Zodiac/Dial

Zodiac/Dial properties in the "Wheel Designer"...

•Inner & Outer Circle - These define the circles between which the zodiac or dial ring will be drawn.

•Glyph Type - This may be any of the following: None, Vertical, Rotated, Degrees, Vertical Text Abbr, Rotated Text Abbr, Rotated Degrees, Ruler – Vertical, Ruler – Rotated, Ruler Abbr – Vertical, Ruler Abbr - Rotated. The ruler options cause the sign (or decanate if the Division Interval property is set to 10) ruling planet to be displayed instead of the sign itself. The vertical options display zodiac sign or planetary ruler glyphs or abbreviations in their normal upright position. The rotated option displays them rotated according to their position in the zodiac ring, so that their base is always pointing inwards. The degrees options prevent glyphs or abbreviations from being displayed, and displays angle text instead.

Note: If the Dial Degrees property is set to anything other than 360 degrees, then sign or ruler glyphs or abbreviations will not be displayed regardless of the setting of this property.

Note: If rulers are selected, then the rulership level is determined by the rulership level setting of this wheel object in the page design. This may be set to the "default", to use Solar Fire's default rulership level, or it may be set to a specific rulership level.

•Fill Signs - This must be either True or False. This allows you to choose whether the zodiac signs will have their background filled with their colors (as set in Solar Fire). If false, then the glyphs or abbreviations will be drawn in their sign colors, but the background will be unchanged. If true, then the glyphs will be black or white, but the background of each sign will be filled with its color. Note, however, that in order for the fill option to work, the individual signs must be fully enclosed with circles on both sides, and division intervals at either end. If they are not fully enclosed, then the fill option will not work correctly. (This means that the division interval must be 30 degrees, and the division tick ratio must be 1).

•Glyphs Position - This must be a number between 0 and 1, defining where the number is centered between the inner and outer circles. A value of .6 would position the numbers 6/10ths of the way from the inner circle to the outer circle.

•Glyphs FontSize - This allows you to choose in what font size this item should be displayed. Ignored if not visible.

•Glyphs Bold - This must be either True or False. This allows you to choose whether this item should be displayed in a normal font if false, or a bold font if true. Ignored if not visible.

•Glyphs Italic - This must be either True or False. This allows you to choose whether the sign glyphs on each house cusp should be displayed in a normal font if false, or an italic font if true. Ignored if not visible.

•Glyph Widening - This is the ratio between the glyph width and height. A value of 1 ensures that the glyph has its normal appearance. A value of 2 would stretch the glyph horizontally to be twice its normal width. A value of .5 would shrink the glyph horizontally to be half its normal width. This option is mainly useful for widening the glyphs when they are displayed in rotated format.

•Division Interval - This must be a number from 1 to 360, indicating at what interval division markers are placed. For wheels, this should normally be 30, to ensure that the divisions fall between the zodiac signs, or 10 to ensure that divisions occur between each sing decanate. (When the glyph type option is set to a ruler, then setting a value of 30 will ensure that the sign rulers are displayed, whereas 10 will ensure that decanate rulers are displayed.) For a dial, it should be set to some factor of the dial degrees e.g. if the dial degrees is 90, then setting this interval to 30 will produce 3 equal divisions in the dial, or setting it to 10 will produce 9 equal divisions in the dial.

•Division Tick Ratio - This must be a number from 0 to 1. It indicates how long the division markers are in relation to the distance between the inner and outer circles. A value of 1 ensures that the division markers cover the full distance between the two circles. Use a value of zero to switch off the division markers.

•Tick on Inner - This must be either True or False. If true, then all tick marks and division markers will start from the inner circle and extend towards the outer circle. If false, then they will all start from the outer circle and extend inwards.

•Tick Color - The color that is used for all the division and tick marks.

•Large & Small & Tiny Tick Ratio - This must be a number from 0 to 1. It indicates how long the tick marks are in relation to the distance between the inner and outer circles. A value of .2 ensures that the tick marks cover 2/10ths of the distance between the two circles. Typically the large tick ratio is larger than the small tick ratio, which itself is larger than the tiny ratio. Use a value of 0 to switch of the tick marks.

•Large & Small Tick Interval - Large tick interval must be in the range 1 to 90, and the small tick interval in the range 1 to 30. These indicate at what intervals the tick marks are displayed.

•Tiny Tick Fraction – This indicates how many tick subdivisions per degree are displayed. This must be in the range 2 to 10. This option is useful for dials which have a modulus of say 90 degrees or less, when the interval between degree ticks is quite large.

•Zodiac Type – This must be one of the following: Default, Tropical, Sidereal or Constellations. The Default option ensures that the displayed zodiac ring uses the zodiac type of the chart being displayed. The Tropical option ensures that the zodiac ring displays the tropical zodiac sign positions, regardless of the zodiac type of the chart being displayed. The Sidereal option ensures that the zodiac ring displays sidereal zodiac sign positions, regardless of the zodiac type of the chart being displayed – in this case Solar Fire’s default sidereal zodiac type used is. The Constellations option makes the zodiac ring display the astronomical constellation boundaries (giving uneven sign lengths and including a 13th division for the constellation Ophiuchus). Note: If you include more than one zodiac ring for a chart, then you can choose different zodiac types for each, so that you can see both tropical and sidereal sign positions in the same chart, for example.