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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