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-- INSTALLATION NOTES
-- SETTINGS
-- PREVIOUS VERSIONS
-- ONLINE HELP
-- TECH SUPPORT
-- CREDITS
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INSTALLATION NOTES
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Installing Timaeus:
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http://www.astrology-x-files.com/install.html
You will need to set your time zone and check whether you
are currently on daylight/summer time.
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WHAT'S NEW IN THIS VERSION
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Version 9.1.0.6 - Fixed the Ptolemaic bounds of Jupiter in Capricorn which has a
common off by one error (thanks to Maki).
Version 9.1.0.1 - Includes override of backzone file entries from the Olson tz
database.
Version 9.1.0.0 - Includes the Olson time zone updates 2014h - 2014j. GUI styles
have been updated to match what's available in Delphic Oracle 7 which includes the
themes used by Delphic Oracle as well. You should find several new themes
installed for colors, glyphs, wheels and visibility. It is important to make sure
Timaeus isn't running while you install this update. When applying color themes,
keep in mind that there is a ColorStyle property on the Wheels tab that should be
set (if you don't like the way a color theme looks, change the color style for the
wheel to something else and then apply and redraw. The font file AstroZTreg.ttf is
now the default (AstroZT) font file included in the installation for Timaeus. If
you have the semi-bold version of this font, you might want to remove it from the
Windows Fonts folder to avoid potential confusion. Also, all Rave reports have
been converted to FastReports which includes all of the new exports found in
Delphic Oracle 7.
Version 9.0.1.0 - Added backup zone lookup for storage of duplicate locations when
zone returns undefined in the Terran Atlas from the main source.
Version 9.0.0.9 - Fixed an obscure floating point error that affected about 1 in
500 charts with calculation of the prenatal lunation. The old code in the Swiss
Ephemeris unit has been replaced by new code in the component that is both faster
and more reliable.
Version 9.0.0.8 - Includes the Olson time zone update 2014g. Also includes
improvements from Delphic Oracle 7.1.0.5 in regards to handling Terran Atlas
duplicate data (which allows you to save location data as default that is a
duplicate of the search result that is not first in the list). The main difference
here is that the default location of the Monitor tab overrides the default location
you have for new chart setups whenever you double click on one of the system tray
icons to show a chart. This means that you can actually have 2 default locations
active, but the one that is stored in the New Chart Setup window is overridden. To
get it back, when the window is showing, click on the location button and click
Restore.
Version 9.0.0.7 - Includes the Olson time zone update 2014f. Searches of the
Terran Atlas included with Timaeus are now case insensitive.
Version 9.0.0.6 - Includes Olson time zone updates 2014c - 2014e. Also includes
the speed update for Delphic Oracle 7.0.1.9.
Version 9.0.0.4 - Includes the Olson time zone update 2014a. Also noticed an
invalid floating point operation during chart animation which seems unrelated to my
code so Pentium-safe FDIV is now checked and that error is gone.
Version 9.0.0.3 - Those who use European date format might want this update since
it fixes an initialization problem in the database reading of .zcf files (the file
save and restore is fine). This bug would cause the month would be one later than
it was saved as in the database in some charts (for some reason not all were
affected). I wasn't able to replicate this error on my machine, but I changed the
initialization order and that seems to have fixed the problem according to Konrad
Klawikowski.
Version 9.0.0.2 - Includes changes implemented in Olson time zone database 2013i.
Version 9.0.0.0 � This version is almost identical to Delphic Oracle (minus the
Hellenistic �System of Hermes� section) so much of the information about this
version of Timaeus can be found in the Delphic Oracle 7 readme. The chart designer
is now identical with Delphic Oracle 7 and includes the display of fixed stars and
all display types that Delphic Oracle 7 has, including the Medieval and Hellenistic
square views. It also contains all updates from the Medieval section of Delphic
Oracle including the primary directions based upon Martin Gansten�s PDDC course.
As with version 7 of Delphic Oracle, it also includes import and export using
Quickchart format so that you can bring charts from other programs into Timaeus 9
Pro.
Timaeus has also merged with the same databases used by Delphic Oracle 7 so you can
create charts in Timaeus 9 Pro and save them and later open the same charts using
Delphic Oracle 7. Also, if you only use the system tray functions of Timaeus 9 Pro
and have Delphic Oracle 7 installed, you have a new option to run Delphic Oracle by
double clicking on the planetary hour or rising sign icons. If you have no
retained charts in Delphic Oracle 7, then it will generate a current chart with the
ability to examine in Delphic Oracle instead of Timaeus. This process is not as
fast as using the native Timaeus display window, but it has the advantage of
allowing you to use the more advanced methods in Delphic Oracle 7 without having to
copy the current chart data. To do this, right click on the planetary hour icon
and select Options | General and check �Use Delphic Oracle to show current sky
conditions�. For this to work, you must also have �Current Sky� option enabled in
the �On Double click, Show�� on the top right of the same tab.
If you�re a user of Timaeus 9 Pro, you can upgrade to Delphic Oracle 7 at reduced
price by logging into your registered users page.
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PREVIOUS VERSIONS
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Version 8.2.1.9 - Includes the Olson time zone update from 2013a. I also updated
the Canada, Alaska, North Dakota and South Dakota CDS files with new time zone
attributions.
Version 8.2.1.8 - Fixed a minor bug that prevented 3rd, 7th, and 40th days of the
Moon derived charts from being calculated.
Version 8.2.1.7 - This includes the updated Olson time zone database files 2012f -
2012j.
Version 8.2.1.5 - Includes the changes from the Olson database 2012d and 2012e.
Version 8.2.1.4 - Fixed bug at end of array of planetary rays that duplicated the
last list item. Also fixed a few more spellings at the request of Ben Dykes.
Version 8.2.1.3 - Includes the distributions of the solar revolution method using
oblique ascensions at the request of Benjamin Dykes, PhD. This follows the same
window format as Al Firdaria and Primary directions except that chart selection is
not present, but implied based upon what charts are showing in the main window. To
get solar revolutions, first set up a solar return and display the chart. The
first combo box titled "Chart Selections" offers "Solar Return Only" or "Solar
Return to Natal". With the first selection you only need to display the solar
return chart in the main window, select the directed point to direct to solar
return positions and click the calculate button. When the "Solar Return to Natal"
option is selected in "Chart Selections", you need to display a bi-wheel (press
Ctrl + W) and place a natal chart inside and the solar return on the outside. The
directed point is then a point from the solar return directed to natal positions.
The calculations use oblique ascensions in scaling encounters of aspects, terms and
sign boundaries and include the option to use latitude for planets not on the
ecliptic. This affects only bodily encounters since aspect rays are automatically
reduced to ecliptic positions at this point. When one selects user defined point
from the directed point list (last item), the degree, sign, minute and label fields
become enabled. Just select the degree and minute to direct and enter a label.
For example if this is the lot of the father, then enter "Father" and a typical
direction will look like "Father -> dex squ Sun".
Version 8.2.1.2 - Fixed a bug in sidereal mode that gave incorrect alerts for
transiting planets. This bug did not affect rising sign alerts.
Version 8.2.1.1 - Adds several more GUI styles to the list in the main window and
includes a bug fix for those whose planetary hour icon disappears. It is using a
new data structure and the old outdated one from 2001 is now gone.
Version 8.2.0.9 - Includes Olson time zone updates for 2012b. America/Creston was
added to the Olson time zone override rules as well as the main database. This
also includes the GUI Styles and the switch from gif to jpeg files for html file
generation. See readme for Delphic Oracle 6.2.1.1 as this includes the same
changes for Timaeus 8 pro except for the extended heliacal phenomena report.
Version 8.1.0.8 - Added filters for the planetary day and hour to the Chart Design
component so that these properties don't show in the Chart Designer. There's no
harm in showing them, but you don't need to edit these and it only introduces
complexity for the end user so these are filtered out for the sake of simplicity.
Version 8.1.0.7 - Changed the Tokelau time zone (Pacific/Fakaofo) to make the date
switch concurrent with West Samoa (Pacific/Apia). I have been tinkering with
Primary directions and working to optimize the code. Also fixed spelling for
Philippines lookup (using PH for country abbreviation bypasses this problem, but
now it will work for the long spelling as well).
Version 8.1.0.3 - Includes the update from Olson zone file 2011n which includes the
changes for Cuba DST and Fiji.
Version 8.1.0.2 - Includes the update based upon the Olson zone files from 2011j -
2011m. Have added 3 new zones to the Time Zone override button (Europe/Tiraspol,
Africa/Juba, Asia/Hebron).
Version 8.1.0.1 - Added the Alfirdaria window to Timaeus Pro which matches the same
additions that were added to Delphic Oracle 6.0.0.6 - 6.1.0.1. The F5 key brings
up the Medieval Time Lord / System settings for Alfirdaria which are added to an
adjacent Tab from the Primary Directions tab and Essential Dignities Tab.
Version 8.0.0.9 - Corrects the LMT bug that Michael Sinclair pointed out and adds
the Olson time zone changes in file 2011i.
Version 8.0.0.8 - I set the zodiac mode to be checked at the time of chart
calculation so that one does not have to restart the program to use the new zodiac.
I have also added a change in the Terran Atlas for location lookups in Arizona
(which uses Arkansas by mistake when filter mode is used).
Version 8.0.0.7 - I have added the option to switch planetary hour type. The one
based upon sect has been the standard in Timaeus and Delphic Oracle for years
(Bonatti) but I've been hearing that although that was the theory, that the actual
practice was to use the day lord (planet that goes about) for 24 hours until the
next day lord takes over the following sunrise. This is the 2nd option named after
Lilly, but I'm sure it was in practice before him. This can be found on the new
Medieval Tab in the general options (F3) in Delphic Oracle and on the Options tab |
General Tab in Timaeus.
Version 8.0.0.6 - Includes the changes to the Russian time zones. Russia abolished
daylight saving time so all zones will stay in their current time without changes
until the next politician comes along.
Version 8.0.0.3 - Fixed a bug where Installshield did not allocate the working
directory to shortcuts and fixed the registry entries for docked / floating windows
that caused a range check error.
Version 8.0.0.1 - The second version of the Terran Atlas with 13 million records
and 700 different location types for 250 countries has now been integrated into
Delphic Oracle. You will still have to download and install the standalone version
of the Terran Atlas (2.0). I have also worked on the rectification toolbar which
updates the date and time in the chart window now. Before, only the toolbar
indicated the date and time of the chart while the natal data was still in place
which could be confusing to some users.
There is a migration tool to help you move your registry settings from Timaeus 7 to
Timaeus 8 Pro. You can leave your chart files where they are if you want, but you
can also update to the new default location by creating new files by the same names
as the ones you created in the old version and then simply overwriting the new
files with the old ones in the new location. The file format is still the same so
this is perfectly safe.
The Derivative Charts window has been enhanced to do planetary returns of all kinds
for up to 100 returns. Obviously if doing Pluto returns, the range of the Swiss
Ephemeris will be exceeded so in these cases those charts will not calculate planet
positions. I have also made it impossible to edit charts of certain types such as
solar returns. The Graphic Ephemeris has also been improved with persistent image
spacing through docking and window resize operations so you no longer have to hit
the redraw button to see the graph when switching between windows or resizing the
graph. I have also added a 45 degree dial to the graph options.
I have made numerous changes in the main window and docking procedures. Users have
the option of which windows to dock or float free. This setting is in the main
program options (F3) on the new Docking Tab. It is similar to the Autogenerated
Charts Tab in function where you drag windows from one side to the other to
indicate whether it is a docked or floating window. I changed both tabs so that
clicking the Save button at the bottom saves these defaults (or one could use the
save button placed between the lists). Be aware that if you drag a window from
docked status to floating, a program restart is required for the system to update
(dragging from floating to docked does not require this).
The opened chart list is no longer at top right. I have placed this at top left
above the group bar panel. There was a splitter between the Medieval and
Hellenistic sections and I have placed these in the same group bar and placed the
opened chart list above the splitter. There is no memo anymore that displays chart
details. It wasn't necessary to take up the extra space, because simply clicking
on a chart once displays the chart details in the popup hint (double clicking
displays the chart wheel). There were too many splitters in the main window, so
now it is down to 3 splitters. The group bar has been color coordinated and you
will notice several small changes in toolbar glyphs that helps the visual
appearance. Most of these icons are from http://www.aha-soft.com and some are
combinations of icons placed together from free icon sources.
In the Miscellaneous Reports, I have fixed the spacing of text columns for the lots
so they fall correctly in the rich edit memo pad (which users can edit). I also
fixed a small bug in the Time Lords Graph where the clear button would become
disabled if the window was hidden by docking another window in its place.
The Chart Designer Themes tab mirrors the 4 previous tabs (Wheels, Visibility,
Colors, Glyphs) and there is a sub tab by the same name for each of these main
tabs. All 4 of these used to be on the same Themes tab with a listbox split up by
dividers, but users with small screens had a difficult time seeing the flattened
controls so each now has a tab for itself. When you work on Wheel settings on the
top level tab of the Chart Designer, then you go to the Themes | Wheels to save (or
restore) these settings as a group. The same can be done with the other 3 main
tabs. Themes are a convenient way to group settings so that you no longer have to
set 20 - 80 controls every time you want to switch. Set up a theme and save it,
and the next time you double click that theme all of the associated values will be
brought back and used by the program.
I have changed all splitter styles in to ssGroupBar and extended the grabber areas
to maximum which gives a more streamlined appearance. There have been a number of
zone changes that have taken place during the equinox to Alaska, Russia, Chile,
Turkey and a number of smaller countries. I have finished the new section on the
essential dignities which includes full tabulation calculation of the almutem
figuris according to Ibn Ezra, an essential dignities table that calculates
almutens for the house cusps and planets, etc... The degree attributions of
Bonatti have also been added to the essential dignities table (bright, dark, smoky,
empty, welled/pitted, azemena, degrees of increasing fortune and masculine and
feminine degrees which Bonatti used primarily for horary. Acrobat and printing
routines for the almutem figuris and essential dignities tables have been finished.
Version 7.1.4.3 - Includes updates to the Terran Atlas that have to do with zone
changes this spring for Chile, Russia, Alaska and several other locations.
Version 7.1.4.1 � There has been a new time zone added to the Olson time zone
database (America/North Dakota/Beluah) because of the change from mountain to
standard time for Mercer county. You will see the new zone in the Olson time zone
override window (button to the far right of the time field).
Version 7.1.3.2 � There has been an update to the Olson database with regard to
Hawaii rules during world war II so the CMDateTime component has been updated to
include the changes which is part of timaeus.exe. If you already have the database
files for cities (downloaded Terran Atlas 1.1.1.1 or later) then all you need is
Timaeus install. The exception is if you use the stand alone version, then
terranatlas.exe should be downloaded as well. The time zone information is part of
the date time component so that you can skip downloading the massive city database
which rarely changes.
Version 7.1.3.1 - When editing the Terran Atlas database I disabled the search
timer for smoother operation. You must keep the database in read only mode to do
lookups. This helps stave off the possibility of data corruption should you hit
the navigation edit buttons by accident, etc. I also updated the DateTime class
property DateStyle so that it updates the Terran Atlas accordingly with the same
date style used in the rest of the program.
Version 7.1.2.2 - I've included the Olson TZ definitions from version 1.1.2.2 of
the Terran Atlas in this version of Timaeus which reflects minor changes - see the
Terran Atlas readme for details.
Version 7.1.2.1 - I�ve tightened up the data associations between the Canada file
and the Olson time zone database to use all zones that were created rather than
using a default zone based upon the most populated areas. Some countries do not
have a one to one correspondence between region number or province name to zone
rule and had to be searched using localization routines. There are a few areas
like this such as Indiana, Idaho, eastern Oregon, etc. At this point this makes
the associations fairly tight (within about 5-10 miles in most cases) except for
regions that are in extreme northern latitudes 70N or 70S. Since so few people
live in these areas, it isn�t much of a problem, but if the location gives the
wrong zone rule, there is the option to override the Olson time zone using the
button attached to the far right of the time edit field.
http://www.astrology-x-files.com/terranatlas.html
The first thing you will notice is that there are 2 icons
in the system tray, one for the planetary hour as before,
and another one with the glyph for the current rising
sign. Right clicking on these will give a popup menu
with several links to program functions. By default,
double clicking on either of these icons will load the
chart display, though you can change the behavior of the
double click in the Main Program Options. Hovering over
will give statistics in more detail about the current
hour and rising sign and I also plan in the near future
to include the applications and separations of the Moon,
VOC status, etc.
Thanks to Paul Hysen for the new sound files that are
now a part of Timaeus 7. The zip package that has been
on my site for the last couple of months called "Tibetan
chimes" are a group of files he modified so that it
would be easier on the nerves.
Version 6.0.4 - Added debug info for those of you who are
having problems running Timaeus. If you get a message
stating "Access Violation at ... read of Address ..." then
send me an email with the error address location so that
I can trace this error.
The new Chart Viewer can also be put into real time or
static mode. When in real time, the chart display shows
the current sky and keeps up with the position update
frequency you specify on the Settings Tab. Static mode
is the default and keeps the display the same so you can
study the position.
http://www.astrology-x-files.com/help-delphicoracle/
chartdesignercnt.html
One last note: On the chart display, you will notice that
if you hover your mouse over a glyph that there is alot of
new information. The most information is found for the
planets [Sun..Saturn]. The new info is hellenistic in
origin and originally comes from Delphic Oracle v 4 which
will be out soon.
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Version 5.5 - adds the dll interface for the ACS Atlas.
You will be able to lookup location and zone info for more
than 250,000 distinct locations worldwide. Internally a
new chart file format has been implemented, but Timaeus
can still read the old file format. You may pick up your
copy of the Atlas directly from Astro Communications
Services at a discount (see below in the Credits section).
With the Atlas, Timaeus automatically checks for time zone
changes that occur with daylight savings / summer time at
startup, streamlines the setup of birth charts and allows
you to switch between locations by a single click on the
settings tab.
There are many new settings on the options tab, most are
related to the way graphical charts are displayed. The
most important setting that you are probably interested in
is the "Transiting Aspect Orb". This is used to exclude
aspects outside a given range. Make this value higher to
include more aspects in your listing on the horoscope tab,
or make it smaller to reduce the number of aspects listed.
The "Default tab on double click" option is for selecting
the behavior of Timaeus when you double click the icon in
the system tray. Select "View Current Sky" if you want to
see a graphical representation of the planets in the sky
when you double click the icon in the system tray. The
other options show various tabs in the application itself.
The Swiss Ephemeris path is the path to where you installed
the Swiss Ephemeris if you have it, if not then it uses the
Moshier ephemeris to calculate positions. If you're using
the Moshier ephemeris, then check the checkbox below the
ephemeris path to hide Swiss Ephemeris messages. The
button with the manila folder is used to browse to the
location where you installed the Swiss Ephemeris. There
are options for setting the zodiac (tropical or sidereal)
whether to use the true or mean node, whether coordinates
should be topocentric or geocentric and for date format of
the charts. The chart display options allow you to change
the size of the glyphs, hide or display glyphs, change
their color, etc. You may also drag the corner of the
chart window to make the display larger or smaller.
Timaeus retains information about the display options
between reboots. After changing the settings make sure you
either click the OK or Apply buttons at the bottom to save
the settings.
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*** The ability to set user defined alerts for when any
degree of the zodiac is rising, culminating, setting or
anti-culminating. These alerts can either be a system
beep, user defined 'wav' file, or silent tray icon alert.
All three options include changes in the system tray icon
at alert time but the last option is silent. Also the
name you give for the alert will appear as a hint in the
system tray at alert time. The icon at alert time
appears with a red exclamation point to the right of the
glyph that represents the current planetary hour. I
included 12 alerts by default which will alert you when
a given zodiac sign begins to rise (set at 0 degrees).
You can set any degree you wish such as important degrees
that are occupied by planets in your natal chart. When
setting an alert for the IC or descendant (say you want
to know when your natal Moon at 11 degrees Leo sets),
just select the opposite degree (at 11 Aquarius) with
the rising option, then name that alert something like
"Natal Moon setting".
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Version 2.1 gets rid of the Jan 10/11th and July errors
that produced incorrect sunrise/sunset times! As far as
I know, planetary hours will now be accurate to within 2
minutes. While I am not entirely happy with this level
of accuracy, it is quite sufficient for astrological use.
Astrologers who use planetary hours know that the time
when a planetary hour changes is really about 50% of the
previous hour and 50% of the next hour. Most astrologers
recommend that you wait 10-15 minutes into the start of
the hour to be sure the planetary energies are more
"pure". Part of the reason for this approximation is
that the Sun's position is not known exactly and will
move 1/2 degree every 12 hours, since 360 degrees
represents 24 hours, 1/2 a degree represents about 2
minutes. I used the Algorithm in J. L Lawrence's
"Basic Astronomy with a PC" for sunrise/sunset on pages
69-70. It interpolates a set of sunrise and sunset data
based on midnight UT for the date in question and again
24 hours later. The problem is that the position of the
Sun for a given location is only an approximation. What
is really needed is an iterative algorithm that will
first approximate the Sun's position in that location at
the expected time of sunrise to see if that position
matches the position of the ascendant, if not then find
the difference in degrees, converting to time and
subtract or add the difference in terms of minutes and
seconds, repeating until the difference reduces to a
sufficient level of accuracy.
In version 2.0:
Many have been asking for inclusion of a "Schedule Tab"
to get a listing of planetary hours that are not current.
It is now available in this version. I have made it a
simple matter to get the hours for the current date in
your default location with one click of the "Here / Now"
button. Then all you have to do is select which hours to
find (day or night) or click the "Find Hours" button. You
also have the flexibility to edit any of the search
settings to find planetary hours for dates between Jan 1,
4712 BC to Dec 31, 10,000 AD in any non-polar area of the
globe!
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