Starlight

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whole sky

Take a tour of Starlight through screenshots of the software.

Use the arrows in each slideshow to move through the images.

The Fixed Stars and Your Chart

Many Charts: Open multiple charts or screens each chart can be a different house system, aspects, points and so on.
Many Charts: Open multiple charts or screens each chart can be a different house system, aspects, points and so on.
Different Wheels: Select from different wheels, in any colours that you wish.
Different Wheels: Select from different wheels, in any colours that you wish.
Chart and Sky Views are Linked: View the chart with the sky and the stars for the moment of birth.
Chart and Sky Views are Linked: View the chart with the sky and the stars for the moment of birth.
Fixed Star Meanings: View the Fixed Stars linked to the chart, via parans. Star and planet delineations by Bernadette Brady, author of Brady's Book of Fixed Stars.
Fixed Star Meanings: View the Fixed Stars linked to the chart, via parans. Star and planet delineations by Bernadette Brady, author of Brady's Book of Fixed Stars.
Animation: Animate the chart and sky, watch how the chart moves through time and how the horoscope reflects the moving sky. See a planet rise in the chart, and watch it rise in the Sky Map. Use the Starlight sky navigator to help you moved around the night sky.
Animation: Animate the chart and sky, watch how the chart moves through time and how the horoscope reflects the moving sky. See a planet rise in the chart, and watch it rise in the Sky Map. Use the Starlight sky navigator to help you moved around the night sky.
Understand the Chart and Sky: See the ecliptic (the ring of the zodiac around the chart) in both the chart and the sky at once. Note the planets in the chart, and notice how that are placed in the sky.
Understand the Chart and Sky: See the ecliptic (the ring of the zodiac around the chart) in both the chart and the sky at once. Note the planets in the chart, and notice how that are placed in the sky.

Explore and Learn the Sky

Viewing the Sky: Look at the sky, in the city and then...
Viewing the Sky: Look at the sky, in the city and then...
Adjusting the View: Go out to the country, and see the difference... can you see Scorpio?
Adjusting the View: Go out to the country, and see the difference... can you see Scorpio?
Two Views: With Starlight's multiple screens, you can set up two views of the night sky, one to match what you see, the other to show you the constellations, and star names. Now can you see Scorpio? Look at the stick figure, then look at the sky. Learn to see the constellations in the night sky.
Two Views: With Starlight's multiple screens, you can set up two views of the night sky, one to match what you see, the other to show you the constellations, and star names. Now can you see Scorpio? Look at the stick figure, then look at the sky. Learn to see the constellations in the night sky.
Constellation Myths: If you want more then just a stick figure to help you see the image, click on the constellation.... and see the image of the constellation, and the mythology linked to it, with the text written by Bernadette Brady.
Constellation Myths: If you want more then just a stick figure to help you see the image, click on the constellation.... and see the image of the constellation, and the mythology linked to it, with the text written by Bernadette Brady.
Sky Myths: Or look to see if you can recognise Orion, and then discover his myths and history.
Sky Myths: Or look to see if you can recognise Orion, and then discover his myths and history.
Sky Grids: Can see anything?? Never know where to look? Can't see the horizon? Then turn on the azimuth grid and simple look directly above your head, and start learning the sky from there.
Sky Grids: Can see anything?? Never know where to look? Can't see the horizon? Then turn on the azimuth grid and simple look directly above your head, and start learning the sky from there.
SkyMap Options: The Sky Map options and Sky Map tool bar, allows you to easily set, change, turn off and on all manner of variables, from the brightness and visibility of stars, to the names that are shown, to the spacing of any of the major celestial grids, to the manner in which the planets are displayed.
SkyMap Options: The Sky Map options and Sky Map tool bar, allows you to easily set, change, turn off and on all manner of variables, from the brightness and visibility of stars, to the names that are shown, to the spacing of any of the major celestial grids, to the manner in which the planets are displayed.

The Ancient Star Calendar... The Parapegma

3,000 years ago the parapegma was the centre of daily life. When people lived by the rising and setting of stars. A engraved stone, with peg holes, so that pegs could be placed in the correct position, announcing the first visibility of certain stars. Which stars ruled the day, the period, when to plant and when to harvest.

The Star Calendar: The date, time, and phase of every star as it returns to earth or become the evening or morning star - cosmic or apparent. Lunar phases, and planetary ingresses.
The Star Calendar: The date, time, and phase of every star as it returns to earth or become the evening or morning star - cosmic or apparent. Lunar phases, and planetary ingresses.
Parapegma Options: Starlight gives you total control over the information that you see in the parapegma, the stars set used, planets used, length of time and other celestial events.
Parapegma Options: Starlight gives you total control over the information that you see in the parapegma, the stars set used, planets used, length of time and other celestial events.
Create Charts for Celestial Events: Click on any celestial event - a star rise, a lunar phase, a planetary ingress and Starlight will produce the chart for you to explore parans, or mundane events, or go to a full report.
Create Charts for Celestial Events: Click on any celestial event - a star rise, a lunar phase, a planetary ingress and Starlight will produce the chart for you to explore parans, or mundane events, or go to a full report.

The Star Catalogue

Starlight has over 9,000 stars – every visible star in the night sky. The star catalogue has been complied starting with ALL of Ptolemy’s bright stars, and his comments. Added to this master set of stars is all of the Yale Bright Star Catalogue plus additional material on star names gathered from many sources. If a star has a name, it is in Starlight, if a star just has a number but can be seen, it is also in Starlight….

Starlight allows you to use ALL of these 9,000 stars in chart work, the parapegma and of course the night sky.. Never before have astrologers had access to the whole visible sky.

In order to handle this extraordinary large star catalogue Starlight provides you with ways of searching and selecting stars, to create your own star sets.

Creating Sub Sets of Stars: This is a listing of every bright red star in the sky, this sub set of stars was created from the master catalogue.
Creating Sub Sets of Stars: This is a listing of every bright red star in the sky, this sub set of stars was created from the master catalogue.
The Catalogue Search Engine: Create star sets using Starlight's special star catalogue search engine. This example is to create a star set which is every bright star whose proper name stars with "A".
The Catalogue Search Engine: Create star sets using Starlight's special star catalogue search engine. This example is to create a star set which is every bright star whose proper name stars with "A".
Saving Star Sets: Save these star sets to use in chart parans, parapegma, reports or research.
Saving Star Sets: Save these star sets to use in chart parans, parapegma, reports or research.

The section below shows some animated demonstrations to help you understand Starlight.

Creating a Chart

Viewing the natal fixed star parans

See a birth chart in the sky and printing out a Sky Map