Saving
Chart Wheels and Interpretation to file:
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interpretive
reports in HTML, RTF, TXT, and PDF format.
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wheel to file.
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If you have the Adobe Acrobat Distiller driver installed on your computer,
chart wheels can also be produced in PDF format.
New
Forecast Features:
Suppose that you are an astrologer and you would like for
your clients the following information for the coming year:
outer planet transits to the natal chart, secondary progressed
to natal, secondary progressed to progressed, and solar arc
to natal aspects. Kepler has been able to provide you this
information even 10 years ago, but now it is much faster to
obtain and easier to read. In Kepler, you no longer have to
individually select these printouts. A screen is displayed
that allows you to check which forecasts you want, and you
can save this set of selections as a default for the future.
The forecasts are displayed in time line format. The simple
text listing format is still available, but only the time line
format is available in this more elegant method of selecting
forecasts.
AstroClock: You can view the current positions of the
planets in real time with Kepler's AstroClock feature. You
can select the place so that it calculates an AstroClock wherever
you are.
Time Line Format: calendar date is printed periodically
so that while looking through the printout, you can see what
the dates are without needing to scroll up and down repeatedly.
Also, the date when the aspect is exact now appears in the time line
printout. Because the date was not given, some Kepler users continued
to use text listings, but now this limitation has been removed.
The time line format is quickly becoming the preferred method of most
Kepler users, and with these new features will undoubtedly continue
to become more popular. The time line format has the advantages of
allowing you to quickly and easily see what astrological influences
are occurring, when they occur, and how strong they are at any time.
After making your selections, you can scroll through the list of transits
and progressions without needing to jump between printouts.
We have also made the selection of forecasts easier by providing a
menu that allows you to jump more quickly to the different kinds of
forecasts available. In earlier versions, all of these methods appeared
together in a large menu, and some users did not realize, for example,
that they had the powerful Profile Time Line feature which gives scores
for areas such as athletic performance, accident proneness, etc. Now
you won't miss these features hiding in a menu of selections that takes
time to read.
A few other improvements has also been added: You can display along
the bottom of each time line bar a thin red strip to indicate retrograde
and/or a green strip to indicate direct motion of the transit or progressed
planet. You can also include the house position and/or zodiac sign
or exact position of the transiting and natal planets along the left
side, next to the aspect that occurs.
AstroMaps: Treasure
Maps, local space maps, horizon maps, geodetic maps, and zodiac sign
maps. Zodiac sign maps are AstroMaps that show where the zodiac sign
of the Ascendant and MC change. A horizon map is a slight variation
of a local space map; the horizon map plots the actual house cusps
whereas in a local space map house Asc lines are drawn due east-west
and the MC lines are drawn due north-south. The planet lines in a horizon
map and local space map are identical. We also added the ability to
print an AstroMap in larger sizes, with the information at the top
and bottom in smaller type, and we added the ability to select the
color of the water and land.
Selecting AstroMaps: if you select
a geographic region with a town at the center, that town can be placed
in the map; this is a minor improvement but is helpful when picking
a very small town that otherwise may not appear in the map. No other
program allows you to see the orbs of AstroMap lines and combine meaningful
information so nicely as Kepler.
Batch
Mode and Interactive Mode: Kepler works beautifully
in both "batch" mode and "interactive" mode.
You may not be familiar with the terms "batch mode" and "interactive
mode" but both modes are important to make an astrology
program easy and fun. You can easily check the printouts
you want and send them to the printer (batch mode), or
you can view printouts on the screen, select any printout
desired and immediately see it and then click on the Print
button to print it if you like (Interactive mode). Batch
mode is great when you need a lot of printouts, and interactive
mode is great when you want to "play" with the
program, poking around and exploring different ideas. Kepler
provides both in a very easy-to-use way.
Chart
Wheels: Dozens
of chart wheel styles with hundreds of variations to
choose from!
Regular
Wheel
BiWheel:
Any
2 charts (natal, progressed, return, etc. of same person
or different people)
TriWheel:
Any
3 charts (natal progressed, return, etc. of same person or
different people)
QuadWheel:
Any 4 charts (natal progressed, return,
etc. of same person or different people)
2, 3, or 4 wheels on one page or screen
Re-design
and customize chart wheels.
Choice
of colors, including ability to 50 pre-set exciting color
schemes or create your own
Save chart wheels to file in BMP, PNG, PCX, GIF, TIF, and JPG format
Different wheel styles. Smaller wheel styles have grid explanations,
etc.
Many options for how planets are placed in the wheel, font sizes,
etc.
Heliocentric, altitude-azimuth, 90 degree dial, harmonic chart,
and many other options
Place graphic images in background, change fonts, etc.
Many options like "out-to-in" placement of planets in
wheel etc.
Print or view any chart wheel style in Portrait or Landscape format
Art
Wheels: Art
wheels are beautiful chart wheels. Our art wheels were
designed by graphic artist Paul Guess. The planetary
positions are placed within these exquisitely beautiful
chart wheel images. These chart wheels are perfect for
framing. These chart wheels are best printed on a color
printer. For an incredibly stunning chart wheel, print
an art wheel on glossy paper with your color printer.
There are 30 art wheels to choose from, and there is a portrait (normal)
and landscape (sideways) version of each art wheel.
In order to make the art wheels as beautiful as possible, we added
the ability to add shadowing to the planetary information in the chart
wheel. This adds extra pizzazz to the art wheel.
Flexible
Chart Wheels: Wheel and other items in printout can
be resized, moved, given different colors, change fonts
and size, etc.
Data
Collection: A data collection of over 18,000 charts
(people, businesses, earthquakes, athletes, etc.) is included.
Complete
Atlas: Kepler comes with a complete atlas of the world
with over 260,00 cities. easy-to-use: type in upper or
lower case, see cities as you type, and narrow the search
for a specific country or state desired. The time zone
and daylight savings time information is complete and up-to-date;
every year some countries change laws regarding daylightr
savings time, and these changes are entered into our tables.
This is anbsolutely necessary in order to calculate a chart
accurately!
Ease
of Use:
- While
you enter the person's name (or place of birth), a list
of names (or places) to select from automatically appears
- no hunting around or pressing keys to tell Kepler to
look up the data.
- Handy
features like the ability to remove the listing of famous
charts so you can see only your own with 2 mouse clicks
make using the program fun and easy.
- Just
do what you need to do: for example suppose you need to
change the spelling of a person's name that has been saved
on disk; all you do is change the spelling and the database
is updated for you. Removing data is just as easy.
- When
entering the place of birth, you can simply begin entering
the place, and then you also have the option to narrow
the listing of cities to one country or state, a useful
feature when you are unsure of the correct spelling.
- Any
printout being viewed on the screen can be printed by simply
clicking the "Print This Screen" button. See
also the discussion of "batch mode" and "interactive
mode" above for more information on this.
- If
you are pre-selecting printouts ("batch mode")
and need to un-select a printout, just un-check the box.
- Seemingly
complex requests like a BiWheel with Jack's natal chart
in the center and Jill's progressed chart on the outside
is very easy to do.
- Visual
previews that show you the AstroMap, wheel style or wheel
feature that you are selecting make it easy to get exactly
the printout desired before you view or print it.
- Customize
a wheel while you select it, and also make these selections
the new default if you like.
- Easy
Conversion of Old Style Calendar (Julian) to New Style
Calendar (Gregorian).
- Edit
the text in an interpretive report.
- Translate
an interpretive report into other languages.
- Create
your own interpretive report.
FLEXIBILITY:
Customize aspects and orbs, and have up to 3 pre-defined
aspect sets. Edit any feature of an interpretive report, translate
reports to a different language, or even create your own interpretive
reports from scratch! You can customize regular wheels, BiWheel,
TriWheel, QuadWheels, transit-to-natal aspects, progressed-to-natal
aspects, Profile Reports and Time Line details. Select any TrueType
font for use in interpretations. The above list is a sample of
some of the features that can be customized, and is not a complete
list. Easy to change the orb of aspects in natal and compatibility
interpretation by selecting a report from a listing then edit
it on the screen.
- It
is also easy to "touch up" a wheel; while selecting
a wheel style, there is a "Touch Up" button that
can be selected to access features that are most commonly
desired. The "Color Schemes" feature mentioned
above, for example, is in this menu.
- You
can print chart wheels in heliocentric, altitude-azimuth,
horizon, and even right ascension coordinates.
- Planet
Position in the wheel can either be in the traditional
zodiac style or in 0-360 degree format which some astrologers
prefer for horizon, heliocentric, and right ascension charts.
- You
can also print midpoint trees and most other printouts
using these coordinates systems.
- Easy
to make a new chart wheel style the default. You can set
a default Regular, BiWheel, TriWheel, and QuadWheel style.
Use either old style or new style Pluto glyph
- The
Vertex, Equatorial Ascendant, and 8 transneptunian planets
can be put in the chart wheel.
- The
Part of Fortune can be calculated using the ancient formula
(Asc+Sun-Moon for night charts).
- It
is possible to have arrows on angular cusps, different
ways of placing planet positions in the chart wheels, and
dozens of other ways that wheels and other printouts can
be customized to suit your taste.
- and
much much more!
Over
the years we have refined the program with attention to
little details like those mentioned above to make Kepler
fun to use. The above list is a sample of some of the features
that make Kepler flexible and easy to use, and is not a
complete list.
Auto
Select Printouts: save a selection of printouts and
auto-select it later.
E-mail
the chart wheels, interpretive reports, and other printouts
directly from Kepler:
Enter the e-mail address of the person you want to e-mail the report
to, and it will be e-mailed. Note that you must have an Internet Service
Provider (ISP) for this function to work. Most of the free services
and even a few that are not free (most notably AOL) will not work.
Only services that provide an outgoing mail server name and user ID
will work with Kepler's e-mail feature. DSL connection is compatible
with Kepler e-mailing capability.
Your
Choice of Birth Data File: Read chart data from WinStar,
Solar Fire, and AstroDatabank directly in Kepler's Data
Entry screen! There is no need to go through the tedious
process of exporting and importing; the birth chart data
in these programs can be read directly by Kepler. If you
are a user of one of these astrology programs, you can
now easily expand your horizons with Kepler's awesome features
without re-entering any of your data.
EDUCATION:
Astro
Encyclopedia is a very comprehensive and thorough astrological
reference work built into the Kepler program. Diagrams and
images are included to help you better understand advanced
subjects such as midpoint structures as well as the basics.
Astro Encyclopedia also provides a huge glossary of terms
and excellent articles on many topics.
Avalon
Lessons is
a self-learning system that is built into the Kepler
program. Avalon Lessons is not a physical school, nor
is it a home-study course. Avalon Lesson is the name
that we give to this part of the Kepler program, where
you can learn astrology step-by-step. Currently Avalon
Lessons consists of 47 classes and it teaches basic and
intermediate astrological concepts. In the future Avalon
Lessons will be expanded to include advanced levels of
study for the Avalon
School of Astrology. If you want to further your
astrological studies, come to the Avalon School of Astrology. Click
here for details.
Avalon
Lessons includes detailed lessons, tests and quizzes (you
even get graded) before you proceed to the next lesson and
a logical, systematic approach that makes it possible for
you to learn astrology on your own.
Avalon
Lessons is a very thorough and comprehensive course, complete
with graphic illustrations and tests . If you take the entire
course and pass all of the tests, you will have a thorough
grasp of astrological principles. In fact, you may find that
you will amaze yourself with your ability to understand people
by analyzing their birth charts. With additional study in
advanced areas you will be able to take (and pass!) tests
administered by various astrological organizations to receive
certification from these organizations, and you will have
the information you need to interpret charts and teach others.
We recommend interpreting dozens of charts for people without
any charge before beginning to charge for your services,
and to devote at least a few years of study before becoming
a professional in the astrological field.
If you
prefer a less structured approach to learning, and you prefer
to browse around, you can browse through the topics in Avalon
Lessons, or you may find that Kepler's Astro Encyclopedia
is more to your liking. Avalon College is particularly good
for people who want a complete and thorough understanding
of astrology, and want to study astrology in a systematic
manner, starting with the basics and progressing to more
advanced topics.
Email
the chart wheels, interpretive reports, & other printouts
directly from KEPLER:
Enter the e-mail address of the person you want to e-mail
the report to, and it will be e-mailed. Note that you must
have an Internet Service Provider (ISP) for this function to
work. Most of the free services and even a few that are not
free (most notably AOL and MSN) will not work. Only services
that provide an outgoing mail server name and user ID will
work with Kepler's e-mail feature.
Graphics
Library of over 400 beautiful pictures:
Kepler
includes many hundreds of beautiful graphic images designed
specifically for the Kepler program. These pictures are utilized
in the Live Mini Reading, and included in the Cosmo Natal
Report. You can also browse through the pictures, and print
the images in a variety of sizes. You may also incorporate
them into your word processing documents or other graphic
programs.
The
graphics library consists of images of the following:
Sun
in zodiac signs Uranus
in zodiac signs
Moon
in zodiac signs Neptune
in zodiac signs
Mercury
in zodiac signs Pluto
in zodiac signs
Venus
in zodiac signs Sun
Sign Compatibility
Mars
in zodiac signs Moon
Sign Compatibility
Jupiter
in zodiac signs Compatibility
Aspects
Saturn
in zodiac signs Galaxies,
planets, etc.
Research
Capabilities: For the research-oriented astrologer
there is research capability. You can find out which charts
have a particular aspect or planet in a sign or house.
For example, you can find out which charts have Sun trine
Jupiter. You can also select a specific range of research
codes to study particular groups of people, such as just
athletes, or just basketball players, or just musicians,
or just singers, or just jazz singers.
Kepler
has highly sophisticated research capabilities. In addition
to basic research capabilities, Kepler can analyze all angles
between all planets and print a sorted list of which angles
occur most often. This is "assumption-less" research
and it can reveal startling new information. This kind of
research is designed for serious researchers who are willing
to take days or weeks to analyze and think about the research
results. If you are a serious researcher, this is a tool
that is likely to open new doors for you!
The
next step in the research process is even more exciting.
Suppose that you decide from the research results that the
group of people you are studying is more likely to have Sun
conjunct, square, or opposition Saturn, Moon in Capricorn,
or also Moon, Mercury, and Venus in hard aspect to Saturn.
You also conclude that the Sun square Saturn aspect is most
important, Sun opposition Saturn is next most important,
etc.
You
can create an "astrological signature" with the
exact weights that you want for each astrological factor
that is part of the astrological signature. Your astrological
profile can be as complex as you like, and you can even have
factors such as: "if Sun is in Capricorn and Moon is
in Capricorn, give 10 points, but if only the Sun in Capricorn
give 5 points, and if only the Moon is in Capricorn, give
3 points". Developing these complex rules for your astrological
signature is not trivial; this is a tool for the serious
researcher. These are tools that enable one to validate astrology
and are for the serious-minded researcher.
Kepler
includes 4 hypothetical astrological signatures that were
developed with this research capability: alcoholism, image
consultant (a profession), football quarterback, and baseball
pitcher. If additional research confirms these astrological
signatures, then these hypotheses become theories that if
repeatedly duplicated become the beginnings of a science
of astrology. If this level of serious research is not your
cup of tea, that's OK. Kepler provides a vast amount of information
for various kinds and levels of interests. You can enjoy
the results of the research in any case by running the hypothetical
astrological signatures on people you know to see what scores
they get.
Store
Birth Data on disk and have notes with each person: Kepler
stores data on disk that can be easily looked up later,
or to research the data. You can have notes (up to 360
characters) with each person's birth data. The notes section
is helpful if you need to record a special note about this
person, and it is also used to give some information about
the famous people and businesses that are included with
the Kepler program.
Vedic
Calculations, Heliocentric, and Altitude-Azimuth Charts: The
ayanamsha, which is the difference between the tropical
and sidereal zodiacs, can be easily selected from a menu.
You can also enter a custom value. Click
here for details!
Kepler
News: New
options and new versions of Kepler come out periodically,
once or twice a year on the average. We mail out the
newsletter, "Kepler News" to customers about
once a year. We do not sell our name data base so don't
worry about receiving junk mail. If you have an e-mail
address, we send out an e-mail notice of new features
about twice a year.
Customer
Support: We provide fast, efficient service and excellent
customer support. Virtually all of our customers are extremely
pleased with both the performance of our software products
and the level of assistance that we provide. Our office
hours are Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm Eastern time. If
you cannot call us for customer support during our office
hours let us know. We can set an appointment for you to
call us off hours.