May 29, 2018

Your Color Scheme

iPhemeris offers pre-defined color themes which can be selected via the settings button (Gear icon) on most feature tabs.  We have created a variety of themes that work well on displays and for black and white and color printing and which use generally accepted colors for various astrological elements and points. However if you prefer to design your own color theme then this is the place to do it. This custom Color scheme will be saved and sent to iCloud and is available to iPhemeris on iOS devices if you use that. You will see this color scheme available in versions of iPhemeris (version 11.0 or newer). Define Your Color Scheme for Charts & Sky Now Select the color well next to the planet, sign or other element you wish to set a color for. When you are done adjusting all the colors Save the changes. You may then apply this scheme by selecting “Your Colors” from the dropdown on the Charts & Sky Now settings panels.
May 31, 2016

Graphic Ephemeris in Horoscope Reports (MacOS)

  When enabled (see iPhemeris Store), the Graphic Ephemeris Chart Report shows up as a new tab in the Reports section of Charts and Sky Now. For full details on how it works see the previous section: Click the Search Button to display a pop up window showing data under the mouse. Select a date range to display. Click the Use button to update after a new chart is selected. Harmonic ranges are shown using the degree entry field to the right of the Use button. Declination data is not available in the Charts or Sky Now Reports view. When a Horoscope is being displayed, the positions of the first chart (inner most wheel) are overlaid on the Graphic Ephemeris. These positions are shown as horizontal dashed lines. DISPLAYED POINTS The planets and points selected to display on the Horoscope wheel will be included on the main graphic ephemeris chart (wavy lines). The planets and points selected to display in Reports will be used for the dotted line overlays.
May 31, 2016

Graphic Ephemeris (MacOS)

The Graphic Ephemeris can be added to the Mac version of iPhemeris with a one-time In-App Purchase. The Graphic Ephemeris feature adds the following capabilities: A new tab on the main view allowing display of planetary longitude and declination. A new Graphic Ephemeris Report in the Report section of charts that overlay’s the currently displayed astrological chart data. The feature will be added in the last tab position but it can be moved anywhere from the Function Toolbar tab of iPhemeris Preferences. SETTINGS Settings are accessed from the gear at the top left of the Graphic Ephemeris View. The settings are only for the Graphic Ephemeris Tab and allow setting: The Color Scheme The data type to display graphically: Tropical, Sidereal, Topocentric or Heliocentric. LONGITUDE When longitude is selected, standard zodiacal positions for bodies selected in the disclosure panel on the left are drawn for the time period set in the start and end date fields in the tool bar above the graph. UNDERSTANDING THE DISPLAY If you are not familiar with the display of a graphical ephemeris, it might help to understand for example, that bodies are in Aries when shown on the graph between 0° and 30° and they are in Pisces when between 330° and 360°. Planets are […]
March 10, 2016

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).
August 24, 2015

MacOS Charts Usage

Chart creating, editing and viewing is done from the Charts tab. The interface is simple and after familiarizing yourself with a few buttons you should be able to get around quickly and easily.   NAVIGATION (LEFT to RIGHT) Sidebar Disclosure Button – Show / Hide left sidebar. Displayed Planets & Points: The check boxes on the LEFT control what is displayed on the wheel and also the overlay (horizontal lines) of the Graphic Ephemeris in reports. The check boxes on the RIGHT control what is displayed on the reports and also the wavy ephemeris lines of Graphic Ephemeris in reports. Orbs: Set orbs for Applying / Separating independently. Fractional Orbs are allowed. Set a value of 0 to disable an Applying or Separating Orb (you can show only the applying aspect if you wish). Be sure orbs don’t overlap for aspects that are close (e.g. 45 and 51 degree aspects) else only the first will be show. In this case you would need to use an orb of less than 6 degrees. Chart List – To display your saved charts, click the button with the Chart icon to show / hide the list. When you allow iPhemeris to store charts in […]
August 24, 2015

MacOS Sky Now

Sky Now displays a continuously updating Chart of the Sky using the House System and Location specified in Preferences.   NAVIGATION The display updates once per second. Use the disclosure button in the toolbar show or hide the left sidebar. Turn On or Off display of Planets and other Points from the left sidebar. The check boxes on the LEFT control what is displayed on the wheel and also the overlay (horizontal lines) of the Graphic Ephemeris in reports. The check boxes on the RIGHT control what is displayed on the reports and also the wavy ephemeris lines of Graphic Ephemeris in reports. Adjust Orbs for aspects (or turn them off completely) in the left sidebar. Sidebar settings are remembered and apply to Sky Now only. Use the Settings button (gear) to configure the Appearance of the Sky Now wheel (colors, style, etc). Adjust time steps using the drop down. Time step the chart using arrows: Real-time updates are turned off once time-stepping has been started. Use the button with the red line to resume real-time updating. Drag the divider between the chart and the reports section tor re-size.
August 24, 2015

Transit Calendar (MacOS)

iPhemeris offers a powerful monthly Transit Calendar that displays transits between things in the sky and any Chart (the Radix) in your Astrological Chart database. Positions are either Tropical or Sidereal as per iPhemeris Preferences.   The first time used it prompts for a Radix Chart, select one from the list of existing Charts. If none exist yet, return here later after you’ve created the one you want to use. SETTINGS Aspect and Transit Calendar share the same settings. They are accessed via the Gear button. Changing them for Aspect calendar also updates them for  Transit Calendar and vice versa. TRANSIT CALENDAR DISPLAY The column to the left of the aspect glyph displays the position of things in the sky on that date. The column to the right of the aspect glyph shows the position of aspected bodies in the Radix Chart. The displayJ0.0*@R1.0* is read as Transiting Sun at 0.0° Capricorn, conjunct natal Uranus at 1.0° Capricorn. Bodies and Points can be individually toggled for things in the Sky and the Radix from the left sidebar: PR Button (left most) – Toggles things in the Sky. Middle Button – Toggles things for the Radix Chart. IF Button (right most) – […]
August 24, 2015

Aspect Calendar (MacOS)

iPhemeris offers a powerful Calendar style Aspectarian that can display Tropical or Sidereal positions for any location and time around the world. An Aspectarian shows the relationship between bodies in the sky on a particular date, e.g. the Sun relative to Saturn on a day.   SETTINGS Aspect and Transit Calendar share the same settings. They are accessed via the Gear button. Changing them for Aspect calendar also updates them for  Transit Calendar and vice versa. ASPECTARIAN DISPLAY It uses a calendar like format. The displayJ0.0*@ R1.0*is read: Sun at 0.0° Capricorn, conjunct Uranus at 1.0° of Capricorn. Planets & Asteroids shown on the Aspectarian can be turned On or Off in the sidebar. Orbs for Aspects can be adjusted from the left sidebar. Open it and click the button with the I F symbol. Fractional Orbs are allowed. Sidebar settings for Planets and Orbs are saved and only apply on the Aspect Calendar, i.e. no other iPhemeris feature shares these settings. NAVIGATION The Disclosure button shows or hides the sidebar. The Date field jumps to the specified month and year. Years must be 4 digit (YYYY). Left / Right Arrow buttons page back and forward by months. The Today button always returns to […]