Frequently asked questions

It is done by a special manipulation of the URL line in the browser. To begin, you must call up the Transitrhythmogram chart.
Then, you must locate the URL line in your browser, and make sure to position the cursor for adding something to its end without deleting the rest.
Now, append the code &stx2=pt=%2bc to it, so that the complete URL is similar to www.astro.com/cgi/chart.cgi?gm=a2&btyp=4t&sday=17&smon=11&syr=2015&rs=0&stx2=pt=%2bc
Then press ENTER, and the chart will appear with an extra red line for transiting Chiron.
If you want to have Chiron considered among the natal planets for this chart, the URL code must be: &stx2=pt=%2bc/pn=%2bc
 

There's a trick. Start at Extended Chart Selection with chart type 'natal chart with transits' and see that it shows UT: 00:00:00 below the date, in the upper left corner.
Now edit the URL in the browser and append. &stx2=vshgmt=16 and press ENTER.
You will get the transits for UT 16:00.
For setting the minute, you need to use decimal hour fractions, e.g. vshgmt=16.5 will result in 16:30 UT etc.

This applies to: Free Horoscopes -> extended chart selection -> special charts -> Graphic ephemeris for 1 year and to other special charts from this list:
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The vertical zodiac axis in these charts is folded into 45° sections, a drawing style designed by Astrodienst in cooperation with Reinhold Ebertin in 1981. This allows to see aspects of 45°, 90°, 135° and 180° as crossings of lines.
Some users would like to have different foldings, for example 60° sections which show aspects of 60°, 120° and 180° as crossings.

There is a secret feature: If you sneak into the URL the suffix &stx2=mod=90 then you can trick the program into giving you a 'modulo 90°' drawing. Use only 'modulo values' which are divisors of 360, unless you want to see an irregular drawing with jumps at 0° Aries. Meaningful values are 30, 45, 60, 90, 180, 360.
 

This is done via unknown birth time.
If you select unknown as hour, it will take noon and not do houses.

If you know the time, you can enter it and append u to the minute field. It will use the time, but still not do houses.

This 'no houses due to unknown time' property sticks to the birth record. It can be lifted by editing the minute field and removing the trailing u.

It is done by a special manipulation of the URL line in the browser. To begin, you must call up the Astromap chart.
Then, you must locate the URL line in your browser, and make sure to position the cursor for adding something to its end without deleting the rest.
Now, append the code &stx2=pn=%2bJ to it, so that the complete URL is similar to www.astro.com/cgi/chart.cgi?gm=a2&btyp=71&rs=0&stx2=pn=%2bJ
Then press ENTER, and the chart will appear with an extra black line for transiting Juno. The last letter of the special code is a capital J like in John.
If you want to have the four Asteroids Ceres, Pallas, Juno and Vesta considered among the natal planets for this chart, the URL code must be: &stx2=pn=%2bCPJV (four capital letters C P V J, obviously the initials of these asteroid names. It will not work for other asteroid names! For Lilith (mean apogee) it works with the lower case letter i.).
 
If you want to get rid of Chiron, use &stx2=pn=-c (lower case c).
 

Yes, but it must done via a manipulation of the URL. Once the map is shown, this code must be appended to the URL:
&stx2=a=NUMBER
where NUMBER is one of these values:

• 14 with squares
• 54 with trines and sextiles
• 62 with squares, trines and sextiles
• 198 with semisextile and quincunx
• 774 with semisquare and sesquisquare
• 3078 with quintile and biquintile

PS: to combine the tricks of question 5 and 6, use: &stx2=pn=%2bCPJV/a=NUMBER

• Go to the "Extended Chart Selection" and select the method "Special charts", and then the chart type "3-dimensional chart","3-dim. chart w. primary directions 10 years" or "...30 years ". Show the chart and then click into the chart drawing to show it in a large format.
• Print out the chart drawing. (Or, if you possess a PDF subscription, print out the PDF).
• Cut the chart drawing into two strips along the dotted middle line; and cut exactly along the right edge at the end of the zodiac and equator scale
• Connect both strips so that they fit together (permanently with glue or stapler, or temporarily with paper clips).
  
• Bend the whole strip into cylinder shape and fasten both ends so that they fit together. Connecting ends are marked by arrows. To make a permanent and stable connection, cut out a circular cardboard disc with a diametre of 171 mm, and glue it inside the cylinder.
• For correct spacial orientation, turn the cylinder in such a way that the MC line comes to lie to the South. Tilt the cylinder so that the horizon (AC-DC line) is horizontal. Then a realistic representation of the spacial constellations of the sky at birth becomes visible.

   A  equal
   B  Alcabitius
   C  Campanus
   D  equal / MC
   E  equal = A
   F  Carter poli-equatorial
   H  horizon / azimuth
   I  Sunshine
   i  Sunshine alternative
   K  Koch
   L  Pullen S-delta
   M  Morinus
   N  Whole sign, Aries = 1st house
   O  Porphyry
   P  Placidus
   Q  Pullen S-ratio
   R  Regiomontanus
   S  Sripati
   T  Polich/Page ("topocentric")
   U  Krusinski-Pisa-Goelzer
   V  equal Vehlow
   W  equal, whole sign
   X  axial rotation system/ Meridian houses
   Y  APC houses

• Display the chart.
• Locate the URL line in the browser.
• Put the cursor at the end of the line and append &stx2=a=01234556789 and press Enter

If you want Chiron also aspected, add a C to the list. For the node, add an n, for aspects to Ascendant add A and for MC add M.

This works in all chart styles. The special code &stx2=a=LIST overrides the normal selection of aspected objects and replaces it by LIST (do not take the word LIST literally, of course).
Example: If you want a chart only with aspects of the seven traditional planets Sun-Saturn, use &stx2=a=0123456
If you want only aspects between Sun and Saturn, use &stx2=a=06
That can be useful if you prepare chart examples for teaching purposes and want to emphasize particular aspects.

• Display the chart.
• Locate the URL line in the browser.
• Put the cursor at the end of the line and append &stx2=abits=1 and press Enter

The different options need to be combined like this with a / character: &stx2=a=0123456789/abits=1
The part stx2= must appear only once, and the several 'stx2 options' are separated with a slash /.

• d day column
• s sidereal time
• 0 Sun
• 1 Moon
• .. 9 Pluto
• t true node
• m mean node
• A Lilith
• D Chiron
• F Ceres
• G Pallas
• H Juno
• I Vesta

No, we don't have this option, but you can use this work-around:

Please progress your x charts to the same date, and save the progressed charts as natal records. Then do a multi-composite of these records.

This process has to be repeated for each progression date.