Astrolog Features

See the complete feature list of Astrolog 7.70. Also see new features added to version 7.70.

Screen shots

Astrolog is a full featured astrology program, and includes a number of astronomical, esoteric, and other charts. A picture is worth 1000 words:

Standard wheel: My natal chart, with attached info sidebar. See also wheel with fonts and custom background.
House wheel: Same as above, but with all houses spanning equal sizes on the screen.
Bi-wheel: My chart on inside. Current transits on outside.
Quad-wheel: From inside to out: My chart, Usenet newsgroup alt.astrology's, our time-space midpoint, our composite.
Hexa-wheel: Six charts at once! The five most recent US presidents along with current transits.
Aspect/midpoint grid: Aspects on one side of the diagonal, midpoints on the other.
Graphic ephemeris: Plot of position vs. time.
Graphic transits: Plot exactness of aspect orbs over time.
Transit calendar: Display a calendar, with times of aspects, sign changes, and direction changes. See transit version.
Local horizon: View of the sky at a particular time and location on Earth.
Planet visibility: 2D graph showing where Sun, Venus, and Jupiter are above the horizon during a year.
Astro-graph map: Straight and wavy lines on a map of the world. See also detailed globe and rotating astro-graph globe.
Nearest cities map: Graphical atlas with local space compass lines to each planet. See zoomed out map.
Gauquelin sector wheel: The 36 sectors, showing plus zones.
Dispositor graphs: Planet A is in sign which planet B rules, which is in sign...
Dial chart: Apply a harmonic factor as used in Uranian astrology, including dial point and midpoint trees.
Indian astrology: South Indian, North Indian, and East Indian style charts.
Ray ephemeris: Graph of Ray influences over time, from Esoteric Astrology.
Solar system orbit: Planet placements with orbit tracks. See also orbiting asteroids and orbiting dwarf planets.
Planetary moons: Report on types of positions and aspects involving moons of other planets. See graphics version.
Exoplanets: Detect when exoplanets transit in front of their star.
Chart sphere: It's like a wheel chart, but in 3D! See animation of rotating chart sphere.
World globe: Astrolog can do animations of charts, including a rotating globe.
Constellation globe: The celestial sphere divided into the astronomical constellations. See rotating star globe.
Telescope chart: Zoom in on parts of sky, such as view Uranus and its moons and rings. See other planets' rings.
Biorhythm: Astrolog can do other forms of divination in addition to astrology.
Astrology fonts: Display using Astro, Enigma, Hamburg, and Astronomicon fonts. See Astronomicon detail.
Chart lists: Astrolog can open, display, filter, and sort lists of charts in various formats.
Special characters: Astrolog is Unicode aware, and can display East Asian and other special characters.

Special features

Astrolog offers several unique major feature areas, most of which can't be found in other programs. Each of the below links is its own subpage:

3D astrology: Astrolog supports 3D houses, 3D wheel charts i.e. "chart spheres", and 3D aspects.
Esoteric Astrology: Astrolog supports Esoteric Astrology with a number of different features.
Planetary moons: Positions of moons of other planets were first implemented in Astrolog.
Sinusoidal houses: Sinusoidal house systems were first implemented in Astrolog.
Dwarf planets: Astrolog can display Dwarf planets and other minor bodies.
Distance aspects: Aspects measuring along the distance axis were first implemented in Astrolog.

GIF animations

Astrolog offers chart animation, and animations can show off its abilities in additional ways. A video is worth 1000 pictures:

Timelapse wheel: Astrolog can animate its charts through time at different step rates.
Rotating wheels: Rotating signs (upper right), entire wheel (lower left), and houses (lower right).
Rotating astro-graph globe: 3D astrocartography lines on the globe, instead of just a flat 2D map.
Astro-graph minor house cusps: 3D astrocartography for all 12 house cusp lines, instead of just Asc/Dsc/MC/IC.
Rotating chart sphere: A 3D chart sphere seen from different angles.
Rotating globe: Astrolog's world map, in 3D globe form.
Rotating constellation globe: The celestial sphere divided into the 88 astronomical constellations.
Eclipse viewing (solar): A total eclipse of the Sun seen from beginning to end. See also annular solar eclipse.
Eclipse viewing (lunar): A total lunar eclipse seen from beginning to end.
Asteroid orbits: 10,000 asteroids orbiting the Sun, seen over a period of 10 years.
Dwarf planet orbits: The "Seven Dwarfs" beyond Pluto, orbiting the Sun over a period of 600 years.
Comet NEOWISE orbit: Comet NEOWISE in a wheel chart, and also its path through the solar system.
Space probes: Paths of Pioneer 10 & 11, Voyager 1 & 2, and New Horizons exiting the solar system.
Moons of the Solar System: Moons orbiting planets, while planets orbit the Sun.
Moons of Jupiter: Jupiter being orbited by its four moons Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
Moons of Pluto: The barycenter being orbited by Pluto and its five moons Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra.
Planetary rings: Telescope view of Saturn and Uranus viewed from the Sun, and how their rings change over the years.
Rings of Saturn: Telescope view of Saturn and its rings and moons, viewed from Saturn's moon Iapetus.
Planetary moon eclipses: Telescope view showing Jupiter occulting and being transited by its moons.
Jupiter Saturn conjunction: Telescope view showing the Jupiter Saturn conjunction on Dec 21, 2020.
Planetary moons wheel: Wheel chart with planetary moons distributed around Mars through Pluto.
Orbiting the Big Dipper: Flying through space around the Big Dipper, to see its stars from different angles.
Big Dipper over time: Star motions over millennia, as seen looking up from Earth's surface.
Star motions: Star motions over millennia, as seen from space looking down on our solar system.
Time zone changes: 180 years of time zone changes, seen in cities around the world.
House systems: Compare the motion over time of Placidus, Whole, Equal, and Meridian houses.
Balanced Equal Houses: Compare Asc based Equal houses, MC based Equal houses, and "Balanced Equal Houses".
Campanus houses: Campanus houses as seen in 2D wheel, versus in a 3D chart sphere.
Regiomontanus houses: Regiomontanus houses as seen in 2D wheel, versus in a 3D chart sphere.
Placidus houses: Placidus houses as seen in 2D wheel, versus in a 3D chart sphere.
3D house models: Porphyry houses arranged along ecliptic, prime vertical, local horizon, and celestial equator.
3D equal house systems: The four "3D equal" house systems: Equal, Campanus, Horizon, and Meridian.

Videos

Astrolog charts aren't just static images, but can also be 3D perspective interactive experiences, as seen in these YouTube videos:

Astrocartography animation: Astrolog can display Astrocartography charts in 3D perspective globe form.
Orbit animation: Astrolog can animate planetary orbits in 3D, as seen in this video.
Orbit animation extended: An orbit animation that also includes Vulcan and the Moon orbiting Earth.
Chart sphere animation: Astrolog can render chart spheres as 3D models, so one can move among them.
Wheel chart animation: Astrolog can animate wheel charts in 3D, as seen in the video below.

Articles

Astrolog has been available for over 30 years, and has been reviewed by various printed sources over that time. For example:

American Astrology: Astrolog 4.20 was reviewed by Hank Friedman in the November 1994 issue of American Astrology, p20-21. "For a free program to have such a superb ephemeris with an 8000-year range is incredible."
The Mountain Astrologer: Astrolog 5.05 was reviewed in the November 1995 issue of The Mountain Astrologer, p53. "What I particularly like about the program is that it doesn't force its more technical options on the novice. If you want them, they're there, but you can ignore them and get plenty out of the program."
American Astrology: Astrolog was considered the "Best Freeware/Shareware Program of 1995" in the March 1996 issue of American Astrology, p22. "The new Windows version is easy enough for a novice to use."
American Astrology: When Astrolog 5.20 first implemented Gauquelin sectors, it was reviewed by Kenneth Irving in the July 1996 issue of American Astrology, p56-57. "...perhaps commercial software vendors will follow Pullen's lead. It's long past time."
The Mountain Astrologer: Astrolog 7.30 was reviewed by Hank Friedman in the Aries Equinox 2022 issue of The Mountain Astrologer, p122-123. "Astrolog 7.30 is a phenomenal program filled with capabilities not found anywhere else."

Awards

Astrolog has received various Web awards over the past three decades:

Astrolog received the WOW Astrological Website of the Week Award for September 23-29, 1996.
Astrolog received Zodiacal Zephyr's Zenith Award in March, 1997.
This site received The Chiron Award in July, 1998.
This site received the Web Fest Award in December, 1998.
This site received the Top 5 Best of Web Award in February, 1999.
This site received the Starlight Astrology 3 Star Web Excellence Award in March, 1999.
This site received the Astrologywizard Site of the Week in January, 2016.

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