The
Astrologer
ANTIC
Software
£24.95
Twenty years ago or so, when I first started work
I borrowed a book from the library entitled The Modern Handbook of
Astrology. It told you how to construct and interpret an
astrological chart and I duly set about producing charts for
workmates, family and friends. The charts themselves required a lot
of work but were great fun and the interpretations were uncannily
accurate, even for people I did not know. I had great fun for many
months but eventually other interests came along and all my charts
lay forgotten. Still kept but no longer used and I seldom thought
about them again until this program came along.
Star Struck is a program to produce astrological
charts for horoscope purposes and takes all of the hard work out of
the process. You must still interpret the charts yourself but
interpretation is a very personal thing, that is only to be
expected.
In case you don't know, two things are required to
cast a horoscope - the time and place of birth. The place can be
entered in Star Struck by using the Longitudinal and Latitudinal
coordinates of the birthplace taken from an atlas, which is by far
the most accurate way, or by selecting a map and using the mouse.
Two maps are available, the U.S.A or the whole world. Simply use the
mouse to point at the approximate place and the coordinates will be
shown and can be input automatically. Time is selected from a
comprehensive GEM based menu with options for different time zones
and time variations such as Summer Time. Once these two variables
have been entered just choose you chart type and it is drawn
immediately. What used to take hours of research now takes only
seconds!
Nine different types of chart are available but,
although the program does include some explanatory notes you will
need to buy or borrow a book on astrology to understand the
differences. Likewise, some brief notes on interpretation are
included but don't try and interpret a chart from these, they are
far too general. There is a lot more to casting a horoscope than you
might imagine. Other options allow the aspects, planets and zodiac
to be shown in greater detail on the screen.
The manual is quite extensive but comes as a text
file on the disk, you have to print it out yourself. This should
however prove no problem as the prime purpose of the program is to
provide printed charts and without a printer you will find its use
limited.
Seeing those charts again brought back all the old
memories of evenings spent working out those horoscopes many years
ago. It looks like I may be going down the library again to see if
they still have that book. If you are are already interested in
Astrology, this program will be a godsend. If not, nip down the
library and borrow a good text book, you could have hours of fun
without all the hard work of drawing your own charts.
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