How to configure the Zodiac Watch

Configuration Shortcuts

If one of the four input fields is focused (i.e. the cursor is visible inside) you may use the following keys as shortcuts to change the configuration without switching to the configuration frame.

• F1 switches the Chart Type to Energies.
• F2 switches the Chart Type to Attributes.
• F3 switches the Chart Type to Elements.
• F4 switches the Chart Type to Zodiac.
• F5 switches the Draw Mode to Text List.
• F6 switches the Draw Mode to 1D Bar.
• F7 switches the Draw Mode to 2D Circle.

Configuration Frame

The "Config" button (see figure 8) opens the configuration frame shown in figure 9. The configuration items are listed in four separate groups: display modes for input values, type and draw mode of the chart itself and parameters for planet and house calculations. Round configuration items (radio-buttons) are used to select one of several possibilities and square items (check-boxes) are used to enable or disable a feature. Grey items are disabled and are not available for the actual configuration (or at all if the item is reserved for future use).

Figure 9: Zodiac Watch configuration frame

Values - Location

• Degree dec.: Both location values (latitude and longitude) are displayed as degrees and fractions of degrees, separated by a dot. Negative values indicate South if used for latitude or West if used for longitude, e.g. latitude -17.3 = 17 South 18' 0 0".
• Degree D:M:S: The location values are displayed as degrees, minutes (1' = 1/60°) and seconds (1" = 1/3600°). This is the default.

Values - Date/Time

• Date Calendar: The date value is displayed as day, month and year, separated by dots, i.e. DD.MM.YYYY. This is the default.
• Date Julian: The date value is displayed as the Julian date, that is the number of days since 1.1.4713 before Christ.
• Time decimal: The time value is displayed as hours and fractions of hours separated by a dot, e.g. 17.3 = 17:18:00.
• Time H:M:S: The time value is displayed as hours, minutes and seconds, separated by colons. This is the default.
• Actual Time: Reset the input values to the actual date and time.
• Animate: Updates the watch every second. If Actual Time is enabled then the chart is real time. Else the chart is updated for a minute each second, i.e. 60 times faster than real time.
• Fast Animate: The chart is updated for an hour each second, i.e. 3600 times faster than real time. This is only available if Animate is enabled and Actual Time is disabled.

Chart - Chart Type

• Sidereal Chart: Use sidereal offset for all calculations.
• Energies: Change the chart type to energies (two signs).
• Attributes: Change the chart type to attributes (three signs).
• Elements: Change the chart type to elements (four signs).
• Zodiac: Change the chart type to zodiac (twelve signs). This is the default.

Chart - Draw Mode

• Text List: Display a text-table showing planet-details, aspect lists, house-details and planet-position-statistics.
• 1D Bar: Display a bar chart graphic similar to figure 6.
• 2D Circle: Display a standard wheel chart graphic similar to figure 1. This is the default.
• 3D Bodies: This item is reserved for future use (to add a new draw mode).

Planets - Calculation

• No Planets: Disable all planet calculations.
• -4710 - 9999: Use the basic planet calculation algorithm. This algorithm is valid from -4711 until today and has an accuracy of one degree for the outer planets. This is the default.
• 1970 - 2000: This item is reserved for future use (to add a more accurate calculation algorithm).

Planets - Aspects

• No Aspects: Disable all aspect calculations.
• Some Aspects: Show the first four aspects: "Conjunct", "Opposite", "Trine" and "Square". An aspect is shown if the planets' angles are within additional two degrees of the aspect's angle. This is the default.
• Base Aspects: Show nine aspects. The additional five aspects are: "Quintile", "Sextile", "Septile", "Semisquare" and "Novile".
• More Aspects: Show 18 aspects, including five semi- and four bi-aspects from "Semiquintile" to "Binovile".
• All Aspects: Show 31 aspects including tri-, quatro- and quint-aspects.
• Near Aspects: A near aspect is shown if the planets' angles are within additional four degrees of the aspect's angle.

Houses - House Type

• No Houses: Disable all house calculations.
• Placidus: Use the "Placidus" house system for house calculations, one of the most common house systems used. This is the default.
• Campanus, Equal, Koch, Meridian, Morinus, Porphyry, Regiomontan and Topocentric: Use the selected house system for house calculations.

Buttons

The "Ok" button saves the changes and the "Cancel" button discards the changes. Both buttons close the configuration frame. The "Defaults" button resets the entire configuration immediately.