Marble 1.0

Apple Mac OS X 10.3 or higher Astrology Calculation Software in German and in English (both in one file)

Astronomical Calculations: SwissEphemeris by Astrodienst Zuerich

Atlas: ACS Astro Communication Service in Sandiego, CA
- Mini Atlas with over 9.000 locations (default)
- Full Atlas with over 250.000 locations (an additional 5MB download)
- full support of daylight saving times worldwide!

File Format: AAF database files: a document can hold any number of charts
Graphic output: rendered via apples Quartz system in pdf

Compiled: gnu compiler, written in Cocoa and C

kinds of charts: (all combinable)
topocentric, geocentric, heliocentric,
tropical, sidereal (supporting 21 different Anayamsas),

19 supported aspects, 60 defaulted Objects,
11 user definable asteroids: (by list of over 11400 objects)
11 user definable arabic points: (by list of over 300)

14 popular house systems: Solar, Null, Koch, Placidus...

glyphs: free choice of any font and any color

preferences: are set independent of chart data

output of data: .pdf, .eps, .tif, .aaf, .txt, .rtf

partner features: synastry, composite, combine, overlaying and rotating of transparent chart windows

transits: graphic and text with stepper and search function

harmonics: a stepper will step through 78 harmonics, in addition any number can be entered

progressions: by birthday and by indexday

directions: primary, secondary

return charts: solar return (inside and outside), lunar return (inside and outside)

planetars: any planetar is supported

eclipses: solar (local and global), lunar (global)

occultations: all planets and asteroids that are shaded by the moon are calculated

texteditor: built in, can deal with rtf and plain text

aspectarium: shows the orbis and if applying or separating,
the graphic lines show the strength of an aspect by means of thickness

support: via apple help, via tutorial (under construction) and via forum

languages: at present German, English and Japanese are available

Requirements: Mac OS X Panther (Version 10.3++)

Whats new in this version: old version was freeware on MAC 68k and on Mac PPC