Question on position files

[tbikeev]

Hi Walter,

First, many thanks for the excellent software that has been accompanying me for nearly 30 years!

I came across a case where I'd like to run a comparison between a radix file and a 'position file,' which is a dump of a progressed radix, plus possibly some extra objects, such as syzygy or eclipse positions.

Here’s the process I followed:

1. Step 1: Perform a progression and store it with -o0 into positions.dat, which contains several -YF lines.
2. Step 2: Add additional objects via -YF as needed.
3. Step 3: Read both radix.dat and positions.dat back, then perform aspect analysis between the two files. This is where I’m encountering an issue.

I’ve tried the following commands, OSX terminal:

• -rt radix.dat positions.dat (this shows a second wheel, but everything is jammed into the Aries 0° point)
• -i radix.dat -i2 positions.dat (this only shows one wheel)

So, my two questions are:

1. How do I correctly compare a chart defined by a date with one obtained from a position file (no date or space)?
2. How can I load them into slots i1 and i2 and analyze the relationship between them?

Cheers,
Thomas

[CruiserOne]

Hello, and glad Astrolog has been serving you for so long! :) The above is a bug, in which the -r command switch isn't copying -YF switch positions into the second chart slot. There are three alternatives:

1) Use the Windows version, in which using the menu GUI to load position files works (because it bypasses the -r switch). 2) Wait for the next version, in which this will be fixed. 3) Edit the source code and recompile. In astrolog.cpp, after line 2646 (which is "return fFalse;") insert the line: "cp2 = cp0;"

[tbikeev]

Thanks @CruiserOne !