Aspects dialog
The list on the left shows the current aspects available.
The fields to the right provide details for the selected aspect.
- Aspect name: a short description for the aspect, Conjunction, Angle of 72 etc.
- Degrees: The number of degrees from 0° to 180° inclusive for the aspect, for example, 90° for square.
- Orb: The orb for the aspect in degrees.
- Quality of appearance:
- VB: very beneficial.
- B: beneficial.
- N: neutral.
- M: malefic .
- TM: very malefic.
- U: unknown.
This quality can be used in the chart interpretation tcl script.
In the West, aspects are considered beneficial, evil, etc.
depending on the angle, for example the sextile is beneficial the square is malefic.
In India, the quality of the aspect depends on the quality of the planets in aspect and
of their friendship.
- Pen Color: The color of the line used to draw the aspect.
Double click on the square to change the color.
- Pen Size: The thickness of the line used to draw the aspect.
- Hot spot size: the size of the small square drawn on the aspect to have
details of the aspect when hovering the mouse over it.
- Pen type: the line type for the look; dash, dotted etc.
- Example: A preview drawing of the aspect.
- Draw the aspect: whether or not to draw the aspect.
For example, there is no need to draw the conjunction.
- More opaque if close-up: Draw the aspect with less opacity if it is
with an orb close to the maximum limit.
For example, if the orb of opposition is 10°, and the angle
between two planets is 189, the line will be almost invisible.
- Show informations: display or not the small square on the aspect.
The No latitude for all aspects checkbox is a global option to ignore the latitude of planets
when drawing aspects between planets or between planets and houses.
Some calculation results will be affected by this option.
For example there will be a slight difference for the calculation of Hindu forces.
The calculation of the directions does not take this option into account;
only the direction calculation dialog box option is taken into account.
Important:
If this box is not checked Proastro takes into account the latitude of the planets for the aspects.
If you choose a tight orb you can "lose" aspects, especially with Pluto
which can have a latitude of 17°.
Example: In Richard Nixon's chart, if you choose a 5° orb for opposition,
you lose the opposition Pluto - (Mars, Mercury, Jupiter) because Pluto is at 6° south latitude.
To add an aspect:
- Select an aspect on the left list.
- Click the Add button.
- Modify the attributes of the aspect in the right fields.
- When you leave this dialog, choose the OK button so that
your modifications are saved.
To modify an aspect:
- Select the aspect
in the list of aspects, on the left.
- Modify attributes of the aspect (degrees, orb etc.) in right
fields.
To modify the color of the pen, double-click on the color rectangle.
- When you leave this dialog, choose the OK button so that
your modifications are saved.
To suppress an aspect:
- Select the aspect in the list of aspects, on the left.
- Click on the Delete button.
- When you leave this dialog, choose the OK button so that
your modifications are saved.
Remarks:
- If you want Proastro not to draw the aspect, remove the
check mark in the check box Draw aspect.
- Until you do not choose the OK button, changes have no
effect.
- If there is only one aspect in the list, you cannot remove
it.
- If you delete the aspects.xml file in your private Proastro
directory (after exiting from Proastro), a new one with the default
values will be created at the next Proastro start.