AAAAA SSSSS TTTTTTT RRRRRR OOOOO L OOOOO GGGGG A A S S T R R O O L O O G G A A S T R R O O L O O G AAAAAAA SSSSS T RRRRRR O O L O O G GGGG A A S T R R O O L O O G G A A S S T R R O O L O O G G A A SSSSS T R R OOOOO LLLLLLL OOOOO GGGGG F O R O S / 2 T E C H N I C A L P R E V I E W http://www.cosmicledger.com/software/astrolog astrolog@cosmicledger.com Version 2.0 Technical Preview (TP21) ==================================== This is a prerelease of Astrolog for OS/2 and not a final release. As a general rule all prerelease versions should be used for testing purposes only. For a technical preview this is especially true! Some features are only partially implemented. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please report any problems with the software and your ideas for improvement to the developer. Thanks for participating! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! New in TP21 ----------- * New integrity score based on a complete rewrite of the analysis module. The module can now track the potential impact of each factor individually. For the first time it also records the exact influence and dignity of each planet. The module has been tested for effectiveness on a group of 1080 criminals, mostly 1st degree murderers and registered sex offenders, and a control of 715 mostly well-known public figures, excluding dictators, but including many shady characters, such as Vladimir Putin and Larry Flynt, just to mention two. All birthdata for the control is available through wikipedia or astrodatabank. The module now tracks 6 different factors. The following 3 are new or greatly revised: - Planetary war: This factor has been revised to let the planet with the greatest apparent magnitude win and the losers have their dignity reduced according to their essential dignity in the primary sign of the winner. Influence lost or undignified due to this factor is diagnosed as 'Opposed'. - Dispositor chaining: A new factor that makes sure that a planet never can have greater dignity of own influence than that of its dispositor. For some charts this can result in a zero integrity score, even if not all objects have zero essential dignity nor are otherwise afflicted or reduced to zero influence. Have a look at the signs in the chart for the exact interpretation of this. Influence affected by this factor is diagnosed as 'Chained'. - Substitution: A new factor where an object's undignified influence is transferred to its dispositor (or victorious opponent) and increasing the dispositor's dignfied influence according to the object's dignity. There is a loss of dignity associated with each transfer. The less influence the object has relative to its chain of dispositors, the greater the loss. Influence transferred as undignified is diagnosed as 'Disgraced'. The remaining 3 factors have only seen small adjustments: - Essential dignity: The difference between primary and secondary dignity is now very small. This factor affects substitution for objects with less than full dignity. Influence affected is diagnosed as 'Debased'. - Cuspal placement: Kicks in when an object is closer than 12 degrees from a cusp and grows very slowly at first. Dignity for the object itself is not affected, but its influence gradually tapers off following a cosine curve: 100% at 12 degrees, 0% at 0 degrees. Dignified influence affected is diagnosed as 'Cusped'. - Combustion: At this time it does not matter if a planet passes in front of or behind the Sun. The effect kicks in quite rapidly following a sine curve. The exact outer limit depends on the planet. Combustion starts to affect a planet at 150% of its set limit (the limits are commonly used and can be found on the net). Influence affected is diagnosed as 'Scorched'. A 7th more sporadic factor plays only a complementary role, but has shown good statistical effect and may affect some charts a lot: - Retrogradation: This factor affects only Jupiter and Saturn and improves their dignity and influence when otherwise affected by debasement or cuspal placement. The square root of the original dignity value and the square of the original cusp factor are used. It will probably be replaced by a generalized and somewhat more smooth brightness factor. One factor has for now been dropped completely: - Brightness: This factor may get reintroduced later and might then improve dignity and influence (when possible) for bright and waxing phases, and worsen the same (when possible) for dark and waning phases. All the implemented factors show at least minor statistical effect. The factors appear to do better together, since the average integrity score of the test group is about 88% of that of the control group, while the individual factors usually differ less than a couple of percent. The opposed and scorched factors show the greatest differences (+4,3 and +6,6 percent, respectively). The diagnostic values and integrity scores for the control and test groups using program defaults (7 planets plus the lunar nodes) are as follows: C715 T1080 Isabel Hickey Kaiser Wilhelm II ---- ----- ------------- ----------------- - influence: 62,66 62,25 81,02 52,71 - debased: 50,76 51,10 5,47 72,45 - cusped: 28,52 28,75 18,56 45,69 - opposed: 25,28 26,39 14,82 0,15 - scorched: 10,38 11,07 0,00 0,00 - chained: 83,03 83,26 17,53 100,00 - disgraced: 84,87 85,92 15,42 100,00 - inferior: 49,48 50,69 0,97 49,25 - superior: 34,72 35,23 15,80 50,75 - integrity: 10,00 8,80 67,44 0,00 The lowest scoring subgroup of at least 100 people is Actors. The average integrity score of 134 actors (mostly Hollywood) is 9,01. The highest scoring subgroup of at least 100 people is Judges. The average integrity score of 106 judges (all supreme court justices of the United States) is 10,62. Just under 13,2% of the control charts show an integrity score of less than 1,00. The figure for the test charts is exactly 11,3%. Close to 13,3% of the control charts carry an integrity score above 20,00. The corresponding figure for the test charts is just over 9,9%. For the higher scoring charts the sankhya yoga factor looks to significantly increase the percentage difference. All the given figures are likely to change in future releases. One absolute goal for the pre-alpha release will be to have all persons convicted of 1st degree fraud or registered as sex offenders score below 50, all murderers and rapists score below 40, and all serial killers and mass murderers score below 33, while maintaining an average score for the test group of 85% or less of the average score of an expanded control (at least 1300 people). The most notorious serial killers, mass-murderers, and scam artists already score well below these absolute limits: Harold Shipman (0,1), Timothy McVeigh (0,5), and Bernard Madoff (3,3). All the 13 charts of dictators included in the Astrolog Chart Collection score below the average for the control. All charts, except Lenin's, Franco's and Mao's, also score below the average for the criminal test group. Lenin's score is 9,0, Franco's 9,9 and Mao's 9,3. Because of Dama Yoga and Venus in Scorpio, Franco's score will fall in the next release. Pasa Yoga will reduce Lenin's number to something closer to 8. All the remaining charts score below 9: Adolf Hitler's (6,6), Fidel Castro's (8,5), Benito Mussolini's (3,2), Josef Stalin's (7,4), Ho Chi Minh's (2,7), Hosni Mubarak's (4,3), Hu Jintao's (7,2), Kim Jong-il's (3,3), Omar al-Bashir's (6,8), and Pol Pot's (1,3). If you have any ideas for useful analysis factors to include or tests you would like to see done please contact me. All data used are available via the internet and you are more than welcome to carry out your own testing. I myself will repeat the study with a bigger control and different test groups when the system is mature enough, including figures for the last 7 cycles of Saturn. The time period covers the dates 1806-10-15 through 2012-10-5. I have been working on paper for different ways to incorporate sankhya yoga as a major factor. The dignified sankhya yogas account for 55,5% of the charts of the control group. The corresponding figure for the test group is only 51,6%. Sankhya yoga will be an analysis factor in the next release. For the dignified yogas you can get an idea of their effect by boosting the influence of the yoga ruler. The final release will of course feature user customization. As a user you should be able to adjust the impact of individual factors from fully enabled to completely disabled, as well as specify a number of tuning constants. Various details, such as orbs, should also be user-settable. I am looking forward to your ideas for this and many other improvements! --------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER REGARDING ACCURACY FOR INDIVIDUAL CHARTS The purpose of the analysis system has been to test the effectiveness of various astrological factors. For this reason I have made simplified implementations that will work statistically, but will not be perfectly accurate for all individual charts. The war factor is an example of this by simply assuming the brightest planet in a sign to be the winner. Chaining can also be implemented in different ways. Currently it uses a mix of weakest link as well as the product of all links. Finally, different settings for the relative influences of the various objects may impact a few charts greatly. In the next release the defaults will change for Venus and Mercury. What the exactly right implementation for every factor or the exactly right default setting is we may never know, but there will be improvements. --------------------- A technical change in this release is that chart analysis is only performed once for each chart cast (not on each redraw). Analysis is also always carried out regardless of being shown or not. * Graphics: Sidebar object dignities now reflect dynamic dignity. For the Moon this varies with its phase. An object having full or major dignity should now be displayed in the color of its primary sign. A light gray color will be used for an object that has minor dignity. A neutral gray will be used for poor dignity and a dark gray for very poor or no dignity. Common objects that never switch direction from direct or retrograde motion, or vice versa, will show their state of essential dignity in square brackets. For other objects regular round brackets will be used. For objects in retrograde motion the brackets will point away from each other. * Graphics: Sidebar tracks how much dignified influence a factor removes had the influence otherwise been full. For example, 100% chained influence means that all dispositors must have 0 dignity. If all planets are in their primary signs except one (and its dispositor has been enabled and is enjoying full dignity), then this results in 0% chained influence. * Graphics: Color changes and a fix to correctly parse the color black! In 'no color' mode exactly all colors are now either black or white. Reverse background can now be used if you choose appropriate element and aspect colors. * Defaults: Minor dignities for Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter have changed. Mars has minor dignity in Aquarius and Venus in Cancer. Mercury has minor dignity in Aries and Jupiter in Taurus. * Help/Meanings (revised and slightly expanded). * Numerous small improvements. New in TP15 ----------- * Fixed integrity score (dispositor code). * Graphics: Sidebar lists planetary dignity. * Help/Meanings listing (slightly revised) New in TP13 ----------- * Configurable default rising sign (Aquarius is the default). * File dialogs honor ASTROLOG_HOME environment variable. * Help/Meanings listing (greatly revised) * Highly preliminary integrity score now includes first dispositor * Many bugs fixed and other changes. About Astrolog -------------- Astrolog is a classic when it comes to astrology software, not only is it 100 percent open source software, but it is also the most complete, and most flexible astrology calculation program ever made freely available. Thanks to the original author Walter D. Pullen, Astrolog is already available on multiple platforms, including DOS, Windows, Mac and Unix. Permission for this independent port and the name "Astrolog for OS/2" has been granted by the original author. Astrolog for OS/2 ----------------- This port of the original Astrolog software for 16-bit MS Windows to 32-bit IBM OS/2 compares to the Windows version (5.30) as follows. In the list below a minus sign precedes original functionality not ported. A plus sign indicates functionality not found in the original Windows version. An exclamation mark precedes functionality previously omitted. Functional changes: - Basic interpretations (report function to be implemented) - Arabic parts (unlikely to get implemented) - Biorythm (unlikely to get implemented) - Windows bitmap save (unlikely to get implemented) + OS/2 bitmap save. + Sidereal whole sign houses (aka Synchronized Houses). + Configurable default rising sign. NEW + Sankhya Yoga (Jyotish). NEW + Chart analysis including integrity score (7 factors at the moment). NEW + Extended chart information including tags and rodden ratings. NEW + Extended dispositor screen NEW + House peaks (makes a difference for whole sign houses). + Long filenames (if supported by the filesystem). + Divisional charts modify houses. + Dwadasamsa division. + Remembers size and position of main window. + Automatic saving of all settings on exit. + Chart info caching (automatic resume). + Easy switching between four chart slots. + Chart slot swapping (to ease synastry work). + Chart ring rotation (primary chart slot always in the center) NEW + Localized time and date formats. NEW + In addition to local time and date formats also recognizes ISO, US and German dates as input in chart info dialog. NEW + Calendar can be specified for any date (suffix a date with a capital J for Julian or a capital G for Gregorian). NEW + Time zone automatically picked up if the environment variable TZ has been set in config.sys, to test select the "Now" push button in the chart dialog or press ctrl+z. + Clear and non-conflicting UTC-based time zone designations. No confusing daylight savings setting. + Also recognizes direction based time zone values such as 7W for 7 hours west and 2E for 2 hours east. NEW + Chart files can be easily associated with the executable. + Chart files in the current directory can be quickly opened in sequence (Next, Previous, First, Last). NEW + Copying of select text to the clipboard. + Adjustment of aspect lines to orb (instead of a fixed 2 degrees). + Aspect trimming, by sign and out of sign. + Sine function for power reduction following orb. ! Command line dialog (direct access to command line switches). NEW ? Influence summary in the sidebar for graphics charts with values for signs, elements and modes normalized around 100. - Future uncertain, please provide some feedback if you are interested in this feature. ? Automatic chart analysis (ACA) advanced and accurate enough to be of practical use. The system aims to provide accurate ranking of planets as well as signs in a chart. - Version 1.0 calculations are soon completely replaced by the new and much more comprehensive system of version 2.0. Operational improvements: + Faster chart drawing. + Repaint instead of redraw whenever possible (disabled in this version for stability reasons). + Transit and other listings scrollable without recalculation. Functionality yet to be fully implemented: * Extended chart information: Multiple events per file. * Chart information dialog: More useful Atlas button (currently diabled). * Automatic Chart Analysis: Scores for individual planets, fortune score, plus more accurate integrity score. * Chart wheels: Easier to read planetary positions. * Many other features such as crude stats may be included in the final release. The following will probably have to wait until version 2.1: * Report function (user editable interpretation texts) * Major Yogas (jyotish) * Chart search Support OS/2 Software Development --------------------------------- Since this application has been ported and extended for free, your donations are welcome! As a supporter you will receive access to early program updates, that will be available from a week up to a month in advance of the regular, usually longer lasting, updates. You can also feel yourself extra entitled to personal support. Your questions or comments regarding the software or astrology are always welcome. My sincere thanks for your support!! The main features in Astrolog for OS/2 -------------------------------------- Position calculation features: Positions of Sun through Pluto and the house cusps. Positions of Chiron and the four main asteroids. Positions of True and Mean nodes, Vertex, and East Point. Positions of Lilith. Positions of the eight Uranian planets. Positions of over 40 fixed stars. Option to use any or all of accurate 8400 year ephemeris. Computation features: Fifteen house systems. Tropical and sidereal zodiac. Specify zodiac starting position / ayanamsa. Heliocentric and other planet centered charts. Applying and separating aspects. Parallel and contraparallel aspects. Harmonic charts. Solar charts with objects on Ascendant or Midheaven. Divisional charts: Drekkana, Navamsa, Dwadasamsa. Specify your own positions for planets. Positions relative to ecliptic or equator. Local horizon positions in prime vertical coordinates. Display formats: Generic position listing. Wheel charts. Aspect and midpoint grids. List aspect configurations such as Yods. List aspects sorted by influence. List midpoints sorted by position. Local horizon positions. Times of planets rising and setting. Solar system orbit charts. Gauquelin sector charts. Astro-graph charts. List latitude crossings in astro-graph charts. Generic monthly and yearly calendars. Ephemeris tables. Transit and progression features: Secondary progressions and solar arc progressions. Specify your own progression rate. Times of exact aspects among transiting planets. Times of planets changing sign or direction. Times of lunar phases and season changes. Times of exact aspects in a progressed chart. Times of exact transit hits. Times of transits to house cusps. Times of solar, lunar, and other returns. Times of exact transits from progressed planets. List transits to natal planets within orb in influence order. List aspects within orb among transiting planets in influence order. Transits to composite and other no-time charts. Relationship chart features: Synastry charts. Composite charts. Time space midpoint charts. Weighted relationship charts. Display elapsed time between charts. Aspect and midpoint grids between two charts. Aspect and midpoint lists between two charts. Automatic progressed to natal comparison chart. Influence assessment features: Influence listing sorting planets and signs by influence. Sign, Element and Mode summary for graphic wheels. Graphics features: Graphic wheel chart. Graphic bi-wheel comparison / transit chart. Graphic tri-wheels and quad-wheels. Graphic aspect / midpoint and relationship aspect / midpoint grids. Graphic astro-graph chart on a map of the world. Graphic local and polar horizon, Gauquelin wheel, and orbit charts. Graphic ephemeris tracking chart. Graphic calendars. Dispositor graph chart. Plot positions among the astronomical constellations. Smoothly animate charts through time at varying rates. Continuously update chart to current moment now. Animate a rotating globe. Timed exposures for horizon and orbit charts. Create PostScript graphic files. Customization options: Initialization file for default settings. Choose what transiting and natal planets to include in charts. Choose among 18 major and minor aspects, or define your own. Specify aspect orbs. Specify the maximum orb allowed to a planet. Specify wider orbs for any planet. Display zodiac positions to the nearest second. ISO or American time and date formats. Display locations in hours & minutes or 360 degree form. Customize colors. Define your own orbital elements for planets. Choose among graphic glyphs for certain signs and planets. Specify influence of planets and planets when transiting. Specify influence of houses and aspects. Chart access features: Quick charts for the current moment now. Save and load chart information to file. Save and load chart positions to file. Save text output directly to file. Relocate charts. Cast a chart a specified time ahead of any chart. Astrolog for OS/2 system requirements ------------------------------------- Any system running OS/2 Warp 4.5 or later. It may run on earlier versions, but this has not been tested. Early versions of OS/2 Warp will not run this software due to dependency on new system functions. The source code for this version was compiled and linked using Open Watcom C 1.8 (C99), OS/2 Warp 4.5 libraries, and the resource compiler included in the Warp 4.5 toolkit. Where to get Astrolog for OS/2 ------------------------------ This independent port of Astrolog to OS/2 is archived at the public OS/2 shareware and free software archive Hobbes: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu In case you cannot reach Hobbes, or you want the latest info on Astrolog for OS/2 you may visit its home page (see top). The Astrolog Homepage (The Original) ------------------------------------ Ephemeris and general info about Astrolog as well as links to related sites can be found at the Astrolog homepage: http://www.astrolog.org/astrolog.htm Here you will also be able to find the original source code for Astrolog as well as binaries for MS Windows. Ephemeris --------- Ephemeris files are not required but provide more accurate positions. The anonymous FTP site maintained by Astrodienst AG in Switzerland has all the Placalc ephemeris files available at the following url. ftp://ftp.astro.ch/pub/placalc/single_files The files are in groups with xx being a number indicating the time period covered. The three files LRZ5_24, CHI_24, and CPJV_24 cover the period 16 November 1858 through 31 August 2132. Copies of these files are already in the end user package. Legal notices ------------- The graphics database and chart display routines used in this program are copyright (c) 1991-1996 by Walter D. Pullen (Astara@msn.com). Permission is granted to freely use and distribute these routines provided one doesn't sell, restrict, or profit from them in any way. Modification is allowed provided these notices remain with any altered or edited versions of the program. The main planetary calculation routines used in this program are copyrighted and the core of this program is basically a conversion to C of routines created by James Neely. The copyright gives us permission to use the routines for personal use but not to sell them or financially profit from them in any way. The PostScript code within the core graphics routines are programmed and copyright (c) 1992-1993 by Brian D. Willoughby. Conditions are identical to those above. The extended accurate ephemeris databases and formulas are from the calculation routines in the program "Placalc" and are programmed and copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993 by Astrodienst AG and Alois Treindl The use of that source code is subject to regulations made by Astrodienst Zurich, and the code is not in the public domain. This copyright notice must not be changed or removed by any user of this program. This customized and extended port of the original program for 16-bit MS Windows to 32-bit IBM OS/2 is copyright (c) 1998-2009 by Magnus Olsson. None of these notices may be changed or removed for any reason. --