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Solar Fire is a state-of-the-art astrology software package for Windows on a PC.Solar Fire is intuitive, easy-to-use yet powerful calculation software, designed for both novice and expert astrologers alike, and it provides easy access to high-quality chart production using the Windows visual interface.Solar Fire uses the latest Swiss Ephemeris and ACS Atlas files, plus you can exchange chart files between Solar Fire and our AstroGold program for Apple devices via email. |
Getting started – new users
•Check out A GUIDED TOUR of Solar Fire to familiarize yourself with the basics of the program.
•Study all the links in the Help and Support topic – plenty of help is available!
Getting started – users upgrading from Solar Fire 8
•Have a look at Changes from Version 8.x to Version 9 for a quick summary of what's new.
Why Solar Fire?
Solar Fire includes natal, progressed, directed, solar, lunar and any planet or asteroid return, composite, harmonic, lunar phase, rise/set and prenatal charts, with a flexible selection of aspect sets, chart point sets, and database files for chart and place detail storage. It also includes flexible and powerful dynamic transit and progression reporting over any specified time period, plus novel options for sorting and viewing output graphically for maximized readability.
It is possible to view interpretations of any natal chart or of any dynamic report event interactively on the screen, by simply clicking on items in the chart or report. Synastry interpretations are also included for any pair of charts. Both interpretations of individual charts plus general definitions of a large variety of astrological categories are included. It is possible to edit or append your own text to that supplied with the program.
Chart viewing includes an aspectarian inside the Chart Wheel (or as a separate tabulation, if preferred), plus Dual Wheels, BiWheels, TriWheels, QuadriWheels or even QuinquiWheels for displaying combinations of two or more charts, and synastry grids. Chart points can be viewed in color, as can the zodiac sign glyphs.
Reports include sorted listings of standard chart analysis details, lunar phasing, modalities and elements, plus additional listings of aspects, rulerships and dispositorships, both traditional and esoteric, and midpoints listings, midpoint trees and axes, fixed star and Arabic Parts positions and aspects.
There are 50 standard chart points to choose from, including planets, moons, chart angles, trans-neptunians, asteroids and other minor bodies. There are also additional sets of asteroids, fixed stars, Arabic parts, and midpoints, for example.
Solar Fire has aspect sets selectable from the 1st to the 12th harmonic, with glyphs and colors for each, plus the ability to accept user defined aspects of any type.
•Holds up to 15 chart pages in "video memory" for instantaneous viewing. •Allows on-screen viewing of a large variety of astrological definitions and interpretations, including interpretations of each planet and asteroid in each sign and house, plus interpretations of each planet in aspect to every other planet (using six different aspect types). There is also information relating to decanates and individual degrees of the chart, amongst many other categories. •Facilities for editing existing / creating new interpretations. •Displays high-clarity, high-resolution charts on the screen using the maximum resolution of any screen device. •Chart point and aspect colors are user selectable. •Includes all commonly used chart-type calculation methods. •Computes composite charts for a pair of individuals or for an entire family or group of up to 15 individuals. •Includes 30 different house systems. •Creates any number of named aspect sets with user-definable orbs. Any one of these can be selected to be used in computing charts by simple mouse operation. •Prints charts to the maximum resolution of any printer, including high-resolution laser printers and inkjet printers. •Contains an atlas with more than 250,000 location names, positions and time zones with full daylight savings history, accessible by simple mouse operation. •Allows creation of any number of chart database files from which records can be retrieved, copied or deleted •A large selection of different wheel & dial styles and page layouts, plus the ability to easily design your own. •Supports color printers. Aspect lines, planets and signs can be printed in color. •Copies charts to the Windows clipboard for use in word-processing or drawing programs, and can also export as a PDF file. •Charts, chart data and page displays and may be emailed in one step, when used with a MAPI compliant email program. •Export charts as graphics and tabulated chart data. •Dedicated facilities for astrology teachers and practitioners. •Support for medieval/classical astrology. •Comprehensive dynamic events module. |
Stephanie is one of the founders of Esoteric Technologies and has a major role in the ongoing development of Solar Fire including authoring Solar Fire's Interpretation text files. Stephanie is the Marketing Director of Esoteric Technologies and is also a consulting astrologer. She holds a Practitioner's Certificate and Diploma from the Federation of Australian Astrologers and holds a B.A. in journalism and has been a freelance journalist reporting on current affairs, women's issues, the environment, politics and the arts. Graham Dawson was one of the founders of Esoteric Technologies and one of the founding authors of the Solar suite of astrology programs. Astrolabe acquired Solar Fire in 2014 and Esoteric Technologies partners with them in its distribution. |
