Accessed by Top Menu - Chart, Submenu - New.

Allows the user to add a new chart to the system.

The system will do an automatic lookup on tabbing out of the Place or Country field and attempt to populate the correct Timezone and Latitude and Longitude. If there are multiple towns with that name it will list them below the Place field and the user should then select one of the listed towns. Once selected this will populate the correct Timezone, Latitude and Longitude.

In the rare circumstances where the timezone is deemed incorrect it can be overridden by selecting another Timezone from the select box.

Once the details have been entered pressing Ok creates the chart and adds it to the list of Opened Charts in the Home Screen.

Pressing OK More Creates the Chart but stays on this screen and allows the user to add another Chart.

Pressing Quit aborts any chart creation and returns the user to the Home Page.

The chart is as yet unsaved and needs to be saved on the Home Screen

The user should click on the folder in the top left hand corner select box where the chart is located. Then the user should click on the chart within the folder on the middle left hand side select box. The chart is then previewed in the top right hand window and the chart details listed in the bottom left hand side window and any comments are listed in the bottom right hand side window. (These comments can then be edited with the Edit Comments button below the comments)

The user should Click on Open Chart to add the chart to the list of Opened Charts and return them to the Home Screen

The user should Click on Quit to not open the chart and return them to the Home Screen.

The user should click on the Create button below the folder list on the top left hand side of the screen.

A popup window will appear. The user should enter the name of the folder they wish to create and then choose Save to save the new folder or quit to cancel the creation of the new folder.

The user should select the folder they wish to rename from the folder list in the top left hand corner of the screen. They should then click on the Rename button.

A popup window will appear. The user should then enter the name they wish to rename the folder too and then choose Save to rename the folder or quit to cancel the renaming.

The user should select the folder they wish to delete from the folder list in the top left hand corner of the screen. They should then click on the Delete button.

A popup window will appear asking the user to confirm the deletion. They should then choose Yes to confirm the deletion of the folder or No to cancel the deletion of the folder.

To Share a Folder with another isolarfire.com user.

This allows all the charts within a folder to be shared with another isolarfire.com user.

The user should select the folder they wish to share from the folder list in the top left hand corner of the screen. They should then click on the Share button.

A popup window will appear asking for the email address of the user they wish to share the charts with, and whether the user can Edit Events, Edit Comments and Share the Folder onwards to other users.

The user should then click on Share Folder to cause the folder to be shared or Quit to cancel the sharing of the folder.

This allows all the charts within a folder to be shared with another isolarfire.com user.

The user should select the chart they wish to share by first selecting the appropriate folder from the folder list in the top left hand corner of the screen and then selecting the individual chart from the list of charts on the middle left hand side select box. They should then click on the Share button.

A popup window will appear asking for the email address of the user they wish to share the chart with, and whether the user can Edit Events, Edit Comments and Share the Folder onwards to other users.

They should then click on Share Chart button to cause the chart to be shared or Quit to cancel the sharing of the chart.

The user should select the chart they wish to move by first selecting the appropriate folder from the folder list in the top left hand corner of the screen and then selecting the individual chart from the list of charts on the middle left hand side select box. They should then click on the Move button.

A popup window will appear and the user can select which folder they now want to save the chart in. Once the folder is selected the user should choose Save to save the chart in the new folder or Quit to leave the chart in the original folder.

The user should select the chart they wish to rename by first selecting the appropriate folder from the folder list in the top left hand corner of the screen and then selecting the individual chart from the list of charts on the middle left hand side select box. They should then click on the Rename button.

A popup window will appear asking for the new name of the chart. The user can then enter the new name of the chart and press Save to rename the chart or they can press Quit to leave the chart with the original name.

The user should select the chart they wish to delete by first selecting the appropriate folder from the folder list in the top left hand corner of the screen and then selecting the individual chart from the list of charts on the middle left hand side select box. They should then click on the Delete button.

A popup window will appear asking the user to confirm whether they wish to delete the chart. The user can then press Yes to delete the chart or they can press No to not delete the chart.

Accessed by Top Menu - Chart, Submenu - Return/Ingress

Allows creation of Solar and Lunar Return Charts.

The user should first select an opened base chart from the list of opened charts on the top left hand part of the page. The selected chart is previewed in the top right hand part of the screen.

The details of the current location and time are displayed in the bottom left hand corner of the screen. This is affected by the natal or relocated Radio button. The system will do an automatic lookup on tabbing out of the Place or Country field and attempt to populate the correct Timezone and Latitude and Longitude. If there are multiple towns with that name it will list them below the Place field and the user should then select one of the towns. Once selected this will populate the correct Timezone, Latitude and Longitude.

The user can then choose between the Current Chart ie Previous Return, Next Return or Nearest Chart (whatever is closest between the Current and Next Returns)

Finally the user can choose between Solar or Lunar Returns.

Pressing Generate Chart causes the Return to be generated and adds the new chart to the list of Opened Charts in the Home Screen and returns the user to the Home Screen

Pressing Quit cancels the chart creation and returns the user to the Home Screen.

Accessed by Top Menu - Chart, Submenu - Combined

Allows creation of a Composite Midpoints Chart between two people.

The user should first select two opened base charts from the list of opened charts on the top left hand part of the page. The selected chart is previewed in the top right hand part of the screen. The first chart is selected in the normal way by clicking on the chart. The second chart is selected by holding down the control button and then clicking on the next chart.

The user should first select two opened base charts from the list of opened charts on the top left hand part of the page. The selected chart is previewed in the top right hand part of the screen. The first chart is selected in the normal way by clicking on the chart. The second chart is selected by holding down the control button and then clicking on the next chart.

The details of the current location and time are displayed in the bottom left hand corner of the screen. This is affected by the natal or relocated Radio button. The system will do an automatic lookup on tabbing out of the Place or Country field and attempt to populate the correct Timezone and Latitude and Longitude. If there are multiple towns with that name it will list them below the Place field and the user should select one of the towns. Once selected this will populate the correct Timezone, Latitude and Longitude./p>

The user can current only select the Composite - Midpoints method.

Pressing Quit cancels the chart creation and returns the user to the Home Screen.

Accessed by Top Menu - Chart, Submenu - Progressed

Allows creation of a Progressed Chart using the Seconday Progressed Method of progressions. In this method the Natal chart is progressed one day for each year of life of the person.

The user should first select an opened base chart from the list of opened charts on the top left hand part of the page. The selected chart is previewed in the top right hand part of the screen.

The details of the current location and time are displayed in the bottom left hand corner of the screen. This is affected by the natal or relocated Radio button. The system will do an automatic lookup on tabbing out of the Place or Country field and attempt to populate the correct Timezone and Latitude and Longitude. If there are multiple towns with that name it will list them below the Place field and the user should select one of the towns. Once selected this will populate the correct Timezone, Latitude and Longitude.

The user currently can only select the Secondary Progressed method.

Pressing Generate Chart causes the Progressed Chart to be generated and adds the new chart to the list of Opened Charts in the Home Screen and returns the user to the Home Screen

Pressing Quit cancels the chart creation and returns the user to the Home Screen.

Charts that have been created but not yet saved have a white background in the select box on the top left hand side of the screen. To Save a chart to a specific folder the user should select the chart they wish to save and then click on the Save Chart button below. A popup window will then appear allowing the user to choose which of their folders they wish to save this chart under. The default folder that is selected is set under the preferences screen described below.

The user can then save the chart by clicking on save or choose quit to cancel the saving of the chart. In both cases the popup window will be closed and the user will be returned to the home screen. If the chart is saved the background of the appropriate chart in the selection drop down list will have been changed to a coloured background indicating the chart has been saved.

This allows the user to close an opened chart. To close a chart the the user should select the chart they wish to save and then click on the Close Chart button below. If the chart is not yet saved a popup window will appear asking the user whether they wish to close an unsaved chart and thus lose the information or not. Choosing Yes will close the unsaved chart while choosing No will leave the chart as open. In both case the popup window will close.

This allows the user to close all opened charts. To close a chart the the user should select the Close All button. If any of the charts are not yet saved a popup window will appear asking the user whether they wish to close all charts when unsaved charts exist and thus lose the information or not. Choosing Yes will close all the charts while choosing No will leave the chart open. In both case the popup window will close.

This allows the user to see a larger version of the selected chart. The user should first choose the chart they wish to have enlarged from the list of opened charts in the top left hand select box. They should then click on the Enlarge button below the chart preview window. This will open a popup window showing a larger version of the chart.

Accessed by Top Menu - Synastry

The user should first select two opened base charts from the list of opened charts on the top left hand part of the page. The selected chart is previewed in the top right hand part of the screen. The first chart is selected in the normal way by clicking on the chart. The second chart is selected by holding down the control button and then clicking on the next chart.

The chart is then previewed in the top right hand window and the chart details listed in the middle left hand side window.

Once the charts are selected pressing the view grid generates the synastry grid and pressing Quit cancels the grid creation and returns the user to their home screen.

The synastry grid is a fourteen by fourteen part table made up of the ten major planetary bodies, plus Chiron, the North Node, the Ascendant and the Midheaven . It shows any aspect pattern between the planets of the two charts and the distance between that aspect being exact is listed in degrees below.

The list of aspects and maximum orb at which they are relevant can be configured within the preferences screen.

Once the Grid is displayed selecting Another Grid returns the user to the initial selection synastry screen where they can choose another combination of charts to generate a synastry grid for. Choosing Quit returns the user to their home screen.

Accessed by Top Menu - Import Charts

The user should click on the Import button below the the folder list in the top left hand corner of the screen.

A Popup window will appear. The user should click on one of the Browse buttons on the popup window and navigate to the Solar Fire charts directory , usually C:\Program Files\Solar Fire User Files. They should then click on the appropriate .SFcht file. They can do this with us to five .Sfcht files with the five browse buttons provided.

Once they have selected these files they should click on the Load Charts button to copy the charts into the relevant folders from Solar Fire, or click on Quit to abort the load. The loading process can take a number of minutes so they should be patient. Once the process is completed an informational message will appear with the number of charts that were loaded into the new isolarfire.com folder.

The user should then close this window and return to the main Open Charts window.

Accessed by Top Menu - Export Charts

This allows all the charts in a folder to be exported to the Solar Fire desktop program.

The user should select the folder they wish to export from within the folder list in the top left hand corner of the screen. They should then click on the Export button.

A popup window will appear and the user should select Open With Solar Fire.

The Solar Fire program should then display the exported charts in a new file.

This allows the user to analyze a chart for any tendencies and to view the position of the points in the chart.

The user should first select the chart they are interested by choosing the chart from the top left hand select box. They should then click on the Analyze button.

A popup window will display a chart analysis. This analysis is linked to the default list of displayed points the user has selected in the preferences screen and whether or not the user has selected to use weightings or not. See below for more information on how a user can change their preferences.

The first pie chart breaks the chart down into its elemental nature. Fire , Air, Earth and Water. Clicking on any one of the pie chart sections or the appropriate part of the table below the pie chart reveals the planets that have that elemental feature. The planetary totals for that element are also displayed. If weightings are selected in the preferences section, see below, the weighting totals are also listed. If any tendencies are noted in that particular element , such as a very high or very low score they are also explained in a paragraph below the pie chart when that element is clicked upon.

The second pie chart breaks the chart down into its modal nature. Cardinal, Fixed and Mutable. Clicking on any one of the pie chart sections or the appropriate part of the table below the pie chart reveals the planets that have thatmodal feature. The planetary totals for that mode are also displayed. If weightings are selected in the preferences section, see below, the weighting totals are also listed. If any tendencies are noted in that particular mode , such as a very high or very low score they are also explained in a paragraph below the pie chart when that mode is clicked upon.

In the second section of the Analyze screen any observations about the chart are mentioned. These fall in to four categories. High or low scores of the charts elements, fire , air , earth or water. High or low scores of the charts modes, cardinal, fixed or mutable. High scores of particular signs. High scores of particular houses. High scores of Quadrants of the chart. High scores of Hemispheres of the chart.

In the final section of the Analyze screen the list of chart points are displayed. The points displayed are those listed in the default displayed points list which is set in the Preferences screen. See below.

The iREPORTS section can be reached via the iREPORTS tab on the top navigation bar. It gives you the ability to do ten different kind of reports including the following.

Birth Report

Career and Work Report

Child Report

Family, Friends and Lovers Report

Marriage Report

Mythology Report

Progressed Report

Solar Return Report

Synastry Report

Yearly Forecast Report

Accessed by Top Menu - Search

This allows the user to search through their list of stored charts for charts with specific criteria and a combination of these criteria.

There are two main sections to the page. Firstly an individual chart search where the user can specify criteria of Planets in Signs, Planets in Houses and Planetary Aspects. Secondly a search between different charts for specific chart patterns. The user can only do an individual chart search or a synastry chart search but not both at the same time.

The individual chart search comprises the following three sections.

The first section Planets in Signs allows the user to add a search for charts with a planet is a specific zodiac sign. When the user clicks on the Add Criteria button two drop down boxes are displayed. The left one allows the user to select the specific planet they wish to search for and the right hand box the sign in which that planet needs to appear to be returned by the search.

The user can add up to three criteria for Planets in Signs. For example Sun in Aries and Moon in Taurus and Venus in Virgo. Please note that when more than one criteria is specified all these criteria have to be fulfilled for a chart to be returned. It is not the case that if just one of the criteria is fulfilled that the chart will be returned. Further to this any criteria specified in the other sections such as Planets in Houses or Planetary Aspects also need to be fulfilled for a chart to be returned in a search.

The second section Planets in Houses allows the user to add a search for charts with a planet in a particular house. When the user clicks on the Add Criteria button two drop down boxes are displayed. The left one allows the user to select the specific planet they wish to search for and the right hand box the house in which that planet needs to appear to be returned by the search.

The user can add up to three criteria for Planets in Houses. As in the Planets in Signs case if multiple criteria are added they all have to be fulfilled for the chart to be returned in a search. Also any criteria specified in the Planets in Signs and Planetary Aspects need to be fulfilled.

The third section Planetary Aspects allows the user to add a search for charts with a certain aspect between planets. When the user clicks on the Add Criteria button three drop down boxes are displayed. The left and right boxes allow the user to select the specific planets they wish to see aspected and the centre box the type of aspect between the planets they are searching for.

The user can add up to three criteria for Planetary Aspects. As in the case of the other two sections if multiple planetary aspects are specified all of these will have to be fulfilled for a chart to be returned. In addition to this the chart will also have to fulfil any criteria specified in the Planets in Signs and Planets in Houses sections.

The Synastry search is an independent search from the individual chart search mentioned above in that it searches for patterns between charts and not within an individual chart.

Clicking on the Add Criteria button within this section reveals three drop down boxes. In the left and right hand boxes the user can specify two planets which need to aspect each other. One of these planets will be from one chart and one from another. In the central box they can specify which type of synastry aspect these two planets will make to each other. For example they could specify Mars trine Venus. This would mean that one of the users stored charts Mars is trine another of the users stored charts Venus.

The user can add up to three criteria for Synastry Planetary Aspects. If multiple criteria are added in the search all will have to be fulfilled for a set of charts to be returned in the search results.

Once the search criteria are added , either in the individual chart search or in the synastry chart search (but not both) the user can press the Search Charts button to perform the search against the users stored charts. Alternatively they can press Quit to abandon the Search and return to their home screen.

If charts are found that match the search criteria they are displayed in the following screen. If the charts occupy more than one screen the user can use the next and previous buttons to traverse the returned charts.

The user may then do another search with the Search Again button which will return them to the search screen. However I the search returned results they may wish to open a chart from the search results. See below.

If the user did an individual chart search which returned results they then have the option to open an individual chart by clicking on the open chart button in the list of matching charts. This will add the chart to the list of opened charts and return them to their home screen.

In the case of the user having done a synastry search which produced results the user will then have the option to open a set of two matching charts by clicking on the open charts button next to the matching pair. They will then be returned to their home screen with the two charts opened.

This sets the default folder for storing new charts when they are initially created and for opening charts in the Open Chart screen.

To change the default folder the user should select the default folder from the drop down box and then choose save at the bottom of the preferences screen.

This sets the list of points to be displayed when charts are displayed in any of the screens. It also determines the planets used in the calculation of the reports when called by the analyze a chart button on the users home screen.

To change the default list of displayed points the user should select the name of the displayed points list they wish to use from the select box and then choose the save at the bottom of the screen.

To create a new list of displayed points the user should select the create button below the current list of displayed points sets. This will open a popup window. The selected points are on the left hand side of the screen and the unselected points on the right hand side of the screen. To add a point to the selected points they should just click on a currently unselected point, which will move on to the list of selected points. To remove a point they should just click on a selected point which will move to the unselected list of points.

The user can also select a number of points to be on or off by highlighting the appropriate radio button on the right hand side of the screen for planets, asteroids, transneps and others and then choosing the on or off button.

Once the selection is made the user must then give the new displayed points list a name at the bottom of the screen and hit the save button. This will close the popup window and add the new displayed points set to the preferences screen.

To change this newly created displayed points list to the default displayed points list the user needs to follow the steps mentioned in the paragraph at the beginning of this section.

To modify an existing displayed points list the user needs to select the appropriate points list from the preferences screen select box and then click on Edit. A popup screen will appear with the current state of the displayed points and the user can modify the selected points in a similar manner to the steps described in creating a displayed points list set. To save these changes they should click on the Save button. To cancel any changes they should click on the Quit button. In both cases the popup screen will disappear and they will return to the preferences screen.

To Delete a displayed points list set the user should select the points list set and then click on the delete button below. A confirmation popup window will ask the user to confirm the deletion by selecting yes or abort the deletion by selecting no.

This sets the list of points to which may have aspect lines drawn between them (if applicable) when charts are displayed in any of the screens.

To change the default list of aspected points the user should select the name of the aspected points list they wish to use from the select box and then choose the save at the bottom of the screen.

To create a new list of aspected points the user should select the create button below the current list of displayed points sets. This will open a popup window. The selected points are on the left hand side of the screen and the unselected points on the right hand side of the screen. To add a point to the selected points they should just click on a currently unselected point, which will move on to the list of selected points. To remove a point they should just click on a selected point which will move to the unselected list of points.

The user can also select a number of points to be on or off by highlighting the appropriate radio button on the right hand side of the screen for planets, asteroids, transneps and others and then choosing the on or off button.

Once the selection is made the user must then give the new aspected points list a name at the bottom of the screen and hit the save button. This will close the popup window and add the new displayed points set to the preferences screen.

To change this newly created aspected points list to the default aspected points list the user needs to follow the steps mentioned in the paragraph at the beginning of this section.

To modify an existing aspected points list the user needs to select the appropriate points list from the preferences screen select box and then click on Edit. A popup screen will appear with the current state of the aspected points and the user can modify the selected points in a similar manner to the steps described in creating an aspected points list set. To save these changes they should click on the Save button. To cancel any changes they should click on the Quit button. In both cases the popup screen will disappear and they will return to the preferences screen.

To Delete an aspected points list set the user should select the points list set and then click on the delete button below. A confirmation popup window will ask the user to confirm the deletion by selecting yes or abort the deletion by selecting no.

This sets the list of orbs which are used for calculating aspects when charts are displayed in any of the screens.

To change the default aspect orbs list the user should select the name of the aspect list they wish to use from the select box and then choose the save at the bottom of the screen.

To create a new list of aspect orbs the user should select the create button below the current list of aspect sets. This will open a popup window. The list of aspects are on the left hand side and the orbs limits on the right hand side. To change the orbs the user should first select one of the eight aspects and then alter the orb levels accordingly.

Orbs are broken into four categories for each aspect. Applying and separating aspects and luminary (sun and moon) and non luminary aspects.

Once the orbs are set the user must then give the new aspect orbs list a name at the bottom of the screen and hit the save button. This will close the popup window and add the new aspect orbs set to the preferences screen.

To change this newly created aspect orbs list to the default aspect orbs list the user needs to follow the steps mentioned in the paragraph at the beginning of this section.

To modify an existing aspect orbs list the user needs to select the aspect orbs list from the preferences screen select box and then click on Edit. A popup screen will appear with the current state of the aspect orbs and the user can modify the selected points in a similar manner to the steps described in creating an aspect orbs list. To save these changes the user should click on the Save button. To cancel any changes they should click on the Quit button. In both cases the popup screen will disappear and they will return to the preferences screen.

To Delete an aspect orbs list set the user should select the aspect orbs list and then click on the delete button below. A confirmation popup window will ask the user to confirm the deletion by selecting yes or abort the deletion by selecting no.

This allows the user to choose whether to use the weightings file in calculating the report breakdown on the analyze section of the home screen. If a weightings file is used certain planets are given more importance than others in determining the element and mode pie charts of the report screen. It also effects the calculations of whether certain paragraphs analyzing the chart are applicable in the reports screen or not.

The user should choose use weighting or don't use weightings and then click on save in the preferences screen to save their new setting.

This allows the user to view the current weightings given to the various points in the system. Currently the user cannot alter the weightings although this is envisaged in future versions of the system.

This allows the user to set their current location for use in any new chart creation. This location is given as the default for new charts, return/ingress charts and progressed charts.

This is significant as it affects the time zone the chart is determined to be in.

Charts may be shared among multiple users with the share option in the open chart screen. Users who have had a chart shared with them may have the ability to add their own comments to a chart in addition to any comments added by the initial user who created the chart. This option when set will display any comments the shared users have added to the chart in a box below the comments added by the primary user. This option only effects chrts that have been shared with others and it's effect may be seen on the open chart screen when a chart is selected.

To change this option the user should select either display others comments or don't display others comments in the select box and then choose Save at the bottom of the preferences screen to save their new setting. When they next go to open a chart the comments will be displayed in themanner they have requested when a chart is selected.