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WinStar Plus Manual PDF
WinStar Plus Manual PDF
Table of Contents
Introduction 3
Main screen overview 5
How Do I? Instructions (Index of below techniques) 12
Basic Tasks 12
Charts and Files 13
Viewing 22
Setting Defaults 28
Techniques 30
Uranian 34
Harmonics 38
Siderealist Techniques 39
Heliocentric 44
Horary 46
Draconic 47
Asteroids 49
Advanced Techniques 51
Main Menu Pull-Downs 56
Making Charts 70
Enter Chart Data menu 70
Chart Database 74
Working with Charts 83
Technique Menus 83
Customizing Technique menu buttons (Select Chart Form menu) 83
Home 85
Chart Transformations Menu 87
Progressed Charts Menu 90
Returns Menu 96
Synastry Menu 100
Bi/Tri/Quad Wheels Menu 103
Search Techniques (menu explanations) 106
Search Menu 107
Search Options 109
Search Menu Features 121
Wheels Menu 127
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Extra Menu 129
Other Win*Star Modules 140
Time Tables Ephemeris Generator 140
Win*Search Database Tool 148
Win*Search How Do Is? 149
Win*Search Menus 154
Time Tables Graphic Ephemeris Generator 160
Win*Star Publishers Assistant 165
Appendix A Atlas Information 167
Technical Support 170
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Introduction
Welcome to Win
Star 2.0
Welcome to Win
Star is
self-contained; the screens are easy to learn and the steps in chart creation
are straightforward. The on-line Help file is designed to explain both the
astrological nature of specific program features as well as how to "make it
work." We hope that soon you will rarely need this manual however, you
will find descriptions provided for all program procedures.
Program Features
With WinStar you can quickly create charts and view them on screen.
Put a number of wheels on your screen at once and shrink them, enlarge
them, overlap them, and move them around as you work. Of course,
WinStar covers all the basics progressions, transits, returns, solar arcs,
etc.
Users can customize any chart form to include such favored items as the
asteroids or Uranian planets, Chiron, true or mean lunar node, parallax
moon and geocentric latitude. Alternatively, you can use our default form
settings.
You will also be able to analyze your chart using techniques never before
offered in an astrology software program techniques such as Lilly's
Planetary Strengths or geo/helio Chart Patterns. Choose from more than
200 chart forms that can be viewed in miniature before selecting. Drag-
and-drop color editing makes it simple to set up charts with your choice of
colors for aspects, planets, wheels, and backgrounds. WinStar's Dayscan
feature pops up an instant easy-to-read screen showing current planetary
transits.
WinStar is a complete astrological package that
applies the ease and elegance of the Windows environment to the
challenging world of chartmaking.
WinStar Plus Features
If you have purchased the WinStar Plus version, you will find
documentation for the additional Plus features in the rear of this manual:
Publisher's Assistant a desktop publishing chartwheel conversion tool;
Time Tables and the Matrix Graphic Ephemeris two powerful ephemeris
generators; the WinSearch research module, and Astro Kaleidoscope an
amazing new-age type wheel viewer and astral calculator (p. 150-177).
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Using this manual
Learn by doing...
This is a task-orientated manual. Right now, we will show you the main
screen layout, give you a short tour using Bill Clinton's chart, and then
start right out with step-by-step "How Do I?" -type instructions for specific
astrological tasks. These instructions are grouped in subject categories,
starting with Basic Tasks. Each category has its own index listing the
procedures included in that category followed by a page number. Just scan
the list of topics, looking for the one you need and go directly to the page
listed. There you will find step-by-step program instructions.
If you run into a menu that confuses you, and feel you could use a detailed
explanation, refer to the menu list in the table of contents, p. iii, which will
cite a page number to full menu descriptions.
For those who prefer to start with a comprehensive overview, with a full
run-down of all menus etc., go directly to page 52.
On-line Help
These same instructional "How do I?" procedures appear in the on-line
Windows Help file. Just press F1 at any time to access the Help file. From
the main screen, you will be taken directly to the contents topic of the
Help file, which contains jumps to all of the step-by-step instructions as
well as jumps to each area of the program.
When in a particular menu, click the Help button (or press F1) and you
will go directly to the related Help topic. Any time you run into an
astrological term or concept that is new or needs some clarification, go
straight to the AstroTutor portion of the Help file and consult the "A-Z
Glossary of Astrological Terms" (press F1 and click the AstroTutor
button).
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Main Screen Overview
All program menus and features can be accessed from the Win
Star main
screen. Here is a picture of the main screen:
Main Menu "Pull-Downs"
The pull-down menus that span the top of the screen provide a variety of
functions from serving as an access point to all Technique menus to setting
defaults in various input menus.
Shortcut Buttons
These main screen buttons serve a variety of functions. Most are
one-click shortcuts to pull-down menu options.
Chart Wheel The large area in the center of the main screen is
where the selected chart displays for screen viewing. The Chart
Wheel button displays a chart wheel in this main viewing area
using the highlighted active chart.
Data View The next button opens the Dataview screen, which
uses the same highlighted chart, but displays that charts data in
your choice of views there are 40 to choose from. The default
view is the "Chart Data" view, which displays the birth data for the
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highlighted active chart (displayed in the main screen), along with
the planets' positions in house and sign and their aspects by closest
orb. Other Data Views include Lilly Strengths, Midpoint Dials,
Chart Patterns, Aspect Sorts and much more
Print The Print button prints a hard copy of the displayed chart
form or wheel.
Expanded View This button presents the widest view of the
displayed form or chart wheel. Pressing the left-mouse button and
dragging the wheel can move this expanded view. The right-
mouse button will return to the smaller screen.
Toggle Techniques Menus This button toggles the Techniques
menus on and off the main screen, if the "Hide Techniques Bar"
option (View/Hide Techniques Bar) is selected,
Toggle Home Techniques Bar This button calls the Home
Techniques menu bar (at the right side of the main screen). If
another Techniques menu is on screen, this button replaces it with
the Home Techniques menu.
Chart Viewer This opens the Chart Viewer, a screen viewer
with a variety of tools designed to explore the chart wheel. There
are 10 viewing tools that focus on astrology areas such as Sabian
Symbols, interpretive text, solar-arc dials, and more. Refer to the
WinStar Help file for more information on the Wheel Viewer.
Chart Handling
Terms
On the left side of the main menu is the Chart handling section which
includes a list of the active charts (along with their attached forms) and
two rows of shortcut feature buttons
Active Charts - these are charts that have either been created (input) in
the Enter Chart Data screen or retrieved from a source of previously saved
charts.
Selected Chart - Highlighting an active chart makes it the Selected Chart
and its natal data will appear above the Chart Forms list on the left side of
the main screen. When in the Chart View mode, a chart wheel will
appear in the main view area of the screen.
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Chart Forms -
The Chart Forms area displays the forms attached to each active
chart. Highlight a different chart and its attached forms will occupy
this area. Highlight any of these forms and it will display in the main
view area, using the selected chart. Click the Add Form button to
choose from the variety of chart forms available with WinStar.
Chart Handling buttons
These buttons provide one-click access to useful chart handling
features:
New Chart accesses the Enter Chart Data screen, where data for
new charts is entered. Both the keyboard and mouse can be used
for manual entry with several input styles offered. Created charts
appear in the active charts at the bottom-left of the main screen.
Find Chart Save time locating charts with this chart-seeking
feature. Just type in the chart name (last name) and if it is in the
chart file it will be immediately located and selected
Select Folder Active charts are contained in folders, which are
classified by type (Family, Friends, Authors, etc.). This button
displays the list of folders by type. Select a folder to display its
contents in the active chart window. Options are provided to
move the chart to another folder, get a chart from another folder,
and create a new folder.
Repaint Active Chart Grid This feature re-draws (or "repaints")
the area of the main screen displaying the active charts. If that
grid ever becomes distorted or jumbled, click this button to
refresh the screen.
Chart Database This accesses the Chart Database, a columnar
table which displays charts from entire chart files (.mdb files).
Charts can be flagged by category (or by name, using a keyword)
for easy sorting. The charts can be imported from existing chart
files, exported to QuickCharts (Dos program) or exported to
ASCII delimited files. The displayed chart file can be filtered to
reduce it according to specified criteria or searched to by
astrological factors.
Delete Chart Click this button to delete the selected chart
from the displayed folder. You will be prompted to confirm
the deletion.
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Technique Menus
The vertical column of buttons on the far-right of the main menu will access the
various astrological technique features of Win
Star provides a choice of ten aspect sets. >From the Aspects tab
sets can be created or altered to suit your needs. They can also be saved
as files for easy retrieval. Orb sizes can be changed instantly. Heres
how:
Change settings:
Click twice within any field in a table column and that field is
highlighted (it turns blue), making it editable. Simply type in the new
value (or use the pull-down selectors that appear in most fields).
Click the Save Set button to save new or altered sets. Use the Copy
button to transfer an aspect with all its settings from one set to another.
Some sets Conjunctions, Conjunctions & Oppositions, and Ptolemy do
not permit adding aspects, but most do. Of course, you can always create
your own set using any combination of aspects.
Aspects tab columns:
Aspect Name - gives the full name of the aspect
Angle - shows the size of the aspect, in degree-minute notation
Fract - shows the size of the aspect as a fraction of a whole circle
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Abr. - shows the three-letter abbreviations used for each aspect
Sun - shows the size orb used for Sun aspects
Moon - shows the size orb used for Moon aspects
Planets - shows the orb size used for the planetary aspects
Enter/Leave - shows the size (degree-minute) of the entering and leaving
values that will be used when doing transits and progressions.
Glyph - shows the glyph assigned to the aspect
Chart Logo / Report Logo
Your custom user logo will print on most chart forms. The Chart Logo and
Report Logo tabs provide input boxes where you type in your custom logo.
The Chart Logo permits 6 lines (each with up to 22 characters). The logo
can be centered, or right/left justified. A single-line logo option (up to 96
characters) is also provided.
The Report Logo permits an 8-line logo with (approximately) up to 62
characters per line. This logo, too, can be centered, or right/left justified.
Atlas Setup
With Atlas Setup you tell the program which atlas to use (WinStar is
shipped with the WinAtlas installed in the \Winstar directory).
To select an atlas, click the radio button before the desired atlas. The
program will look to the \WSTAR20 directory for the Matrix Win-Atlas
and to the \TMATLAS directory for the Matrix ACS Atlas. If you have
either of the ACS atlases (PC Atlas DOS or PC Atlas Windows), use the
Browse button to select the atlas.
Misc.
The Misc. tab offers four language choices for the pop-up tool tips that
appear when the mouse cursor is held over various menu items. Tool tips
can be set to English (the default), French, German and Spanish. This
option also changes the labels of the buttons on the Techniques Menu.
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Window Pull-Down - View several charts at once!
Up to four calculated charts can each be presented in its own sizable
window at one time. Options in this pull-down menu govern the number
of chart windows displayed and provide for organizing them on screen.
[Note: Opening charts from the Window pull-down will close any
previously opened, sizable charts created from the "Clone" feature of the
Home menu.]
Before you view charts you must first select the charts for viewing and
place them in the active chart area of the main menu:
Selecting Charts for Multiple Viewing
Using the Window pull-down menu (at the top of the main menu), you
can opt for viewing two, three, or four charts at once. The charts viewed
are those selected and placed in the active chart area.
Heres how:
1 To View any of the active charts, click the Bi-TriWheel button at the top-
right of the Chart-Forms area (see graphic, left). Four spaces for charts will
appear.
2. To place multiple charts in the active charts box, click on the words Chart
1, Chart 2, Chart 3, etc. and they will turn red. Now click on any of the
active charts and it will pop into the space. Up to four charts can be
selected in this manner. (You can also drag and drop charts into position.)
Now lets take a look at the Window Pull-down menu:
Chart Window
Click Chart Window and the selected chart will pop up in its own
sizable window. Double-click the window to remove it from view.
Click the maximum button for a full-screen view. This view can be
enlarged. Position the mouse pointer over the
top-left corner of a rectangular area that would
contain the portion of the wheel you wish
enlarged. Press the left-mouse button and drag
the mouse in any direction: A red rectangular box will appear that will
expand to any size. Release the mouse when the rectangle suits you and
that area will fill the window. Click the right-mouse button and the full-
screen wheel will reappear. Practice with this expandable box until you
gain confidence in your ability to present the desired view.
Show All Windows \ Close All Windows
Show all presents all the chart windows that are currently active and open.
This will be the active charts (up to four) that have been opened from the
Windows pull-down menu. Close All closes all of the currently open chart
windows. This will also close any charts opened by the "Clone" feature
from the Home menu.
Show Chart's Views
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Show Charts Views relates to the chart selected to the Chart #1 position.
Show Charts Views will show that chart in as many as four different chart
forms on screen at once, each in its own window. (You will need to have
first added forms to this active chart via the Select Chart Form menu).
Show 2, 3, 4 active charts
These three choices will pop up sizable windows, each with a chart from
the active chart area; i.e., Show 4 Charts will open four separate sizable
windows. Each will have one chart from one of the four chart spaces
designated in the active chart area.
Tile Windows
This will arrange all open chart windows on screen at one time in the
familiar Windows "Tile" format where they are sized to evenly fill the
entire screen.
Cascade windows
Shown here are the names of charts currently accessed and open in this
Window viewing module.
Open charts
Listed at the bottom of this Window Pull-Down menu are the names of
the charts currently open. Clicking on a name will bring that open chart
window to the top of the screen.
Help Pull-Down
The WinStar Help focuses on several areas. One is a general
introduction to the menu layout and the program features. This is a
"browser's" approach to learning the program, with many descriptive
pop-ups leading you on a tour of the program. This Help sequence is
accessed by highlighting Contents from this main menu Help pull-down.
A second and more selective method of getting specific information is by
clicking a Help button in any major menu or
by pressing the F1 key at any time. This pops up information pertaining
to that screen or routine. Major menus and routines are connected to their
help topics and the F1 key brings you directly to the Help needed. Help is
designed to pop up and stay on the top of the application. Resizing it to a
smaller window that can be set off to a corner of the screen is helpful when
you are likely to re-access it.
A third way to access Help is by using the Search feature (the second
selection in the Help menu. Search is an alphabetical listing of every topic
in the WinStar program. You type in a word, and related topics will list.
Choose from these related topics by clicking one; you will go directly to
that topic. Included within the Help is Astro
Tutor, a database of
astrological terms and techniques.
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Making Charts
Enter Chart Data Screen
It is easy to enter data for chart calculation. Start by clicking the New
button to access the Enter Chart Data menu. There are two methods for
supplying chart data:
1) Manually, with either the keyboard or the mouse
2) Importing previously entered chart data by accessing astrological chart
files (or atlases, for coordinate and time zone information.)
Each field (data input box) of this screen provides for selecting or inputting
the components needed in chart calculation.
Manual Input
There are several options when manually inputting chart data. Let us move
through the Enter Chart Data Screen and take a look at the input fields.
Name
Either type in the name for the chart (if entering a new chart) or access
previously input chart data by clicking the Down-Arrow button to scroll
through an alphabetical listing of uncalculated charts (the Quick Names
list). The charts listed are saved to a file that stays with your program for
easy reference. Try to keep this list to a manageable number of files
(probably less than 50).
Add (or Delete) Chart Buttons (or Delete) Chart Buttons(or Delete)
Chart Buttons(or Delete) Chart Buttons(or Delete) Chart Buttons(or
Delete) Chart Buttons(or Delete) Chart Buttons(or Delete) Chart
Buttons
Use these buttons to add or delete the chart now showing in the input
menu from the Quick Names list just described.
Date
There are two methods for entering the date:
1) Type directly into the Date input box in either of these formats:
10-24-86 or Oct 24, 1986.
2) Click the left/right arrow buttons to arrive at the desired month
and year. [The inner buttons move in single increments; the outer
arrow buttons jump in blocks (e.g., the double-arrow years
buttons jump in 10-year increments, while the single-arrow moves
1 year at a time)]. Then click the appropriate calendar day box.
Note: To input years in the first century AD, type a "+" before the
year; for BC years, use a "-." For example, the date October 14, 37 AD
would be input: Oct 14, +37 (without any spaces between the + and the
37). The date October 15, 65 BC would be typed with a "-" sign, i.e.
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October 15, -64. (Not -65, because with BC dates there was no year zero,
and all BC dates must be adjusted by one.
Zone
The Time Zone can be selected by either of the Zone boxes. Choose either
from the three-letter zone selection (the first choice), or pick the proper
time zone name (Central Standard Time, etc.) and the proper three-letter
time zone will also be
selected.
The third input box (in the Zone section) selects from the time
zone adjustment methods. Choices are: Std (Standard Time),
Day (Daylight Time), War (War Time), Lmt (Local Mean Time),
and Lat (Local Apparent Time).
When using the Atlas button the correct time zone and the correct
time zone adjustment method are automatically entered.
Place
Type in the City, State or City, Country using abbreviations for
the State and Country entries. (e.g. Big Rapids, MI or San Juan,
PR) Be sure to add a comma after the city name.
Note: Tables displaying proper state and country abbreviations can be
found in the Atlas Appendix, p. 167. A quicker way to fill the place field
(as well as the longitude & latitude and time zone fields ) is by clicking the
Atlas button to access your installed atlas.
Add/Delete Location
Place data (including longitude, latitude, and time zone) can be saved to
the screen-scrollable list simply by pressing the "+"
button to the right of the Place field. The "-" button will delete the
current Place data from this list.
Longitude and Latitude
For longitude and latitude, either type in the proper coordinates
or use the Atlas to automatically retrieve the proper longitude
and latitude settings.
Time
The time can be typed directly into the Time data entry box or you can
use the selector buttons in the time-input box accessed by clicking the
Down-Arrow at the right of the time field.
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Auto Input
Atlas
You can access the atlas to quickly supply information for the Zone,
Longitude, and Latitude input boxes. Simply click on the Atlas button
after typing in the City and the two-letter State (or country) abbreviation
in the Place field. You will find that a scrollable alphabetical listing of
cities in that state will appear with your city highlighted. Press Enter to
return with that city's longitude, latitude and time zone entered in the
Enter Chart Data screen. (For information on using the Atlas, see page 18,
Using the Atlas.)
Here and Now
If you are creating a chart for the default city (probably your own) that
automatically displays upon boot-up, simply click on the Here button to
display that city's input data. The Now button will set the Date and Time
to the current (computer) date and time.
The Here default can be set by selecting the Current Place... selection from
the Options pull-down menu. This opens the Input Place Data dialog which
contains that portion of the Enter Chart Data menu used when inputting
the chart location. Simply input the location that you prefer to use as the
default.
Here is a shortcut method of setting this Here button default:
Get Button
This will access the Chart Database where you can select existing charts to
add to the active chart list of the main screen. The Chart Database is fully
described in the following section.
Import Button
The Import Chart menu provides access to major astrological software file
formats. It alphabetically lists the stored chart
data per file type. You can import chart data from QuickCharts!,
Blue
Star, Compact Data, PRIMA, Nova, CCRS '92, and Kepler v 2.5 ,
and save this data in Win