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 O L O G I C A L P R E V I E W http://www.cosmicledger.com/software/astrolog astrolog@cosmicledger.com Version 2.0 Technological Preview 39 ==================================== 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. Most new features are only partially implemented. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please report any problems with the software and your ideas for improvement to the developer. Thanks for participating! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is a package refresh correcting some significant typos and also adding information on test and control subgroups. The executable in this package is identical to the one in the original TP39 release. New in TP39 ----------- * ACA: The automatic chart analysis module has been improved. Some primary and secondary essential dignities have been switched, see Help/Planets for a listing of all essential dignities. You can change these using the same command-line options as in the original Astrolog software. The Moon's programmatic influence has been increased again. The Moon was already in the previous release by far the most important object, but its weight is now even greater, improving statistical significance. Currently the Moon carries about four times the actual influence of the average planet (its own influence plus that of its accidental rulership based on its sign aspect with the Sun). Only the Moon has this programmatic influence increase. All the other objects carry the exact influences shown in the Object settings dialogs. The analysis module has been tested for effectiveness using the same test and control groups as used with the previous releases. The average integrity score for the criminal test group is now 79% of that of the average for the control group, which is down from about 86% in TP22. A new diagnostic has been added to independently track the effect of placement in primary and secondary dignity. A placement is recorded as Polarized when having secondary essential dignity. In theory this should indicate heterosexuality if a woman. Placement in primary dignity should indicate the same for a man. Initial testing using mostly untimed charts for 196 lesbians yields a Polarized average of 49,69. The corresponding figure produced using mostly untimed charts for 244 homosexual males is 52,38. The expanded analysis output for the control and test groups using program defaults (7 planets plus the lunar nodes) is as follows: C715 T1080 IH AH Influence: 64.25 63.59 84.21 62.67 -------------- ----- ----- ----- ----- Debased (%): 50.50 51.36 4.51 65.92 Polarized (%): 48.12 49.93 6.06 21.05 Cusped (%): 29.27 29.22 15.77 23.41 Opposed (%): 24.36 25.46 12.59 46.63 Scorched (%): 9.73 10.63 0.00 14.47 Chained (%): 79.73 80.54 14.87 82.49 Numbered (%): 74.80 77.16 7.72 77.55 -------------- ----- ----- ----- ----- Disgrace (%): 84.81 88.00 11.31 94.61 Inferior (%): 49.10 50.79 0.14 85.80 Superior (%): 35.71 37.20 11.17 8.81 -------------- ----- ----- ----- ----- Integrity: 10.00 7.90 74.69 3.38 -------------- ----- ----- ----- ----- Category: 3.66 3.30 9 3 Neither the chart for Isabel Hickey nor the chart for Adolf Hitler is included in any of the two chart groups. The same goes for all other astrologers and dictators. You may notice that the Cusped diagnostic for the first time shows a slightly higher value for the control than for the test group. This can be explained by the Moon's greatly increased weight in this release and the fact that most of the charts in the test group are untimed. With the Moon disabled the corresponding figures are 29,10 for the control and 29,12 for the test group. It is my prediction that if only accurately timed charts are used the statistical significance will be a lot greater, especially with the Moon enabled. In the current release the cusp range extends 12 degrees from each cusp. In the next release it is likely to cover a full 15 degrees, but the overall cuspal effect will be tuned down. The inferiority score should reveal potential antisocial behavior. Inferior disgrace can also show forth as childishness, incompetence and excessive humility, or insanity. An inferiority score below ten in combination with a strong sidereal rising sign should rule out the possibility of severe antisocial behavior, including violent extremes such as all rape and torture, cruelty to animals, pseudo- psychiatry, as well as any state-sanctioned unlawful killing, such as capital punishments in some countries, killing of unborn children, euthanasia, genocide and suicide. The strong sidereal rising signs are Aquarius, Capricorn, Libra and Taurus. For extreme sociopaths the integrity score should fall into a Yellow or lower category and the inferiority score be at least five times as great as the integrity score. The most notorious war criminals, scam artists, sociopaths, sadists, mass-murderers, and serial killers already easily satisfy this condition: Tzipi Livni (6,7 & 42,4 => 6,3), Henry Kissinger (8,3 & 62,3 => 7,5), Bernard Madoff (4,1 & 82,7 => 20,2), Bill Gates (2,0 & 84,0 => 42,0), Timothy McVeigh (1,2 & 54,0 => 45), Marquis de Sade (1,0 & 45,6 => 45,6), Adolf Eichmann (0,9 & 41,4 => 46), Harold Shipman (0,9 & 86,7 => 96,3), and Ted Bundy (0,5 & 91,0 => 182). The superiority score should reveal potential hypersocial behavior, including infidelity and adultery (without antisocial intent), and a lack of respect for people in general. High superiority scores should also be indicative of repression, lack of authenticity, and cowardliness. People with a weak Sun and an emphasis on superiority are less likely to know themselves and are consequently also less likely to know the people around them. Charts with a superiority score exceeding 50% or at least twice as great as the integrity and with a margin greater than the inferiority score should reveal a genuine superiority complex. With this revision, 4 of the 13 dictators included in the Astrolog for OS/2 Chart Collection score above average integrity for the control: Fidel Castro (31,1; 15,9; 49,5), Mao Zedong (27,8; 31,8; 35,0), Hu Jintao (15,2; 65,1; 12,9), and Francisco Franco (12,7; 41,7; 43,0). All the remaining charts score integrity below the average for the control, as well as below the average for the criminal test group, including those of Josef Stalin (7,7; 17,9; 69,9) and Pol Pot (7,4; 56,7; 32,9). The following charts all score integrity below category 4, i.e. more than half of the control charts score higher integrity: Adolf Hitler's (3,4; 85,8; 8,8), Vladimir Lenin's (2,7; 35,0; 60,0), Benito Mussolini's (1,8; 92,7; 4,8), Ho Chi Minh's (1,6; 37,5; 60,2), Kim Jong-il's (1,3; 36,9; 60,3), Hosni Mubarak's (0,8; 61,7; 37,2), Omar al-Bashir's (0,4; 32,2; 67,3). The control group includes a subgroup of 106 judges (all the supreme court justices of the United States at the time of building the control). Its average integrity score is 10,29 with a category average of 3,75. 42,45% of the charts score in a Gray or higher category. The test group includes the following subgroups of at least 100 charts: 235 registered sex offenders (7,6; 49,7; 38,7); 244 past and present inmates on Alabama deathrow (8,1; 51,0; 36,8); 100 white female murderers (8,4; 50,3; 36,6); 105 assorted serial rapists and killers (7,5; 48,6; 39,6); and 189 people convicted of first degree murder (7,7; 50,4; 37,9). One subgroup scores well above average for the test group as a whole: 92 people in prison for fraud (first and second degree) have an average integrity score of 9,0. The updated chart analysis module also produces a new category output, which for now simply divides the integrity range in nine different bands, with the fifth starting about halfway between the criminal test group average and the control group average, and ending exactly a ninth the distance towards full from the latter. The fourth category surrounds the criminal test group average. This category output makes it easier to track chart distribution and may in later releases also be augmented with constraints based on the inferiority and superiority scores. In the pre-alpha the user will be able to adjust these limits, but for this initial release they are fixed as follows: Integrity < 1 => 1. Black Integrity < 3 => 2. Red Integrity < 6 => 3. Orange Integrity < 9 => 4. Yellow Integrity < 20 => 5. Gray Integrity < 33,3 => 6. Green Integrity < 50,0 => 7. Blue Integrity < 66,7 => 8. Indigo Integrity < 100,1 => 9. Violet Slighty fewer than half of the control charts show up in the first three categories. A goal for the pre-alpha will be to have at least a third of control charts score in the Gray or higher categories, and fewer than one tenth in the Black. For a new control consisting of the 75 232 noon (UTC) charts spanning the seven last cycles of Saturn the share currently scoring in the Black is 15,4%. I hope to bring this down in the pre-alpha, so that fewer than one ninth register in the Black. The average integrity score is 9,01. The category distribution for the C715 and T1080 groups, using the integrity limits mentioned earlier, is as follows: Charts (n): 715 1080 --------------------- ----- 1. Black (%): 14.13 17.13 2. Red (%): 17.76 20.74 3. Orange (%): 16.64 20.28 4. Yellow (%): 12.17 11.76 5. Gray (%): 24.90 20.00 6. Green (%): 8.67 7.69 7. Blue (%): 4.90 1.76 8. Indigo (%): 0.84 0.65 9. Violet (%): 0.00 0.00 --------------------- ----- Five+ (%): 39.30 30.09 Correction: The numbers for the Green category were completely off the wall in the previous edition of this file. All the numbers should now be correct. If you have any ideas for additional analysis factors to include or tests you would like to see done please contact me. All data used are available to the public via the Internet. I would appreciate if you let me know of any timed charts for serial killers that score in the Blue or higher categories, there should not be any! Note: Starting with this release you have to enable chart analysis on the new Analysis menu. You can also selectively disable one or more features of the ACA module, and turn on/off diagnostics. Please try these options and report anything suspicious! --------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER REGARDING ACCURACY FOR INDIVIDUAL CHARTS The initial purpose of the automatic chart analysis system has been to test the effectiveness of various astrological factors. For this reason some implementations may work well for statistical purposes, but may be too simplistic to yield accurate results for all individual charts. The war factor is an example of a simplified implementation, which, by simply assuming the brightest planet in a sign to be the winner, can seriously underestimate the effect of multi-party wars under some circumstances. Dispositor chaining is an example of another factor that can be implemented in different ways with sometimes very different outcomes for individual charts. 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. What the exactly right implementation for every factor or the exactly right default setting is we may never know. ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ TROPICAL VERSUS SIDEREAL FOR PLANETARY SIGN PLACEMENTS Since there are people who insist on using the Sidereal instead of the Tropical zodiac for planetary sign placements I have also tested the Sidereal zodiac. The results reinforce my belief that the positive results for the Tropical zodiac are not due to chance. Of course anyone who dares to check a chart or two will notice that the Tropical zodiac yields more fitting character descriptions than the Sidereal. In any case here are the results for the control and test groups using the Sidereal zodiac: Charts (n): 715 Charts (n): 1080 --------------------- --------------------- Influence: 63.94 Influence: 63.48 --------------------- --------------------- Debased (%): 51.63 Debased (%): 49.35 Polarized (%): 50.86 Polarized (%): 49.02 Cusped (%): 29.58 Cusped (%): 28.90 Opposed (%): 24.45 Opposed (%): 26.13 Scorched (%): 9.78 Scorched (%): 10.63 Chained (%): 80.59 Chained (%): 79.96 Numbered (%): 76.21 Numbered (%): 76.50 --------------------- --------------------- Disgrace (%): 86.75 Disgrace (%): 86.54 Inferior (%): 49.58 Inferior (%): 49.29 Superior (%): 37.16 Superior (%): 37.24 --------------------- --------------------- Integrity: 8.79 Integrity: 8.84 --------------------- --------------------- Category: 3.46 Category: 3.45 As you can see the figures are largely reversed with the most important diagnostic, debased, showing that the charts of criminals have more dignified sign placements in the Sidereal zodiac than the control charts do! Another diagnostic very sensitive to the kind of zodiac used is placement close to sign cusps. This too shows the criminals now suddenly scoring a lot better (less cusped) than the public figures. The opposed, scorched and numbered diagnostics are less dependent on the zodiac, so these still give better results for the control. Note that for the Ascendant the Sidereal zodiac gives more fitting character descriptions than the Tropical. The second stage of chart analysis will test this, but unfortunately such testing requires more detailed birth data, including place and exact time of birth, not available for most of the criminals. However, in the few cases where the additional data is known the most notorious criminals tend to have very, or even extremely, poorly dignified rising signs. Aries (demons): Charles Manson, Henri Landru, Ian Brady. Scorpio (idiots): John Wayne Gacy, Scott Peterson, Eric Harris. Leo (liars): OJ Simpson, Ted Bundy, Dick Cheney. Cancer (morons): Thomas Watt Hamilton, George W Bush, Bill Gates, Josef Goebbels. Or at best their signs carry no major dignity. Gemini (savants): Timothy McVeigh, Josef Mengele, Dennis Rader. Virgo (experts): Jeffrey Dahmer, Dylan Klebold, Richard Speck, Adolf Eichmann. ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- USER ADVISORY This software-implemented chart analysis is not intended to replace human interpretation. It has been designed to be an objective aid and should only be a complement to a full analysis by a Priest or similarly qualified person. Astrological charts are too complex to ever be completely digested by any automatic system of analysis. In the case of this particular software it is still in its most early design stage and it will see signifcant changes - even in the very next release! The current implementation is also limited to so called essential indications (independent of location) and does not consider the just as important accidental indications, such as the Ascendant. In addition to integrity above average, a qualified Priest/Astrologer can have at least three possible supporting or enabling accidental indications: Aquarius rising sign (sidereal), Saturn or Uranus in the First house (tropical zodiac, sidereal houses), and finally also the ruler of the First house situated in the First house itself. ----------------------- * New rudimentary Stats Function: You can have the software gather statistics for a group of charts by selecting Enable on the new Stats menu. The current chart will be added and all subsequently analyzed charts as well. The stats will only be reset when you select Reset on the Stats menu or use the First Chart or Last Chart commands on the File menu. * Chart Show: Akin to a picture slide show you can create a show of astrological charts by selecting Auto Repeat on the File menu. Start the show by pressing Ctrl+PgUp for the previous or Ctrl+PgDn for the next chart in sequence. Another chart will be loaded automatically at the set timer interval specified from the Animation menu. To pause you can press Ctrl+Pause. To resume use the same key combination again and restart. 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 ------------------------------ The latest stable 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 (original software) ----------------------------------------- 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 (16-bit). 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) 1998-2010 by Carl-Magnus Olsson. None of these notices may be changed or removed for any reason. --