[9.2.5] Updated Version from 8.1.0

Fixed / Safeguards

• Firdaria: disabled for BC-era charts to prevent wrong results/crashes.

Removed / Cleaned

• Settings → Language selector removed (non-functional); paths left commented for reference.

UI / Usability

• Popups/windows are resizable; minor size/spacing tweaks.
• Font updates.

Restored / Enhanced

• Arabic Parts (Settings): legacy options restored:
  • Reference other Lots as the base.
  • Use exact-degree references.
  • Added a "Modify" button for quick edits.
• Primary Directions are now show 150 years.
• Speculum: now shows "Lot of Fortune"

Added (New Features / Modules)

• Arabic Parts: Dodecatemoria and Declination.
• Dodecatemoria: calculator popup in addition to the classic dodecatemorion table.
• Speeds: planetary speeds shown as percentages.
• Angle at Birth: new module.
• Zodiacal Releasing: new module; L2 → L3/L4 drill-down on click.
• Heliacal Rising/Setting: new module.
• Paranatellonta: new module.
• Circumambulation: new module.
• Angular Directions of Fixed Stars(Naibod Only): new module.

Secondary Progressions

• Displays Real Date and native Age.
• Positions for Date: view planets and nodes by month/day.

Revolutions

• Solar Revolution: ±1 Year controls and a popup showing the current return year.

Fixed Stars

• Settings: selections can be saved without requiring “Automatic Save”.
• Updated several fixed star names.

The settings are set to how I use them, so feel free to change anything to your liking.

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8.4.0

• Bug fixes & shows LoF position in the Speculum. To reduce ephemeris differences relative to Zet 9, reverted to the Morinus 6.0.3 ephemeris.

8.4.1

• Speeds: the calculation formula has been updated

8.4.2

• Heliacal Rising/Setting: this module no longer reflects the chart’s altitude (prevents inaccurate heliacal rising/setting results at higher altitudes)

8.4.3

• Rename: “Find Time and Place” → “Find Time” (the feature does not actually search locations).
• Planetary Hour: now respects the chart’s birth data and time zone.
• Rise/Set Times: now respects the chart’s birth data and time zone.
• Exact Transits: updated the notation when a retrograde planet enters a different sign & fixed an Ayanamsha bug.
• Primary Directions: fixed bugs with Antiscia and Contra-antiscia & fixed Primary Directions for the Lot of Fortune (LoF).
• Various other known bug fixes.

8.4.4

• Fixed bugs in Profection chart.

8.4.5

• Angular Directions of Fixed Stars: now respects the Primary Keys option

8.4.6

• Paranatellonta bug fixes.
• Various other bug fixes.

8.4.7

• Paranatellonta: now bolded when they share the same angle
• Monthly Profections: the 12 steps now divide the year evenly.

8.4.8

• Fixed color rendering bugs.
• Solar/Lunar Revolutions: Primary directions now support "Both" (view direct & converse together).
• The Positions view of Revolution charts now includes Dodecatemoria.

8.4.9

• Menus are now case-sensitive.
• Fixed a bug where the Solar Revolution chart could hide behind the natal chart
• Added a popup in Lunar Revolution chart with +1 Month / -1 Month controls.

8.5.1

• Font updates.
• Angle at Birth is now bolded based on apparent magnitude and time offset: mag < 0 → ±8 min, 0 ≤ mag < 1 → ±6 min, 1 ≤ mag < 1.5 → ±5 min, mag ≥ 1.5 → ±4 min.
• Various other bug fixes.

8.5.2

• Primary Directions bug fixes.

8.5.3

• Rename: “Find Time” → “Find Time and Place” (the feature DOES search locations. I mistakenly renamed it earlier.).

8.5.4

• Updated Swiss Ephemeris data to DE431 (2023).
• Primary Directions: Fixed an issue where switching the Node setting could shift other bodies’ direction dates.

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9.0.0

• Code updates (tested and working in this environment):
  • Python: 3.7.9 (32-bit)
  • OS: Windows 10 10.0.26100
  • pip / setuptools: pip 21.3.1 / setuptools 59.8.0
  • wxPython: 4.0.7.post2 (Phoenix), wxWidgets 3.0.5 / msw
  • Pillow: 9.5.0
  • NumPy: 1.21.6
• Font update: Rolled back to the FreeSans font previously used by Morinus.
• Multilingual support: English, Hungarian, Spanish, Italian, French, Russian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), and Korean supported (fonts changed for Chinese and Korean).
• UI additions: Added time and birth-time rectification controls at the top of Circumambulations and Angular Directions of Fixed Stars.
• Bug fix: Resolved an issue where PDs in Chart was not displayed.
• Bug fix (Ayanamsha & nodes interaction): Fixed planetary positions changing when node options were modified after setting the Ayanamsha.
• Speculum: Added Dodecatemoria notation.
• English mtexts (menus): Corrected inconsistent phrasings.
• Arabic Parts settings: Fixed a bug where the Active flag applied only to the first item.

9.0.1

• Bugfix: solar revolution not displayed with Ayanamsha enabled.

9.0.2

• Bugfix: Heliacal Risings/Setting calender bug fix.
• Triplicity option header alignment fix.

9.0.3

• Primary Directions options now allow Dsc and IC to be controlled independently.
• Updated an error message that incorrectly instructed users to check a nonexistent question-mark.

9.0.4

• Arabic Parts changed
  • Revamped the settings UI for Arabic Parts.
  • In Tables, formulas are now displayed using symbols.
  • Arabic Parts can now be displayed on the chart’s outer wheel.

9.0.5

• Fixed a bug where planetary positions changed when Ayanamsa was enabled and the Whole Sign house system wasn’t applied.
• Improved city search reliability/performance; fixed cases where some city names couldn’t be found or took too long, and added a “Use altitude” button.
• Elections chart: now displays the chart date in the footer.
• Reduced label overlap when showing Lots (Arabic Parts) on the outer wheel.
• Fixed an issue that prevented charts from being drawn after “Restore Default.”
• Fixed incorrect values when Lots (Arabic Parts) were shown on the outer wheel with Ayanamsa enabled.

9.0.6

• Reduced label overlap when showing Lots (Arabic Parts) and Fortuna on the outer wheel.

9.0.7

• Fixed an issue where the Arabic Parts settings could reference a non-existent part.
• Updated: When Arabic Parts are drawn on the outer wheel, the Lot of Fortune (Fortuna) is now shown even if no other Arabic Parts are defined.

9.0.8

• Fixed an issue where pressing Enter after editing a data field applied the change without showing the “Do you want to discard current horoscope?” message.
• Fixed a compatibility issue where .hor files saved in Morinus 9 could not be opened in earlier versions of Morinus.

9.0.9

• Unified fonts across Transit, Secondary Progressions, and the main status bar.
• Heliacal Rising/Setting calculations once again incorporate site altitude.
• Relocated the Topocentric option within Options → Appearance.

9.1.0

• Heliacal Risings/Settings algorithm revise: Set scale height to the standard 8,000 m, added a refraction approximation based on pressure and temperature, changed the naked-eye limiting magnitude to 6.0.

9.1.1

• Heliacal Risings/Settings: Adjusted the algorithm’s heuristic parameters.

9.1.2

• Zodiacal Releasing bug fix
• Minor border issue solved

9.1.3

• Minor Bugs fix

9.1.4

• Heliacal Risings/Settings bug fix & algorithm chanegs

9.1.5

• Heliacal Risings/Settings now consider the effects of moonlight & algorithm chanegs

9.1.6

• Heliacal Risings/Settings calender bug fix & algorithm chanegs

9.1.7

• Added Solar & Lunar Eclipses: shows all solar and lunar eclipses within ±1 year of the chart date.
• Speculum: adjusted display window size.

9.1.8

• Swapped the positions of “Misc(Miscellaneous)” and “Eclipses” in the UI and exchanged their keyboard shortcuts; updated shortcut labels accordingly.

9.1.9

• Timezone bug fix

9.2.0

• Angular Directions of Fixed Stars bug fix

9.2.1

• Angular Directions of Fixed Stars: added Age and Direct/Converse pop-up controls; angles can now be selected (Asc, Dsc, MC, IC).

9.2.2

• Fix: Corrected Planetary Day and Hour calculation when using the Julian calendar (now matches the Gregorian-equivalent moment).
• Enhancement: Planetary Day/Hour glyphs are now drawn with user-defined planet colors (falls back to text color in B/W).
• Feature: Added Hour Lord column to Profections (after Asc and MC), following the Chaldean order starting from the chart’s current Hour Lord; rendered with user colors.

9.2.3

• Now respects Morinus 8.1.0's shortcut keys
• Grouped and re-arraned menus

9.2.4

• Positions for Date bug fix

9.2.5

• Re-arraned menus