Keyword lines
Contents
These are lines on which the first character is an asterisk (*). These allow definition types to be specified. Any text lines following a keyword line will be used as text relating to whatever item was defined on the keyword line. The keyword line must be one of the following types:
* TITLE
eg *Title
* COPYRIGHT
eg. * Copyright
* INTRODUCTION
eg. *Introduction
* ASPECT aspectname [mappedname]
eg. *Aspect Square Hard
* pointname
eg. *Moon
* pointname mappedaspectname pointname
(mappedaspectname must have previously appeared as a non-mapped aspect name or as a mapped aspect name in a "*Aspect" keyword line. See below for more details.)
eg. *Jupiter Hard Moon
Items in square brackets are optional, and uppercase keywords which are not in square brackets are obligatory. Blanks between "*" and the next non-blank character are ignored. Text is case insensitive (ie. text can be entered in lower, upper or mixed case). Names of chart points must not include blanks ie. North Node becomes NorthNode, South Node becomes SouthNode. See the name lists below.
Aspect Definitions
Aspect definitions relate aspects to their mapped aspect names. (Any aspects which do not have a mapped aspect name in a "*Aspect" definition cannot be used in this set of interpretations. If no *Aspect definitions appear then no "*Point aspect Point" definitions can be entered later.) Note that *Aspect definitions must appear before any "*Point aspect Point" definitions appear in the input file/s. For example:
*Aspect Conjunction Conjunction
Angle 0 Degrees
|Any Harmonic.
|This aspect emphasises and fuses the energies of the planets involved. Each planet modifies or strengthens the other.
In astro mapping this aspect is used to indicate parans between planets as well as the planet on the MC or rising (conjunct MC or Ascendant).
*Aspect Opposition Opposition
Angle 180 Degrees
|2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th, 12th Harmonic.
|This aspect depicts conflict which, when resolved, results in growth.
In astro mapping this aspect is used to indicate planets on the IC or setting (opposite MC or Ascendant).
Note that although the interpretations compiler is capable of using other aspects in addition to the conjunction and opposition, only these two aspects are of use in Solar Maps.
Spelling of Keywords
The following lists indicate the exact spelling that must be used in the * header lines for each interpretation. Abbreviations may be used only as truncations of these words, and must be unambiguous eg. "Ca" will cause an error if used as a sign abbreviation, but "Can" or "Cap" will be accepted correctly as Cancer and Capricorn respectively.
POINTS: Sun, Vulcan, Mercury, Venus, Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Chiron, Vesta, Pallas, Juno, Ceres, Hygeia, Astraea, NorthNode, SouthNode, Ascendant, Midheaven, Cupido, Hades, Zeus, Kronos, Apollon, Admetos, Vulcanus, Poseidon, TransPluto, BlackMoon
ASPECTS: Conjunction, Opposition