1. Press the Main button.
2. Press the Settings.
3. The Settings window will open.
AxWap Astrology application has numerous settings that can be divided into three types:
Let's take a closer look at the fundamental settings:
Open the AxWap Astrology application and follow these steps:
At the very top of the screen (on the toolbar), in the right corner there are buttons for exporting and importing settings:
| Buttons for exporting and importing settings | |
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Export all settings to a text file. Persons are not exported. You can save many settings in files under different names. It is recommended to back up your settings before changing them. |
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Import settings from a text file. When importing, all existing settings are replaced with new ones. |
| If you need the default settings, you can download them from the link: default.settings.axwap | |
When installed for the first time, the language is detected automatically. But you can change it from the available languages.
It is recommended to restart the application for the changes to take effect.
Placing the application on top of the status bar of the device (phone, tablet) increases the screen space of the application, but can cause inconvenience in working with the buttons on the tool bar. You can change the setting by selecting the appropriate option.
You must restart the application for the changes to take effect.
Defines the beginning of astrological charts. There are three options:
If enabled, then when you hover the stylus or touch with your finger any graphic element of the astrological chart: Houses, objects, aspects, etc., a tooltip appears with information about this element.
If enabled, then in the longitude of celestial bodies and tables, icons of the Zodiac signs from the font installed on your device are used. Often the icons are multi-colored and not contrasting, which is not convenient. If the option is turned off, then instead of the sign icon its two-letter representation will be used. For example, Aries - [Ar], and so on.
Allows you to customize the system colors of the application. Three options are used:
The AxWap Astrology application has three color schemes for drawing astrological charts: dark, light and alternative. The names of the themes are conditional, since the user can easily change their colors at their discretion in the chart color editor. By switching themes you can easily achieve a familiar chart look.
Allows you to set the colors of the astrological chart elements for the established chart color scheme. The window is a list of graphic elements of astrological charts. The assigned colors for each element are represented as a rectangle on the right. When you click on any element from the list, the color editor is called up to select a color. See Figure 4 below.
Allows you to set the colors of the aspects of the astrological chart for the established color scheme of the chart. The window is a list of aspects of astrological charts. The assigned colors for each aspect are represented as a rectangle on the right. When you click on any aspect from the list, the color editor is called up to select a color. See Figure 5 below.
The slider changes the size of the planets in both single and double astrological charts from smaller to larger. By default it is set in the middle.
Options: visible and true. The visible is the position of the planets that we can observe at the current moment, and the true is calculated by astronomical calculations, that is, the light has not yet reached us.
From the Moon to the Earth, light travels 1.28 seconds, from the Sun: about 8 minutes, from Pluto: about 4 hours. Many astrologers use the visible position of the planets in their calculations.
Options are latitude or declination, respectively. These values are displayed in the tables of the planets next to their zodiacal longitudes. It should be noted that if you intend to use aspects parallel in your astrological charts, then you need to select declination. Without this, the parallel aspects will not be displayed.
Allows you to define how to calculate the ascending node. Options: True or Mean node.
A little about the Lunar Nodes:
First of all, these are not planets. These are the places where the Moon crosses the ecliptic plane. The plane of the Moon's orbit around the Earth and the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun are shifted by about 5°. The Moon orbits the Earth on a cycle of more than 28 days and crosses the ecliptic twice. The place where the Moon crosses the ecliptic moving to the North is called the Northern (ascending) Lunar Node (sometimes called the Dragon's Head) - ☊, and the place where the Moon crosses the ecliptic moving to the South is called the South descending Lunar Node (sometimes called the Tail Dragon) - ☋. The descending lunar Node is located in the Zodiac opposite the ascending Node, that is, the zodiacal angle between them is 180°.
Calculation of the Mean Lunar Node is carried out according to the traditional method, implying that the Moon rotates around the center of the Earth. The calculation of the True Lunar Node is a little more complicated - the physical parameters of the Earth and the Moon are taken into account. The Mean Lunar Node is always retrograde, while the True Lunar Node may be direct in its movement for some time. On the Internet you can find many discussions by astrologers about which Node to use, True or Mean. Probably many are inclined to use the True Node. The difference in zodiacal longitude between them is small, usually no more than 1°.
The most important setting that determines what objects are used in astrological charts, the types of aspects and their orbs. Recommended for advanced users. It consists of two editable window tables - in the first one, objects for a certain type of astrological chart (planets and astrological houses), their use and aspectation are selected. The second, linked to the object selected in the first table, contains a set of used aspects and their orbs
More details: Objects, aspects, orbs
The most important setting that determines how to calculate the essential and accidental dignity of the planets. Recommended for advanced users. The Rulers of the Zodiac signs and the corresponding astrological Houses are specified. The essential dignities of the planets are established depending on their location in the signs of the Zodiac (domicile, exaltation, detriment, fall), in triplicities, terms and decanates. Settings are also set for calculating the accidental dignity of planets when they are in astrological Houses, for example, and taking into account many other factors.
More details: Dignities of the planets
Interpretation of astrological charts is undoubtedly very important, especially for novice astrologers. Interpretation is carried out by analyzing the selected astrological chart and searching for the necessary information in the downloaded interpretation file. The AxWap Astrology application will offer to download an interpretation file from this site when you click the Interpretation menu item. The user can make his own astrological chart interpretation file using the Windows application AxWap Text Maker.
In the application settings, when you click on the Manage, download from the site via the Internet button (Figure 5), the interpretation file management window appears shown in Figure 6 below:
In Figure 6 you can see the downloaded files at the top. There may be several of them. And only one can be active. To make a file active, long press on the desired file. The Make active context menu will appear. Make it active. In the same way, you can delete the interpretation file from the device.
In Figure 6, at the bottom you can see the files available for download. They are located on the axwap.com server. If necessary, you can download an available file. To do this, long press on the desired file. The Download context menu will appear. Download. In this case, the downloaded file becomes active.
If you have a file for interpreting astrological charts in the AxWap Astrology format - you did it yourself, took it from a friend, etc., you can upload it from your device. To do this, in the settings window, select the Upload local file from device option. A standard file selection window will open. Select your file.
If you need to delete the uploaded file, use the Manage, download from the site via the Internet option and delete it.
Default values in the AxWap Astrology application are values that are substituted into various editable fields by default. List of default values:
