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Bodies List

The bodies list is the checkbox list of celestial bodies a study includes. On standard studies it appears once, labeled Bodies. On aspect studies it appears twice, as Inner Bodies and Outer Bodies, on the Inner & Outer Bodies tab.

The Bodies list of a standard study with a few bodies checked (for example Sun, Venus, and Mars).

Selecting Bodies Individually​

To include or exclude a single body:

  • Click the checkbox beside the body name.

Selecting Bodies in Bulk​

The right-click context menu acts on the rows you have highlighted. Click a row to highlight it, or hold Ctrl or Shift while clicking to highlight several.

  • To check the highlighted bodies, right-click a highlighted row and select Select.
  • To uncheck the highlighted bodies, right-click a highlighted row and select Deselect.
  • To uncheck every body in the list, right-click any row and select Clear All.

The context menu also has a Presets submenu for saving and reusing body selections. See Bodies List Presets.

The Bodies list with several rows highlighted and the right-click context menu open.

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The checkmark shown in the list's column header is a label only. It does not select or clear bodies.

Available Bodies​

The bodies offered depend on the study type.

Geocentric and Topocentric Studies​

Geocentric and topocentric studies, and the Inner Bodies list on their aspect variants, offer these bodies:

  • Ascendant
  • Medium Coeli
  • Descendant
  • Imum Coeli
  • Moon
  • Mercury
  • Venus
  • Sun
  • Mars
  • Jupiter
  • Saturn
  • Uranus
  • Neptune
  • Pluto
  • Tenet
  • Lunar Apogee
  • Mean Apogee
  • North Node
  • Mean Node
  • Vesta
  • Juno
  • Ceres
  • Pallas
  • Chiron
  • Pholus

Outer Bodies on Geocentric and Topocentric Aspect Studies​

The Outer Bodies list on geocentric and topocentric aspect studies offers the same bodies without the four cardinal points (Ascendant, Medium Coeli, Descendant, and Imum Coeli):

  • Moon
  • Mercury
  • Venus
  • Sun
  • Mars
  • Jupiter
  • Saturn
  • Uranus
  • Neptune
  • Pluto
  • Tenet
  • Lunar Apogee
  • Mean Apogee
  • North Node
  • Mean Node
  • Vesta
  • Juno
  • Ceres
  • Pallas
  • Chiron
  • Pholus

Heliocentric Studies​

Heliocentric studies, and both lists on the heliocentric aspect study, offer these bodies:

  • Mercury
  • Venus
  • Earth
  • Mars
  • Jupiter
  • Saturn
  • Uranus
  • Neptune
  • Pluto
  • Tenet
  • Vesta
  • Juno
  • Ceres
  • Pallas
  • Chiron
  • Pholus