Modified July 24, 2014
Traditional version Features Todo Download(Binary) Download(Source) Installation(Source) About Primary Directions PDs-In-Chart(Zodiacal) PDs-In-Chart(Mundane) Note On The Speculum Almutens Profections General Remarks Programming About the Author Acknowledgements Changelog IMPORTANT: If you can't download the files (e.g. they are corrupted) then try it from another internet connection or try it later. Morinus is an easy to use astrology software under GPLv3 license. It uses the swiss ephemeris so it's very accurate (5000BC - 5000AD). It runs on every Operating System where Python and wxPython are available(Linux, Unix, Windows, MacOS).  Features
Horoscopes and options can be saved and reloaded and you can invoke a popup menu by right-clicking on any of the windows except for the window of the radix because it has its own menu-bar. Primary Directions can also be saved to a text file. 
 Bugfixing Download(Binary)WindowsThis is the simple way, just download MorinusWinEng.zip(see attachments at the bottom of the page) and extract it. You can start the program by clicking on morinus.exe. However, this way the program will use the built-in Moshier-ephemeris(3000BC-3000AD) which calculates the same positions for e.g. 1973. You can remedy this if you download the zipped ephemeris files (Ephem1.zip, Ephem2.zip, Ephem3.zip, Ephem4.zip at the bottom of the page), extract it and copy the files into the MorinusWinEng/SWEP/Ephem directory. Google Sites allows uploading files not greater than 12MB, this is why I had to split the Swiss Ephemeris into four files. Tested on WinXP(SP2, SP3) and Win7(32 bit and 64 bit). Important: This is the 32-bit version(sweastrology.pyd)! There is no need to install python because it is already included in the Windows-binary. Linux Windows-binary (the executable) works with Wine on Linux. It is slower than on Windows. There is no need to install python because it is already included in the Windows-binary. MacOS The real MacOS version is available (dmg-file): http://code.google.com/p/morinus-astro/ Only Charts/Mundane, Options/AppearanceI/Theme2 and PDs-in-Charts don't work in the current version. Currently the place-database is read-only. Morinus-on-Mac blog: http://astro-morinus.blogspot.com/
A hungarian user told me that the Windows-binary (the executable) works perfectly on MacOS with Wineskin: http://wineskin.doh123.com/ There is no need to install python because it is already included in the Windows-binary. It can be slower than on Windows. Wineskin wrapper version 2.5.5 with engine WS8Wine.1.2.3 works well. Newer version of engines didn't start Morinus. Download(Source)Linux, Windows and Mac OSDownload Morinus.zip(see attachments at the bottom of the page). You will also need to download the ephemeris files (see Download(Binary section) above for details) because the planetary positions are calculated from these. The ephemeris files should be extracted to Morinus/SWEP/Ephem/ directory (the file fixstars.cat is already there). However, the ephemeris files are not necessary because the program can still use the built-in Moshier ephemeris(can compute positions in the range of 3000BC-3000AD) which needs no ephemeris files because it calculates the planet positions and it's also very accurate but not as accurate as the Swiss Ephemeris or JPL (the difference is below one arc-second for the planets and a few arc-seconds for the moon.)MacOS: MorinusMac.zip - the source that the dmg was generated from - will be uploaded soon (see Installation(Source) for details. Linux: Of course the Windows-binary(MorinusWinEng) can also be used on Linux with Wine(Windows Emulator). More than 6 months ago I tested the source on Red Hat(Fedora), Debian and Ubuntu with Gnome and KDE. There was one problem: with KDE the dialogs were too big because for some reason the space between the dialog items(checkboxes, radiobuttons, etc) was too big. This is why I don't recommend to use the program with KDE. For those people who think that Linux is not ready for desktop: WINDOWS VISTA AERO VS LINUX UBUNTU BERYL or Ubuntu Beryl The source hasn't been updated to python 3.0 yet. Installation(Source)Linux, Windows
Python, wxPython(unicode) and the Python Imaging Library(PIL) need to be installed.
You can check if you already have python installed by opening a commandprompt(StartMenu/All Programs/Accessories/CommandPrompt) on Windows or teminal on Linux and typing python(and then press ENTER). You can also check PIL: if you have e.g. ImageFont.py on your machine then you have PIL installed. Of course on Linux you can always install these from packages which is a much better way. For example installing wxPython on Ubuntu 12.04(Precise Pangolin) or Debian Wheezy: apt-cache search wxpython and from the list we install: sudo apt-get install python-wxgtk2.8 wxPython needs glib and gtk+ installed on Linux(these should be installed automatically due to the dependencies). PIL is installed on Ubuntu but if it wasn't: apt-cache search python imaging library and from the list we install: sudo apt-get install python-imaging The python extension modules for linux(sweastrology.so (32-bit, 64-bit)) and windows(sweastrology.pyd (32-bit)) are already built (in Morinus/SWEP/src/), they need to be copied to the Morinus directory or to /usr/lib/pythonVERSION/lib-dynload/ on (Ubuntu)Linux and PYTHONINSTALLATIONDIR/DLLs/ on Windows. PYTHONINSTALLATIONDIR is usually C:/Python/ or C:/Program Files/Python/. !! A few users had problems with the ttf (true type font - Morinus.ttf): There was an error message when they executed the source (Couldn't find Morinus.ttf). They fixed it by using Pillow instead of PIL: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Pillow/2.2.1#downloads End of installation. You may want to build these extensions by yourself:
Type: python setup.py build in the Morinus/SWEP/src directory. In order to do that you may need to consult the documentations. You can start the program in the Morinus directory with: python ./morinus.py on Linux and you can omit the ./ on Windows. Invoke a commandprompt(StartMenu/All Programs/Accessories/CommandPrompt) on Windows or a terminal on Linux to enter the above mentioned command (first change to the Morinus directory). Linux: It seems that with Unity the menu-bar of Morinus doesn't appear and menu-items can only be invoked via hot-keys (2012.may.11); Note that the menubar of Morinus appears on the main Panel (top of the screen) by pressing Alt when the window of Morinus is active. With Gnome the menu-bar appears and works. MacOS Requirements: - MorinusMac.zip (temporarily removed, it is too old. the one that the dmg was generated from will be uploaded) - Mac OS X 10.5.8 or greater, (tested with 10.6.6) - Python version >= 2.5 - wxPython >= 2.8.11.0 - PIL >= 1.1.6 - sweastrology.so is in MorinusMac folder. You can move it to the site-package directory: (Library/Python/2.6/site-packages resp. Library/Python/2.5/site-packages), but this is not necessary. With the attached script (MorinusMac/ms2osx.py) you can check versions of your Python/wxPython/PIL installation. The only thing left to be fixed is the placement of the planets in charts. Currently planets close to each other are not drawn correctly. You can start the program in the MorinusMac directory with: python ./morinus.py Questions regarding the MacOS version should be sent to Vaclav(Czech Rep.): vjs.morinus@gmail.com About Primary DirectionsOnly the enabled options(items, radiobuttons, checkboxes) will be calculated. (e.g. if you want to see only the Terms: select "Zodiacal"-radiobutton then select only the Terms in the Promissors column, press OK and then Ctrl+F12) The intermediate housecusps will be calculated acc. to the selected PD-system(e.g. Regiomontanus-housecusps in case of Regiomontanus PDs). Currently the PDs to the intermediate housecusps are the same in case of Placidus(underthepole) and Placidus(semiarcus). Select Regiomontanus or Campanus PD in the Options/PD-Dialog to have a Regiomontanus-speculum in the Positions-table. The selected terms in the Options/Terms dialog is used in the PDs. The Placidus(underthepole) is only an approximation to the Placidus(semiarc). PDs to the Asc, MC are the same in every system(Placidus, Regiomontanus, ...). In mundane PDs the aspects are not calculated on the Ecliptic but in the houses. Only the midpoints, mundane aspectual directions other than conjunction and opposition and directions to house cusps are different in case of Regiomontanus and Campanus PDs. The program can't calculate J-B Morin's aspect correction (Regio-PDs). Bianchini assigned different latitudes(calculated from the latitude of the promissor) to the aspects(conjunctio:latitudeofpromissor, sextil:latitudeofpromissor/2, quadrat:0, trigon:-latitudeofpromissor/2, oppositio:-latitudeofpromissor) and he always used the latitude of the significator. If the "Topocentric" is selected in the Appearance I dialog then topocentric positions will be used in the PDs. If "Sec. Motion" is checked then the PDs of the Moon will be adjusted accordingly(real-time Moon). If "User" is checked then the point defined by the ecliptic coordinates will be directed to the selected significators. For example in case of 16Capricorn 25min 46sec: 286 should be entered in the Deg. field of the Longitude. "User" will be shown in the PD-lists. If "User2" is checked then the selected promissors will be directed to the point defined by the ecliptic coordinates. For example in case of 16Capricorn 25min 46sec: 286 should be entered in the Deg. field of the Longitude. "User2" will be shown in the PD-lists. If only User is selected in the Primary Directions dialog then its speculum will be shown in User-Speculum. If only User2 is selected in the Primary Directions dialog then its speculum will be shown in User-Speculum. If both User and User2 are selected in the Primary Directions dialog then User's speculum will be shown in User-Speculum. The ayanamsha only affects the Terms in PDs, so e.g. not the "User" or User2-point. The Asc, MC is preferred to the Desc, IC. This means that if "Moon --> DESC" is not shown then try to select the opposition aspect and the appropriate zodiacal option: "opposition Moon --> Asc" should be shown. The mundane MidPoints are the ones Makransky calls Rapt Parallels, the zodiacal with latitude MidPoints are calculted acc. to Ruediger Plantiko's algorithm. The last three columns(Appearance II) in case of Placidus PDs belong to the Placidus(UnderThePole). The zodiacal parallels (which are, after all, a variety of antiscia) are always based on the latitude of the planet, irrespective of the PD settings. Bob Makransky's book was mainly used because it was written for programmers(in my opinion). It can be downloaded. Recommended reading: Martin Gansten: Primary Directions - Astrology's Old Master Technique Rumen Kolev: Primary Directions I, II, III Homepage Placidus6.0 Kolev says in Primary Directions I: The Topocentric primaries are modified Placidian under the pole of the significator directions and their hits are almost the same(+-2 months mean deviation). PDs In Chart(Zodiacal)Preliminary astronomical remarksSpeaking of Zodiacal PDs in Chart and Ingresses (transits on the first ones), according to some generous mails Martin Gansten sent me, as I understood no real method came us from the ancient masters to draw them. Hints only. And as I know, solely in recent times, thanks to computerized procedures, the students had the possibility to deal with them. Under the astronomical viewpoint, in the temporal gap PDs express their effects (400 minutes after the birth to cover 100 years in the real time), changes in the celestial planetary positions (i.e in the signs) are not appreciable: about 25' for Sun and inner planets, very less for the outer celestial bodies. Only the Moon is able to move in zodiac up to about 4°. So, the zodiacal positions drawn for the planets in these charts are reckoned thanks to certain symbolic or pseudo astronomic criterions. Available in its options, Morinus offers three different methods: the first is the most common in use, the second coincides with the first unless the starting planetary positions, the third is a wholly new method. To avoid confusion in the terminology (the same adjectives could be used for the charts and for the planets utilized to cast them) in the options they are labeled "Celestial" instead of "Zodiacal". What follows is the technical viewpoint of the writer and to do involves necessarily other persons' opinion. First option (from the planets) M. Gansten quoted me the basic principle of PD as formulated by Ptolemy: "For a place is similar and the same position in the same direction with reference both to the horizon and to the meridian". So, moving the celestial sphere, ASC and MC move as usually in zodiac. The planets are kept in their native mundane positions "to shares the same proportional relationship to the horizon and meridian which they had at the birth" instead, and thanks to the trigonometric formulas that tie OA/OD to the celestial longitude, their position in the PDs charts is then reckoned. This is the a first way to satisfy the Ptolemaic indications, but being this ecliptic projection "mundo referred" it has a disadvantage. For "simple" geometric, trigonometric and astronomical reasons, the formulas involved are valid for points lying on the ecliptic only, i.e. without latitude, with the consequence that for small arcs of directions the planets jump suddenly from their native positions to others quite far, yielding a technique not Radix compatible. Second option (from their ecliptic feet) We have a second possibility to satisfy Ptolemy. Keeping the same above method, the native zodiacal planetary projections can be used as starting point. In such a way the technique is Radix compatible. Starting from the birth, the planets move smoothly from their native positions in zodiac without jumps due to the latitude. The two above variants must be accepted as they are, as symbolic techniques dictated by the wishes of the tradition. Any effort to frame them in one astronomical context is senseless and fated to fail. We have seen, for example, that the first is discontinuous at the Radix. On the other end the second does not respect the basic astronomical principle for which two real celestial objects, with latitude, after an equatorial rotation of the celestial sphere see their ecliptic feet vary their mutual zodiacal distance.<BR> Under an astronomical, conceptual viewpoint, a further problem joins the two previous methods. We remember that for both of them, flowing the time, the planetary positions in zodiac are dependent from their forced, immutable placing in the local space. This enforcement, necessary to respect the tradition, may generate perplexity to astronomical eyes because the zodiacal positions "are what they are", regardless to the observing geographical point. In other words, what happens with the two above methods is that for two horoscopes cast at the same time for two different points on the Earth, the PDs in Chart positions do not coincide. It is like if two persons, born in the same instant, one in Rome the other at New York, had the Sun in different positions: the first at 15°Aries, the second at 17°Aries (of course we do not consider here the negligible parallax consequences). Third option (full pseudo-astronomic) So, to satisfy a more plausible astronomical scenery, a third option arose. Starting from the true equatorial planetary positions, we detect the PDs pseudo-zodiac (the whole ecliptic, "frozen" in the position it had at the birth) and thanks to a true coordinate system transformation (equatorial to ecliptic) we reckon the zodiacal positions. Of course, doing so the zodiacal positions of our planets are not related with the mundane, local positions any longer. It's interesting to note an unusual detail: the intersection axis between such a pseudozodiac and the equatorial plane, rotates on the last one in the time, with the consequence that the Aries-Libra Points do not coincide with the Equinoctial Points any more. Differences between the three methods Compared to the first, the second technique generally does not imply appreciable differences but for the two celestial bodies having an high inclination of the orbit (Mercury, with an orbital inclination = 7°, and Pluto, with an orbital inclination = 17°). The third technique starts from the Radix positions with a DA=0 and moves the planets roughly in the amount of one/few degrees per year. Therefore the differences with the two previous methods increase up to several degrees increasing the directional arc. Thanks to the double charts, PDs and Radix, and to the possibility to open Morinus in multiple instances, the student will be able to compare easily the three methods, appreciate their differences, note their limits/benefits. Secondary motion The *astronomical* (not mathematical) option for the second motion is available. It was possible to limit this option to the Moon only, but we preferred to extend its effects to all the planets as well. An astronomical second motion means that the true geocentric astronomical positions are reckoned, without any compromise. The secondary motion is not involved the first two methods: for this reason this option is active for the third pseudo-astronomic method, only. Domification Just like the Profections charts, thanks to criterions of calculus oriented towards a global astronomical base, for the three methods the position of the cusps is not limited to the four cardinal points but is available for all of them (full domification, identical for the three methods).The students accustomed to work only with ASC, MC, DES and IC may neglect the others cusps. In these charts the positions in the houses have the ordinary problem related with the latitude. This flaw is everywhere in the astrological flat graphics, is unavoidable and due to the tridimensional celestial sphere context. The user is informed that casting PD charts with the third method, sometimes, changing the arc of direction, smoothly and with continuity, the positions in the houses may change. Accepting the pseudo-astronomic premises, this is completely natural. Note these terrestrial positions must not be understood as mundane positions related with the diurnal motion the PDs come from: they alter little over a period of 100 symbolic years while the true mundane ones change widely and quickly in the 400 minutes after the birth. User Guide Options menu: - Options\PDs in chart\Celestial\-Choose one of the three available methods - Options\PDs in chart\Terrestrial\-Not available at the moment Tables menu: Tables\Primary directions\-Recall the tabled PDs as usually, according to their settings Once the tabled PDs are showed, right mouse click on one row. We have three possibilities: PDs in chart: celestial PDs in chart: terrestrial (not available at the moment) Ingresses (transit for the hit-date over the Radix and the PDs) By default, the chosen chart will be displayed for the same date in the PD row the user clicked on, but a powerful stepper dialog popup permits to set different date/arc/type of direction (Direct or Converse). Take care to click on the radio button "Show". Clicking "OK" the stepper dialog will be closed. For the PDs in charts only (not for the Ingresses), a further right mouse click in the window permits to show single graph, comparison graph, speculum and square chart. [Roberto] PDs In Chart (Mundane)Preliminary astronomical remarksGenerally PDs are given in tabled look. When promissor and significator, or their aspects, are in the same mundane position (with a lot of variants, with or without latitude) the current techniques give the related arc of direction and, according to the analogical key, the hit date. The question is: it's possible, in such a moment, to see the full, mundane astronomical context? In other words: it's possible to cast a chart, of course in graphic mode, with the full set of the planets in daily motion, seen as promissors, versus the radix set of the planets regarded as significators? Keeping between them the geometrical ratios? The answer is positive. So, after the Zodiacal PDs in Chart, the Mundane ones have been added. These charts do not show the zodiacal signs. They show the "local space", instead, i.e. the astrological houses. The reference system is based on the two main lines of the geographic natal point: ASC-DES and MC-IC. The reference system itself is normalized in manner to have the two axes in orthogonal position and all the twelve places 30° wide. The planetary placing is according to the mundane positions, different from the positions the planets have in the houses in the common zodiacal charts. According to the selected PDs type (Options\Primary direction menu) the mundane positions could be reckoned in agreement with five different possibilities: Placidus(semiarc), PlacidusUTP, Regiomontanus, Campanus and Topocentric, but we preferred to limit the choice to the type of tabled PDs Morinus offers at the moment. To note the pure, full astronomical nature of these charts, the same true astronomical properties the standard, zodiacal charts have (see the note on the speculum below). According to the terminology used for the Zodiacal charts (labeled "Celestial"), these charts are named "Terrestrial". Of course they are cast starting "from the planets", with their latitude, and show in chart the tabled, traditional Mundane PDs. Note that the double option available for the "Celestial" (From the planets or From their ecliptic feet) is not possible here, because the traditional Zodiacal PDs framework does not permit an overall representation correlated with a synthetic (pseudo-astronomical) view. Secondary motion This option affects the charts in global mode. In this way the charts are not perfectly compatible with tabled PDs but, marking the lunar sec. motion in "Options\Primary directions" menu, the differences will be very, very small. Under (about) 25' with the max. arcs (100°) for Sun and inferior planets. For the superior planets the difference is very smaller. Terrestrial reckoned without secondary motion would be in full agreement with the tabled PDs if the lunar sec. motion in "Options\Primary directions" menu is not chosen. A thin question remains: are these charts a good approximation of the traditional mundane PDs or vice versa? The answer to the reader :-) Domification In Terrestrial double charts (radix and PD), under the astronomical viewpoint only the radix domification has a meaning. The reason is the axes ASC-DES and MC-IC are steady in the local space. They are the reference system and can't rotate respect to ... themselves. In the tabled PDs, their use as promissors is possible applying them the mathematical formulas used for any other celestial object that lies on the Celestial Sphere. The movement of the cardinal points in the role of promissors, in the Terrestrial charts should be a mathematical trick: we preferred to avoid this non-astronomical feature. User Guide Options menu: Options\PDs in chart\Terrestrial\-Choose if with or without secondary motion Tables menu: Tables\Primary directions\-Recall the tabled PDs as usually, according to their settings. Once the tabled PDs are showed, right mouse click on one row and follow the instructions given above for the Zodiacal PDs in chart. [Roberto] Note On The SpeculumFor each type of chart, generally we have a partner speculum. For the standard zodiacal charts (radix) eachparameter in the speculum is a real astronomical parameter. For other charts the speculum may shows fictitious parameters. In our opinion this does not authorize to consider one technique better than others according to the content of the related speculum because, starting from an astronomical context, the astrology bases its analysis appealing to the analogy and symbolism laws, too. Anyway, even if some more detail should be important, summarily, for each chart we have: Radix: True astronomical speculum Transits: True astronomical speculum Revolutions: True astronomical speculum Sec. directions: True astronomical speculum Elections: True astronomical speculum Zodiacal Profections: Fictitious speculum. The long. only is moved. Other parameters unchanged Placidian Profections: Fictitious speculum. The mundane parameters are prescribed. Reckoned the longitude Mundane: True astronomical speculum Ter. PDs inCh. with sec.m.: True astronomical speculum Ter. PDs inCh. without s.m.: Fictitious speculum. The mundane parameters have almost the astronomical values Cel.PDs inCh.(Ptolemy): Fictitious speculum. The mundane parameters are prescribed. Reckoned the longitude Cel.PDs inCh.(Pse-Ast): Fictitious speculum. Only the equatorial coordinates have astronomical values [Roberto] AlmutensCurrently the almutens are calculated acc.to the arabs and Ibn Ezra.There are three types of Almutens:
All three almutens are calculated acc. to the Essential settings in the Options/Almutens/Chart and the Accidental settings are also taken into account in case of the Almuten of the Chart. The Almuten of the Chart is calculated according to the planets strength in the five hylegical places(Sun, Moon, Asc, Fortune, Syzygy). "Total Shares" come form calculating the number of the numbers in a column(e.g. 3+2 means two shares because share is rulership and this means two rulerships(one acc. to triplicity and the other is acc.to term)). A lot of astrologers used only the Essential settings in their Almuten of the Chart calculations. The program cannot tell you which planet is the AlmutenOfTheChart because e.g. there can be a planet that has only the second highest score but it aspects the ascendant with a partile aspect then this planet should be chosen as almuten of the chart. Only the astrologer can decide which planet is the AlmutenOfTheChart. The accidental settings can be easily excluded from the Almuten of the Chart calculations by unchecking "Use". Any option can be set to zero and it won't be calculated. As far as I know Ibn Ezra used the accidental settings(except for the Day/Hour rulers). Sun-phases: oriental positions only and only in case of the mars, jupiter and saturn: 18-30 degree from the Sun[Weak], 30-40[Medium], 40-80[Strong], 80-100[Medium], 100-120[Weak]. Robert Zoller uses the Ruler Scores(Day/Hour). About the Essential settings: if OneRuler is selected then only one planet gets the score of the tricplicity and in case of daytime the first triplicity ruler will be that planet, in case of a nighttime chart the second one. The day/night orb in the ArabicParts editor will be taken into account if both OneRuler and UseDay/Night orb are selected. Topical Almuten example by Schoener, (Almuten of Substance):
You can create this(or more) topical almuten in the Options/Almutens/Topicals editor. From these calculated longitudes a table will be created in Tables/Almutens/Topicals. Already existing Topical Almutens cannot be modified. When you select a Topical Almuten in the combobox then its name and rows will be shown in the editor. You can modify the editor(name and rows(AddRow, RemoveRow, RemoveAll)) it won't affect the already added Topical Almuten. The new Topical Almuten will be added to the combobox when you click on "Add". Only the seven planets are used in the almuten calculations. ProfectionsAfter PDs,
the traditional astrology recommended the Profections.
There are
different types of Profections: annual, monthly, daily, the last two in
different variants. The most important is the first type.
The
traditional annual Profections in Zodiac move the Radix positions in the amount
of one sign per year.
The annual
Placidian Profections were rebuilt in their theory by Giuseppe Bezza (Cielo e
Terra School, Italy). The native ASC
moves clockwise in the sky in the amount of one Placidian house per year. All
the computations are done, for each astronomical object, according to its
astronomical parameters. Generally the minor cusps are not included in the
analysis. Thanks to an oblique rotation of the celestial sphere, Morinus is able
to cast the profected full domification, too.
The
program permits to choose between mundane and zodiacal Placidian Profections. In
the first case the planetary positions are related to the local horizon, in the
second the positions are related to the ecliptic, i.e. in the signs. Of course,
Placidian Profections are not possible for polar regions.
For all of
them, a continuos profected movement is available, making in this way the
astrological analysis easier. For a full understanding of the technique we
suggest to work with double charts, setting the starting date and time with
the native values. Then increase the profected time with steps of one year
till to reach twelve, where cycle finishes and a new one begins. Changing the
time, look the native ASC position related to the external profected
domification. The currently available zodiacal yearly profections are identical to the traditional yearly 30-deg zodiacal profections. [Roberto] General RemarksYou can always get help by clicking on the question-mark of a dialog and then on an item(text, edit-box).The astrological symbols are defined in Morinus.ttf. It contains the symbols(truetype fonts) and can be edited with e.g. Fontforge(Linux) and e.g. Fontographer(Windows). wxPython can't handle ttfs this is why we need to use PIL. The file /Res/placedb.dat contains the place-database and the option-files in the Opts directory contain the saved options. The program loads the /Res/Morinus.jpg file. This can be any image so you can change it: rename one of your .jpg to Morinus.jpg and overwrite the original. The .hor, placedb.dat and the option-files are ordinary files so e.g. can be sent as email attachments. The fixstars.cat file is not identical to that of AstroDienst, because the duplicated fixstars were removed from it(the nomenclature name counts). A line in the fixstars.cat looks like this: Vega ,alLyr,ICRS,18,36,56.3364,38,47,01.291,1.3402,28.747,-13.9,0.12893, 0.03, 38, 3238 where Vega is the traditional name and alLyr is the nomenclature name. A lot of fixstars have no traditional name. The nomenclature name comes from a greek letter and a constellation: alpha Lyra. The program uses the nomenclature name. The fixstars.cat file can be edited: you can reorder the lines or change the traditional name. For example, you want to see Vega at the top of the Fixstars dialog: just move(don't copy) the line to the top of the file. Formerly the program added/subtracted the given timezone to/from GMT according to the place being east or west from Greenwich. This wasn't true if the place was to the west from Greenwich but it was in the GMT+1(+1:00) timezone(Spain, western France and some parts of Africa). This is why GMT+/GMT- was added to the Zone. Now it needs to be given by the user. Online search: (Horoscope/New(or Data)/Place dialog) Morinus uses the GeoNames online database. There is a slider controlling the size of the online-list. The greater the value the slower the data acquisition will be. In case of only one result (i.e one city) the data will be immediately written in the fields without popping up a list. The traditional aspects: conjunctio, sextil, quadrat, trigon, oppositio. They don't cross signs(e.g. 29Aries and 1Taurus is not a conjunction, 29Sagittarius and 1Taurus is not a trigon because the signs are not of the same elements). Partile aspects are on the same degree(e.g.15deg 59min Capricorn and 16deg 01min Taurus is not a partile(exact) trigon). The "Exact" in the Orbs menu will be ignored. (If the Traditional checkbox is selected) If the topocentric option is selected then the topocentric positions will be shown and used everywhere(Tables, Charts(radix, revolutions, ...), PDs). Mundane Lot of Fortune in mundane Placidian PDs: RA(lof) = OA(asc)+RA(moon)-OA(sun); DECL(lof) = declination of the Moon The mundane positions table shows the mundane positions of the planets(in the houses). E.g. Saturn is 12.26. This means that it is in the 12th house and at the 26% of the house calculated from the begining of the house. Arabic Parts are calculated as follows: Part = A+(B-C). If "Diurnal" is checked then it means that the formula given is valid only for diurnal charts and should be reversed in case of nocturnal ones: Part = A+(C-B). This will be shown in the Arabic Parts table. Ascendant can be set: e.g. if it is HC6 then the Asc will be HC6 the second housecusp will be the Desc and so on. "!" means the lord of something: e.g. HC6! means the lord of housecusp 6. Only the seven planets are taken into account. Morinus distinguishes between night and day. You can include an orb for this. The civil dusk for instance, where it is still possible to read a newspaper outside, even if the Sun is already "below the earth" ranges up to 6 degrees below the DC. Nobody would call this "night". Same thing with dawn. Only letters, numbers, hyphen('-') and space (' ') are taken into account in the search field of Options/FixedStars dialog. In case of a Full Moon syzygy you can select in the Appearance I dialog which position to use. The Peregrin color is used for several things: parallel sign in PDs, LoF(if colors are acc. to dignities), Exact Transits. FindTime: Geocentric positions and tropical longitudes(degrees: 0-360) are required. Currently the charts will be casted for London (Asc/MC coming soon). 5000BC-5000AD will be searched if the program finds the Swiss Ephemeris otherwise 3000BC-3000AD. Search starts from 1/1/1(january 1, 1st year) if BC is not checked, -1/1/1 if it is checked and finds max. one chart/day. Use(minutes, seconds, retr): if not checked then they won't count: e.g. given planetary position is 239d 7m 49s. E.g. 239 0m 0s or e.g. 239 37m 34s will also be found because the program will check the degree only. If retrograde is unchecked then the planet will be found according to its longitude only, it won't matter if it's retrograde or not. Approximation: the given longitude (degree, minute, second) will be added to and subtracted from the given planetary longitudes. E.g. the longitude of a planet is 239d 27m 49s and the approximation-minute is 20 then a range will be searched (239d 7m 49s - 239d 47m 49s). The longitude of the planet will be searched in this range. This range will be calculated for every planet. In case of J-B Morin's chart the longitude of Mars is 98deg 7min 28sec. If Approximation-minute is 30 and "Use" is checked then you can subtract or add e.g. 20minute from/to the longitude of Mars, Morin's chart will still be found. Of course the longitudes of the other planets can also be changed this way because this range is checked for every planet. This is useful in case of charts created from older ephemerides where the positions are not that exact. Pressing the Cancel-button won't clear the already found chart. Due to problems with wxpython, pressing the Show-button closes the FindTime dialog. In case of a problem, close the program and remove the option-files then restart the program. In case of netbook computers the vertical resolution is only 600. Currently only the Primary Directions dialog is bigger but if you check the netbook checkbox in Appearance I then a simpler(shorter) PD dialog will be displayed. The Select/Deselect buttons, the Both-button, Campanian-PD, the Fixedstars-button and the MidPoints-checkbox won't be shown. If Both was selected before checking netbook then the program will select the first PD-setting(Mundane). If Campanian was selected before checking the netbook then the program will select the first PD-system (Placidus(semiarcus)). The Options menu items (Automatic Save, Save and Reload) are for managing the Options. If Automatic Save is checked then the program will immediately save the options-settings after you change them. If you don't check Automatic Save and you changed the options-settings then you have to save them anytime you want by clicking on Save(if you don't save the settings before closing the program they won't be saved). The changed options will be saved in the option-files file. You can discard all your changed/saved options-settings by clicking on Reload. (e.g. change the color of the Frame of the radix horoscope to red, press Ok and you will see it in red color, now press reload). Select the Language you want then press Ok in the Languages dialog and Save the options. Restart the program. Reload or deleting the Opts/languages.opt file restores everything(restart the program to have the default language). The helpfiles are in the Res folder. They can be edited, but only basic html can be added. Morinus has no installer. Windows programs usually have installers: when the user clicks on the .exe file the installer starts and asks the user where to copy the program(e.g. C:/Program Files...) and creates an icon on the desktop. These programs have uninstallers as well. The data(the path(e.g. C:/Program Files...)) is written into the Windows Registry during the installation. Morinus doesn't get installed on your system(Operating System, or winchester!?). After downloading the MorinusWinEng.zip file and unzipping it there will be a MorinusWinEng directory created. Clicking on the Morinus.exe file starts the program, so there is no installer. Deleting the MorinusWinEng directory is like uninstalling. Of course you can also create a link to Morinus.exe and copy it to your desktop, so you will have an icon of Morinus on your desktop. So, on Windows I recommend using the D:\ drive e.g. D:\MorinusWinEng or D:\Astrology\MorinusWinEng. A few Ubuntu-linux users sent me this bugreport (maybe not the same bugreports but the problem is always with wx which means wxpython): istvan@istvan-desktop:~/Munka/ Morinus$ python ./morinus.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/istvan/Munka/Morinus/morin.py", line 545, in onSave self.save() File "/home/istvan/Munka/Morinus/morin.py", line 549, in save dlg = wx.FileDialog(self, mtexts.txts['SaveHor'], '', self.horoscope.name, mtexts.txts['HORFiles'], wx.FD_SAVE) AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'FD_SAVE' Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/istvan/Munka/Morinus/morin.py", line 619, in onSaveAsBitmap dlg = wx.FileDialog(self, mtexts.txts['SaveAsBmp'], '', name, mtexts.txts['BMPFiles'], wx.FD_SAVE) AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'FD_SAVE' Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/istvan/Munka/Morinus/morin.py", line 649, in onSynastry dlg = wx.FileDialog(self, mtexts.txts['OpenHor'], '', '', mtexts.txts['HORFiles'], wx.FD_OPEN) AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'FD_OPEN' Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/istvan/Munka/Morinus/morin.py", line 459, in onLoad dlg = wx.FileDialog(self, mtexts.txts['OpenHor'], '', '', mtexts.txts['HORFiles'], wx.FD_OPEN) AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'FD_OPEN Istvan(Hungary) said: "When I installed python-wxgtk2.8 and as its dependency python-wxversion with Synaptic, the program still worked normally. Even when I installed python-wxtools, python-wxgtk2.8-dbg and the packages of wx2.8 it was still ok. But if I installed version 2.6 of these too, then the above mentioned error occured. For some reason they(version 2.6 packages) spoiled everything ." Note that it is also worth trying to install it from the terminal(command line), since I have never used Synaptic and I have never seen this error message: sudo apt-get install python-wxgtk2.8 Minimum recommended screen resolution: 1024*768. Free astrology books: Skyscript free books Sacred Texts Astrologia Gallica Abu Ali Al-Khayyat (770-835) The Judgments of Nativities Aricles: Ptolemy's cosmos A vedic astrologer's opinion about Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and asteroids The Problems of House Division Skyscript Dignities/Receptions Primary Directions: the story of calculations The Decans in Astrology How to compute planetary positions How to compute planetary positions - tutorial Astronomy, The Basics Charts in polar regions (astronomy): http://hem.bredband.net/ivawil/program/polar/index.htm Books: Jean Meeus: Astronomical Algorithms (2nd Ed.) https://sites.google.com/site/astronomicalalgorithms/ (most of the algorithms of Meeus' book have been programmed) ProgrammingYou can draw something in an arc(on the points of a circle) with the formula:x = cx+cosine(angle)*radius y = cy+sine(angle)*radius where (cx,cy) is the center of the circle. This way you will get a point(x,y) of the circle with radius. E.g.: x = 300+cosine(180)*150 y = 200+sinus(180)*150 This will give (x,y) with a circle (cx=300,cy=200, radius=150). Maybe 180degrees should be in radians, it depends on the language(or function) you are using. For example 180 degrees is pi(3.1415...) in radians. Then: drawtext(x,y, "Hello") You will see where it puts it. Then try with angles: 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210, 240, 270, 300, 330 This link looks good. About The AuthorI was born on November 21, 1973 in Bekescsaba, Hungary. I have a diploma in electronical engineering but I have always been working as a software developer(C/C++).This is my first python program. I am interested in the Traditions(Kaczvinszky, Hamvas, Guenon, Evola, Coomaraswamy, Baktay). I am a candidate master chess player(peak rating was 2275). AcknowledgementsI would like to thank(in alphabetical order) to:
Changelog20.04.2009. "Asc, MC as Proms" sometimes resulted in double lines; fixed20.04.2009. Russian texts changed 20.04.2009. Zodiacal PDs with latitude to aspects of significators changed 20.04.2009. version 1.5 released 24.04.2009. Regio/Camp speculum fixed (PDs) 24.04.2009. Acknowledgements changed 24.04.2009. About Primary Directions changed 24.04.2009. Aspects added to mundane LoF (PDs) 26.04.2009. Russian texts fixed 26.04.2009. Position-texts of the housecusps did not get updated in case of an ayanamsha; fixed 23.05.2009. Scores removed from Options 23.05.2009. Planets in Signs and Houses removed from Tables 23.05.2009. AppearanceI Dialog changed(Fixstars-suboptions, intables, mundane-slider) 23.05.2009. Fixstars were shown if uranus, neptune, pluto were unchecked; fixed 23.05.2009. Traditional conjunction added to Fixstars 23.05.2009. Mundane Positions added to Tables(See General Remarks) 23.05.2009. Mundane LoF moved to Mundane Positions table 23.05.2009. Arabic Parts table added 23.05.2009. LoF moved to Arabic Parts table 23.05.2009. Arabic Parts editor added to Options(See General Remarks) 23.05.2009. Lot Of Fortune Options-Dialog changed 23.05.2009. Old .opt file can't be used 23.05.2009. version 1.6 released 25.05.2009. Number of Arabic Parts got maximized(40) 25.05.2009. Minor modifications (Arabic Parts) 25.05.2009. Arabic Parts and Asteroids switched places in Tables-menu 25.05.2009. Russian translation changed 28.05.2009. Horizondistance added to the speculums 28.05.2009. Arabic parts editor changed(See General Remarks) 28.05.2009. Fixstars conjunctions added to Tables menu 28.05.2009. Antiscia and Contraantiscia added to Appearance dialog I 28.05.2009. Symbol of the LoF changed 28.05.2009. If intables checked and houses is not in AppearanceI => do not show houses in Tables 28.05.2009. Old .opt file can't be used 28.05.2009. version 1.7 released 30.05.2009. Horizondistance fixed in the speculums 13.06.2009. Colors of Antiscia changed 13.06.2009. Square(Medieval) chart added to Charts menu and the popup menus of its items 13.06.2009. version 1.8 released 16.06.2009. Syzygy added to Misc Table menu 16.06.2009. Day/Night orb, LoF and Syzygy added to Arabic Parts editor (see General Remarks) 16.06.2009. "Customer" changed to "User" 16.06.2009. User Speculum added to the Tables menu 16.06.2009. Minor modifications in the Square chart 16.06.2009. Old .opt file can't be used 16.06.2009. version 1.9 released 18.06.2009. User Speculum shown vertically 18.06.2009. Syzygy added to Appearance I Dialog 18.06.2009. Save As Bitmap of the items of the Charts menu fixed 18.06.2009. Old .opt file can't be used 19.06.2009. Third option added to Syzygy 19.06.2009. Syzygy added to PD dialog 19.06.2009. Russian texts changed 19.06.2009. Old .opt file can't be used 19.06.2009. version 2.0 released 22.06.2009. Syzygy changed (PD dialog) 30.06.2009. "FixStars" changed to "FixedStars" 30.06.2009. User-point to parallels(mundane, zodiacal) added to PDs 30.06.2009. User2-point added to significators (PDs) 30.06.2009. Minor change in Appearance I dialog 30.06.2009. General Remarks changed(syzygy) 30.06.2009. About Primary Directions changed 30.06.2009. Old .opt file can't be used 30.06.2009. version 2.1 released 19.08.2009. Acknowledgements changed 19.08.2009. TODO added 19.08.2009. Link to Martin's book added and About Primary Directions changed 21.08.2009. Notes on MacOS added to the Download(Source) section 21.08.2009. Acknowledgements changed 24.08.2009. Conjunction symbol of the significator removed from PD-lists 24.08.2009. User2 speculum added (See General Remarks) 24.08.2009. Placidian(underthepole) added to the PDs 24.08.2009. Fixstars to LoF fixed (Placidian(semiarcus), PDs) 24.08.2009. About Primary Directions changed 24.08.2009. Acknowledgements changed 24.08.2009. Old Morinus.opt file won't work 24.08.2009. version 2.2 released 25.08.2009. About Primary Directions changed 26.08.2009. Download(Source) section changed 27.08.2009. TODO changed 31.08.2009. Vista vs Ubuntu Linux added to Download(Source) [Video] 31.08.2009. Synastry added 31.08.2009. PD-calculations got much faster due to a faster sorting algorithm 31.08.2009. version 2.3 released 10.09.2009. TODO changed 10.09.2009. Download(Source) section changed (Linux) 10.09.2009. Menu items for managing the options explained in General Remarks 22.09.2009. Sometimes aspects weren't shown in the charts(Pisces-Aries transition problem); fixed 22.09.2009. Maximizing the window of the radix problem on Win7; fixed 22.09.2009. Themes added to Appearance I; charts are drawn accordingly 22.09.2009. Width of Asc-MC added to Appearance I 22.09.2009. Acknowledgements changed 22.09.2009. Old Morinus.opt file won't work 22.09.2009. version 2.4 released 23.09.2009. About The Author section added 26.09.2009. Synastry closed already opened child-windows; fixed 26.09.2009. Syzygy moved to a standalone dialog from Appearance I 26.09.2009. Russian translation changed 26.09.2009. Spanish translation added 26.09.2009. Acknowledgements changed 26.09.2009. version 2.5 released 13.10.2009. Selectable individual planet-colors added to Colors dialog 13.10.2009. Selectable showing of the selected housesystem on the radix chart added to AppearanceI 13.10.2009. Almutens(3 types) added 13.10.2009. Section about Almutens added to the webpage 13.10.2009. General Remarks changed 13.10.2009. TODO changed 13.10.2009. Contents added to the webpage 13.10.2009. Old Morinus.opt file won't work 13.10.2009. version 2.6 released 17.10.2009. Aspects table fixed(housecusps-part) 17.10.2009. Colors fixed in Almuten tables 17.10.2009. Background fixed in Topical Almuten table on Windows 7 18.10.2009. Bug during loading a chart if Traditional option is selected fixed 20.10.2009. Help added (See General Remarks) 23.10.2009. Upgraded to the newest swiss ephemeris[version of sweastrology.pyd and sweastrology.so](added to AboutBox) 23.10.2009. Old extension modules(sweastrology.so, sweastrology.pyd) cannot be used 23.10.2009. Whole-sign replaces Vehlow housesystem 23.10.2009. If you want to use your saved options(file Morinus.opt of version 2.6) and if you have Vehlow saved 23.10.2009. then save it to any other housesystem with version 2.6 of the program 23.10.2009. version 2.7 released 24.10.2009. Crash-bug fixed: Topical Almutens get cleared if arabicparts removed in ArabicParts-editor 29.10.2009. BC charts fixed(see: General Remarks) 29.10.2009. Acknowledgements changed 14.11.2009. Link to "A vedic astrologer's opinion about Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and asteroids" added to Articles 15.11.2009. BC charts changed(if e.g. -6 is given then year -6 will be calculated) 15.11.2009. Some minor bugs fixed 15.11.2009. Elections added to Charts menu 15.11.2009. version 2.8 released 17.11.2009. The caption of the Elections-window showed the date(year, month, day) after subtracting the timezone; fixed 18.11.2009. Whole Sign houses with Ayanamsha fixed 18.11.2009. Showing of the selected Ayanamsha on radix if "Show Housesystem" is checked in Appearance I 21.11.2009. Link to "Ptolemy's cosmos" added to Articles 12.03.2010. Revolutions of a julian-date radix got fixed 12.03.2010. Mercury in Almuten calculations fixed 12.03.2010. Webpage changed in Aboutbox 12.03.2010. Netbook added to Appearance I (See General Remarks) 12.03.2010. Exact Tansits added to Appearance I (Antiscia, ContraAnt, LoF) 12.03.2010. Helpfiles changed 12.03.2010. Asteroids removed 12.03.2010. Acknowledgements changed 12.03.2010. Old Morinus.opt file won't work 12.03.2010. version 2.9 released 12.03.2010. Important: only the source changed so not the Windows-binary (MorinusWinEng). As soon as it is possible I will upload it. 24.03.2010. Exact Transits removed form Appearance I. They are always calculated. 24.03.2010. Minor bugfix in Secondary Directions in case of a julian-radix 24.03.2010. Houseposition calculation with Traditional fixed in the Almuten of the Chart. 24.03.2010. Important: only the source changed so not the Windows-binary (MorinusWinEng). As soon as it is possible I will upload it. 26.03.2010. Traditional version 27.03.2010. 64-bit sweastrology.pyd(Windows) added (Link in Acknowledgements) 27.03.2010. Acknowledgements changed 29.03.2010. Program Crash(Unhandled Exception) fixed in Topical Almutens calculation(Planets In Houses) 29.03.2010. Important: only the source changed so not the Windows-binary (MorinusWinEng). As soon as it is possible I will upload it. 30.03.2010. MorinusWinEng added (built on Linux with Wine[Windows Emulator]) 02.05.2010. Programming added to the Table-Of-Contents 23.05.2010. A possible solution to a runtime-bug on Ubuntu Linux added to General Remarks 24.05.2010. A possible solution to a runtime-bug on Ubuntu Linux added to General Remarks; Updated 18.07.2010. TODO changed 28.08.2010. Precession and Nutation corrected solars added if ayanamsa is selected 11.10.2010. Ephemeris files uploaded and Download (Binary, Windows) section changed 23.10.2010. New features added to the Traditional version 26.10.2010. TODO changed 01.11.2010. PDs in solars and lunars added (right click on the chart of a solar or lunar) 01.11.2010. Find Time from planetary positions added (see General Remarks) 01.11.2010. Graphical Ephemeris added 01.11.2010. Credits dialog changed 01.11.2010. version 3.0 released 02.11.2010. Program crash(SaveAsBMP and SaveAsText in the popup-menu of the Window of PDs in Solars) fixed 07.11.2010. Graphical ephemeris fixed (see the lines of the planets at the top in case of year 25) [minor fix] 17.11.2010. Credits dialog changed 17.11.2010. Russian translation changed 21.11.2010. About Primary Directions changed 21.11.2010. Traditional version changed 23.11.2010. How to compute planetary positions (without ephemeris); added to the list of articles 27.11.2010. Astronomy, The Basics; added to the list of articles 19.12.2010. Rise/Set times added to Tables 19.12.2010. Profections (zodiacal, currently Yearly-only) added to Charts 19.12.2010. TemporalHour, HourlyDistance added to the speculums and Appearance II 19.12.2010. Old Morinus.opt file can't be used (options changed) 19.12.2010. Version 3.1 released 19.12.2010. Program crash fixed 20.12.2010. Rapt Parallels added to Primary Directions [Under Testing] 20.12.2010. Acknowledgements changed 20.12.2010. Version 3.2 released 21.12.2010. Rapt Parallels fixed [Under Testing] 21.12.2010. Link added to the book Jean Meeus: Astronomical Algorithms 22.12.2010. In case of mundane PDs the PDs to the Angles were calculated even without selecting the Conjunction checkbox in PD-Dialog; fixed 22.12.2010. Rapt Parallels were calculated to the Angles regardless of the ASC and/or MC being selected or not in the PD-Dialog; fixed 26.12.2010. Profections (zodiacal, mundane) added [Under Testing] 26.12.2010. Profections section added to the webpage 26.12.2010. Acknowledgements changed 26.12.2010. version 3.3 released 26.12.2010. LotofFortune added to PlacidusAnnualProfections [mundane] 28.12.2010. Aspects fixed in the Profections-charts 08.01.2011. PlacidusAnnualProfections[mundane] algorithm fixed 08.01.2011. Julian Day added to Misc-table 15.01.2011. "Use zodiacal projections of planets" added to the Profections dialog 16.01.2011. Profections section changed 30.01.2011. Spanish translation updated 30.01.2011. Credits dialog updated 30.01.2011. version 3.4 released 04.02.2011. Profected LoF fixed 04.02.2011. version 3.5 released 19.02.2011. netbook option fixed 19.02.2011. Morinus.opt (options-file) split up in Opts directory 19.02.2011. Max number of rows in the Topical-Almutens to 30 19.02.2011. version 3.6 released 19.02.2011. Program crash fixed in Arabic-Parts-options 20.02.2011. Yesterday the encoding was removed from "Save as text" (PDs). Should work for all the languages on Linux, WinVista and Win7 27.02.2011. Italian translation added 27.02.2011. Acknowledgements changed 27.02.2011. version 3.7 released 28.02.2011. Syzygy added to Topical almutens 28.02.2011. version 3.8. released 13.03.2011. Positions table of zodiacal profs; fixed 13.03.2011. Hot-keys changed (Tables, Charts) 13.03.2011. "Light of the time" added to Topical almutens (with or without Day/Night orb) 13.03.2011. Same row can be added several times to a Topical Almuten 13.03.2011. Profections added to Tables 13.03.2011. version 3.9 released 09.04.2011. Morinus for MacOS added (Installation(Source) section changed) 09.04.2011. Acknowledgements changed 30.05.2011. Zodiacal profections fixed 30.05.2011. Credits dialog changed 13.06.2011. Confirmation dialog added to "Reload" 26.06.2011. Traditional version changed 03.07.2011. Several ayanamsa-related bugs fixed (e.g. Antiscia) 03.07.2011. almutens(Points, Chart) with ayanamsa fixed 03.07.2011. Acknowlegdements changed 03.07.2011. version 4.0 released 17.07.2011. Mercury in Virgo(Almutens): exaltation is not taken into account 17.07.2011. Aspects table fixed (intermediate HCs, ayanamsa+wholesign houses) 17.07.2011. version 4.1 released 22.07.2011. Use exaltation if MercuryInVirgo added to Options/Almutens/Chart 22.07.2011. Tables/PrimaryDirections Ctrl+F12 22.07.2011. BC charts fixed 22.07.2011. Old almutenchart.opt file cannot be used 22.07.2011. version 4.2 released 26.07.2011. FindTime got 25 times faster 26.07.2011. version 4.3 released 14.08.2011. 30-deg profections added (Yearly and Monthly). See Profections-section 14.08.2011. old Profections.opt file cannot be used 14.08.2011. Profections section changed 14.08.2011. version 4.4 released 21.08.2011. 30-deg profections removed (was not implemented correctly) 21.08.2011. Monthly profections added to Tables/Profections 21.08.2011. Degree and second added to approximation in FindTime 21.08.2011. Old profections.opt file can not be used 21.08.2011. version 4.5 released 22.08.2011. Monthly Profections: "Steps 13" fixed 04.09.2011. Asc/MC (FindPlace) added to FindTime 04.09.2011. Acknowlegdements changed 04.09.2011. version 4.6 released 17.09.2011. Options/Profections: if "Use zodiacal projections of planets" was set and saved the latitude of planets was set to zero in the whole program (e.g. the PDs was computed with latitude=zero regardless of the PD settings) 17.09.2011. version 4.7 released 24.09.2011. Rise/Set times temporarily removed 24.09.2011. Aspects of promissors to intermediate housecups added to PDs 24.09.2011. Two bugs fixed in Placidus(UnderthePole) PDs 24.09.2011. Iteration selection added to the secondary motion of the Moon in PD-dialog 24.09.2011. Rounding of the longitudes in charts removed 24.09.2011. Old primarydirs.opt file can't be used 24.09.2011. version 4.8 released 02.10.2011. Rise/Set times added (in GMT); Sun and Moon can be checked: http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneYear.php 02.10.2011. All digits shown in Mundane Positions table 02.10.2011. version 4.9 released 31.10.2011. PDs-In-Chart added (Options/"PDs in chart" and right-click on a PD-row in the PD-list; always the selected static PD-key is used) 31.10.2011. PDs-In-Chart section added to the webpage 31.10.2011. Acknowledgements changed 31.10.2011. version 5.0 released 01.11.2011. Dynamic-keys fixed 05.11.2011. PDs-In-Chart: selected key always used (static, dynamic) 05.11.2011. Ingresses with ayanamsa fixed 05.11.2011. PDs-In-Chart: New terminology 05.11.2011. version 5.1 released 17.11.2011. MacOS added to Download(binary) section 18.11.2011. 2nd and 3rd iterations of the Moon to the Angles and intermediate housecusps fixed 18.11.2011. version 5.2 released 25.11.2011. "Incremental Search" added to Options/FixedStars 25.11.2011. General Remarks changed 25.11.2011. version 5.3 released 04.12.2011. Online place-database added to Horoscope/New(or Data)/Place dialog. See General Remarks here or in the help file 04.12.2011. Acknowledgements changed 04.12.2011. version 5.4 released 05.12.2011. Charts/Transits, Revolutions, SunTransits, SecondaryDirs fixed (Places-dialog) 06.12.2011. Windows-binary (the executable) fixed 10.12.2011. Search fixed for Windows in Options/FixedStars dialog 10.12.2011. Source (Morinus.zip) updated for python2.7 10.12.2011. version 5.5 released 08.01.2012. Mundane chart added to Charts menu 08.01.2012. Terrestrial charts added to Options/PDsInChart and to the popup menu (PD-list window, right-click) 08.01.2012. Old pdsinchart.opt cannot be used 08.01.2012. Old appearance2.opt cannot be used 08.01.2012. PDsInChart(Mundane) added to webpage and help files 08.01.2012. version 5.6 released 15.01.2012. version 5.6 removed 15.01.2012. version 5.5 released 22.01.2012. Mundane chart added to Charts menu 22.01.2012. Terrestrial charts added to Options/PDsInChart and to the popup menu (PD-list window, right-click) 22.01.2012. RMP added to Appearance II (speculum) 22.01.2012. Old pdsinchart.opt cannot be used 22.01.2012. Old appearance2.opt cannot be used 22.01.2012. PDsInChart(Mundane) added to webpage and help files 22.01.2012. Arc-bug (PDs-In-Charts/Celestial fixed) 22.01.2012. French translation 22.01.2012. Acknowledgements changed 22.01.2012. Known bugs updated 22.01.2012. version 5.7 released 29.01.2012. Regiomontanus PDsInCharts fixed 29.01.2012. French translation updated 29.01.2012. version 5.8 released 26.02.2012. Profections (Placidean Annual, zodiacal projections) fixed 26.02.2012. Help-files and webpage updated (PDs-In-Charts, Note On The Speculum) 26.02.2012. Italian-help-file translated to italian 26.02.2012. Options/PDs-In-Charts changed (without-secondary-motion added) 26.02.2012. version 5.9 released 31.03.2012. Local Apparent Time (LAT; Horoscope/Data or New) fixed 31.03.2012. Secondary Dirs (LAT, julian) fixed 31.03.2012. Day/Night orb was used even if not checked in Options/Almutens/Chart; fixed 31.03.2012. version 6.0 released 11.04.2012. Arabic Parts don't get recomputed if housesystem changes; chart needs to be reloaded in order to get them recomputed; fixed 11.04.2012. Ayanamsa+antiscia not correct (ayanamsa should be subtracted from tropical antiscia); fixed 11.04.2012. Secondary Directions: Daylight saving should be unchecked and time adjusted accordingly in case of summer-charts; fixed 11.04.2012. version 6.1 released 12.04.2012. Installation (Source) changed; Linux 12.04.2012. Known Bugs updated 06.07.2012. Aspects of the Angles removed (PDs); [only the source (Morinus.zip) released] 06.07.2012. BC charts fixed (charts created for a date earlier than 1583 need to be created with Julian-calendar); [only the source (Morinus.zip) released] 06.07.2012. Square-chart+ayanamsa fixed; [only the source (Morinus.zip) released] 06.07.2012. version 6.2 released [only the source (Morinus.zip)] 25.07.2012. MacOS version(dmg) temporarily removed due to problems with the MacOS version of wxpython (it crashes several times). 27.07.2012. version 6.2 released (Windows-binary) 31.07.2012. Link to Morinus-on-Mac blog added to Download(Binary)-section 02.08.2012. Thanks to Vaclav, the real MacOS version is available! (See section Download(Binary)) 10.11.2012. Link added to Jean Meeus' algorithms implemented in python. 02.07.2013. Link added to Roberto's Morinus7. 13.12.2013. Installation(source) changed (a link to Pillow was added) 13.12.2013. Link added to Charts in polar regions - after General Remarks 02.03.2014. Online Atlas fixed 24.07.2014. Astrology Database Converter by Laszlo Lovass is available. The development of the modern version is finished. Known Bugs:
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