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Program: Win*Star and Win*Star Plus

Win*Star Tips by Tom Goyett

I have received an email from someone who wanted to know if they could do searches in Win*Star. The answer is "Yes" but only if you have the Plus version of Win*Star. You would simply load in the Win*Search program and you are ready to begin your research adventure.

To begin, let's say that you would like to know all the charts in your current chart database where the last eclipse was conjunct either the Sun, Moon or any of the four angles of the chart. Here is what you would do.

First, bring up the search program and then choose the Sun and Moon from the planets list and then in the Zodiac portion of the page enter in the degree range you're looking for. Now this eclipse was at 28 Leo so lets look for it within the range of 25 Leo to 0 Virgo. With that said you would fill out the search form as shown below. Then click the Add button at the top of the form. Also, you want to click the "OR" radio button instead of the "AND" button. Because you are looking for either planet.

This search will tell you which charts have the Sun "OR" the Moon conjunct the eclipse point of the Sun in this last Solar Eclipse.

Next, we want to find out which of the charts has any of the four angles conjunct the selected degrees. All you need to do is to change the Moon and Sun to the MC and ASC and click the Add button once again.

Now for the last thing, you would have to change the Zodiac positions with the ASC and MC showing from 25 Aquarius to 0 Pisces. This will bring the other half of the angles into the data set. When you have entered that, click the Add button again and also click on the "OR" radio button. We want our search to show if any of them are found.

Notice that we can specify planets in signs and house along with aspects. So, if you wanted to prepare for a lecture on Venus through the houses, you could do a search for Venus through all 12 houses and find charts that you could use for the lecture. You can set your criteria for the search of a planet in either a sign or a house. Additionally, you could show all the charts with the Sun in Aries and the 5th house.

So give Win*Search a look to see if you can find any charts that meet criteria you are looking for. Remember that Matrix sells data sets of famous people. So, give the order department a call at 1-800-PLANETS if your interested in any of our data sets.

Happy Computing!     - Tom Goyett
    Matrix Software