Kairon 3 3.03 Review
Apple Mac OS X 10.3 or higher Astrology Calculation Software in German and in English (both in one file)
Astronomical Calculations: SwissEphemeris by Astrodienst Zuerich
Atlas: ACS Astro Communication Service in Sandiego, CA
- Mini Atlas with over 9.000 locations (default)
- Full Atlas with over 250.000 locations (an additional 5MB download)
- full support of daylight saving times worldwide!
File Format: AAF database files: a document can hold any number of charts
Graphic output: rendered via apples Quartz system in pdf
Compiled: gnu compiler, written in Cocoa and C
kinds of charts: (all combinable)
topocentric, geocentric, heliocentric,
tropical, sidereal (supporting 21 different Anayamsas),
19 supported aspects, 60 defaulted Objects,
11 user definable asteroids: (by list of over 11400 objects)
11 user definable arabic points: (by list of over 300)
14 popular house systems: Solar, Null, Koch, Placidus...
glyphs: free choice of any font and any color
preferences: are set independent of chart data
output of data: .pdf, .eps, .tif, .aaf, .txt, .rtf
partner features: synastry, composite, combine, overlaying and rotating of transparent chart windows
transits: graphic and text with stepper and search function
harmonics: a stepper will step through 78 harmonics, in addition any number can be entered
progressions: by birthday and by indexday
directions: primary, secondary
return charts: solar return (inside and outside), lunar return (inside and outside)
planetars: any planetar is supported
eclipses: solar (local and global), lunar (global)
occultations: all planets and asteroids that are shaded by the moon are calculated
texteditor: built in, can deal with rtf and plain text
aspectarium: shows the orbis and if applying or separating,
the graphic lines show the strength of an aspect by means of thickness
support: via apple help, via tutorial (under construction) and via forum
languages: at present German, English and Japanese are available
Requirements: Mac OS X Panther (Version 10.3++)
What's New: old version was freeware on MAC 68k and on Mac PPC
