Solar Fire is highly and easily configurable by the user. Much of what is displayed in the "View Chart" and other windows can be easily customized including the planets and other points used, what aspects to use, what planets to show aspects for, and the colors and size of each - sometimes on an individual basis. You can bring in external files containing various items of data to expand the Solar Fire system, and also create your own raw data.

You can readily switch between various glyphs, zodiacs, and house systems etc. that you want to use, mostly on a chart by basis.Additionally rulerships and dignities, fixed stars, arabic parts and planet weightings can all be customized. Various data entry defaults can be set-up that make filling in dialog boxes quick and easy.

As well you can modify some of the calculations that Solar Fire uses to generate its data, and modify aspects of the way Solar Fire itself works.

Generally, once you have altered any preferences to your liking, and set up a few settings files the way you want them, you may not need to make many further changes to settings in the program, especially to Preferences. Instead you will likely be able to focus exclusively on what you want to do. Any changes that you might make would probably be limited to just changing which "settings" files were selected to be currently in use (i.e the "current" file of their type), and those kind of adjustments are very easy and quick to do.

Preferences are settings that are all changed in one place - the "Preferences" tabbed dialog box, accessed from the "Preferences" menu..

Most of the remaining settings in Solar Fire are stored in different types of files.

Accessed via the "Chart Options" menu

•Points files (Displayed, User-defined, Transiting, Current chart, Extra ring, Aspected, Extra Dynamic)

•Aspect Set files

•Color files (Aspect, Chart Point, Sign)

•Asteroids files

•Fixed Stars files

•Arabic Parts files

Accessed via the "Utilities" menu

•Rulerships and Weightings files

•Dignity/Almuten files

•Fixed Stars files

•Arabic Parts files

 

>> Setting a file to be current

Setting a file to be "current" means selecting it in the File Manager. The selected file becomes the one currently used in the program for settings of that type (e.g. "Displayed Points", "Aspected Points" etc are all different types of setting).

1.Access the setting type (e.g. off a menu such as one of the above).

2.This opens the "File Manager" with all the files for that type of setting displayed.

3.Select (click on) the file you want to be current.

4.Click on the Select button.

See Using the File Manager for more information.

Changing Preferences

Editing a Chart Points File

Editing an Aspect Set

Editing a Color File

Changing Rulerships and Weightings

Editing an Extra Ring Points File

Editing an Extra Dynamic Points File

Editing a User Defined Points File

Editing an Asteroid File

Editing an Arabic Parts File

Editing a Fixed Stars File

Editing a Dignity/Almuten File