemeris Time Zone and Local time are not the same, other wise only two. Last Aspect Column – Show the last planet to aspect the moon and the aspect it made. Lunar Ingress Columns Sign Column – Shows the next sign the moon entered (after the last aspect to its left). Time Columns – 2 or 3 columns listing the time of the ingress event. As above there are 3 columns when GMT, Ephemeris Time Zone and Local time are not the same, other wise two. The Void of Course period is the time between last aspect and the moon’s entrance into the next sign (Lunar Ingress).

September 1, 2015

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iOS Charts – Quick Start

CREATING A CHART Follow these steps: Tap the Charts tab to enter the Charts view. Tap the ‘+’ button located at the lower right of the view, to create (add) a new chart. Enter the required information from top to bottom. You must enter: name, date and time, place and time zone. The fastest way to set the correct time zone is to use the Clock button in the upper right of the Map View after you’ve selected a place. Use it after the map crosshairs are positioned on the place you want. Leave the Map View and Save the chart. That’s it, you just created a chart! DISPLAY A CHART To display a Chart, follow these steps: Tap the row with the Chart you wish to display. It will get a check mark next to it. Tap the Show Charts button in the lower left. Select one of the items in the list: Chart – will display single wheel with just the selected chart. Chart +Now – will display the selected horoscope in a bi-wheel. The inner wheel shows the selected chart and the outer wheel shows position for “now”. There is a full explanation of all toolbar buttons and settings in the following sections.