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1. 65 PREFERENCES 57 Print page options 62 print SSD eege 18 AA 18 progression suisse 40 Progression method Live chart M 43 Ee EE 19 RAD dato dde 12 rearrange Icons 36 rectifying aa oo d d 40 Regiomontanus 57 REGISTER iir ceste es coetu suus 6 REGISTRATION 7 Relationship chart 59 e KE 55 search database 33 SECO Vo PS 13 Secondary houses 0 n 58 select all database 33 separating 48 separating aspect 12 A ar deel a 30 SIE Mee 37 0 AA 58 siderial positions 44 Siderial Zodiac 66 Solar are tees ederent 58 Solar arc houses 58 Solar return 58 sort database 34 Status panel 22 SUPPORT o eos 21 SUMAS UV di ri 16 A PT 58 AAA A 27 time navigator 40 MIS Di ns 22 Topocentric 57 UPDATING asset 9 ARGUS 4 XLI scripting handbook 55 A Bo s ae ve 11 28 ZOOM E ES 41 83
2. Some of the commands are macros others are scripts The difference between macros and script is that macros are more or less a single line of program instructions while scripts are files which can hold much more code e g interpretation texts or complex printout modules To create a new macro command you only need to open the command manager click the add new button and fill in the macro line to execute select an icon give it a name and then close To create a script from scratch will need an external text editor eg Windows notepad and knowledge about the Argus script language XLI Having the file ready it can then be included in the command selection much the same way as the macro Luckily you do not need to be a programmer or even care about macro writing to add more commands to Argus There is a growing number of installable modules available some are for free download others can be purchased EDITING OR ADDING NEW COMMANDS To edit a command right click its item on the command pane to open the command item manager with that item selected then click the EDIT button 36 ARGUS 4 Eg Create or edit command item Name Elements etc type KLIM odule interpretation Y zh shortcut hd Enyfe ne G The name field lets you enter a unique name to identify the item This is also the name you will see below the icon on the command pane The type field has a pulldown list to select between Macro X
3. To activate the automatic daylight saving time you can enter the country area code eg GBE for England then click OK The field will now show either of the following depending on the date in the date field is a date when daylight saving time or double daylight saving time was used 000 E GBE 100E GBE DST 2 00 E GBE DDST Some countries have several area codes with inividual daylight shifting schedules For example Germany has 4 areas D1 D2 D3 and D4 28 ARGUS 4 England has just one GBE When finding a city in the gazetter the area code is automatically inserted With the area code in place the zone is recalculated if needed when you change the date 1 00 E GBE DST El As with time input you can increment or decrement hours by clicking the up and down arrow In this field you cannot increment minutes or zone this way Also here you may replace one or more of the numbers in your entry by or meaning unchanged increment or decrement for that number Latitude Longitude Even if you may enter latitude and longitude manually you will normally prefer to pick it from the inbuilt gazetteer Just enter the city name in either the latitude or the longitude field If found the timezone latitude and longitude fields will all be filled in at the same time together with city and country name 50 05 N Helston 516 England GB If the city name name is found in more than one place the atlas is opened
4. Mars 8 11 0 Sxt 8 sep 3 Jupiter 8 12 0 Ssq 3 2sep 3 Saturn 8 2 0 Ses 3 3sep 3 Uranus 8 3 0 qqx 3 Neptune 8 Midp 1 SSX 3 Pluto 8 Chiron 8 orb combine Minimum P Secondary Tertiary Minor Sun 2 Node 2 Cnj 2 dec 2 Moon 2 PtFt 2 Opp 2 qui 2 Mercury 2 MC 2 Sqr 2 tre 2 Venus 2 ASC 2 Tri 2 biq 2 Mars 2 11 0 Sxt 2 sep 2 Jupiter 2 12 0 Ssq 2 Zeep 2 Saturn 2 2 0 Ses 2 3sep 2 Uranus 2 3 0 qqx 2 Neptune 2 Midp 2 SSX 2 Pluto 2 Chiron 2 orb combine Minimum S Solar arc Sun 2 Node 2 Cnj 2 dec 2 Moon 2 PtFt 2 Opp 2 qui 2 Mercury 2 MC 2 Sqr 2 tre 2 Venus 2 ASC 2 Tri 2 biq 2 Mars 2 11 0 Sxt 2 sep 2 Jupiter 2 12 0 Ssq 2 Zeep 2 Saturn 2 2 0 Ses 2 3sep 2 Uranus 2 3 0 qqx 2 74 ARGUS 4 Neptune 2 Midp 2 SSX 2 Pluto 2 Chiron 2 orb combine Minimum T Solar Return Lunar Return Sun 5 Node 5 Cnj 5 dec 3 Moon 5 PtFt 5 Opp 5 qui 3 Mercury 5 MC 5 Sqr 5 tre 3 Venus 5 ASC 5 Tri 5 biq 3 Mars 5 11 0 Sxt 5 sep 3 Jupiter 5 12 0 Ssq 3 Zeen 3 Saturn 5 2 0 Ses 3 3sep 3 Uranus 5 3 0 qqx 3 Neptune 5 Midp 5 SSX 3 Pluto 5 Chiron 5 orb combine Minimum C Composite Relationship Sun 8 Node 5 Cnj 8 dec 3 Moon 8 PtFt 5 Opp 8 qui 3 Mercury 8 MC 5 Sqr
5. Please note that the notes text is embedded into the namefile so adding pages of notes to your database entries could clutter up the file and make it slow Important things to note with birthdata is source and reliablility You may wish to adopt the RR Rodden Rating standard for reliability introduced by Lois Rodden AA Birth certificate A Memory B Biographies C Unknown or unreliable source DD Dirty data speculative or conflicting sources A Unknown time XX Unknown date Orb limits Argus is delivered with preset orbrules for each type of chart The orb may be different for different planets and aspects So if you find any aspects missing this may be the reason The rules are set to quite wide orbs though so this should normally not be a problem You can easily lower the upper limit by entering a master orb limit into the orb field found betwen the data input and the database The master orb sets an upper limit for all aspects ob m More 30 ARGUS 4 If you click the More button you will get into the individual orb setup menus A later chapter will cover this in depth For a complete reference to the default orbs Argus is shipped with refer to the appendix COMMANDS If you are updating from Argus 3 1 you may find to your horror that a lot of the commands you formerly accesed by clicking the menu line seem to have disappeared Not really You can still activate them just by pressing keys on the keyboa
6. it can be elementary commands data manipulations Executing a macro lets you do complex user defined jobs with a single command This is very handy for example if you need to Do repetetive keypresses Do a certain calculation on a long list of data in the database Automate time consuming calculations Do the same calculation many times at certain time interval The simplest way to enter a macro is to press key C or click the Macro area on the status line at the bottom of the argus window This will open an input dialog box where you enter the macro To execute the macro just click OK The macro commands are mainly the same as the keyboard shortcuts Pressing V on the keyboard or entering the macro V both result in outputting a chartwheel A few things like data input etc works slightly differently however For a full list of keyboard shortcuts and macro commands see the appendix Repetition Try for instance to press C on the keyboard then enter the following macro RV RV RV RV RV RV This will take 6 names from the database provided that you do have 6 names entered from the selected name onwards or of nothing is selected from the start of the base For each data radix positions and a Chartwheel will be output The above example can be simplified Try entering the following please note the fullstop at the end RVC6 This will do exactly the same The C6 at the end will make the whole thing repeat 6 times 52 A
7. the program output Please note that there is a limited time span 600 AD to 4000 AD Before that a close encounter with Saturn disturbed the orbit of Chiron so that calculation makes no sense Exclude Chiron Include Chiron Midpoint sort The output of the midpoints in zodiacal order is only really zodiakal with the 360 degrees sort option The other options will reorder the midpoints into a 180 90 45 or 22 5 degree circle In the output however the positions show are still their original ones only the order is changed ARGUS 4 Midpoint aspects Midpoint aspects also called midpoint trees can include just conjunctions oppositions e that a planet is on the midpoint axis This is the 180 setting 90 will include also squares e that a planet squares the midpoint axis 45 includes also semi and sesquisquares Obviously setting it to 45 will produce larger trees than 180 Midpoint aspects style The midpoint aspects midpoint trees can be output with or without aspect type and orb If you use 90 or 45 degrees you may need the information telling if the planet is on the midpoint axis or in square or 45 135 degrees You may also like to know how close the aspect is Short style With aspect type and orb Kundig Sections Kundig sections can be supplied with Bonatti sections so that they are considered equal and mixed up in the ouput This applies both to the K ndig section printout and to the CORREX optional a
8. which will open the command item manager show ng the complete list To add new items from the list on to your command panel or to remove others from the panel is as easy as checking and unchecking the checkboxes in the list When you close the command manager window you will see that the command pane has changed removed commands will have disappeared and newly selected commands will have been put into place Commands manager MI Radix SC iL Auxpos Mitt Polar Ephemeris Ms Month Ephemeris MES Live Charts Remove Cl radix D chartwheel Install Oia aspects Claes bi wheel Ot secondary The commands are placed on the pane just the same way as the windows desktop Just single or doubleclick the icon and the command is executed Try for instance to click the Radix The window 35 ARGUS 4 will switch to output mode and you will see the resulting output using the data you inserted into the data input panel The command icons are placed in an invisible grid You can drag them around with the mouse but they will snap into nice rows and columns and will refuse to overlap To drag them without executing their command click the left mouse button on them keep the mouse button down while dragging the icon You will see that the mouse cursor changes to a no parking symbol until you reach a free parking place where it will change to a hand symbol Now release the mouse button and the icon will drop into place
9. 35 Command Danel 23 Command editing or adding 36 COMMANDS 19 31 compare chart 14 Composite 59 converse planet Live chart 42 COD E 24 Data for second chart 13 DATA INPUT eie eos 25 Database 23 ARGUS 4 DATABASE soi diia 31 EA a aS 11 26 Day chart EE 59 daylight saving time 28 decrement 27 default data 25 Default data 11 DOS emulated XLI module 37 Us a A 24 email backup 21 Encrypted ne 38 Entry files EE 38 Ephemeris precision 61 Equal houses 57 A ccd sat 67 TOO E 63 forecast factors 42 Function keys 53 gazetteer 11 GAZET PEER Ires 50 globe ICON 50 E GE 61 Graphic aspects 61 Harmonics 44 66 WS Tel e P S 63 house on 25 house number 14 House system 57 A ei 44 Huber age point 60 ee GE 19 import PCA namefile 32 Importing data 32 A 27 Input panel 23 Inserting city in atlas 50 INSTALLATION
10. 6 Inter aspects 43 Intern aspects Live chart 42 interpretation 37 ARGUS 4 interpretations 35 INTERPRETATIONS 8 Keyboard shortcuts 69 lioc e 57 AA SE nee 58 K ndig Section 45 Kundig Sections 61 K ndig sections 40 Latitude AAA 11 29 lez a 7 LIVE CHART E 39 Logarithmic age point 44 Logarithmic AP 60 Longitude scu ae 29 Lunar return 58 Macro E TT EU EE 37 MACRO keys 71 MACROS virii uni 52 Mana eege 21 Mad ln cts 63 master Orb russes 46 MC entering an 28 MENU etna ne 22 Midpoint aspects 61 Midpoint sort 60 midpoint trees 61 Moon s Node 60 movement 41 MOVIE arranca cagas 17 39 NalbOoGd A errare opio oce 58 Natural degree 57 WEEN 30 orb combine 48 ie nn WE 30 ORB LIMITS default 74 ORB SETTINGS 46 orbspeed aia cete 58 OUTPUT emp 23 part of fortune 43 Part of fortune 60 ES 38 DAS nn de 24 SE Tei le UE 57 82 Pluto Symbo 61 Porphyry uscar 57 Positions on chartwheel
11. Opp 1 qui 1 Mercury 1 MC 1 Sqr 1 tre 1 Venus 1 ASC 1 Tri 1 biq 1 Mars 1 11 0 Sxt 1 sep 1 Jupiter 1 12 0 Ssq 1 2sep 1 Saturn 1 2 0 Ses 1 3sep 1 76 ARGUS 4 Uranus 1 3 0 qqx 1 Neptune 1 Midp 10 SSX 1 Pluto 1 Chiron 1 orb combine Minimum DEFAULT COMMAND ICONS visible Radix Radix2 Secondary Solar Return Lunar Return Composite Relationship Compare Clock Houseless GTR 1 month GTR 1 year GTC 1 month GTC 1 year GPR 5 years GPR 60 years Kundig sections progressed table 60 Poleph 1 month ephgen 1 month Live chart elements available bio xli auxpos xli radix chartwheel i aspects 7 ARGUS 4 x aspects bi wheel secondary radix2 solar return lunar return composite relationship chart DISTRIBUTION argus4 pca exe pca cfg pca ini pca nfi famous nfi chiron bin chironx bin argus bmp language cfg pcavname dat swedll32 dll pca hlp pca cnt eeweb htm ttus xli ttuz xli auxpos xli bio xli poleph xli elms xli ephgen xli pca ansi ttf pca oem ttf argus4 repair pca nfi pca cfg pca ini argus4 geo geo txt mygeo txt tzone txt 78 FILES Main executable Configuration file Configuration file Default birthdatabase Additional birthdatabase Binary chiron ephemeris Binary chiron ephemeris Splash screen logo Language specific strings Names of system variables Swiss Ephemeris Helpfile He
12. Previous is active only if there are any bookmarks to jump to and Remove bookmark is only active if there are any bookmarks to remove 41 ARGUS 4 If you click Remove bookmark when the slider does not point to a specific one you are prompted asking if you want to remove all bookmarks Bookmarks can be very useful in the radix navigator to mark possible birthtimes In the forecast navigator the bookmarks are useful for marking specific events Choice of planets A large number of forecast factors can be switched on or off e g secondary and tertiary progressions trasits and solar arc and you can select single planets and points of selected methods for example just looking at the movements of secondary Moon and Transit Saturn r Forecast factors OCSSIGASBYYONS MCASC Intem 2 Secondary v v lv ev WT T T T NN TI M Normal e Transit TTT vivivivivrr PT Fr Fr Converse etertiay PP FT TF f radixpart tt Minor rPrrrrprprprprpreerer FT TT mteraspects 2 Solarare TIT TITI ITT T Radix aspects These factors are selected individually by ticking the checkboxes In the above example you have fast secondary and slow moving transits included Other options Intern Apart from planets and angles you ll find a column with the cryptic name intern This means that aspects between the points in that group for example secondary Sun to secondary Moon will be shown If this box is unticked only aspects between radix and the
13. Printer page setup m E xl r Header line No header Electric Ephmeris Argus 7 Page numbers Margins Top Margin ESCHER 1 l mm r Left Margin r Right Margin J 0 mm Bottom Margin CR 5 mm heel size TO 73 tette rFooter Line No footer v Job date 7 HELP X Cancel Y OK The header and footer line lets you insert some fixed text on top and bottom of each printed page This could for example be your company name and phone number You can also have a page number top right and or a jobdate bottom right on each page Both these options are recommended The right margin has a limited effect Jobdate and pagenumbers will be placed accordingly and interpretation texts which are word wrapped will have their lines broken at the right margin Graphics and tables must be kept unbroken so they will display beyond the rigth margin setting To get a slightly more space for output you can remove the header and or footer line altogether by checking the no header no footer checkboxes In this case jobdate pagenumbers are not printed and the gain in space is only about 1 line for each 63 ARGUS 4 A small model of the resulting page layout is shown to reflect your settings Left margin moves the output right The right margin will only clip off output Wheel options
14. Screen resolution XGA Even if it may run nicely on the above configuration especially the live chart needs fast calculation to perform smoothly We recommend 1 5 Ghz processor or higher ARGUS 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF GONTEN EE 3 DROGRAMINGTALTATION nennen 6 REGISTRATION o Eb Ui dose n et ecce Re os gnati 7 INSTALLATION OF ADD ON INTERPRETATIONS AND MODULES EE 8 IEYOUMARE WP DA TAIN Ga A on 9 STARTING THE PROGRAM cccccccceeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeecesaaeeeeeeeeeeaaseees 10 GR Wel 12 ENE SHARE EE 16 PRIN TN O e dee lO O 18 MANAGING BIRTHDATA ire 18 MANAGING YOUR COMMANDS sue 19 COUT THING ARGUS EM 19 Te RE 20 HELPUOAND SUPPOR T iii iio ERE Y Re DERE rero OE ERRORES ee 21 PROGRAM DETAILS sn are RR EE nets 22 THE MAINPAGE sien is iiicis 22 ee Oe E E A EE 23 DATA INPUT re A NS dia 25 NAME seen Ta en ne d Pedo t ce seen 26 RI 26 A A EENE NEE T 27 yis EE ET 28 Latitude Longitude EE 29 SOX O 30 a 30 Ol E merece 30 COMMANDS sm ent nee ns 31 DATABASES C ET 31 a ele nine dali italia 32 Inserting and fetching data ooocccccccocccccccncccnonoccnonnnancnnnnnnnnnnnennnos 32 EEN 33 ld Le AN etree nes le 34 Ears EE 34 COMMAND PANEL nine corona ici dde vvv ab cana 34 EDITING OR ADDING NEW COMMANDS eese 36 LIVE CHAR TI coo atti db a T VR T Ed de 39 ARGUS 4 ie Need 40 The HAIG naa rr ro E SERRE eco 40 A A 41 Choice of planets EE 42 Other options a CCOO OP eeEeeeg 42 INGO BI
15. idle To output window Control panel At the very top you see the Title bar The title bar shows the program version your personal license number and your License name Immidiatly under the title bar is the Menu bar The Menu holds the permanent program functions such as Macro and script handling backup program exit preferences window handling and help stuff At the bottom you see the Status panel The status panel shows the Macro and Script status 22 ARGUS 4 The remaining area is divided in three parts 1 Input panel upper left 2 Database upper right 3 Command panel lower part These panels are those which you will be using constantly to handle birthdata and execute program commands PROGRAM OUTPUT When anything is output such as a chartwheel a calculation or whatever the program window switches to output mode EE PCA Argus 4 0 1 9000 Licensed to Laurids Pedersen l1Bi x Ta Fle Preferences Window Help 18 x Macro idle To command Panel XLI idle In this mode the panels are replaced by the output editor To switch between the two modes do one of following Press the SPACEBAR on the keyboard Click the centre area of the status line In the output mode you can also press the ESC or the ENTER key to get the panels back 23 ARGUS 4 To clear the window click the sponge button to the left sl or type CTRL DELETE on the keyboard You can also delete part of the output by s
16. preference you will get exactly that Most astrologers prefer to have the houses move 1 degree a year of age on average which is 1 360 of this To gear the motion down this ratio different theories are available each giving slightly different results Each method has its devotees The problem is that these methods can differ with several years in a prediction Naibod is the most commonly used Naibod RAMC moves 360 365 24 of true motion per year Kundig RAMC moves Sun key degrees per year The Sun key is the RA equivalent of 1 ecliptical Sun movement at birth AR Solar arc RAMC moves same arc as RA secondary Sun Ecliptic Solar arc Ecliptic MC moves same arc as ecliptic SUN 1 degree year MC moves one ecliptic degree per year No motion Houses do not move True motion ARMC moves 360 366 24 365 24 degrees per mean solar year Tertiary houses method The tertiary progression has the same options as secondary Solar Lunar return method Tropical return The chart is calculated for the time when the Sun reaches its exact birth position in the tropical zodiac Siderial return The chart is calculated for the time when the Sun reaches its exact birth position in the siderial zodiac Solar arc houses ARGUS 4 In the solar arc chart all planets are moved the same arc as the secondary progressed Sun There are two ways to move the houses True houses The midheaven is moved the same arc as the Sun Then the rest of the hou
17. radix chart will do a similar set of progressions but always start on the first of january and also expand it with drawing the chartwheel after the positions 1 1 1 PVC12 Function keys F1 F12 Even if is handy to enter macros using the macro entry box you have no way of saving them so having created a useful macro it will be forgotten next time you start the program or type in another macro 53 ARGUS 4 Luckyly you have alternative places to type in macros When you have managed to create and test a macro which you intend to save for future use you could either write it down or reopen the macrobox This will show the last macro you used with the text selected Copy this to the windows clipboard by typing CTRL C on the keyboard holding down the CTRL key while pressing key C Now click FILE on the main menu then macro definitions This will open a macro definition window with room for 12 macros The macros you define here can be executed at any time just pressing the corresponding F Key the top row keys on your keyboard Select a spare line place the cursor in it and paste the macro from the clipboard by holding down the CTRL key on the keyboard then press key V Now click the SAVE button and then OK Now press the F key on the keyboard where you saved your macro and it will execute also in future use of Argus Command items An even better way to store your macros is to create command items These have ic
18. refers to the position in the progressed houses lf there is only one number it means that the planet s house positions is the same in both charts If this sounds strange to you have a look at the compare chart described below which will show it visually You may optionally have 12 months of progressed Moon printed after the position To switch this on In the main menu click Preferences Click Astrological options Click Progressed Mooon Table Click Table on If you want this setting permanent remember to click Preferences gt Save to disk The aspects use low orb limits 2 degrees which is normal for progressed charts The aspects are internal meaning that they are measured between progressed planets mutually To see cross aspects Le aspects between progressed and radix positions you need the compare output COMPARE CHART bi wheel Click the Compare icon after having displayed the progressed chart This will show you a chartwheel with both the radix planets inner circle and the progressed planets outer circle as well as the aspects between progressed and radix Below this you ll find an aspect table giving a list of valid aspects and their actual orbs You can use the compare chart for any non radix chart to compare the two provided that the chart in question has been run first 14 ARGUS 4 EE PCA Argus 4 0 1 9000 Licensed to Laurids Pedersen E i ioj xj E3 File Preferences Window Help 81 x Ra
19. window at the cursor position Insert a blank line in the output window at the cursor position Print the content of the output window XO lt Filename Call a script file Replace Filename with the actual CFn script filename you need The terminating fullstop is mandatory If the filename does not have the extension XLI fullstop is not allowed in the filename as this would be misinterpreted as end of name So use comma instead to separate the filename and extension myscript txt XOmyscript txt myscript xli XOmyscript xli Call a submacro defined for the F Keys The F1 F12 keys an be programmed with one macro each clicking FILE gt MACRO DEFINITIONS If you have such definitions 71 ARGUS 4 Cn 72 you can further embed those into other macros by inserting CF1 CF2 up to CF12 The terminating fullstop is mandatory Repeat macro When the macro reaches C it will start over from start until you press ESC Or in case the macro is fetching database data using the the macro will stop when it reaches a blank name or the end of file Repeat macro n should be replaced by a number Please note the terminating fullstop For example RC8 will ouput 8 identical sets of radix positions Not very interesting But try this one 1 Pc12 This will output 12 progressed charts with incrementing years You can have only one loop in the same macro Parenthesis will switch on and off output So for example the ma
20. 000 city names This part is fixed and cannot be edited Favorites tab where you can insert your own additions and or correctures When you make a search by entering a city name in the latitude field of the data input the favorites is searched first If not found there worldwide list will be searched So if a city is present in both tables you will only get the favorites one This means that if you found a city in the worldwide edited it and then saved it in the favorites tab your next search for this city will find the edited version If for some reason you want to search the worldwide only enter the city name in the longitude field For example if you need a city of which there are several of the same name around the world and the one you may have in the favorites happens to be the wrong one Inserting a new city To insert a new city you need four pieces of information City name Geographic Latitude Geographic Longitude Timezone area The first three you may find in a map or an atlas The timezone area is more complicated It is not just the country because many countries have different areas with different daylight shifting dates If you can find another city in the gazetteer which is in the same country and fairly close to the new one chances are that it uses the same timezone area In Denmark and in the UK there is only one area nationwide in France there are plenty 50 ARGUS 4 Fetch a city in
21. 5 oct 1582 Before this date Argus will interpret the input as Julian calendar If you have a date given in julian new style after 15 oct 1582 you may still enter it as given but then you should terminate the input with the letters JC This will make Argus translate the date into gregorian style e g 12 7 1722 JC will translate into 23 Jul 1722 To increment or decrement by one day without retyping click the small up or down arrow in the right side of the date field You can also increment month or year by clicking the arrow while holding down the SHIFT or the CTRL key on the keyboard When typing in dates you can replace either day month or year with a comma a or a Comma means unchanged means increment and means decrement Examples initial value 6 feb 1918 type in 1950 result 6 feb 1950 type in 20 2005 result 20 feb 2005 type in result 7 mar 1918 type in t result 6 mar 1917 s To the left of the date field you will find a small house icon Clicking this will insert the default data as when Argus starts Time Enter hours minutes and seconds of birthtime separated by spaces You do not need to enter seconds or minute and seconds if they are 0 Argus does not understand am or pm you should enter in 24 hour clock format eg 12 42 6 51 4 23 59 59 As with date input you can increment or decrement hours by clicking the up and down arrow and the same with minutes or seconds by holding down S
22. 8 tre 3 Venus 8 ASC 15 Tri 8 biq 3 Mars 8 11 0 Sxt 8 sep 3 Jupiter 8 12 0 Ssq 3 Zeen 3 Saturn 8 2 0 Ses 3 3sep 3 Uranus 8 3 0 qqx 3 Neptune 8 Midp 3 SSX 3 Pluto 8 Chiron 8 orb combine Minimum D Day chart Sun 3 Node 13 Cnj 3 dec 3 Moon 3 PtFt 3 Opp 3 qui 3 Mercury 3 MC 3 Sqr 3 tre 3 Venus 3 ASC 3 Tri 3 biq 3 Mars 3 11 0 Sxt 3 sep 3 Jupiter 3 12 0 Ssq 3 2sep 3 Saturn 3 2 0 oes 3 3sep 3 15 ARGUS 4 Uranus 3 3 0 qqx 3 Neptune 3 Midp 3 SSX 3 Pluto 3 Chiron 3 orb combine Minimum H Horary Chart Applying aspects Sun 8 Node 5 Cnj 8 dec 3 Moon 8 PtFt 5 Opp 8 qui 3 Mercury 8 MC 5 Sqr 8 tre 3 Venus 8 ASC 15 Tri 8 biq 3 Mars 8 11 0 Sxt 8 sep 3 Jupiter 8 12 0 Ssq 3 Zeen 3 Saturn 8 2 0 Ses 3 3sep 3 Uranus 8 3 0 qqx 3 Neptune 8 Midp 2 SSX 3 Pluto 8 Chiron 8 orb combine Minimum H Horary Chart Separating aspects Sun 1 Node 1 Cnj 1 dec 1 Moon 1 PtFt 1 Opp 1 qui 1 Mercury 1 MC 1 Sqr 1 tre 1 Venus 1 ASC 1 Tri 1 biq 1 Mars 1 11 0 Sxt 1 sep 1 Jupiter 1 12 0 Ssq 1 2sep 1 Saturn 1 2 0 Ses 1 3sep 1 Uranus 1 3 0 qqx 1 Neptune 1 Midp 1 SSX 1 Pluto 1 Chiron 1 orb combine Minimum G Transit and progression graphs Sun 1 Node 1 Cnj 1 dec 1 Moon 1 PtFt 1
23. ARGUS 4 Electric EPhemeris ARGUS 4 ARGUS version 4 Argus is a software package for astrologers providing tools for calculating and drawing charts aspects tables and methods handling your birthdata collections and running external scripts which could be interpretations plug ins for specialized output etc There is no limit to the expandability you can add any number of scripts and it is even possible to write your own scripts or interpretations Version 4 is a completely reworked edition compared to the former version 3 1 The main differences are Output editor with cut and paste facilities Output can mix text and graphics chartwheels in the same window Printing is now straight windows style Completely new user interface integrates data input birthdatabase and commandpanel A unique interactive live chart panel with animated progressions transits etc High precision Swiss Ephemeris inbuilt with second of arc precision 3000 BC 3000 AD Desktop like command panel with clickable and user definable command icons Add your own cities to the gazetteer ARGUS 4 Tabbed birthdatabase window with multiple data collections open at the same time Birthdata can be cut copied and pasted in blocks between open bases Backup your personal datafiles to disk or email User definable orbsets for each chart type Minimum hardware requirements 500 Mhz Pentium Windows 98 or higher 64 Mb RAM 20 Mb harddisk space 1024x768
24. Age SS yous Ki Bess yews mon ye Mak speciai bathines Kundg Boralti epal EXT Fada F 40 415 KE 445 1950 1950 2000 2010 2000 2060 SSS SS t 9401940717 ajaj elsi ti 20 150 Malaise To activate the live chart enter the birthdata of the person into the input data panel then click the LiveChart icon and the above window will open The inner You will see the radix chart of the person inside the zodiac an outside you will see the fast moving secondary progressed planets green and the slow transits blue Moving the chart Now try moving the forecast slider placed bottom right by clicking the knob with the left mouse button holding it down and dragging the knob right of left You will then see the progressions and transits move and form aspects on the fly Start the movie To make the chart move by itself click and drag an imaginary point placed on the timescale above the knob where you see the numbers showing the years When you release the mouse button the chartwheel starts moving A long drag makes it move fast a short drag makes it move slowly To stop the movement just click anywhere on the timescale without dragging There are plenty of options and controls you can operate in the live chart move radix and progressions individually set bookmarks choose any combination of forecast points and aspects or groups of 17 ARGUS 4 aspects and different special techniques you can switch on D
25. E OD del EE 44 UI MRT EEN 46 HANDLING THE GAZETTEER E 50 Inserting a new E 50 MACROS EE 52 El KE 55 e E EE 57 Astrological options WEEN 57 Secondary houses method 58 Tertiary houses method EEN 58 Solar Lunar return method 58 Solar Bre le 58 Composite method EE 59 Relationship method nn 1E ERN Age 59 Day Chane method EE 59 Part of fortune method eege eer Med re tu dea an aba edet anre add d 60 Progressed point ves veeea ca ti er ee reen 60 MOONS NOS Wi EET 60 E e EE 60 Midpoint SON EE 60 Ms EE 61 Midpoint aspects SiS ea on naa 61 n Ee 61 Caraphic as POCA 61 Ee A tia diaceecveeses m 61 SWISS EDISImbfiSi si eese Eed EA een 61 lte Options rd do 62 Wheel DUONG E 64 EENS 64 ASES MO aca 65 Bi Wheel aspects rss rc oro e e Rer Lord oo ra 65 Aspects 10 ee UN 65 A ER 65 ere 65 Ee Le 65 allen 66 P o elo 66 Miscellaneous options se aae aduer ire eran E Eur cH 66 ARGUS 4 Dato WU lara ee e neue 66 ESSOR EE 66 COMME MES MARE i m 67 Astro comments ON T iia 67 Astro comments ORF as dede re E uate Fail da ds 67 Sein 67 Color Options es tette dd ua SES oa DURAS SAU na 68 Edit system Ee 68 Save OPOS a EE EE 68 ARPPEND Despi EE 68 Keyboard shortcuts ii A a OO a Oe 69 AA tas tasses dass ire aiae sens tai ent sd l 71 keys working differently in macros 73 DEFAULTORB LIMITS raie eege 74 DEFAULT COMMAND ICONS is 77 DIS
26. HIFT or CTRL while clicking 27 ARGUS 4 Also as with date input you may replace one or more of the numbers in your entry by or meaning unchanged increment or decrement for that number Es To the left of the time intput field you will see clock icon Clicking this will insert the computer clock time and date into the input This is useful for example if you need horary a current transit or progression Entering an MC or ASC In case you want to know the time when MC or ASC is at a certain positions you can type in the position in the time field and have Argus calculate the time You may for instance have a chartwheel with no time information or you may wish to know when a certain planet will be on the horizon To calculate the time In the time field enter an M followed by degrees minutes and sign number for the desired MC position separated by spaces for example M 13 21 8 to find the time for MC in 13 21 in Scorpio Click OK The desired time will now show up in the the time field and you can run the radix to check that the MC is placed in that degree To get an ascendant time replace M with A Zone The timezone is the standard time used in that country In case of daylight saving time this is included in the zone If you enter the timezone manually you will at the same time deacvate the automatic daylight saving time mechanism In that case enter hours and minutes if necessary separated by spaces
27. LI module interpretation DOS emulated XLI module Macro is a series of commands which can be held in one line For a list of macro commands see the appendix XLI module interpretation is an Argus script file Argus scripts use the XLI programming script language To create an XLI based command item you need an XLI script file Some script files are already present in your basic Argus installation Other scriptfiles may be purchased add ons or downloaded freebies DOS emulated XLI module is also an XLI script but Argus will do its best to interpret it the same way as the old DOS ancestor version of Argus did Dos programs use the OEM character set so Argus has a special font installed pca oem ttf which emulates the DOS character set Use this option only if you wish to run old DOS PCA modules or interpretations The shortcut field can be left blank or assigned a keyboard shortcut Argus has reserved a pool of two letter keyboard shortcuts for command items starting with Y or Z If you click the dropdown list arrow you will see which of these shortcuts are free for use Once assigned to an item that shortcut will be removed from the list A shortcut means that you can activate this command by typing the two 37 ARGUS 4 letters or by inserting those two letters in a macro If the type of the command see above is macro shortcuts will let vou embed macros in macros in macros Macro or Entry file This name of this fiel
28. Qi t IN ons OO mm IDN CON CN PCA OEM font A o E IA 5 10 11 12 13 14 15 J IK IL M IN JO Z 10 11 12 13 14 15 I v jw x ly u t x o Iu T 6 6 IQ amp S 2 3 14 15 16 17 8 9 2 3 14 15 674 8 9 r 2 3 4 5 16 7 8 9 1 1 1 0 P Q IR S IT U V WJX Y Z 0 32 48 0 64 JA B IC D E F G H 80 96 112 p q 224 4 B IT 80 INDEX BUE a MIA LL 32 A cet een nr 26 EES deer ees ind 57 EP PIVIN AAA reete a ees 48 applying aspect 12 AR Solar arc 58 ASC entering an 28 aspect graph 15 aspect type 46 Aspects to angles 65 cjr c 29 Pc EO 50 Ger RE 20 birthdata 10 25 BIRTADATA iaa 18 birthdata collections 31 Bi Wheel options 65 Bohatllns iis eet ht ee 40 61 Bookmarks 41 GampariliS EE 57 Chartwheel orientation 65 Chartwheel style 64 CRIOM en 60 A At nt ee 11 o PT ni TE 24 Color options sannnaaaaaeeeaaa 68 command icons 34 COMMAND ICONS 77 Command items 34 54 Command manager
29. RGUS 4 If you omit the count the repeat will continue until you press ESC or the macro fetches a blank name or reaches the end of the namefile RC In this case the fullstop at the end is optional If you have a long database open the macro will calculate all the charts It is not recommended to write thousands of pages to the output window which could clutter up your system In case just press the ESC key to stop the process before it run out of hands Data entry It is possible to enter for example a date using a macro If you press the key 1 on the keyboard the focus will change to the date input waiting for you to enter a date If used in a macro the macro will expect data to follow terminated by a fullstop The fullstop the the macro equivalent of clicking the OK button Try entering this macro 1 12 5 1967 After execution you will see that the date in the date input will have changed to the 12 th of may 1967 It gets more interesting however if you take advantage of the fact that date input accepts or for no change increment or decrement Combining this with a repetition counter you could for example create a macro calculating 12 years of progression after each other Try this macro don t miss the fullstop at the end neither the one after the 1 PC12 You should get 12 sets of secondary progressed positions one for each year Taking this idea a bit further we could create a macro which for any
30. TRIBUTION FILES E 78 le cu Eie EE 80 PCA OEM em 80 INDEX EE 81 ARGUS 4 PROGRAM INSTALLATION From a CD ROM Insert the CDROM If the installation does not start automatically click START then RUN and type D SETUP if your CDROM drive is D else replace D with your CDROM drive letter When the installation program starts just click the language of your choice and follow the instructions on screen When the program is installed and started insert your registration data which you should have received together with the program Click HELP Click REGISTER ARGUS Type the five pieces of data in their boxes Make sure to type absolutely verbatim Input is case sensitive Click OK The data will take a few seconds to validate Your program is now fully functional In case of electronic delivery Open your internet browser eg Internet explorer or Mozilla Type in the address www electric ephemeris com When opened click DOWNLOAD On the very top you should see ARGUS 4 TRIAL VERSION Follow the instructions to open the installation file When the installation program starts just follow the instructions on screen When the program is installed and started insert your registration data which you should have received by email Please note At any time you can redownload the program if your computer should crash or you need to install the program on another computer as long as you still have your registration d
31. These options applies to the four inbuilt chartwheel styles Chart style There are three chartwheel styles included Lotus US PR Umm aa French 64 ARGUS 4 Orientation As default the ascendant is horizontal pointing left The options are Ascendant left Midheaven UP Radix ascendant left Radix midheaven up Aries right Aries up Aries left Aries down Aspect style aspect lines have four options o To symbol A d L 2 To center SoS OS To degree a No aspects Bi Wheel aspects The bi wheel may look quite busy if you choose aspects on especially for charts which have wider orbs than just the 1 or 2 of used by progressed charts Aspects to angles Even if aspects to angles are quite important you may find drawing them on the chartwheel looks confusing Glyph size This setting will affect the size of the planet symbols on the chartwheel Positions size This setting will affect the size of the degrees and minutes figures drawn beside each planet and housecusp If Show Positions are not selected see below this setting has no effect Positions Show degrees and minutes Show degrees only 65 ARGUS 4 No positions Harmonics Harmonics means that every position in the entire program will be multiplied with the number entered here If the result exceeds 360 degrees it will start over from 0 Harmonics is a way of understanding aspects which is described in the book of John Addey Harmonics in astrol
32. To create a new file click the NEW button on the bottom line The file must have a name so that every change can immidiately be saved to disk Create new set of birthdata a x Type in a name use letters numbers no spaces EE Cancel Now click OK This will open a new tab on the top line and leave the database window blank ready for saving data To open an existing database file click the OPEN button below the database window Database files are of type NFI Importing data To import data from DOS PCA or from an AAF datafile click the OPEN button and select datatype import DOS or import AAF In this case the imported data will be appended to the open datafile So if you want the imported data in a separate file create a blank file first as described above and then click OPEN and choose import DOS or AAF as file type before locating the file Inserting and fetching data To save data in the database first enter the data into the data input pane then click one of the save buttons those with a between the data input and the database The first button saves the new data at the current selected line in the database If no line is selected the data is saved just after line 1 The following data is then moved one place down BER The second button appends the new data at the end of the file H To fetch data from the database into the data input pane first select the line in the database which holds th
33. a city name for the birthplace or nearest city if you are born outside one preferrably less than 5 10 miles away Press the OK button If the city name is found in the gazetteer you wil see that both the latitude the longitude and the zone fields are filled in If not found or if more than one city of that name is found the gazetteer is opened and you can pick an alternative and click OK In case the city cannot be found you can choose to enter latitude longitude and timezone manually if you know these Again enter degrees and minutes in case of zone hours and minutes separated by spaces followed by a direction letter N S E or W and click OK If you entered your own data as suggested you should for this time only save it as default so that it comes up each time the program starts matching your license name which cannot be changed To save the data as default just right click right mouse button one of the data input fields which produces a small pop up menu and from this choose save as default 11 ARGUS 4 OUTPUT COMMANDS RADIX Now you are ready to output your birthchart This is done by clicking a command icon on the command pane which is the lower part of the panel Locate the Radix icon and the panel will disappear and be replaced by the output window The output shows the chartwheel a table showing the planetary positions and another table showing the aspects Radix 1 42 axbb se Jimny P
34. a floppy disk drive A and a formatted floppy disk If you have a CDROM recorder with direct acess you may save it to a CDR or CDRW 20 ARGUS 4 Another interesting target is saving it to email which means that your email program will open a new mail with the files attached You can then send the files to someone who may keep the files for you or to another computer of yours which has email access HELP AND SUPPORT This printed program manual should answer most of you questions If your program was delivered electronically the manual will be in PDF format which you can read on the screen or print on your printer Program Help is available on the menu line and in many cases as context sensitive pressing the F1 key If you still have questions or problems you are welcome to email us at laurids electric ephemeris com Please be specific and make a note of any program messages in question 21 ARGUS 4 PROGRAM DETAILS THE MAIN PAGE When Argus starts you will see the main page EE PCA Argus 4 0 1 9000 Licensed to Laurids Pedersen R Preferences Window Help E 100E DK Sei 155 41 N K benhavn 1235E Danmark Radix2 Secondary Solar Lunar Composite Relationship Compare Elements Return Return etc Month 5 year 60 year year coll month call Synastry x aspects transits progr progr transits transits k ndig progressed houseless Polar Month Live Charts sections table wh Ephemeris Ephemeris Macro
35. age D DEEN bxx EECHER D The number shown after the planetary position is the house number which the planet occupies for example Mars in the seventh house could look like this d 452 IR 7 The numbers after each aspect is the actual orb in degrees and minutes followed by a applying aspect or a separating The orb limits are set wide enough so you should see at least all the aspects you expect If you wish to fine tune the orb rules to show just the aspects you need you will find instructions in the program manual how to do this 12 ARGUS 4 Back to the panel When you have inspected or maybe printed your output you will need to get the panel back for further operations Just press the space bar or the ESC key on the keyboard or click the centre of status bar on the bottom of the screen marked To command panel Data entry for non radix charts method 1 Non radix chart types and calculations such as transits progressions returns or compares need two sets of data 1 A set of radix data 2 A starting date event date or another persons birthdata As you see Argus seems to have only one data input which is used for both So to run non radix charts and calculations first enter the radix data and run the radix as explained above Argus will now save this chart as radix Now enter the second data or start date as needed before running the other chart Data entry for non radix c
36. and you will get a list where you can pick the right version then click OK If the city is not found the atlas is still opened If not needed you just close it and enter latitude and longitude manually In that case it is your own responsibility that the timezone area or timezone in the zone field is still correct When entering latitude or longitude manually you enter degrees then minutes and finally a N or S Latitude or E or W longitude separated by spaces You may replace one of the numbers with a comma or meaning unchanged increment or decrement You may also increment or decrement the degrees by clicking the up down arrows in the right side of the latitude and longitude input fields or the same with the minutes by holding down the SHIFT key on the keyboard while clicking 29 ARGUS 4 Sex You do not need to enter the persons gender this is only an additional information you may like to add if you are saving the data in the database Also that some interpretations are using this information having separate interpretations for men or women The Sex field is actually more than just sex you may also label your data as horary event country or no sex Notes The note area lets you type in free format additional info for that person It can only handle text though not pictures This field is optional To use it just type in whatever you like or paste it from somewhere else and click the OK button when finished
37. ar year coll month coll Synastry x aspects transits rog progr transits transits k ndig progressed ouseless Month Live Charts sections table vl Ephemeris Ephemeris Macro idle Ta output window To create a chart you must enter some birthdata into the top left pane Locate the fields for Name date time zone city latitude and city longitude As you can see there is already data inserted Argus does not allow blank fields This is the default data which always comes up when the program starts The name is always your name or the name in which the program is registered but the data can be changed to your own 10 ARGUS 4 Name In the name field you enter a name to identify the chart Just leave your own name for now Date In the date field enter your day month and year or birth separated by spaces e g 9 11 1976 To finish the date either click the next field time or click the OK button below the data input fields You will see that Argus brushed up your entry showing 9 Nov 1976 AD Tue AD just means after Christ and Tue is the weekday Time In the time field enter birthtime hours then minutes seconds if needed separated by spaces e g 13 22 As with the date you terminate the input by clicking the next field or the OK button below the data input fields Zone This is the timezone of your area which is automatically filled in when a city is found in the atlas So leave this for now City Latitude Enter
38. ata handy An internet connection is therefore just as good as a CDROM with the added advantage that it is kept updated with the newest version ARGUS 4 REGISTRATION After the installation you need to type in your personal registration information to make the program fully operational Until you do that it will look and act like a demo version The registration info is provided together with the CD ROM on a separate sheet or by email in case of electronic delivery As soon as your registration data is accepted the program is fully functional The program is not copy protected Instead your full name is inserted into the program and will show up on the title bar as well as in the initial birthdata loaded as default The license allows you to install the program on as many machines you need for your personal use You are not allowed to let other peo ple use the program apart from short demonstration sessions or the like and definitely not on two machines at the same time If for some reason you need to have the user name changed you will need new registration info This will normally be free of charge but we will need your user number and a signed letter telling that your former registration is destroyed and out of use PCA Info sheet Ep xj PCA Argus 4 0 Revision 1 Copyright 2005 ELECTRIC EPHEMERIS Authorisation Licenced to Micky Brezil Serial no 123455 558 User number 24650 Features available eg Co
39. cro RV will calculate and ouput radix positions and draw a chartwheel while R V will calculate the radix positions without outputting them and then draw the chartwheel So the opening bracket means no output from now on and the closing bracket means back to normal ouput mode Mini script After the the remaining part of the macro string will be interpreted as an XLI script To accept a text part in the macro which is limited to a single line text lines should be bracketed Example 2 PHS NUMS MOON IS IN HOUSE Fullstop Clears the output window Select radixdata Next chart calculated will use the radix data left data input tab Select currentdata Next chart calculated will use the current data rightt data input tab Fetch next data in namefile ARGUS 4 keys working differently in macros 6M set sex in selected input to male 6F set sex in selected input to female 6N set sex in selected input to no sex 6H set sex in selected input to horary 6E set sex in selected input to event 6C set sex in selected input to country 7 see above 8 see above show panels show ouput window 73 ARGUS 4 DEFAULT ORB LIMITS R Radix Radix2 Transit Sun 10 Node 5 Cnj 8 dec 3 Moon 10 PtFt 5 Opp 8 qui 3 Mercury 8 MC 5 Sqr 8 tre 3 Venus 8 ASC 5 Tri 8 biq 3
40. ction or even not start at all and you may happen to change something which you cannot remember how to change back Still as long as you do not save the changes to disk Argus will start with the old values next time you use the program Save options To make Argus remember the new settings next time you start the program you need to click this option APPENDIX 68 ARGUS 4 Keyboard shortcuts d O O1 P N DO Cor oumrmu dz Enter name Enter date Enter time Enter zone Enter latitude Enter longitude Enter sex Enter notes Enter orb Radix positions Radix2 Transit Secondary progression Tertiary progression Minor progression Solar arc Solar return Lunar return Composite chart Relationship chart Day chart Converse Transit Converse Secondary Converse Tertiary Converse Minor Converse Solar Arc User S XLI script User Z XLI script Chartwheel Houseless chartwheel Double chartwheel Houseless double chartwheel Clock chartwheel Aspect grid 5 year progressions graph 60 years progressions graph 1 year transits graph 69 ARGUS 4 Q Yn Zn 1 month transits graph 1 year collective transits graph 1 month collective transits graph Internal aspects Cross chart aspects Midpoints planetary order Midpoints zodiacal order Midpoint tree planetary order Midpoint tree zodiacal order K ndig rectification sections Progressed table 60 years Enter macro Quit Argus Command icon assignabl
41. d Traditional Planets are transits Houses are moving 360 degrees a year at equal RAMC speed K ndig Planets are transits Houses are moving at equal RAMC speed so that they match up with the secondary 59 ARGUS 4 60 progression houses each mean solar year So the speed of these houses will be slightly dependant on the choice of method for secondary progressed houses Part of fortune method Traditional Part of fortune is ascendant Sun Moon Continental Daytime Part of fortune is ascendant Sun Moon Nighttime Part of fortune is ascendant Moon Sun Progressed point The progressed charts you can have the progressed part of fortune replaced with other points of interest Part of fortune Not replaced use part of fortune Huber age point Age point according to the HUBER system 6 years per Koch house starting at the ascendant at age 0 and interpolating the houses linearly True Huber AP A sligthly improved way of calculating the HUBER age point not inerpolating the houses linearly but using the Koch house calculation formula Logarithmic AP The age point according to A T Manns logarithmic time scale Moon s Node True node Use true moons node which can move retrograde due to the Moons plane of orbit osculating Mean node Use mean moon s node which moves at linear speed Chiron Chiron is a kind of asteroid or comet which belong to a group of bodies called Centaurs You can include or exclude Chiron from
42. d depends on your choice of type Macro or XLI Script 38 Macros are entered as a line of characters See the section on macros Entry files Enter a filename or better click the file browser icon to the right of the entry field to browser for a script file There are three types of scripts XLI Normal script files TXT Interprerations SCM Encrypted scrambled scripts Encrypted files cannot be edited and will run only if the user is authorized Authorization means that the encryptions is made to match the individual Argus user number or it may be done by including special code in the encrypted file to ask the user for a password ARGUS 4 LIVE CHART Horoscope movie With this module you can see how radix progressions and transits develop over time The live chart runs in a separate window not in the usual Argus output window BCE Jrumy Page OCESIUSHLONKS MAC nme House progrerion Sewmdwy Ivi TT TII PE T F Home C Nabod Das 3 Jan 1944 Stet TTTTICRRERERERIT Cr TT comerse G K rdg Sunkey Time TR ey Trrrrrrrrrrr Tr T T rampe C Solar xc AR en gt Wer CrTrrrrrrrrrr rr PF T nierespects C Solar ac ecl zone 100 DK Sewc DOCTrrrrrrrr rr TT T Radxospecs C Aen Pro Tes Ter Mn SA D Laide SOWN Drect Convene j longue 516w Forecast aspect types Hamois 1 0000 mee ENT Ge Aya 000 PS CT S po rx ro pa rx rs Time adanimert Vr Hoas 0 Mirates H Age Bea afo 8 Mak sp
43. dd on Straight Kundig K ndig Bonatti Graphic aspects The aspect graphs showing how transits and progressions develop over time have two display options Shades DRE sl Bar graphs ie Glyphs Symbols for Uranus and Pluto are different in some countries so here is some choices Uranus Glyph Aerial Uranus German Uranus 6 Pluto Glyph English Pluto Danish Pluto O German Pluto Y oF Swiss Ephemeris 61 ARGUS 4 The ephemeris option lets you choose between speed and accuracy The choice also depends on if you have the full ephemeris tables installed or just the basic calculation Moshier In summary you should always use Swiss ephemeris unless you have only the basic swiss installation you have a problem with speed and accuracy is not high priority Use Swiss Ephemeris with full tables Extremely accurate down to 1 100 of a second of arc Very fast faster than the EE Uses 35 Mbytes of disk space so you will prefer a CD rom for installation rather than a download with basic tables only Very accurate down to 1 second of arc Slower 3 5 time slower than the EE Use EE Ephemeris Quite fast Accurate only to minutes of arc and only 1850 2040 Outside this accuracy is rather one degree Print page options Printed pages have a couple of options such as margin settings etc Only one option the chartwheel size will also affect the screen output 62 ARGUS 4
44. der Radix aspects Checking this box will show the radix aspect pattern if you like to have that shown House progression Naibod Ze Kundig Sunkey C Solar arc AR C Solar arc ecl C 1 degree Progression method For secondary and tertiary progressions a selection of methods exist how to move the progressed houses In the live chart this applies only to the midheaven and ascendant because the other houses are not shown This will let you experiment to see which method works best As with the other options you can operate them while the chart is moving and see the immidiate effect of the different choices Progression method only affect sedondary tertiary and minor midheavnen and ascendant Forecast aspect types si mW mW Vr Ja 7 ia Via fia To vA T Te V 43 ARGUS 4 Types of aspects There are 13 different aspect types you can switch on or off The first columnt is the traditional ones next column is the less used and the third column are the more exotic like decile tridecile and bi quintile cers Pro Tra Ter Min SA J O 19 30 X 2 IL g c e Quis FOR HE nc Direct Converse Planetary positions There are two panles showing the exact positions one for radix and one for the forecast factors The latter is tabbed so you can only see one set at at time 44 Adopted options The options below cannot be set directly on the livechart pane but are taken over from the mai
45. dix 1 Jimmy Page 9 Jan 1944 Secondary Jimmy Page 27 Jan 2005 Aspects Secondary Radix 1 Jimmy Page M OO MC DO Jos osa SA ASC a d pop ax yog ax Y Ho 4 1 1 1 1 1 Ho of 0 0 HAY Macro idle mmand XLI idle compare ASPECT GRAPH Even if the secondary progressed chart can be used for a complete year forecast it is basically just a moment in time To see how aspects develop as time moves try the 5 year progression 5 year Progressions Progression method K ndig Sunkey Jimmy Page 9Jan 1944 AD Sun 4 17 21 100 E DK 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 MC O Or E li Cac arias A ars MC BD frr ENS PEE eem PA lssssssesess ASC O r E A AAA PR E PP 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 3 AASC r Errem CORRE Er pre 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 15 ARGUS 4 OxOr W EECH A BEE BEE B d p ER Mesum licae CO Ont r ee e SE EMI O D p EE RS ls ae os Ser EE erm Pra DE Bx tr EE bestet nes jm If not already done enter radix data and run radix first Then enter the starting date for the progressions Or alternatively click the double chart data entry click the left tab and enter the radix data then click the right tab and enter the starting date Click the 5 year progession command icon The result looks something like the above The color shades will show when each aspect moves inside the 1 orb limit pale and when it culminates full color Aspects ar
46. e data then click the fetch button This button is greyed if no line or more than one line is selected 32 ARGUS 4 To replace some data in the database click the replace button For example you may realise that a line of data in the base needs a change So first fetch it using the fetch button then edit the lines which needs to be changed Now to replace that line in the database it must be selected what it probably still is since you just fetched the data there but maybe better check So click the replace button You will be prompted to confirm the overwrite To delete data from the database first select the data to delete then click the Delete button the one with the rubbish bin icon You will be prompted to confirm the delete Please note that you can select more than one line by holding down the SHIFT or CTRL key on the keyboard while selecting in the usual windows style If the lines to select are contiguous you mark the first then hold down SHIFT wile marking the last To select the whole database right click the base to produce the context sensitive popup menu copy cut paste Select All Deselect all Then click select All You can also use the context sensitive popup to copy cut and paste data blocks from one database to another or you can just use the usual windows style CTRL X cut CTRL C copy or CTRL V paste If you are going to cut and paste many lines of data it may be a good idea to bac
47. e from progressed angles and planets to radix angles and planets x aspects as well as aspects between progressed points mutually i aspects SYNASTRY To compare two radix charts and look for aspects between them you must first prepare the two sets of data You use any of the two methods for data entry as usual then click the Synastry icon This will output a compare chart with the inter aspects You would normally like to have a chartwheel and positions for both persons charts as well In that case you should Select the single data entry icon Enter the data for person 1 Click the Radix icon Enter the data for person 2 Click the Radix2 icon Click the compare chart icon LIVE CHART This is a double chartwheel with radix in the inner circle and a selection of forecast factors in the outer Two sliders at the bottom of the window lets you move the point in time which will make the chartwheel planets houses and aspects move accordingly 16 ARGUS 4 la x Rsx Forecast factors Forecast Tru Page OC ESIUSYWYONS MAC pen toits gegen Ses PRPC FE TF we C Nabod De Gian 1944 Stet II EEEE TT TT convene G K ndg Suntay Tm FR ey TTT TT T T rape C Solar wc AR E ww FITTTTTTTT Cr hieraspects Fee ee xis Ja Siwwc ITI Tr T T Radxespects C 1 degue Latitude 50 6 N Longhade 516w Forecast aspect types Hamor c 1 0000 Ve pm pn Aya L o o M pa rx ro Va lU 90 Tire adintmert Ge Hows 0 Minutes H
48. e internet browser Back in Argus right click an empty area on the command panel Click INSTALL In the file menu locate the file you downloaded ARGUS 4 Double click the file Close the commands manager dialog Anew command icon should now have appeared on your command panel The module is now installed and can be activated by clicking its command icon You may be asked for a password the first time you call the module Commands manager E d Mt CORREX Bi PCSYN Mat MS Wheel Ei MS Noonwheel ar MS Ephemeris Remove lg extra prets E Local Space Bi MOVIE B tap month BW Transit interpretations IF YOU ARE UPDATING Argus 4 will install in its own folder and it can work in parallel and independant from the old version You may wish to import your old namefiles You can open namefiles in other folders and you can import data from PCA DOS namefiles ARGUS 4 STARTING THE PROGRAM When installed the program will have placed the Argus start icon on the desktop Just doubleclick the icon and Argus starts The first view you will see is the panel EE PCA Argus 4 0 1 39000 Licensed to Laurids Pedersen 0 Name Laurids Pedersen 1 Date AY 11 Jan 0162 AD Sun j 2 Time rie 123500 i 3 Zone fe ENEE SCiyfLongtude 1235E Danmark j 6 Sex Notes 0 SEARCH SORT LIST Radix2 Secondary Solar Lunar Composite Relationship Compare Elements Return Return etc Month 5 yes 60 ye
49. e interpretations create new commands yourself combining other commands or writing small pieces or user defined stuff You will find more details in the main manual QUITTING ARGUS To terminate the program do either of the following Press Q on the keyboard On the main menu click File gt Quit PCA Click the cross in the top right corner of the Argus window 19 ARGUS 4 BACKUP Programs can be replaced but not your personal data unless you have a recent backup To make it easy to backup your birthdata collections and program settings there is a function in Argus to do this On the menu click FILE Click BACKUP Click SAVE DATA Tick the files you want to backup click a target email file or floppy diskette click OK Er backup p loj x v geo mygeo tst backup data to M pca cfg EEN M pca ini ito email M famous NFI C file M pca nfi C floppy diskette A Select All Deselect all HELP Cancel OK There are four types of files you may wish to backup nfi files which hold birthdata collections pca cfg and ini files which hold your personal program settings pca ini which holds your command icons mygeo txt which holds your personal additions to the gazetteer If you save to a local file you will still have a problem if you harddisk crashes If you have a network you may choose to save the file on a remote computer for greater safety Saving to floppydisk needs
50. e keyboard shortcuts Command icon assignable keyboard shortcuts The last two is a whole series of keyboard shortcuts which you can assign to each of the command icons available This is done by right clicking the icon and then clicking the EDIT button In the command icon editor window you will find a field showing the current keyboard shortcut with a dropdown list to choose from 70 Eg Create or edit command item Name Lunar Return type Macro Y shortcut macro ico w oem ico Bj textico xli areen ico El E More ARGUS 4 MACRO keys In macros with a few exceptions mentioned below you can use all the above keyboard shortcuts Additionaly you can use some special keys TXXX 8xxx 8X 99 9F 9L 9X Set harmonic number Replace xxx with the harmonic number you wish terminated by fullstop as shown To enter a fractional harmonic use a comma not a fullstop as decimal separator e g 74 33 will set the harmonic number to 4 33 Set master orb Replace xxx with degrees and minute of orb For example to set the master orb to 3 30 enter 8330 The terminating fullstop is mandatory Select an orbsheme for all charts Replace the X with one of the letters RTPSHDCG to select one of these orbsets This will override the individual orbset for each charttype To set it back to normal use the macro 8N The terminating fullstop is mandatory Clear the output window Insert a new page mark in the output
51. ecial bathimes _Kindg Sea 2 SS Reda Forecast 400 415 430 445 1980 1990 2000 2000 2020 200 e ed to 92219 0617 aa pl ely 4 of 2722 2005 11 50 f eal A couple of controls and options give you a hands on experience of what happens when you change birthtime progression techniques aspect types etc and shows which aspects appear when forwards and backwards fast or slow fine tune manually or sit back and watch the move play one day one month a whole lifetime You can stop start zoom in the timeline to watch the details You can freeze an event time and then adjust the birthtime to see how this will affect the progressions or transits which aspects appear and disappear 39 ARGUS 4 If you are rectifying charts this is the ultimate tool for experimenting with birthtimes events and techniques For users of Kundig sections or Bonatti sections these techniques are integrated bookmarking all K ndig or Bonatti sections over a 24 hour period In the following the tem progression means both secondary tertiary and minor as well as solar arc The chartwheel The live chartwheel shows the usual zodiac with radix planets and houses inside and all forecast factors outside As the chart moves the aspect lines will appear and disappear as the orb goes inside or outside one degree To get a smooth an clean movement you computer should preferrably work at 2 GHz or m
52. electing it with the mouse and press the DELETE key on the keyboard The output window has a set of output relevant buttons on a panel on the left side to clear copy paste print etc In the output window if you select a graphic like eg the chartwheel it will get handles in the corners which you can drag with the mouse to resize the graphic E If you toggle on the E editor button you can also type in text or edit the contents using the keyboard Graphic output like chartwheels can be resized If you click a chartwheel with the mouse it will get selected with handles Clicking and dragging the handles will resize the graphic To print the content of the output window click the print button You can have several output windows at the same time Click WINDOW in the menu line Click ADD NEW The new window will cover the old one meaning they are superimposed To toggle between them click Window At the bottom of the resulting pulldown you can now see 1 2 etc as many windows as you have open max 8 Just click the one you need You can also click WINDOW and then select TILE CASCADE to arrange the windows In this case each window is smaller so that you can select them by clicking on them Output is sent to the active winodw which is the one you clicked last To close the extra windows first select the window you want to close then click WINDOW then CLOSE The original window cannot be closed you must always have a
53. et use with drop down list which is called all and which is by default deactivated If you select it you will set the None button will get marked If you change that to one of the other orbsets e g H it will override the chart type filter temporarily and use the H orbset for any chart type If you later set it back to None the individual chart type orbsets will reappear If you wish you can reassign individual chart types for example make the day chart which is normally the D group use the same orbset as the secondary tertiary and minor Just select the Day chart in the use with drop down list and click the P button below The D group will then be empty daychart was the only charttype in that group and can be used for other purposes You can disable the orbsets altogether by checking the disable all checkbox You may for example find that the orbset system is too complex and intransparent or you might want to check if an orbset rule is the reason that some aspect is missing When you have made your changes and you are satisfied you should click the SAVE button in the orb limit dialog to save the new settings to disk If you don t the new settings will be gone next time you start Argus 49 ARGUS 4 HANDLING THE GAZETTEER If you click the globe Icon in the data input pane to the left of the latitude field you will open the Gazetter Atlas The gazetteer has two tabs Worldwide tab with more than 100
54. etails can be found in a later chapter PRINTING If you have been using the older version of Argus you can forget all about its clumsy printing system This version is much more standard windows which you should find very easy to use To have a printout of your output just click the printer symbol on the toolbar on the left side of the output window This will open a printer menu where you can choose your printing options Program specific print options like margins wheel size footer and header can be set from the main menu Click Preferences Click Print page options When you are satisfied with your settings click OK If you wish to save the new settings permanently click Preferences then Save to disk MANAGING BIRTHDATA Working with birthcharts you would like to build up a collection of birthdata which you can access at any time The real way to learn astrology is to practice being able to pick up and compare examples at any time Try enter some birthdata Fill out in full so that the persons gender is correct and maybe add a few facts or comments in the notes area at the bottom of the data input When ready click the OK button To save your data in the database just click the append button which will insert the data at the end of the namefile Fill in a few more preferrably friends and family who you know well To fetch data from the database first click the data you want then click the fetch data ke
55. harts method 2 If you prefer it actually is possible to have two data inputs so you can calculate for instance a progressed chart without running radix first On the top left corner of the data input locate the two chart input icon ee Clicking this will provide two tabs above the input fields Bob Marley Bob Marley a Now click the left tab and enter the radix data then click the right taband enter the second chart data event or start date as needed Now you can click any chart command without needing to run radix first To get the single data input back click the single data icon PROGRESSED secondary CHART Together with transits secondary progression is the most commonly used forecasting technique The progressed chart is usually set up for one year starting at the birthday but as it moves slowly you can actually use the 1st of january as starting date so that your forecast covers the calendar year 13 ARGUS 4 To enter the starting date use one of the two methods shown above and enter the date into the date field leaving everything else the same as radix Now on the command pane click the icon for Secondary You will now get a secondary progressed chartwheel a table of positions much like the radix and an aspect table Please note that the planetary positions may be followed by two house numbers the first refers to which house in the radix chart the progressed planet s position would be and the second
56. her E or W according to this setting Select W if the majority of your charts are W else choose E East is default West is default Comments In written interpretation each paragraph has a leading line telling which astrological factors are causing the following text to be printed This is interesting for readers who know about astrological terms but can be annoying if they don t So you can select either depending on who you are targeting when printing out interpretations Astro comments ON Astro comments OFF Fonts This option will open a windows font dialog where you can choose font name style and size for your outputs Please note though that position and aspect tables etc which need tabulation and astrological symbols always use the special PCA font PCA ANSI TTF installed with Argus but it will still use the size and style chosen Please note that some interpretations have their own font settings which will override your program options The Argus font is only active as long as Argus is open If you copy and paste output from Argus to e g Word it may look fine showing astrological symbols correctly but as soon as you close Argus Word will not be able to show the symbols any more because the Argus font is now unmounted If you want to use the Argus symbols in other programs also when Argus is not running you mus install them using windows control panel The Argus font is placed in the Argus4 folder Actual
57. ifically choose save to disk PCA CFG To save your modified settings to disk click PREFERENCES then SAVE TO DISK on the menu Here follows a list of options and a bit of explanation for each Astrological options House system Astrologers use different house systems even if noone yet has come to any conclusion which one is correct Placidus is by far the most used closely followed by Equal and Koch Most systems fail beyond the polar circles where only equl porphyry and Alcabitius are useable The program will warn you if you try using an invalid system beyond the polar circles and then switch to equal Placidus Koch Equal Regiomontanus Campanus Topocentric Natural degree Porphyry Alcabitius Aspect table style Layout of aspects With orbs only With this option aspect printouts shows symbols for the aspecting planets and for the aspect Then it shows the actual orb in degrees and minutes and a or telling if the aspect is applying or separating 57 ARGUS 4 58 With orbs and orbspeeds This option shows the same as the above but with additional orbspeed telling how much the orb changes per day radix year secondary etc in degrees and minutes Secondary houses method The secondary progressions are defined as one day equals one year If that formula is used for both planets and houses the latter would move about 361 degrees a year or 1 degree per day of age If you select true motion for this
58. kup your datafiles first AS soon as you cut a number of lines this data will only exist in the windows clipboard where it could easily get lost You may prefer to copy and paste instead and then delete the copied lines from the source afterwards when you are sure that it is safely pasted into the target Searching 33 ARGUS 4 The SEARCH button will let you search for a piece of text in the open database window Place the cursor at the top of the window enter the search text into the text entry field just below the window and click the search button To find next occurence click again press F3 or ENTER if the focus is still in the text input on the keyboard The search is always forward not case sensitive and only applies to the name part of the data you cannot search for birthdates etc but you can search part of a name Sorting The SORT button will open a choice menu where you can choose from sorting by name age or birthday The sorting will apply to the datafile tab currently selected in the database window The sort is non reversible there is no undo Listing The LIST button will output the open database window to the Argus output window where you can print it out COMMAND PANEL The number of possible commands in Argus i virtually unlimited But you will normally use only a selection Argus makes this easy for you by providing the command pane which you can easily customize for your needs Examples of command
59. lpfile contents EE website redirector User definable script User definable script Script for additional planet info Script for biorythms Script for polar 1 month ephemeris Script for elements distribution Script for ephemeris generator Symbol truetype font DOS emulation truetype font Extra copy empty of default namefile Extra copy of default configuration file Extra copy of default configuration file Geographic latitudes and longitudes Favorites geo latitudes and longitudes Timezone table country txt Country names argus4 ico Available command icons base ico globe ico clock ico gtr ico live ico macro ico oem ico text ico xli green ico xli red ico xli ico The list may change in later revisions ARGUS 4 79 ARGUS 4 PCA ANSI font LO LO xeo lo at DI Bl co A rr m A Z cE E m 0 d co co ein lU edel Wf is Ho QN N E av u A H1 EIB mm fabs 4 lx ICS RAACH oso o o ik Ab kel HM IO y Buck le O ao gt rt ARO ua kale olo x lt gt lt EEK Lu RS oo Ne Ro z oz MG lolx fol IN o od o al gt l gt RAEN log to 0 LO le 10 Lu a o Tl X e iO bes ho Lo e laol olh HO metic ko es en lo D AO RA Lo he ho eo ale amela 1Q 101 Biet lenke bo lew ror lt ow oro ERA o Oui ja X0 b AO woo 00 lo ao O 00 t O KO
60. ly there are two fonts PCA ANSI TTF with the symbols and PCA OEM TTF which is the DOS emulating font used to run old PCA scripts To install the Argus fonts n Windows click START Click SETTINGS Click CONTROL PANEL 67 ARGUS 4 In the control panel click FONTS In the font window click FILE Click INSTALL NEW FONT In the file window locate and doubleclick the Argus4 folder C ARGUS4 In the the list of fonts you will find the fonts PCA ANSI and PCA OEM Select PCA ANSI and PCA OEM if you so wish Click OK The fonts are now installed and can be used even when Argus is not running The contents of these fonts are listed in the appendix Color options This option will open a colour table where you can choose individual colors for each symbol for chartwheel lines houses etc You can not choose color for text and text background which will always be black on white The list of colorable items is multiselect Holding down the CTRL or SHIFT key you can click and select more than one item to get the same color When selected click the COLOR button and choose a color for those items then click OK Edit system variables The options entered above are all saved in the file PCA CFG If you wish to get your fingers dirty you can use this dialog to edit the settings manually If you do you should make a backup first because it is possible to change critical values which will make Argus malfun
61. moving points will be included It would make sense to tick the secondary progressions intern box because these aspects are personal and relevant whereas transits aspecting other transits are collective applying to all people and less interesting in case of a personal forecast Direct and converse Some astrologers work with converse secondary progressions meaning one day before birth equals one year after birth If you choose converse the progressed points will move backwards when you move forwards in time To distinguish them from the direct they are drawn in a paled color You can have either or both direct and converse 42 ARGUS 4 Radix part of fortune You can delesect radix part of fortune as you may find this uninteresting There are no way to deselect other radix planets Inter aspects Quite commonly astrologers use aspects between transits and progressed planets for example transit Saturn conjuncting your progressed Sun The checkbox inter aspects will allow you to see all aspects between the different groups This is not the same as the intern described above Inter aspects show aspects between eg progressed and transits or even progressed and converse progressed but not between progressed and progressed If you have more than transits and secondary progressions for example tertiary or solar arc ticking this box will make little sense apart from the fact that you will get all too many aspects to consi
62. n Argus program preference settings Progressed point In the progressed charts the part of fortune can be redefined to show age point instead either the Huber school age point or the Logarithmic age point according to A T Mann Harmonic 1 0000 Aya 000 Harmonics or siderial positions These main Argus preferences are shown in the two display fields in the radix left panel Using harmonics you will be able to see septiles noviles or other even more special aspects Choosing siderial will not change which aspects appear when but it will happen in displaced signs and rulership will change ARGUS 4 Time adjustment Hours 0 Minutes 0 Restore Adjusted time In the radix panel left you will find a display field showing how much the birth time has been changed using the slider control When the live chart window opens this value is zero When moving the radix slider you will see the change of birthtime measured in hours and minutes If you use the module for rectification and you think you have found a good fit this field will Show how far you have moved from the original time Update button Update will export the new if changed birthtime back to the main Argus so that when you close the module you will see the changed data appear in the input pane At the same time when you click the update button you will then see the time adjustment display change to 0 meaning that the cu
63. ntrol code 520792 Copy to clipboard HELE Test Cancel Ok ARGUS 4 INSTALLATION OF ADD ON INTERPRETATIONS AND MODULES An Argus CD ROM will normally hold both the program and all available modules and interpretations but you can only use those for which you have a password So you use the same CD ROM for installation of Argus itself and for later installation of add ons To install a module from the CDROM Start Argus Insert the Argus CDROM into the CDROM drive If the Argus Installation program starts close it In Argus right click an empty area on the command panel Click INSTALL In the file menu locate the module on your CDROM Double click the module Close the edit or create command item dialog A new command icon should now have appeared on your command panel The module is now installed and can be activated by clicking its command icon You may be asked for a password the first time you call the module To install a module from the internet To download in Argus click HELP Click ELECTRIC EPHEMERIS WEBSITE Your webbrowser will now open the EE website Click DOWNLOAD Lookup the module you wish to download If there is a manual available you may open this and print it out Right click the module Choose save target as Internet explorer or save link as Mozilla Firefox In the file menu lookup your Argus folder normally C ARGUS4 Save the file in this folder Close th
64. ogy Even if it makes little sense in terms of harmonic theory you can enter fractions and negative harmonics Zodiac The Zodiac preference adds or subtracts the same arc The Ayanamsha to from all positions The arc entered is for the 1st of jan 1900 For other years this arc will be corrected by the precession which is about 50 of arc per year This is called the siderial zodiac which stays fixed in relation to the fixed stars There are different opinions what the Ayanamsha should be i e where in the sky to place zero Aries You will find a couple of preset values used by different schools but if you cannot find the one you are looking for you can enter it yourself by choosing USER Select TROPICAL to make the program produce ordinary western style astrology 0 00 User 22 2T Lahiri 22 21 K S Krishnamuti 21 01 Sepharial 19 10 Shil Ponde 00 00 Tropical Miscellaneous options Date Style Amr MMDDYYYY In USA dates are entered month days an year Select this option to make the date entry accept data in this order When pressing OK in the data input however you will still get the date monthname year order EUR DDMMYYYY Choose this date input style if you prefer to enter dates in the european style day month year order East or West 66 ARGUS 4 If you enter zone and geo longitude in the date input without a direction letter E or W Argus will place a default letter which could be eit
65. ons and names so they will be easy to locate with no need to memorize F key numbers To create a command item macro Right click a free area on the command pane In the command manager window click ADD NEW In the create or edit command item window enter a name to identify the macro In the type field select macro in the macro field type in the macro string from the icon list select an icon of your choice click OK In the command manager window click OK Now you will see that a new icon has appeared on your command pane which you just need to click to execute your macro 54 ARGUS 4 SCRIPTS Argus has an inbuilt script language interpreter which makes it possible to add interpretations and special modules which greatly expands the functionality of the program The script language XLI is not easy to master It has roots back from even before DOS in 1987 when the first versions of PCA for CP M came out with a simple XLI language When understood properly you can do a lot of tricks with it and if you just need to write straight interpretations it is quite straightforward The XLI scripting handbook can be downloaded from our website Most users will prefer installing ready made scripts Some scripts are free others are paid for Some of the commands in the basic Argus installation are XLI scripts for instance the elements showing triplicities and quadruplities Argus 4 will run most of the older scripts you may ha
66. ore When you resize the live chart window the chartwheel will also resize You get the best view if you can make it as large as possible within the screen size and resolution available Even if you can work with an old VGA 640 x 480 pixel screen the resulting chartwheel will be only half this size to allow for the controls and other display so you should have at least XGA 600x800 The different types of progressions and transits have separate colors so that you can distinguage a mixed planet set The time navigator Birthtime and event time are contolled individually with to slider controls These can be moved forwards and backwards with the mouse or started so that they move automatically at any rate so you can sit back and watch the aspects come and go r Radix 4 00 4 15 4 30 4 45 ely ef 322019440417 ael Manual move To move the slider you pull it by clicking the knob holding down the left mouse button and drag the slider right of left A time scale above the slider shows where you are in time which is also shown more exactly with date and time in the display field below the slider The time shown is according to the local time zone 40 ARGUS 4 In the picture above the time span is one hour With the zoom in and zoom out buttons ala you can expand the the time window to cover 1 6 or 24 hours 30 or 360 days 10 or 60 years The blue arrows right or left of the zoom buttons are used to page for
67. rd If you don t memorize which keys to press you will find a complete list in the appendix Most of the commands will also be available as command icons described below DATABASE The upper right pane on the panels is the database famous Kylie Minogue 28 05 1968 AD 11 0000 10 00 E37 48 8 144 Louis Satchmo Armstrong 4 08 1901 AD 22 00 00 6 00 29 57 N 8 James Mollinson 18 04 1805 AD 14 45 00 00 E 55 53 N Amy Johnson 107 1903 AD 1 30 00 DO E 53 45 N Iraq 28 06 2004 AD 10 26 00 00 E 33 21 N Frida Kahlo 6 07 1907 AD 8 30 00 36 W19 20 N Theo van Gogh 1 05 1857 AD 3 30 00 18 E 51 28 N Vincent van Gogh 30 03 1853 AD 11 00 00 18 E 51 28 N Manet 2301 1832 AD 18 00 00 09 E 48 52 N Sussannah York 9 01 1939 AD 8 55 00 00 E 51 30 N Sheryl Crow 11 02 1962 AD 9 58 00 00 136 14 N 8 Franz Anton Mesmer 2305 1734 AD 8 00 00 3B E47 42 N Cary Grant 18 01 1904 AD 1 07 00 00 E51 27 N NEW OPEN CLOSE SEARCH SORT LIST 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 mE O E O OO 7 00500000 In the database you can save and manage your birthdata collections and quickly fetch the data you need On the top line you see a number of tabs showing the open files Argus arrives with just one file but you can easily add more so you can keep different kinds of data friends clients notabilities events countries etc separate If you have several files open as shown on the picture the same files will still be open even if you close Argus and restart 31 ARGUS 4
68. rrent slider position is now the new origin in time Restore button Restore will let you cancel a previous Update and write the original data back to the main Argus data input r Mark special birthtimes Kundig Bonatti Special birthtimes Certain rectification systems as the K ndig Section system or pre natal epoch recommend using only special calculated birthtimes Using the special birthtimes buttons you can make Argus calculate all such special birthtimes in the current 24 hours span and bookmark them in the radix slider Then you will be able to jump from one to the next or back using the navigation buttons Very briefly the K ndig section partner theory says that the MC axis must divide the RA arc between the MC IC rulers in either 1 10th 2 10ths etc A Bonatti section is a moment in time when one of the angles conjuncts or opposes a planet 45 ARGUS 4 With the pre natal epoch birth Moon must be on the Epoch conception charts ASC or DESC and vice versa The conception chart is not necessary for the time of physical conception but will be around that time Even if you do not use or believe in any of these methods the option will let you check if you rectify charts the traditional hard way if your results seem to coincide with any of these points or not ORB SETTINGS x Master orb DD MM si mo m ru Orbset M iora Use with D VA Po w cccccccce ay s Configure
69. s are Radix calculation Progressed calculation chartwheels transit overview and aspect tables Radix Radix2 Secondary Solar Lunar Composite Relationship Compare Elements Return Return etc year Month 5 year 60 year year coll month coll Synastry x aspects transits transits progr progr transits transits k ndic progressed houseless Polar Month Live Charts sections table wheel Ephemeris Ephemeris The items can be of different kind and complexity On initial setup they are organised into groups each group having a separate icon 34 ARGUS 4 Basic items which replace the old PCA Argus functions formerly found on the top menu line Macro items which combine some of the basic functions For example a calculation aspect list and chartwheel in one go and hopefully only one page of printout Special macros expanding the list of basic functions for example graphic transits for three years Small scripts showing for example declinations heliocentric positions latitude etc or provide access to more settings than available in the ordinary preference menu On top of this you can buy add on modules and interpretations which can be installed whereafter they will appear as yet new icons on the command pane When Argus is first installed you will find a couple of commands that most users would expect A much larger list is kept available and at any time you can just right click an empty space on the command pane
70. se ways Click one of the other fields Press the up or down arrow to edit next or previous field Click the OK button below the fields Click the small read indicator to the right of the field Press the ENTER key on the keyboard Name The name be up to 255 characters The input field is a combo box having a small arrow to the right Argus keeps a history list of the data for the last 24 radix calculations So to get back data you just used click the list and pick the data from the history The history is not saved when you quit Argus Date Enter Day month and year as numbers separated by spaces or slashes Do not use strokes they have a special meaning The month can alternatively be entered using a three letter abbreviation Examples 4 6 2004 12 aug 1958 7 9 2000 Tip The last line using a slash as separator is handy if you use the numeric keypad on the right side of your keyboard because you have a slash key right there above the 8 key so that you do not need to move your hand to the space bar If the year is between 1900 and 1999 you may omit the two first digits e g 18 4 55 will be translated to 18 apr 1955 18 Apr 1955 AD Mon The AD abbreviation means Anno Domino i e after the birth of Christ Dates before Christ are labeled BC To enter data from the first century after Christ insert zeroes e g 26 ARGUS 4 3 11 0012 will be translated to 3 nov 0012 Dates are Gregorian calendar back until 1
71. sed If you need to set up separate orbs for applying and separating aspects as might be needed for a horary chart you must tick the use separate sets in the applying separating group box Now you can click the Applying or the Separating box below and set up the orb limits for each To set up an orbset for a chart type e g Radix n the panels open the orb limit dialog by clicking the MORE button under the orb field In the use with combo box click the dropdown list arrow to show the chart types Select Radix You should now se the R button marked as Radix will normally belong to the R group This will also enable the CONFIGURE button Click the CONFIGURE button Set the orbs for planets aspects and orb combine method If you want separate orbs for applying and separating first enter the applying orbs then tick the use separate checkbox and the separating button then enter the orb limits you need for separating aspects When satisfied click OK Please note that changing the orbs for Radix you also change orbs for any other chart type in that group There are two chart types in the R group Radix and Radix2 transit 48 ARGUS 4 x Master orb DD MM Lem Vo Ta Mai TL Orbset u ont Use with All VA Po PAPA a B Wonnigure UCI RTPSHDCO None is ro Disable all Pr 3sp 7 Herp se X Cancel There is one of the chart types in the orbs
72. sep RTPSHDCO None Pos Disable all Ix 3sp 7 HELP se X Cancel Orb limit setup This is the orb limit setup box At the top you can set the master orb which is actually the same as you can set in the main panels To the right you can put checkmarks for those types of aspects you will need Whatever other rules may say no orb above the master orb and no unchecked aspect type will appear anywhere apart from the movie module which has its own aspect type selection In Argus each chart type has assigned a set of orbs For example if you output a progressed chart you would not expect to see aspects more than 2 degreees orb If you output a Radix chart you would need wider orbs typically 5 10 degrees When you first install Argus the orbs are preset for the different chart types Some chart types do share orbsets so secondary tertiary and minor is one group composite and relationship is another group solar and lunar returns a third etc This adds up to 8 sets of orb 46 ARGUS 4 Radix Radix2 transit Secondary Tertiary Minor Solar arc Solar return Lunar return Composite Relationship Day chart Horary chart clock Transit and progression graphs QLVOAY ND Please note that the horary chart aspects only apply the the aspects drawn on the chartwheel It is not possible to get an aspect table from the clock chart If you want a horary chart aspect table using the clock orbset you must temporaril
73. ses are calculated to fit this midheaven as in a table of houses Equal speed houses All houses are moved equal speed to the Sun Composite method A composite chart made up of midpoints between the same bodies in two different birthcharts The houses can be calculated in two ways Robert Hand Robert Hand once suggested that only the midheaven should be calculated as a midpoint The other houses are then calculated to fit this midheaven as in a table of houses Hand did actually abandon this idea again at a later point All houses midpoints All houses are calculated as midpoints between the same house in the two birthcharts This may produce cusps in mixed order A midpoint between A and B is calculated to be placed midways on the shortest of the two arcs between A and B If A and B are close to opposite each other on the circle only small differences will make either arc the shortest flipping the midpoint 180 degrees Relationship method The relationship chart a chart calculated for the midpoint in time and place of two birthcharts The question is how to find the midpoint in place i e the half way between the two birthplaces Long Lat midpoints The longitude used is the average between the two longitudes and the latitude used is the averate between the two latitudes Divide great circle A great circle it drawn betwen the two birthplaces The midpoint of the shortest or the two arcs is used as birthplace Day chart metho
74. t least one window open for output 24 ARGUS 4 DATA INPUT The birthdata are input into the fields of the data input pane upper left Jimmy Page 0 Name Jimmy Page m 1 Date 4 2 Time E 3 Zone E 4 City Latitude 5 City Longitude 6 Sex Notes 0 Input panel When the program opens the data fields are initially filled in with the default data All fields except the name field must alway hold valid data they cannot be empty The default data is the data you will use the most Because the program always loads with your name in the name field you will probably like to fill in your own birthdata and save them as default To make the current data default right click one of the data fields and choose save as default You cannot change the default name this will always be your license name You will possibly only need to use this function once and for all If you later in the session wish to reload the default data click the small house icon placed left of the date field Entering data into each field is quite straightforward and it is not especially pedantic To enter the edit field Click the field with the mouse or Press the number button for the said field 0 6 25 ARGUS 4 While editing a field you will see the small green indicator to the right of the field change to red When you have finished your entry it still need to be entered and validated This is done in one of the
75. the gazetteer which you assume is the same timezone area as the city you wish to add In the latitude field enter degrees minutes and a N or S for the new city separated by spaces then the city name 4 City Latitude 37 46 N San Francisco E r In the longitude field enter degrees minutes and an E or W for the new city separated by spaces Click the globe icon In the Gazetteer window click the favorites tab Click the Insert button The new city is now inserted When you fetch a city in the gazetter the timezone area will show up in the timezone field as a letter code 7 00 W UCA1 DST The UCA1 is the timezone area in this case it is in California You can enter the UCA1 into the zone field and when clicking OK it will translate into hours minutes direction and timezone area as shown DST means that daylight saving time is observed on the date in the date input field Having the gazetteer split in worldwide and favorites assures that even if you receive an update with correctures for the wordwide gazetteer your favorites part will stay unchanged To delete a city from your favorites just select it and click the delete button then click OK when asked to confirm The backup function in Argus will also let you back up your favorites 51 ARGUS 4 MACROS Macros are groups of commands put together in a single string The commands can for example be any of the command items on the command pane
76. ve on your harddisk even those for DOS PCA To include such a script as a command item Right click a free area on your command pane n the commands manager window click ADD NEW Inthe create or edit comand item window do this o In the name field enter a name identifying the script o In the type field select XLI module or DOS emulated if the script is a PCA for DOS script o Leave the shortcut blank o In the entry file field click the folder icon to open a file browse window o Locate and doubleclick the scriptfile o In the icons list pick an icon of your choice o click OK n the commands manager window click OK Now you will see that a new icon has appeared on your command pane which you just need to click to execute the script Some scripts especially interpretations consists of more than one file which are interpreted one after each other In that case you will need 99 ARGUS 4 to identify the start file Hopefully the author has been clever enough with his file naming so it is evident which file is the first 56 ARGUS 4 PREFERENCES Program preferences are found on the menu line EE PCA Argus 4 0 1 9000 Licensed to E3 File Preferences Window Help There are plenty of program settings that you may change These settings are saved in the files PCA INI and PCA CFG Some features are saved automatically and will reappear if you quit and restart Argus PCA INI others will be temporary only unless you spec
77. ward or backwards In the above example clicking the right arrow will change the timespan to be 6 50 to 7 50 with the knob pointing at 7 20 Mixed use of the slider the zoom buttons and the page buttons lets you navigate to any time you want Automatic move To make the chart move by itself click somewhere on the time scale hold the left mouse button down and drag left for backwards or right for forward movement then release the mouse button and the chart will start moving A long drag will produce a fast movie speed and a short drag will make it move slowly You need to drag in the upper part of the timescale where the figures are shown To stop the movement click on the timescale or the slider knob without dragging or by starting operating the slider knob manually It is possible to operate the zoom and page buttons even while the chart is moving automatically This also applies to the other option buttons and boxes aspects progression methods choice of planets etc Bookmarks The arrow keys left of the date display are bookmark controls 14141 The meaning of these are left to right jump to previous bookmark remove bookmark s insert new bookmark jump to next bookmark The bookmarks are shown on the timeline as a tiny red dot When the slider points exactly on a bookmark the date display field will get a green background Some of the bookmark controls may be greyed disabled from logical reasons Next
78. y or press the ENTER key on the keyboard An even faster way is to doubleclick the data you want In the database pane you will see two tabs Argus comes with a collection of data for known people but placed in a separate file so that 18 ARGUS 4 they will not mix up with your own Just click the second tab marked famous to see the list You can rearrange cut and paste blocks of data search sort and print out the databases A later chapter will cover this in detail MANAGING YOUR COMMANDS When you first install Argus the command pane will show icons for the mostly used commands in Argus But there are many more commands available You can add and remove command icons and rearrange them so that the program shows exactly the commands you need To see the complete list of commands just right click right mouse button on any free area on the command pane which will open the commands manager To the left in this window you will see a scrollable list of commands with tick boxes showing which commands are shown on the command pane Just tick and untick to fit your preferences then click OK Now back on the command pane you can rearrange the command items placing them in logical groups and order You can click and drag items around and you will notice that they snap into place in an invisible grid keeping order and avoiding overlaps It is possible add ccmmands to the list install commercial add ons for exampl
79. y switch on the horary orbset set H assigning set H to all see later and then calculate a horary chart using Radix2 An orb set could look like this Configure orbset Sun Moon Mercury Venus Mars 11 Sxt Jupiter 12 ssq Saturn 2 ses Uranus Si qax Neptune SSX Pluto Midpnt 4 00 dec Chiron qui tre Orb combine Applying Separating biq C Maximum Use separate sets SER C Mean Ce Applying Ss Minimum Separating 7 mp X Cancel As you can see you can set an orb for each planet and for each aspect type So what happens when two planets aspects each other which results in three different orb limits one for each of the planets and one for the aspect 47 ARGUS 4 Generally the lowest of three orbs is used You may though change the default orb combine from minimum default to mean or maximum In that case the mean the highest of the two planet s orbs is used Some astrologers prefer the mean setting which fits the idea that each planet has a sensitive area its orb and that an aspect between two planets mean that their areas auras touch Some astrologers may prefer the mean setting as it fits the idea that each planet has a sensitive area its orb and that an aspect means that these areas touch each other Whatever you choose that aspect type orb will set an upper limit So having a combined planet orb and an aspect type orb the lowest of the two will be u

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