oroboros Astrology software *Oroboros* is an astrology software written in Python. It is based on the following modules: - AstroDienst's Swiss Ephemeris (pyswisseph_) version >= 1.74.00-0 - Olson timezones (pytz_) - Qt toolkit (PyQt4_) version >= 4.3 Optionally: - Docutils_ version = 0.5 - Mercurial_ (for distant charts repositories) - Supybot_ (for IRC plugin) =========== What's new? =========== - Usual bug fixes - Additional asteroids: Eris, Sedna, Quaoar, Nessus, Varuna ======== Features ======== - Charts: natal/radix, transits, progression, harmonics, profection - Open Astrolog or Skylendar charts too - Save charts as images in various formats (png, jpg, bmp, svg,...) - Query the online GeoNames.org_ atlas database - Calculates all planets, nodes - More than 300 fixed stars - Asteroids (Eris, Quaoar, Sedna, etc) - Uses Swiss, JPL, or Moshier Ephemeris - A flexible and powerfull configuration system - Geocentric, topocentric, heliocentric or barycentric charts - Various house systems, including Gauquelin sectors - Tropical or sidereal zodiacs - Midpoints calculations and drawings - Format comments with Docutils_ reStructured Text - Synchronize your charts with a distant repository (using Mercurial_) - A few toys for IRC chat addicts (Supybot_ plugin) - And easy extension capabilities with the Python language... .. _pyswisseph: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyswisseph .. _pytz: http://pytz.sourceforge.net .. _PyQt4: http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/pyqt .. _Docutils: http://docutils.sourceforge.net .. _Mercurial: http://www.selenic.com/mercurial .. _Supybot: http://supybot.com .. _GeoNames.org: http://www.geonames.org =============== Oroboros manual =============== Installation ------------ Download and install the package and the required modules (most of them are available in your distro repositories). For example, uncompress the latest source package of *Oroboros* with ``tar jxf oroboros-xxxxxxxx.tar.bz2``, then ``cd oroboros-xxxxxxxx``, finally (with super-user permission) type ``python setup.py install``. Ephemeris files ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You should also install the compressed ephemeris data files on your system (``/usr/local/share/swisseph`` looks like a good idea). These files are freely distributed on `AstroDienst public FTP server`_. .. _`AstroDienst public FTP server`: ftp://ftp.astro.com/pub/swisseph/ephe A simple installation would require that you download the following files, allowing calculations over the period from 1800 to 2399: - ``sepl_18.se1`` - ``semo_18.se1`` - ``seas_18.se1`` - ``fixstars.cat`` - ``seorbel.txt`` You can also grab the following asteroids files (other asteroids can be implemented on demand): - ``136199 Eris`` - ``7066 Nessus`` - ``50000 Quaoar`` - ``90377 Sedna`` - ``20000 Varuna`` - ``128 Nemesis`` Usage ----- If everything goes well you will be able to start the application by typing ``oroboros`` in your shell. First steps ~~~~~~~~~~~ Update the configuration settings, especially the path to ephemeris files. You may also create an aspects filter and an orbs filter for the midpoints settings, otherwise you'll have some surprises. ======== Download ======== http://pypi.python.org/pypi/oroboros S.Marquis aade8aabf2c044de0272dab99a4aeb0426498dc2 20080712