Forecasting

In addition to producing secondary, solar arc, tertiary, minor, and degree-for-a-year progressed chart wheels, both direct and converse, Sirius can also calculate:

• Profections (1 house = 1 year formula), and Ascendant Arc, Vertex Arc, Solar Declination Arc, and Solar R.A. Arc, Naibod Arc, and User-Defined Arc directions, both direct and converse.
• Easily select from 4 methods of progressing secondary, tertiary, and minor progressions houses.
• Select whether you wish to use the terms "Secondary Progressions" or "Day-for-a-Year Progressions"
• Solar, Lunar, and Planet Returns (and also returns to an aspect to the natal planet, such as a demi-return).
• Calculate Phase Angle Returns, Phase Angle Returns in a Zodiac Sign (Tithi Return in Vedic astrology), and Diurnal Charts using 3 variations of the formula for calculating the Diurnal Chart.
• Calculate a PreNatal Lunation Chart easily.
• The PreNatal New Moon and PreNatal Full Moon can be selected in Sirius so that you can obtain the New Moon, Full Moon, or the lunation (New Moon if the Moon in the chart is waxing, and Full Moon if the the Moon in the chart is waning).
• A 3 Diurnal Chart can be selected with the following 3 variations of the calculation: "Sun-Mc Phase Angle Return", "Sun-Mc Phase Angle Return in Right Asc.", and "Sun-Asc Phase Angle Return". A Diurnal Chart is a chart calculated for the time you were born for any day.
• When you select the Diurnal Chart, you have options to select a number of consecutive charts and also to select a location. These features where implemented in Sirius with great care and attention so you can obtain the information that you really want, and to get it as easily as possible.
• Produce a Time Line Format forecast with the following 4-planet combinations formed between the transit or progressed chart and the natal chart: Midpoint-to-Midpoint conjunctions and oppositions, Same angle formed in the transit (or progressed chart) and natal chart, and also conjunctions and oppositions that occur in the composite chart.
• The Jonas astrological birth control method forecast can be produced in time line format. The Jonas method is based on the times that the transiting Sun and Moon are in the same angle as in the birth chart. These 4-planet patterns are used in symmetrical astrology and are gaining increased interest in recent years by several leading astrologers.

To give you a better idea of how these new 4-planet pattern features work, let's look at these new features in a little more detail. In Sirius there are check boxes available when you customize a Time Line Format forecast for selecting "Transiting Midpoint to Natal Midpoint", "Composite Chart of Transit Chart and Natal Chart", and "Same Angle of Same Planets". These are the only 3 ways in which the same planets in the transiting and natal chart can form a powerful symmetrical pattern.

When, for example, the transiting Sun/Jupiter midpoint is aligned (conjunct or opposition) the natal Sun/Jupiter midpoint OR the composite Sun and composite Jupiter (that is, the composite position of these planets formed between the transits and natal chart) are aligned OR the transiting Sun-Jupiter angle is the same as the natal Sun-Jupiter angle (also known as a phase angle return or a mixed midpoint alignment), then a powerful interaction of the transiting Sun and Jupiter with the natal Sun and Jupiter occurs and we can expect the days when this influence is within orb to be a very powerful Sun-Jupiter day for the person. We can expect the person to be expansive, optimistic, and to attract new opportunities. With Sirius you can see these influences in the Time Line Format not only between transiting and natal planets but also between progressed and natal planets.

• An option to see symmetrical patterns between planets that are not the same (for example, transiting Sun and Jupiter in relationship to natal Mercury and Venus). The ability to see these powerful 4-planet patterns opens new doors in astrology. Because these patterns were not easy to see until now, astrologers have not been able to explore these ideas with the ease and simplicity as can be done with Sirius.
• The customizing of time line format, transiting and progressed text listings, and interpretive reports is easier in Sirius. We have moved the customizing buttons to tabs so that you can quickly and easily browse through the settings without having to return to a previous menu of selections.