Skyscript Astrology Forum

Hello,

I'm the author of the free planetdance. Planetdance has a few progression techniques (See Horoscope - Progression), for primary there is the Van Dam method (with consent from Wim van Dam). My co-author Ed is responsible for most classic modules though. I've alerted him to this thread.
Thanks, Jean

I was looking for such software myself. I am glad that I found many. Thanks for posting this question. Delphic Oracle is a great tool. Trying to learn it. Let's hope it helps me .

Hi there - the Planetdance Ptolemaic Primary Directions module is quite limited at the moment. However I will be going back to redevelop it when time permits. I have been working on a number of other modules in recent months including the Hellenistic module, Ed Greek Horoscope.

You are welcome to download Jean's freeware and try all the options available at www.jcremers.com. The software is undergoing constant development and is worth looking at as a freeware option.

Planetdance is an excellent program and deserves a larger primary direction module. It's good news that it's being planned for reconstruction.

Petr wrote:Delphic Oracle has a very well-equipped primary directions module that allows a variety of options. In contrast to the Morinus program, it allows the calculation of topocentric (Polich-Page)primary directions. The problem is when calculating zodiacal declination parallels, where the program sometimes fails.

I recommend eliminating some of the options in calculation to try to isolate the problem. In trigonometry, sometimes it doesn't make sense to measure certain angles (for instance the time of sunrise in January on the north pole).

When I wrote the module, I stuck in every possible combination to allow for as many options as possible, but the reality is that some options don't make sense with certain procedures.

So when you run into an error, try selecting only 1 direction type, 1 referrence frame (mundo, zodiaco), 1 key then select significators, promissors. The less the better, then you can isolate which direction is throwing the error.

astralwanderer wrote:Hi there - the Planetdance Ptolemaic Primary Directions module is quite limited at the moment. However I will be going back to redevelop it when time permits. I have been working on a number of other modules in recent months including the Hellenistic module, Ed Greek Horoscope.

You are welcome to download Jean's freeware and try all the options available at www.jcremers.com. The software is undergoing constant development and is worth looking at as a freeware option.

Thank you for the heads up.

Hi there - an early notice that I am due to update the Planetdance primary directions module in the next week or two. This will be a much better module, with many more features. As the date for release gets closer, I will post in this thread to let Planetdance users know about the new version.

Thanks. Ed

thanks for the update ed! i will hold off downloading the program until the update is done... cheers james

Hi James - no problem. It's nearly ready so shouldn't be too long. Ed

Hi there - just to let everyone know that the update to the Planetdance primary directions module has just been released.

For a screenshot see:

https://jcremers.com/forum/index.php/to ... ml#msg1234

To download Jean Cremer's Planetdance freeware, please go to:

www.jcremers.com

Many thanks. Ed

Thanks for this notice, Ed; I'll check that out as soon as I can. Incidentally, I rather dropped the ball on this topic, but I do intend to get back to it eventually.

Hi Martin - thanks for your reply. Let me know if you have any feedback. It would be helpful to have your views. This has been a long time in the making, but I don't consider the module to be finished by any means. If there's any way that I can improve it or correct it let me know.

Best wishes. Ed