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Natal Chart Configuration

The settings panel runs down the left side of a Natal chart window. At the top is the Natal Record picker, followed by the Natal Date and Natal Time, then the frame and display controls (Zodiac, Coord. Origin, Ref. Plane, Orientation, House System, and Paral. Aspects), above the shared bodies list and aspects grid. The record supplies both the moment and the location, so there is no separate Location control on this panel. Change any control and the wheel recalculates live.

Configure the Natal chart​

To cast and adjust a Natal chart:

  1. Select a record from the Natal Record dropdown, then adjust the Natal Date and Natal Time if needed. Selecting a record fills in its birth date, time, and location.
  2. Define the ephemeris frame with the Zodiac, Coord. Origin, and Ref. Plane dropdowns. Together these establish the coordinate system the body positions are computed in.
  3. Set the wheel orientation and houses with the Orientation and House System dropdowns.
  4. Select the parallel-aspect display from the Paral. Aspects dropdown.

The wheel recalculates as you change each control.

note

The Orientation dropdown is disabled under a heliocentric coordinate origin, and the House System dropdown is enabled only while the orientation is Horizon.

The settings panel down the left side of a Natal chart window.

The natal record, date, and time​

Natal Record: your saved birth records. This is a searchable dropdown, so you can type to filter the list. Choosing a record loads its date, time, and location into the chart. Manage the list in the Natal Records Editor.

Natal Date and Natal Time: the birth moment, filled in automatically from the selected record. These fields are primarily for reference and normally remain unchanged, but they stay editable so you can experiment with "what-if" adjustments to the moment without altering the saved record.

Frame and display settings​

The frame and display controls below the natal data are:

Zodiac: the zodiac system positions are expressed in. Choose from:

  • Tropical
  • Sidereal

Coord. Origin: the origin of the coordinate system. Choose from:

  • Geocentric
  • Topocentric
  • Heliocentric

Ref. Plane: the reference plane the coordinates are measured against. Choose from:

  • Ecliptic
  • Equatorial

Orientation: how the wheel is turned. Choose from:

  • Horizon
  • Zodiac

House System: how the wheel is divided into houses. Choose from:

  • None
  • Alcabitus
  • Campanus
  • Equal (Ascendant)
  • Koch
  • Morinus
  • Placidus
  • Porphyry
  • Regiomontanus
  • Topocentric (Polich/Page)
  • Vehlow Equal
  • Whole Sign

Paral. Aspects: which parallel aspects the wheel draws. Choose from:

  • None
  • All
  • Parallels
  • Contraparallels

Bodies and aspects​

Below the frame controls, the panel hosts two shared surfaces used on every chart settings panel: