Introduction
I mentioned Morinus in my initial post on free software options, as it is the best free astrology program available for traditional astrologers. In fact, for those doing primary directions, it’s important, even among competing programs that cost a lot of money.
Updated Morinus
Today, I was notified of an extremely important update to the program made by one of its developers, Endre Csaba Simon of Finland. The program now allows lookup of location using the online geolocation database. This is a very important advance in terms of making the program easier to use. One previously had to manually discover and enter the coordinates, time zone, altitude, and other features of a location.
The new version can be downloaded from the official site for the program – Morinus: Free Open-Source Advanced Professional Astrological Software.
Entering the Location
From the data entry page click Place.
After entering the place in the location blank, you hit “Search”. If there is just one matching selection, it will automatically plug the correct data into the proper fields on this page. If there is more than one place then you will get a screen like the following with a list of locations.
Still Free and Open Source
This is a great advancement for this program. It’s important to remember that the program is not only free but also open source. The nature of open source software is such that the more people use and enjoy the software, the faster and more focused the development becomes to meet the needs of the user community, and the more people will work on the development of the software. Free and open source software means community property. This is a program that the astrological community should wholeheartedly endorse, support, and take pride in.
Hi there, great blog. I have just received “Hellenistic Astrology” book, but your blog really helps to distill the basics.
Regarding Morinus, there’s 2 versions. Morinus, and Morinus Traditional (which I think has less features, and focuses on the 7 original planets.
Which one do you recommend? I have Valens, but there are limitations, like not being able to print.
Morinus Traditional, but I recommend Valens for doing some things.
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Sometimes, many people who write about astrology history, would have much more insights and connections, about this theme, if they remember to do a little search in the surroundings, learning about how natural sciences, philosophy and religions, were understood at this times.
Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, just to mention a few ones.
It was not for chance, that Thales of Miletus, had sucessfully predicted the eclipse of May 28, 585 BC (what reminds me to ask you to read the chart, in some future articule in Mundane Astrology)
Best wishes!
Livio
watching this picture, I wonder, what kind of calculations, the famous antikythera mechanism was able to do, and if it was designed for the astrologers of that age
There’s no doubt in my mind that astrological uses were dear to the device. It is fascinating to see how astrology played such a big role in motivating the development of astronomy, optics, and other branches of natural philosophy, as well as mathematics and philosophy.
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