The tabulations are a series of pre-defined collections of page objects organized into useful groupings. (If you aren't familiar with Solar Fire's "Pages" see Viewing Pages for an introduction.)

These are the same page objects that are used in Solar Fire's pages, and if users wish to create their own collections of page objects and customize them differently from the way they are presented here, then this can be done by designing your own pages using the Page Designer (see Editing a Page Design File for more information).

However, the tabulations presented here allow users to quickly view some pages of information without having to create new pages first to see this kind of information.

Each tabulation displays a header for the currently selected chart, showing the name, birth date, birth time, latitude, longitude, etc. These are the different types of tabulations you can choose from:

 

Stations

For each displayed point, shows the longitude, speed indicator, the zodiacal positions of the last and next station, and the time since the last station and until the next station.

The speed indicator is determined according to the typical speed of each point, and can be Fast, Slow, Stationary or Retrograde.

 

Rise/Set Times

For each displayed point, shows the longitude, and the paran values for the rise, culmination, set and anti-culmination of that point.

The paran values may be displayed as local times, or LST angles or times, according to the user-setting in the Preferences dialog.

 

Gauq. Sectors

For each displayed point, shows the longitude, distance in A.U. (usually geocentric, but heliocentric if the chart is heliocentric), the Gauquelin sector (1 to 36) and a flag to show if it is in one of the Gauquelin plus sectors.

Note that (for a planet on the ecliptic) the sectors start at the horizon, and sectors 1 to 9 run from the Ascendant to the Midheaven, 10 to 18 run from the Midheaven to the Descendant, 19 to 27 run from the Descendant to the IC, and 28 to 36 from the IC to the Ascendant.

The Plus sectors are 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 12, 36.

 

Modulus Sort

For each displayed point shows the longitude, and the modulus of the longitude according to the current modulus value which may be set by the user on this screen.

There is also a graphical modulus sort strip.

 

Chart Balances

This shows graphical representations of the balance of modes, elements, rays quadrants and hemispheres. Note the asterisked (*) objects denote that they are showing weighted values i.e. adjusting the scores for each category using the user-editable weightings for each point.

 

House Cusps

For each house cusp, show the longitude and its degree almuten (calculated according to the options in the houses.alm almuten definition file).

 

Phases/Eclipses

Shows the four last lunar phases and the next phase due (using the standard 4 lunar phases).

Also shows the last two and next three eclipses due (both solar and lunar).

The times are for either maximum eclipse or for the exact corresponding lunar phase, depending on the eclipse settings in Preferences.

 

Essential Dignities

For each chart point: Ruler, Exalted, Triplicity, Term, Face, Detriment, Fall, Score, Peregrine (calculated according to the options in the essdig.alm dignity definition file)

 

Further Dignities

Shows a collection of page objects with various types of dignities, including planetary sect, planetary hour and day, chart Hyleg mutual receptions, horary consideration and lunar aspects.

 

AstroDyne Plan&Asp

For each chart point, shows its astrodyne score, giving the overall power score, the % contribution towards the total power score, and a Harmony/Disharmony score.

Also, the strongest, best and worst nine aspects are listed, along with their scores.

 

AstroDyne Houses

For each house and house type, shows its astrodyne score, giving the overall power score, the % contribution towards the total power score, and a Harmony/Disharmony score.

 

AstroDyne Signs

For each sign and sign type, shows its astrodyne score, giving the overall power score, the % contribution towards the total power score, and a Harmony/Disharmony score.

 

Declinations

For each displayed point shows the declination, the longitude, and longitude equivalent of its declination.

There is also a graphical declination strip.

 

Aspects - Closest

This list all the aspects currently selected, and then lists the aspects within the current chart in order of closeness of orb. Aspects will not appear in this list unless their orb is within i) the maximum orb specified for this object, and ii) the maximum orb allowed for that aspect in the aspect set which is being used. The total number of aspects shown is limited to 24.

 

Midpoint Trees

This displays midpoint trees for each displayed point in the chart, using the currently specified modulus and orb, both of which may be edited by the user on this screen.

 

Planetary Hours

This shows the planets of each planetary hour on the chart's date, starting at dawn and ending with dawn of the following day.

 

Almuten Scores

This object displays planetary scores for various dignity or almuten calculations. The scores are calculated according to the default dignity and almutens scores stored in the file general.alm, which resides in Solar Fire’s program folder.

 

Firdaria (and Firdaria variant)

This lists the starting dates of planetary periods and the ages of the individual at each of these dates, for the current chart. There are two variants of this object, one using planetary periods as they were used by Al Biruni and Schoener, and the other is a variant of this which places the nodes in a different order for night-time charts. (The variants give identical results for daytime charts.)

 

Vedic Dasas

This displays a list of Dasas (major planetary periods) and Bhuktis (sub planetary periods) using the current default sidereal zodiac for the selected chart.

 

Nakshatras

This shows the Nakshatras (Vedic lunar divisions) for the current chart according to the default sidereal zodiac. The names and types of the mansions are given, as well as a few keywords describing the attributes of the mansion.

 

Arabic Mansions

This lists, for each displayed point, the number of the Arabic mansion it occupies (1 to 28), the name of the mansion as given in the Picatrix, the Arabic name, and the English name.

 

Chinese Mansions

This shows the Chinese Lunar Mansion occupied by each chart point. These mansions are divisions in right ascension, the boundaries of which are defined by the positions of certain fixed stars. The Chinese and English names of the mansion are given, as well as a few keywords describing the attributes of the mansion.

 

Direction of Divisions

This lists the starting dates of planetary term periods and the ages of the individual at each of these dates, according to the primary mundane direction of the Ascendant of the current chart. This direction always uses the “Placidus” primary method, but does give different results for different Primary Direction Rate Keys.

 

Zodiacal Releasing Periods

One of the major draws for western astrologers who have been studying Indian astrology over the past few decades are the “dasha” systems, which are employed by Indian astrologers in order to divide a native’s life into broad periods of time. Over the past couple of decased, as a result of recent translations, a whole set of equivalent techniques known as “time-lord” systems have been uncovered in the early western astrological tradition. Some of these techniques have been lost for centuries as a result of the scattered transmission of astrology over the past 2,000 years.

One of the more important time-lord systems that have been recovered in recent times is known as Zodiacal Releasing. Zodiacal Releasing is used in order to divide a person’s life into broad spans of time or chapters, with each chapter activating a specific sign of the zodiac and a specific planet. Once these periods are determined, the technique can be used to identify periods of heightened activity or importance relative to certain topics, such as one’s career or relationships. The technique also provides information about which periods of the native’s life will tend to be either more easy or difficult relative to those topics.

When used in coordination with other timing techniques, Zodiacal Releasing provides astrologers with a powerful system for determining information about the course of a native’s life.

 

Miscellaneous

This first object displays the same information as the Planetary Hour/Day object, but also indicates the current planetary rulers of a 36 year cycle. Each 36 year period is ruled by one of the 7 planets from Mars to Neptune, and each year within that 36 year period is sub-ruled by a planet. The periods of rulership start on the tropical Aries ingress each year. This 36 year cycle is described in American Astrology Magazine - Year 1940, in an article by David Anrias (although it is referred to in that article as a 35 year cycle), and is also alluded to in the title of the book “The Initiate in the Dark Cycle” by Cyril Scott – Publ. Samuel Weiser Inc. This “Dark Cycle” is the 36 year period from 1909 to 1945 which was ruled by Mars.

The second object shows the polarity, element (of the five Chinese Elements) and the animal of the current Chinese lunar year.

 

Temperaments

Four temperaments weighted according to Lilly – Choleric, Sanguine, Melancholic, Phlegmatic.

Points used: Sun, Moon, Ascendant; Aspects to: Sun, Moon

Aspects Used: Conjunction, Square, Trine, Opposition and Sextile

Data and References for the Temperaments have been kindly provided by Lee Lehmann