posted December 10, 2019 01:00 PM            

I have used this software for many years (and paid quite a bit to acquire it) ... It is well worth having.

posted December 10, 2019 11:14 PM            

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There seem to be some teething problems at the moment ... So might be best to wait until these are sorted out

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posted December 11, 2019 12:27 AM            

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Originally posted by Lerena:
[QUOTE]There seem to be some teething problems at the moment ... So might be best to wait until these are sorted out

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Hi Lerena.

If you aim to use the software, it makes sense to join the astrocalc support forum - as that provides direct contact with Joakim (the owner), who has the technical skills required to answer the "what's up" questions (that will inevitably arise, given the extent of what he is aiming to do for nothing).

In the meantime, Joakim has given the following response to a question on that forum of "why do I get a message warning that installing may damage my computer?" :-

"Hi, can you provide a screen shot? Without something visual, it's like grasping in the dark, but I can see at least 2 possibilities.

The windows system show the message, which it usually does if the file isn't digitally signed. Both Astrocalc Setup and the Astrocalc executable are signed with my personal digital certificate from COMODO, so this shouldn't happen. However, there can be local conditions of the system causing Windows not being able to read or understand the encryption algorithm. In this case the dialog (on Windows 10) usually is yellow and say the publisher is unknown.If the dialog is blue, the it has identified the publisher and concluded the certificate is valid, but Windows may use this, in my view, offensive language of a warning anyway, that if the publisher is unknown to you the file could be dangerous.
Another source may be your anti-virus/security program that puke a warning because it don't understand and cannot read what's behind the encryption - which exactly is the point with an encrypted certificate.
But any way, I need more info to give a definitive answer."

[I have the full Astrocalc 6.3 suite of programs installed on my computer ... so cannot yet instal 6.5, because Joakim has warned that it will cause problems for the other programs in that suite. ... However, my recollection is that this warning of potential damage has appeared whenever I have installed Astrocalc on a new computer over the years - and installing it never resulted in damage to any of them.]

posted December 11, 2019 03:32 AM            

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Keep us updated.

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The UT time is now 08:15am on 11th December 2019 ...

and the good news is that my wife has allowed me to instal Astrocalc 6.5 on her Windows 10 computer.

The "potential damage" warning did appear ... but it is only the blue screen "offensive language" warning referred to by Joakim ... so can be safely ignored. ... (I can now confirm that installation has indeed caused no damage to my wife's computer - and that my wife will, therefore, be inflicting no damage to me.)

Moreover, I have been using Astrocalc's top-of-the-range 6.3 "professional" program for some years now ... and this free 6.5 download appears to have all of the functionality in that 6.3 program (which cost me an arm-and-a-leg at the time of purchase.
"*@&£$%!" )

So ... fill your boots asap, Lerena/everyone ... I think you are going to love this Christmas present from Joakim/Astrocalc ... and the more you play with it*, the more you'll realise that (sometimes) one does get something of value for nothing.

posted December 11, 2019 12:37 PM            

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posted December 12, 2019 01:54 AM            

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Originally posted by SoulOfABird:
It doesn't work on Macs?

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It is indeed a Windows program ... and I have never attempted to run it (via an emulator) on my Macbook.

posted December 12, 2019 02:05 AM            

For example ... the image shown below was extracted from Astrocalc 6.5 - and shows my natal chart harmonic contacts for H48 to H64 ... in an easily readable table, which cannot be obtained via Astro.com.

And ... as someone with a particular interest in the use of harmonics in astrology ... that table highlights H57 as being a significant harmonic influence for me ... because we can easily now see that Sun, Moon, Mercury, Saturn and Pluto are connected (in the natal chart) via that aspect.

It takes just a minute or so to discover that via Astrocalc 6.5 .... and (for those who have the stamina/determination) considerably longer to do so via Astro.com

posted December 18, 2019 12:44 PM            

A list of Astrocalc 6.5 features can now be found at
http://www.astrocalc.com/astrocalc-6-5-features/

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Removed the 's' Thanks, Graham!

Edit-in..
I'm on a Dell, and a Windows smart device intercepted.
I ran away.. hahahahahaha

Edit-again .. because of auto-correct?
I ran it ANYWAY..
then got the screen where it says I needed the computer-owner's permission to make changes.

Have to do that later.

posted December 18, 2019 12:59 PM            

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Originally posted by mirage29:
Originally posted by Graham:

A list of Astrocalc 6.5 features can now be found at
http://www.astrocalc.com/astrocalc-6-5-features/

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Removed the 's'..
Thanks, Graham!

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posted December 18, 2019 02:36 PM            

Had a clickable sentence for more information.
When I clicked it, there was a new option that allowed me to 'Run it anyways'.

I got a whitebox bottom of screen option to open it or save.

I hit to open it.

Next, got the screen where it says I needed the computer-owner's permission to make changes.

posted March 17, 2020 02:46 PM            

2. I want the ability to make any kind of Planet/Houses. I have a recent thread here about it (look for the word "custom"). Seems like it'd be really, really, really easy for a skilled programmer (it's mainly a graphical issue... his program already has graphics for chart layouts/smol icons for XYZ Planet/Point/etc ... + the auto-calculation of aspects is already programmed so).

posted March 17, 2020 04:14 PM            

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Originally posted by ULT12:
1. I assume? there's a 'feedback' form of sorts built into the program? I'm not going to register on the forum to toss a mere, I'd-expect-teasy-to-implement feature suggestion (below).

2. I want the ability to make any kind of Planet/Houses. I have a recent thread here about it (look for the word "custom"). Seems like it'd be really, really, really easy for a skilled programmer (it's mainly a graphical issue... his program already has graphics for chart layouts/smol icons for XYZ Planet/Point/etc ... + the auto-calculation of aspects is already programmed so).

I'll download the program later today, thanks Graham (and of course, the owner)!

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posted March 17, 2020 05:00 PM            

So instead of "based on .... date/time/etc provided.. according to ephemeres", let us CHOOSE what degree the Sun/Moon/ASC/H9Cusp/etc is at, and have the program spit out a rendered graphic(chart) for you based on that info.

posted March 18, 2020 04:54 AM            

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Originally posted by ULT12:
Well, the reason I suggested it for this is because - as far as I understand* - this program already has the making-graphic-charts-from-combining-its-icons/graphics-and- whatnot ability, albeit based on "placement data" according to ephemeres/whatever.

So instead of "based on .... date/time/etc provided.. according to ephemeres", let us CHOOSE what degree the Sun/Moon/ASC/H9Cusp/etc is at, and have the program spit out a rendered graphic(chart) for you based on that info.

*Perhaps this program 'generates' charts some other way, though.

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I suspect it would be only a matter of allowing the user to manually alter the degree locations in the aspectarian. ... But, even if easy to program, software developers would probably not want to introduce a mechanism for drawing charts that are not astrologically valid/possible.