Program Changes

Changes from Janus 5.1 to 5.3

* Arabic Lunar Mansions Wheel module.

* Display chart shapes and aspect patterns in single wheel module using a proportional
wheel style.

* Gauquelin Sectors Wheel module.

* Cast a Wynn-Key Return Chart.

* Astrodynes module.

* Munkasey Midpoint Weighting Analysis module.

* Calculate local space house cusp lines using Azimuth Horizon or Azimuth Ecliptic in Astro
Locality Map.

* Export charts to Excel module. Display all charts in a file in Excel. Select what birth data
and which planet positions to include.

* Mouse over a wheel planet glyph displays aspect list in Main Screen.

Improvements
* Bi-Wheel module. Animate Age Harmonics, Primary Directions, and Profections.

* Revised layout of Time Line in List Transits.

* Search module now includes chart shapes, aspect patterns, modern and traditional planet
conditions and a chart preview wheel.

* Single wheel module now includes selectable aspect methods: Modern, Degree within
moiety, Whole sign, Whole sign within moiety and Vedic.

* Primary Directions module. Can now select time frame in Age or Years.

* Revised layout of Print Dignity Table in Horary and Electional Chart Data.
* Hold mouse down on plus and minus buttons to continuously change date Day Month Year
and time Hour Minute Second and dial pointer Degree Minute Second values.

* Synastry Report module now supports an extended range of wheel types.

* Edit Aspect Orbs module now supports saved selections.

* Vedic aspects option has been added to the main screen, single wheel and bi-wheel
settings.

* Select which birth data elements to display added to general settings.

* Transits list. Export comma delimited text to clipboard.

* Main screen. Have added Edit Chart Name to charts list short-cut menu.

* Collated transit report now displays interpretations for transiting midpoint aspects natal
planet.

* Custom direction arc rate added to single, bi, tri, and quad wheel modules, ephemeris grid
and ephemeris text modules.

* Improved message handling about using the Equal from Asc house system for latitudes
greater than 66 degrees in Cast New Chart, Edit Chart, Cast Lunar Phase Chart, Cast
Ingress Chart, Cast Eclipse Chart, Cast Planet Visual Rise or Set Chart, and Planet on
Angle Chart.

* Entering an American format date of the style Jan 20, 1990 is now supported.

* Can now select Use Default word processor or Use Selected word processor.

* Cyril Fagan’s Novien chart option has been added to Cast a Harmonic chart module.

Fixes
* Astro Locality Map local space lines to house cusps for birth places north of the ecliptic
have been fixed.
* Astro Locality Map constellation line boundaries resolution has been fixed.
* Astro Locality Map local space house cusp lines color has been fixed.
* Get Chart window occasionally shows wrong birth data for selected chart has been fixed.
* Cast a chart using equal from Part of Fortune house system problem has been fixed.
* Aspect line planet selection has been extended to Vesta for main screen wheel, quad
wheel, and alternate coordinate systems wheel modules.
* Search window size is now remembered.
* Search window. Selecting zodiac position as point now picks up correct sign.
* The geocentric latitude of place calculation has been fixed in the cast new chart, edit chart,
declination graph, graphic ephemeris, calc transits/progressions/directions, calc individual
transits, Uranian graph, cast combined chart, cast directed chart, cast progressed chart, cast
relocated chart, and sky map modules.
* Calc Transits module. Transit to Transit. 2nd planet position now reported correctly in
Transits list.
* Cast a return chart, progressed chart, and directed chart from a topocentric coordinate
system natal chart has been fixed.
* Traditional Chart module. House almuten calculation has been fixed.
* Graphic Ephemeris. Missing file problem has been fixed when hot spots turned on and calc
lunar phases.
* Progressed mc using quotidian settings now works correctly in the calc transits and calc
single transits modules.
* Correct chart is now displayed in Bi-Wheel when double-click a progressed to natal date in
the list transits window.
* Change zodiac sign segment border color in bi-wheel and tri-wheel designer now works
correctly.
* Primary Directions module. Latitude selection now saved correctly. Parallel and Contra-
Parallel aspect glyphs are now displayed correctly.
* Bi-Wheel module now shows correct star positions.
* Relocation Report now reports correct zodiac sign of the Ascendant and Midheaven for
sidereal charts.
* Natal planets are now treated as having zero velocity when calculating whether synastry
aspects are applying or separating in the Bi, Tri, and Quad wheel Rectify and Animation
modes.
* The traditional chart module no longer initially fails if the latitude of the place is greater than
66 degrees north or south.
* The rising and setting calculations for circumpolar planets have been fixed in the
Traditional, Electional, and Horary chart modules.
* The original House System setting now retained in the Traditional, Electional, and Horary
chart modules, and the Sky Map when the chart is re-calculated using Equal (Asc on 1st)
house system for latitudes greater than 66 degrees north or south.
* During animation, the repetitive message "will use the Equal from Asc house system" for
latitudes greater than 66 degrees is now suppressed in the Alternate Coordinate Systems
wheel, Octoscope, Arabic Lunar Mansions wheel, Single, Bi, Tri, and Quad wheels,
Traditional, Electional, Horary charts, and Sky Map.
* Midpoint tree header planet position in data panel is now reported correctly for sidereal
zodiac charts in the Single, Bi, Tri, and Quad Wheel, and Synastry modules.
* Single, Bi, Tri, and Quad wheel now displays the correct sidereal zodiac position of the
Sun, Moon, Asc, and Mc in the control panel when rectifying the chart.
* Profections in Traditional Chart module now correctly applies the time zone for the Date
mode.
* When accidentally double-clicking an icon on the Janus Main Screen tool bar, the
requested module window now appears on top of the main screen window for the Three
Wheels, Four Wheels, Alternate Coordinate Systems Wheel, Midpoints, Ephemeris Grid,
Planetary Cycles, Quick Transit Report, Sky Map, Search, and Table of Houses.
* Accidently double-clicking the tool bar icons Animate Bi, Tri, and Quad wheels, Rectify
Single, Bi, Tri, and Quad wheels; no longer generates an error message.
* The Janus program is now a single instance application to avoid potential problems arising
from working with multiple instances.
* In some special cases, when rectifying a chart using the Primary Directions module, Single,
Bi, Tri, or Quad wheel, or the Astro Locality Map module, the error message "Illegal Date"
could occur. This problem has been fixed.
* Transits to directions are now calculated correctly in the Calculate Transits Report and the
Calculate Single Transits modules.
* When running animation with the data panel visible in the Single, Bi, Tri, and Quad wheel
modules, you no longer get the error message "cannot access a disposed object" when you
close the window.
* When Printing from the Transit List "Print Preview" window, you now get the correct
number of pages.
* Progression and Direction positions have been fixed in the Ephemeris Grid and Ephemeris
Text modules.
* Transiting midpoint sign ingress and house ingress no longer produce an error message
when generating a transit interpretation report.
* Calculate transits module now remembers multiple aspect file selection for all other
transits, progressions, and directions.
* Calculate entering, exact, leaving transits sometimes incorrectly reports a transit being in
effect during the entire time frame has been fixed.
* Can now get 11th and 12th charts for Page Gallery.
* Calculation of progressions and directions have been harmonised across all modules.
* Entering an American date format of the style Jan 20, 1990 is now supported.
* Placidus house cusp incorrectly reported as 0 deg Aries for extreme latitudes has been
fixed.
* Planet labels along top and bottom of Graphic Ephemeris and Uranian Graph have been
fixed.

Changes from Janus 5.0 to 5.1

* Can now paste text from a rich text source and text from Excel into chart notes.

* Select the option of using natal chart settings or custom settings in each module for
coordinate system, zodiac, house system, moon's true or mean node, sun rise/set type, part
of fortune formula in the single, bi, tri, and quad wheel, uranian wheel, vedic chart,
octoscope, alternate coordinate systems wheel, sky map, daily timing, calendar, graphs,
ephemeris, calculate transits.

* Can now export transit lists to Excel.

* Custom Arabic Parts Editor module, and View Custom Arabic Parts module has been
added.

* Star Table module under View.

* Aspects to Stars module under View.

* Optionally include planet positions table in print outs for Single, Bi, Tri, Quad, and Alternate
Coordinate Systems wheels.

* Proportional Single Wheel design now supports displaying a hybrid house system.

* Can now customise the order of the planets in a Natal Chart Report.

* Can now customise which day to use as the start of each week in a Monthly Calendar.

* Can now select an image aspect ratio of 4:3 or 16:9 when copying or saving an Astro
Locality Map image.

* Presets added to Main Screen under Settings.

* Distributions module under Predictive.

* Cast Age Harmonic Chart under Predictive.

* Aspects to Stars interpretation file template.

Improvements
* Large chart files are now displayed faster in the Get Chart module.
* Better handling of Presets for Traditional, Horary, and Electional chart modules.
* The Astro Locality Relocation Report window no longer remains in front of the word
processor window.
* Astro Locality Map. Can now display paran lines, destiny crossings, ACG and LS aspect
lines and MP lines for screen, printing, copy, and save image for any region down to zoom
level 1.
* The SAN's position has been added to the list of Traditional Chart results table.
* Increased size of screen wheels in Single, Bi, Tri, and Quad Wheel, Horary, Electional,
Alternate Coordinate System, Octoscope, and Uranian wheel modules where space permits.
* 28 Lunar Mansions for Traditional, Horary, and Electional chart modules.
* The time frame 'date and period' is retained when getting another chart from within the
Graphic Ephemeris, Declination Graph, and Uranian Graph modules.
* Revised Synastry Report layout.
* Revised Natal Report layout.
* All Dasas option added to the Dasa/Bhukti/Antar listing in the Vedic chart module.
* All interpretation files are now stored in unicode text format which supports the use of
accented characters.
* Translation resource interpretation files have been constructed in such a way to make it
easier to translate or replace each english text with text in another language.

Fixes
* Part of Necessity (Paulus Alexandrinus) description corrected to read Asc + POF - Mercury
by Day, and Asc + Mercury - POF by Night.
* Part of Basis formula corrected to Asc + the shortest distance of fortune - spirit, or spirit -
fortune.
* Dynamic midpoint line thickness corrected in graphs.
* Displaying Arabic Parts and Stars in Traditional, Electional, and Horary modules for dates
prior to 1500 AD error message has been fixed.
* Auto lookup the correct country time change file has been fixed when get another chart in
the Calendar module.
* Sidereal House cusps have been fixed in the Octoscope for Campanus, Kock,
Regiomontanus, Topocentric house systems.
* Profections calculations have been fixed in the Traditional Chart module.
* Solar Arc is now recalculated when get event chart in the Uranian Chart module.
* Progressed and Directed event charts are now calculated correctly when rectifying a chart
in the Bi, Tri, and Quad wheel modules.
* The Part of Daemon now uses the same formula as the same as the Part of Spirit.
* Arabic Part selection for Bi Wheel has been fixed.
* Importing sidereal charts from Janus 4 now retains the correct sidereal zodiac.
* Converting Janus 4 to Janus 5 charts, and Janus 5 to Janus 4 charts now handles sidereal
zodiacs correctly.
* The Astro Locality Map now uses the correct time zone consistently when displaying a
relocated chart wheel.
* Selecting the Tri Wheel Data topic in Help has been fixed.
* Mc calculation has been fixed in the Table of Houses module.
* The Astro Locality Report now correctly reports the relocated Asc and Mc sidereal zodiac
sign.
* The Geodetic Signature Mc value of the mouse position in the Astro Locality module has
been fixed.
* The list transits window size in now saved.
* The auto atlas lookup function for World and USA has been fixed.
* Cast a Combined Chart calculations have been fixed.
* Edit aspect orbs problem fixed.
* Synastry aspects are now calculated correctly in the Bi, Tri, and Quad wheel modules.
* Print synastry 2 bi wheels. The house cusps on the 2nd wheel is now reported correctly.
* Problem of chart wheel displaying duplicate Sun glyphs for Ingress chart cast using whole
sign houses has been fixed.
* Declination Graph file not found error has been fixed.
* Ephemeris Text and Ephemeris Grid module calculations have been fixed for time zones
other than GMT.
* In the Primary Directions module, the converse regiomontanus zodiac directions error
message has been fixed.
* Synastry Report terms and meanings section now correctly handles alternate A and M
glyphs for the Asc and Mc.
* Turning a Horary and Electional proportional chart wheel has been fixed.
* The transit forecast Report now shows sign ingress glyphs in an uncollated list.
* Generate Transit Report. The error message 'Index outside bounds of array' has been
fixed.
* Graphic Ephemeris. Calculate Progressions error message 'could not find file' has been
fixed.
* Duodecima and Novenaria house cusp calculations have been fixed in the Horary and
Electional Chart modules.
* Star positions have been fixed in the Diurnal and Parans module.
* Search module. Look for matching aspects calculation has been fixed.
* Copy Graphic Ephemeris to clipboard error message has been fixed.
* Main Screen. Display arabic parts in proportional wheel error message has been fixed.
* Star Calculations. The position of Polaris (the northern pole star) has been fixed.
* Cast a return chart using specified time zone calculation has been fixed.
* Diurnal Events module. The correct number of parans are now calculated.
* Natal Chart Report by House. Zodiac Sign of 1st and 10th house cusps now calculated
correctly when using whole sign houses.
* Accented characters are changed into non-accented characters when converting Quick
Chart files to Janus 5 chart files.
* The problem caused by double-clicking a Main Screen icon has been fixed.
* The Brazil 02 time change file data has been corrected.