Astrolog for OS/2
Astrolog for OS/2 is a free astrology calculation, charting and analysis software based on the famous Astrolog program by Walter D. Pullen. To learn more have a look at the readme file, or view this screenshot showing the chart of current US President George W. Bush (Tropical points, Synchronized houses, Lahiri ayanamsa).
Project Future
Astrology seems destined to lead all other branches of knowledge out of the blind alley of unspiritual rationalism and materialism.– Dr. Cunibert Mohlberg, Vatican Institute of Archaeology
Astrolog for OS/2 will see continued development and was updated as late as July 2008. Work on its cross-platform replacement has been delayed due to a lack of funding. If you want to see the new software sooner rather than later please make a donation of any size and indicate your preferred platform(s).
Version 2.0
Thanks to significant changes that the previous 1.2 version is not compatible with I have decided to bump the major version number for the next release. Some of the changes and new features in version 2.0 are as follow.
- Basic Chart Analysis: Sankhya Yoga (a classic metric), and an experimental Integrity Score synthesizing the following location-independent factors: essential dignity, planetary sovreignty, cuspal placement (within 1° or possibly up to 1/12 of a sign away from a cusp), combustion (within 15° of the Sun – retrogradation is also a factor here), brightness (full moon can have dignity, etc.), and dispositor feedback (weak dispositor renders planet weak as well). In the first Alpha the implementation will be overhauled to track individual planets and not just estimate an overall score. This will result in more generally useful scores. Still, the pre-alpha (using 7 planets plus the Moon’s Nodes) manages to give Hitler a 6, and Shirley MacLaine an impressive 66. Most charts score somewhere between these two, but the extreme bottom is occupied by Jennifer Jason Leigh and a pastor from Texas convicted of raping members of his congregation. Their scores come out as 0 and 1 respectively. Also, a British man married to the same woman for 80 years until he died at an age of 105 scores 67 – that is of course integrity in the extreme, but nonetheless always something to aim for...
- Extended Chart Information: Time with seconds (in the original version animation could step a chart a second at a time, but the seconds were neither displayed nor saved on file), Time Precision (birth records in some places frequently have the time rounded to the nearest hour), Tags (can associate a chart with multiple categories), Event Type (birth, marriage and death will be predefined), Long Name (somewhat generic, but will probably be birth name for birth events), Accuracy (rodden-based ratings for information accuracy: AA, A, B, C, D, X and XX), Source (gives optional details about the original known source of the information such as the name of a biography), Notes (whatever notes you may want to keep). Event type, tags, accuracy and time precision will be future chart selection criteria.
- Quick Data Entry: A new chart information dialog with a Parse button makes it a lot easier to copy and paste information from the web, email or other sources. In practice this both speeds up data entry and can also avoid some typing and selection errors. You will be able to enter name, date, time, time zone, place, latitude and longitude all in one place.
- Localization: As a first major step towards full localization dates and times will be localized. This means that the program loads date and time formats as defined in the currently configured locale object, which can be found in the System Setup folder. The program will accept input as all-numeric, as well as with the month spelled out in full or abbreviated.
Pre-Alpha
A pre-alpha version will be finished and released regardless of funding. However, continued development after that is uncertain. Progress towards 2.0 GA can be very fast or very slow depending on your support. With no financial support I will be forced to devote so much of my time elsewhere that any further development will be held up indefinitely.
Technical Preview
An early technical preview (TP10) was released 12 July 2008. This release is not intended for general use, but solely for technical review of the new extended file format, the new chart information dialog, localization of dates and times, as well as an early version of the integrity score. The package contains the executable file along with an updated help file, but no ephemeris files. There are plenty of known bugs and implementation holes in this preview.
Development Schedule
I hope to have version 2.0 GA ready in the first half of 2010. Before then there will likely be multiple prereleases. I aim to have an alpha available on 10 April 2009 and a pre-alpha later this year. Next in line to be released is another technical preview (TP13).
Long-term
In the long-term it will be necessary to replace Astrolog for OS/2 with a completely new groundbreaking and professional grade software. It will stand apart from current offerings in many ways including the following.
- It will be available for free (commercial astrology software cost hundreds of dollars).
- Be useful to astrologers and lay people alike (astrology for the masses and not only the professionals).
- Have a manageable set of consistently working astrological features (too many features blur the picture).
- Provide analysis with a focus on the bottom line such as profile matching (not just readings for individual factors).
The software will be available on at least two of the following operating systems: MS Windows (XP/Vista), Mac OS X, Linux and OS/2. The exact range will depend on the funding received.
By sponsoring or making even a small donation to this project you can make sure the software will be available for your particular platform and operating system!
Funding
To fund the new software I have chosen the pay-for-development model. For supporters this means you pay only once and can use any number of copies of the software without restrictions. It also means that you only have to pay according to your means and interest in the software and may get away with paying less than those hundreds of dollars asked for by the big names in commercial astrology software, or you can be as generous as you like and get well-deserved credit for being one of those foresighted people who brought not only yourself but the whole world some really groundbreaking astrology software.
All donations, regardless of size, give full access to all advance project updates. Features will get implemented according to overall strategy and funding, so do not hesitate to mention any particular feature of interest to you. You can make a secure payment through PayPal using a credit or debit card, your own bank or PayPal account (if you have one). In the field for Optional Instructions be sure to indicate your preferred operating system or platform.
Latest Release
The latest Astrolog for OS/2 release delivers Synchronized Houses. This brand new astrological house system is sure to make you go wow! Finally you will be able to interpret planets by their house position, just as you find them.
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Astrolog for OS/2, v1.2 Alpha 6c,
released 2007-06-26 (with ephemeris) |
astrolog.zip (476 kB) |
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Astrolog for OS/2, v2.0 TP10,
released 2008-07-12 (w/o ephemeris) |
astrolog2.zip (337 kB) |
Astrolog Chart Collection
There is a collection of charts available to test Astrolog for OS/2. The collection, unofficially dubbed the Astrolog Chart Collection, contains birth data for public figures in the Astrolog Chart Information file format.
The latest version contains the following additions rated B or higher on the Rodden scale: actors Sharon Stone and Tom Hanks, performers Ted Gärdestad, Whitney Houston and Christina Aguilera, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, former Swedish Prime Ministers Göran Persson and Carl Bildt, former US President Bill Clinton, tennis player Roger Federer, American talk show host Don Imus and poets Karin Boye and Cherríe Moraga.
Also a number of untimed charts have been added to the collection including Venetian intellectual and philanderer, Giacomo Casanova, Scottish psychiatrist Ronald David Laing, the Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski, performers Aaliyah and Janet Jackson, US Presidential Candidate Duncan Hunter and tennis player Rafael Nadal.
Previous updates this year have added a few dozen charts including the following: actor Jennifer Jason Leigh, astrologer Ivy Goldstein Jacobson, comic Billy Crystal, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Chancellor Angela Merkel, boxer George Foreman, golfer Jack Nicklaus, figure skater Rudy Galindo and singer Justin Timberlake.
| Description | Download |
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Astrolog Chart Collection,
v1.15,
released 2007-09-24 |
charts.zip |
Make a Donation
Whether you appreciate Astrolog for OS/2 or would like to see new astrology software developed you are welcome to make a donation. Also a small amount will give enough of a moral boost to drive progress for months to come. If you would like to see development for a particular platform or request a definite feature please consider making a larger donation.
All donations, regardless of amount, will give you full access to all advance project updates. You can make a secure payment through PayPal using a credit or debit card or your own account. Recently PayPal has also added the ability to pay using a bank account. In the field for Optional Instructions be sure to indicate your preferred operating system!
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Support
Astrolog for OS/2 is supported freeware. You may use the email address below for reporting bugs, request features or share your mind on anything else concerning this software.
