Guest guest Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 Thanks for the kind words. There have been lots of ideas for features submitted but unfortunately to be worth anyone's time to implement them there must be a vastly larger SA community to support the software. - Brian Vyas Munidas wrote: >Dear Mr Conrad, > >You've done good work with your software. There's one thing that I'd love to >see in JT - a relative planetary strength table for transit, natal chart and >transit considering natal positions as well. I have a spreadsheet that I >calculate it on manually which is an ardous input task. > >It would look something like this: >Sun 95% >Moon 10% >Mars 95% >Mercury 20% >... and so on. > >This way one can understand at a glance what areas are problematic or >progressing. The same can be done for houses as well considering benefic or >malefic influences near the MEP. > > >Best regards, > >Vyas Munidas > > > >- > " Brian Conrad " <brian > >Thursday, April 27, 2006 3:06 PM >[bulk] Re: Re: Affliction to Non MT Houses > > > > >>ACS (Astro Communications Services) has sold a standalone version for >>years. Before that it was sold as two books. Many astrologers have the >>books and/or the program: >>http://astrocom.com/products/software.php?software_id=ibmwboth >> >>I got a license from them a few years back to provide support with a >>plugin which JTW installs. They have since changed there new licenses >>so that they license you the database which must be encrypted so it >>can't be accessed from another astrology program. >> >>If you have the ACS Atlas standalone program (2.0 or newer) installed on >>your system you need only to locate the directory of the database which >>for older versions was in C:\PCATLAS and now it is in the Program Files >>directory with the program. >> >>No, you wouldn't want to memorize them but in general DST starts in the >>late spring and ends in the fall hence " spring forward, fall back " so >>you know you have to be careful about DST. For instance, if you are >>doing a chart for North America in December unless it was wartime you >>can usually rest assured there was no DST in effect. >> >>- Brian >> >> >>Sally Spencer wrote: >> >> >> >>>Hi Brian, >>> >>>Is ACS the one that astrodienst uses? >>> >>>And when you stand alone version you mean your paid version or something >>>else? >>> >>>When I choose the ACS version it asks to browse for the file. Can it be >>>accessed from another astrology program I wonder? >>> >>>(There are so many versions in so many lands of DST I can't imagine >>>memorizing all of them.) >>> >>>Thanks. >>> >>>Sally >>> >>>On 4/26/06, Brian Conrad <brian wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Please note that the built-in atlas for Jyotish Tools does not account >>>>for DST. The ACS Atlas does if you have the stand alone version and JT >>>>set for the ACS Atlas. People must understand that Tom Shanks spent >>>>years of research developing the ACS Atlas and you cannot expect anyone >>>>else to implement another one. It's just not worth it. Unfortunately >>>>licensing the built-in ACS Atlas is a gamble due to up front fees. >>>> >>>>However before there were computers astrologers knew about time zones, >>>>DST, longitude and latitude issues just as well as they knew house >>>>significations, planetary significations, etc. It is part of being a >>>>good astrologer. I'm afraid that computers have given us a whole new >>>>generation of lazy astrologers. >>>> >>>>Some of you may be surprised that when I look at a chart I am often >>>>looking on this machine which has Linux on it and using my Linux program >>>>that is very basic and does not do any SA analysis. I consider it good >>>>practice to look at a chart (try it with SA turned off in JJ or JT) and >>>>to recognize the SA elements without the built-in support. >>>> >>>>DST is the bane of astrologers as it has not been applied uniformly. It >>>>is also the bane of insurance companies who have to pay out more in >>>>accident claims in the few weeks of the changeover in the spring. Our >>>>bodies circadian rhythms don't change just the faces of the clocks we >>>>see. >>>> >>>>Best Regards, >>>>Brian Conrad >>>>JyotishTools.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >><snip> >> >> >> >>\ -- >> >> >> a.. Visit your group " " on the web. >> >> b.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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