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00010 -------------- HOROSCOPES (NATAL BIRTH CHARTS) -------------
00020
00030 ASTRO.F4 CASTS CONVENTIONAL "HOROSCOPES". IT REQUIRES NO TABLES
00040 NOR ANY KNOWLEDGE ON THE PART OF THE USER AS TO THE CALCULATIONS
00050 INVOLVED. THE ONLY DATA REQUIRED ARE (1) BIRTHDATE (2) BIRTHTIME
00060 (3) TIME ZONE IN EFFECT AT BIRTH (4) BIRTHPLACE (EXPRESSED AS
00070 LONGITUDE/LATITUDE). A SAMPLE INPUT (THE S.F. EARTHQUAKE) IS :
00080 1906/04/18 05:13 +08:00 37N45 122W26
00090 DETAILED NOTES ON THE DETERMINATION OF THE QUANTITIES (1)-(4)
00100 FOLLOW.
00110
00120 (1) YEAR/MONTH/DAY OF BIRTH. GREGORIAN CALENDAR IS ASSUMED
00130 BUT JULIAN CALENDAR DATES & B.C. DATES ARE ALSO ACCEPTED,
00140 AS IN THE FOLLOWING SAMPLES :
00150 "1906/04/18" MEANS 18 APR 1906 (GREGORIAN CALENDAR)
00160 "1492J10/12" MEANS 12 OCT 1492 (JULIAN CALENDAR)
00170 "4004B09/21" MEANS 21 SEP 4004 B.C. (JULIAN CALENDAR)
00180 STANDARD PRACTICE IN ENCYCLOPEDIAS,ETC IS TO GIVE ALL DATES
00190 BEFORE 15 OCT 1582 AD IN JULIAN FORM, AND THOSE AFTER IN
00200 GREGORIAN, EVEN THOUGH THE ACTUAL CHANGEOVER DATE VARIED
00210 FROM 10 OCT 1582 (CATHOLIC AREAS) UNTIL AS LATE AS 1923
00220 (ALBANIA). ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS OF THAT TIME INTERVAL MUST BE
00230 RESEARCHED TO DETERMINE CALENDAR THAT WAS IN USE; THE
00240 STANDARD PROCEDURE IS TO THEN EXPRESS IT IN GREGORIAN FORM.
00250
00260 (2) HOUR:MINUTE OF BIRTH ACCORDING TO THE CLOCKTIME IN
00270 EFFECT AT THAT TIME & PLACE. HENCE, THE TIME APPEARING IN
00280 BIRTH CERTIFICATES & ANY OTHER HOSPITAL RECORDS. FAMILY
00290 "BABY BOOKS" ARE USUALLY RELIABLE SOURCES OF BIRTHTIMES,
00300 BUT PARENTS' MEMORY IS VERY UNRELIABLE. TRY TO FIND SOME
00310 RECORD OF BIRTHTIME THAT IS AT LEAST SEMI-FORMAL :
00320 BIRTH CERTIFICATE, HOSPITAL RECORDS, OR "BABY BOOK".
00330 IMPORTANT: TIMES MUST BE ENTERED IN 24-HOUR FORMAT (EG)
00340 MIDNIGHT = 00:00 1 AM = 01:00 11 AM = 11:00
00350 NOON = 12:00 1 PM = 13:00 11 PM = 23:00
00360 CAUTION: IT IS AN EASILY MADE ERROR TO CALL 00:30
00370 INCORRECTLY "12:30 PM" INSTEAD OF "12:30 AM". BE CAREFUL
00380 OF ANY NEAR-MIDNIGHT (& EVEN NEAR-NOON) BIRTHTIMES; BE SURE
00390 THE CORRECT FORM IS USED. IN PARTICULAR, MAKE SURE THAT
00400 A NEAR-MIDNIGHT BIRTH IS CORRECTLY ENTERED EITHER AS 24:00
00410 OF THE PREVIOUS DAY OR 00:00 OF THE FOLLOWING DAY.
00420 IF BIRTHTIME UNKNOWN, SEE NOTE BELOW.
00430
00440 (3) CLOCKTIME IN EFFECT AT BIRTH. THIS IS EXPRESSED AS A
00450 CONVERSION TO GREENWICH MEAN TIME (GMT). SINCE 1883,THE
00460 ONLY LEGAL TIME SYSTEMS IN MAINLAND USA HAVE BEEN THESE :
00470 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME = +08:00
00480 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME = MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME = +07:00
00490 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME = CENTRAL STANDARD TIME = +06:00
00500 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME = EASTERN STANDARD TIME = +05:00
00510 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME = +04:00
00520 WHERE THE CONVERSION NUMBER FOLLOWING EACH OF THE ABOVE IS
00530 TO BE ENTERED INTO THE HOROSCOPE PROGRAM.
00540 FOR BIRTHS PRECEDING THE ADOPTION OF STANDARD TIME ZONES,
00550 CLOCKTIMES ARE USUALLY ASSUMED TO BE IN LOCAL MEAN TIME
00560 (LMT). FOR LMT, THE CONVERSION TO GMT IS GIVEN BY
00570 (LONGITUDE WEST OF GREENWICH)*(1 HOUR PER 15 DEGREES)
00580 HENCE, FOR EXAMPLE
00590 CONVERSION TO GMT FOR LMT OF 122W26 IS +08:10
00600 CONVERSION TO GMT FOR LMT OF 030E00 IS -02:00
00610 CONTRARY TO POPULAR OPINION, DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME (ALSO
00620 "WAR TIME" , "SUMMER TIME") WAS NOT REGULARLY OBSERVED IN
00630 THE USA UNTIL THE TIME ACT OF 1966. SOME STATES HAVE NEVER
00640 OBSERVED IT, SOME OBSERVED IT REGULARLY, SOME IRREGULARLY,
00650 SOME TOTALLY ERRATICALLY. PARENT'S INFO ON THIS IS VERY
00660 UNRELIABLE; SOME AREAS CHANGE TIME ZONE & THE OBSERVANCE OF
00670 DAYLIGHT TIME OVER THE YEARS, A POSSIBLE DIFFERENCE OF TWO
00680 HOURS. THE ONLY RELIABLE SOURCES OF INFO ON DAYLIGHT TIME
00690 ARE (1) WRITING TO THE LOCAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OR (2)
00700 THE STANDARD REFERENCES ON TIME CHANGES :
00710 "TIME CHANGES IN THE USA" ($5) BY DORIS C DOANE
00720 "TIME CHANGES IN CANADA & MEXICO" ($4) BY D C DOANE
00730 "TIME CHANGES IN [REST OF] THE WORLD" ($4.30) BY D DOANE
00740 A COMPLETE REFERENCE SOURCE IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE IN THE
00750 CASE OF SOME STATES; DOANE NOTES WHEN HER INFO IS
00760 INCOMPLETE, ADVISING THE READER TO WRITE TO THE CITY.
00770
00780 (4) LONGITUDE & LATITUDE OF BIRTH. NOT OF THE PARENTS'
00790 RESIDENCE AT THAT TIME, BUT THE PLACE OF THE PERSON'S
00800 ACTUAL BIRTH. THE EXAMPLE 37N45 122W26 (ABOVE) MEANS
00810 "37 DEGREES 45 MINUTES LATITUDE NORTH OF GREENWICH
00820 122 DEGREES 26 MINUTES LONGITUDE WEST OF GREENWICH"
00830 USE "S" FOR SOUTH LATITUDES & "E" FOR EAST LONGITUDES.
00840 FOLLOWING ARE GOOD REFERENCES FOR LONGITUDE & LATITUDE :
00850 (A) $2.95 RAND MCNALLY ROAD ATLAS. 18000/1700/380 PLACES
00860 IN USA/CANADA/MEXICO RESPECTIVELY. CHEAP,THOROUGH,VALUES
00870 MUST BE ESTIMATED FROM MAPS (+ OR - 1' IS EXPECTABLE).
00880 (B) $5.00 EACH : 2 RECENT ASTROLOGICAL REFERENCE BOOKS,
00890 ONE LISTS 5000 USA PLACES, OTHER HAS 5000 WORLD PLACES.
00900 ACCURATE TO 1', NO MAPS.
00910 (C) $11.00 : GOODE'S ATLAS. 30000+ PLACES USA/WORLD. ONE
00920 OF THE FEW (ONLY?) ATLAS'S LISTING LONGITUDE/LATITUDE
00930 THAT COSTS LESS THAN $30.
00940
00950 (5) ANY COMMENTS FOLLOWING THE ABOVE DATA WILL BE IGNORED.
00960 EXCEPTIONS : THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS WILL BE ACTED UPON
00970 "MORINUS" PUTS MORINUS HOUSE CUSPS INTO WHEEL
00980 "PLACIDUS" PUTS PLACIDUS HOUSE CUSPS INTO WHEEL
00990 "REGIOMONTANUS" PUTS REGIOMONTANUS HOUSE CUSPS INTO WHEEL
01000 "PORPHYRY" PUTS PORPHYRY HOUSE CUSPS INTO WHEEL
01010 "EQUAL" PUTS EQUAL HOUSE CUSPS INTO WHEEL
01020 "PROGRESSION" DELETES THE HOROSCOPE, AND INSTEAD PRINTS
01030 PROGRESSIONS FOR THE BIRTHDAYS 0 THRU 100.
01040 "EPHEMERIS" DELETES HOROSCOPE & INSTEAD PRINTS A 100-DAY
01050 EPHEMERIS, BEGINNING WITH THE INPUTTED DATE & TIME. THE
01060 CALENDAR SYSTEM USED (GREGORIAN,JULIAN,B.C.) IS THE SAME
01070 AS THAT USED IN THE INPUT.
01080 "[ALL OTHERS]" PUTS CAMPANUS HOUSE CUSPS INTO WHEEL
01090 "LINEPRINT" CAUSES THE OUTPUT TO BE LINEPRINTED, SAVING
01091 20 MINUTES OF TYPING TIME PER HOROSCOPE. IT MAY BE FOLLOWED
01092 BY ANY OF THE ABOVE OPTIONS (E.G. "LINEPRINT EPHEMERIS").
01093
01100 EXAMPLES OF COMPLETE INPUTS FOLLOW
01110 1906/04/18 05:13 +08:00 37N45 122W26 S.F. EARTHQUAKE
01120 1906/04/18 05:13 +08:00 37N45 122W26 PLACIDUS SF QUAKE
01130 1906/04/18 05:13 +08:00 37N45 122W26 PROGRESSION
01140 1906/04/18 12:00 EPHEMERIS
01141 1906/04/18 05:13 +08:00 37N45 122W26 LINEPRINT EQUAL S.F.
01150 NOTE : OMISSION OF ZEROS & SPACES IS NOT ALLOWED, I.E. THE
01160 FOLLOWING ARE INVALID FORMS OF THE ABOVE INPUT
01170 1906/4/18 05:13 +08:00 37N45 122W26
01180 1906/4/18 5:13 8:00 37N45 122W26
01190 ANY OMITTED INFORMATION GOES IN AS ZEROES. E.G.
01200 1906/04/18 05:13 +08:00
01210 GIVES SAME HOROSCOPE AS ABOVE, ONLY FOR 00N00 000W00. ALSO
01220 1906/04/18 12:00
01230 GIVES AN EPHEMERIS FOR GREENWICH NOON OF THAT DAY (THE HOUSE
01240 CUSPS WILL PROBABLY NOT BE SIGNIFICANT FOR THIS INPUT).
01250
01260 UNKNOWN BIRTHTIME. ESSENTIALLY, THIS IS EQUIVALENT TO 12:00
01270 WITH AN ERROR OF + OR - 12 HOURS. UNTIL BIRTHTIME IS KNOWN,
01280 STANDARD PRACTICE IS TO ENTER 12:00 ("NOONCHART").
01290 MAXIMUM ERRORS INCURRED THROUGH TIME ERRORS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
01300
01310 ERROR (+ OR -) ---------- MAXIMUM ERROR IN -----------
01320 IN BIRTHTIME SUN/PLANETS MOON PF/HOUSES/RISING
01330
01340 12 HOURS .5 DEGREE 6.5 DEG (INDETERMINATE)
01350 .5 HOUR 2' 16' ABOUT 7.5 DEGREES
01360 5 MINUTES 0' 3' ABOUT 1.3 DEGREES
01370 .5 MINUTE 0' 0' ABOUT 7.5'
01380
01390 ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE HOROSCOPE OUTPUT INCLUDE :
01400 SU=SUN A=ARIES
01410 ME=MER=MERC=MERCURY T=TAURUS
01420 VE=VEN=VENUS G=GEMINI
01430 MA=MAR=MARS C=CANCER
01440 JU=JUP=JUPIT=JUPITER L=LEO
01450 SA=SAT=SATUR=SATURN V=VIRGO
01460 UR=URA=URAN=URANUS ==LIBRA
01470 NE=NEP=NEPT=NEPTUNE S=SCORPIO
01480 PL=PLU=PLUTO /=SAGITTARIUS
01490 MO=MOO=MOON K=CAPRICORN
01500 MN=NOD=NODE=MOON'S NORTH NODE Q=AQUARIUS
01510 PF=PF.=P.F.=PARS F.=PARS FORTUNA P=PISCES
01520 AS=ASC=RISING=ASCEND.=ASCENDANT
01530 MC=MC.=M.C.=MID-HEAVEN DEG.=DEGREES
01540 DESC.=DESCENDANT
01550 I.C.=INFIMUM COELI N=NORTH
01560 S=SOUTH
01570 GMT=GREENWICH MEAN TIME
01580 GST=GREENWICH SIDEREAL TIME RETRO=RETROGRADE
01590 LMT=LOCAL MEAN TIME DIR=DIRECT MOTION
01600 LST=LOCAL SIDEREAL TIME
01610 JD=JULIAN DAY NUMBER
01620
01630 ADD---OUTPUT EXPLANATION,J/G SOURCES