Changes from Version 3.x to Version 4

Following are the main changes that have been made for v4 of Solar Fire. A number of smaller changes have also been made, but have been excluded from this list for the sake of brevity.

New Chart Types: True Tertiary Progressed, Arc Transform, Relocated, Johndro, Geodetic, Progressed Solar Return, Wynn-Key Return, Lunar Phase Return

Page Designer: The user may design page layouts including items such as wheels, grids, points lists, house cusp lists, dignity tabulations, midpoint trees, modulus sort strips, balance of element and mode. There are about 50 different types of object which may be placed onto a page design, moved and re-sized at will. A variety of useful pre-designed pages are also supplied.

Graphic Ephemeris: A flexible and elegant graphic ephemeris may be viewed and printed, either with or without radix planetary positions. A novel features is the ability to display aspect symbols wherever dynamic points cross radix positions.

User Definable Aspects: There are a variety of new aspecting options, including moieties, unidirectional aspects, and the ability to add any number of user-defined aspects.

Dial Pointers: Dials now have moveable pointers, showing midpoints and aspects as the dial is rotated.

Enhanced Rectify Assist: The ascendant may now be adjusted directly, and the user has a choice of step increments when adjusting times or angles.

Dignity/Almuten Editor: The manner in which essential dignities are calculated may be specified by the user. Also, it is possible to define complex almuten calculations whose results are displayed in a tabulation.

Extra House Systems: Several extra house systems have been added, including Alcabitius.

Interpretations In-place editor: Interpretations may now be edited in-place, without the need to compile them, which greatly simplifies the editing process.

256, Hi-color and True-color screen support: Colors of signs, planets and aspects may now be chosen from the full range of possible colors.

Additional Asteroids: 38 additional asteroids are now available in reports and certain page objects. It is also possible to install further asteroids.

Dynamic report - extra points: Dynamic reports may now include transiting, progressing or directed midpoints for any combination of chart points. Also, the radix chart may also include midpoints, fixed stars, Arabic Parts and asteroids.

Dynamic report - primary directions: Dynamic reports may now use a method of Primary Mundane directions.

Planet Search facility: It is possible to search any chart file for planets in signs, houses, or in aspect to other planets or positions, and to combine search criteria to perform a complex search.

Chart Details Comments May Be Printed: It is possible to print summaries of chats or chart files, including chart details and optionally also any chart comments included with the charts.

TimeZone Tables for Solar Fire Place Database: The Solar Fire place database now allows the use of user editable timezone tables. These tables have been populated for several countries.