Astro-locality · Relocation · Local space

Astrocartography and Solar Maps

Map angular lines, parans and local-space directions. Explore places, relocate charts and review geographic relationships in the integrated Solar Maps workspace.

Maps

Features at a glance

Astrocartography lines

MC and IC lines
Rising/setting and Ascendant/Descendant line types
Parans: rise/set and rise/culmination combinations
Local-space directions
Local-house lines
Horizon, ecliptic and zodiac-sign lines
Selected fixed-star lines
Displayed-point and colour settings

Places and map controls

Pan and zoom
Go to a saved map area
Map bookmarks
Distance measurement
Map ruler
Click a place to relocate the chart
Relocated wheel and local-horizon views
Country, state, river and city display settings
Map-provider selection

Techniques and overlays

Celestial and geodetic zodiacs
Geodetic west option and starting-longitude settings
House-system and ayanamsa selections
Solar eclipse paths
Track and event collections
Selected fixed stars
Day/night shading
Animated chart positions

Reports and output

Map and local paran reports
City-direction reports
Relocation interpretations
Azimuths and aspects
Click-to-read line and location interpretations
Map printing
Copy map images and text details

Overview

Maps

Draft content: product claims and final screenshots await publication review.

Choose the technique before reading the map

Angular lines mark places where a planetary position is associated with rising, setting, culmination or anti-culmination. Local-space lines describe directions from a location. Parans concern related angular events and add another form of geographic analysis.

These techniques describe different relationships. State the technique and settings used before interpreting a line or comparing two maps.

Sample Solar Fire X main screen with chart preview and calculated-chart list; feature-specific screenshot pending — Replace with a full world map with angular lines. 1920×1080 PNG.

In detail

What's inside

Compare candidate places

Navigate to the area you want to examine and inspect the chart lines around it. Measurement and place-selection tools support a closer look at the locations being considered.

Move from the map to a relocated chart to examine the houses and angles for that place. The geographic view and the relocated chart provide different material for the same analysis.

FIG. 02 · DEMO: EXPLORE THE MAP16 / 9 · PNG

Embed interactive module

Embed an interactive pan/zoom map demo here. 16:9 iframe or canvas module.

Keep the example reproducible

A useful map example records the chart data, chosen points, line type and candidate locations. Show the map view beside the corresponding relocated charts so a reader can follow the comparison.

The worked example should explain why a particular line or place is being considered, rather than treating every line as a recommendation.

Check the mapping options you need

Specialist overlays and views require their own assessment. Current support for point sets, map providers, offline use, geodetic conventions and exports needs release-specific confirmation.

Keep exploring

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Next step

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