Astro Gold iOS 8 User Guide

A Transits Listing is a kind of Dynamic Report.

When you select "Transits Listing" as the Report type (from the Reports pane), the screen will show the chart details to be used for the "Transits Listing", and then the following report parameters...

•Dynamic Job (with the current selection displayed e.g. "Transits of Outer Planets" or whatever the report has been called)

•Start Date (with the current selection displayed e.g. "1 Jan 2013")

•Time Period (with the current selection displayed e.g. "12 months")

 

>> To generate the Transits Listing report

Once you have selected what values you want for these parameters you can generate the report by tapping on the Tap to Generate Report text below the options. You can cancel the report generation part way through if you wish.

 

 

 

>> To change the Transits Listing report parameters

➢Tap on the > to the right of the parameter.

1.For a Dynamic Job this will open the "Dynamic Jobs" pane, and a tick will be next to the Dynamic Job (e.g. Outer Planets, Inner Planets or Lunar etc.) that is currently selected as the job to be run. To change the Job you want to run, tap on the Job which will select it.

 

 

If you don't want to change the Dynamic Job, then to exit tap on the < Reports button in the top left corner of the screen to return to the "Reports" pane.

2.For the "Start Date" this will open a set of calendar "spin wheels", where the day spins up or down in one column, and the month and year spin in their own columns. Spin the day, month or year by swiping up or down in the respective column, which will allow you to scroll the values you can select for each. Days available are from 1 - 31 (depending on the currently selected month), the months Jan - Dec, and Years begin from 1 AD. When you're finished tap on the Close button.

3.For the "Time Period" this opens a set of time "spin wheels", where the number of days spin up or down in one column, and the unit of time (days, months or years) spins in the next column. See "Start Date" above for how to operate these wheels to select the time period. When you're finished tap on the Close button.

 

>> Editing Dynamic Jobs

If you want more fine grained control over your transit listings you can set further options for each of the Dynamic Jobs (Outer, Inner & Lunar etc.). To do this from the "Dynamic Jobs" pane (shown above) ...

a)Tap the Edit button at the top right of the screen. This puts the Dynamic Jobs screen into edit mode, with the option to edit the contents of each Job. If you want to exit this mode without doing any editing tap on the Done button in the top right corner of the screen.
 

 

b)Otherwise, to edit a Job tap on the blue circle to the right of the Job.

This brings up the "Jobs Details" pane, with the following Job details displayed.

•Name

•Timespan & Duration

•the Dynamic Method the Job employs

•the number of From Points (transiting points)

•the number of Aspects to use between the transiting and radix (usually natal) points

•the number of To Points (radix points)

•use entering/leaving Orbs for the transit

•show House Ingresses

•show Sign Ingresses

•show Planet Stations

You can scroll up and down the list to see all the details for the currently selected Dynamic Job.

 

To change these details either enter a value or tap the > to the right of the detail to change the value(s). See Dynamic Job Details for more information.

Once you have made the changes you want, tap on the Save button in the top right corner of the screen, or if you want to discard your changes, tap on the Cancel button in the top left corner of the screen instead.

c)While in edit mode to delete a Job tap on the red dash to the left of the Job. When this button is tapped a button appears on the right. Tapping the Delete button will ask you confirm you want to go ahead with the deletion or not, answer accordingly to delete the Job or to cancel the deletion process. Otherwise swiping on the Job (away from where the "Delete" button is) and to the right, or tapping anywhere else on the screen, will cancel the deletion process.

d)The button, at the bottom of the list, is for creating a new "Dynamic Job". When this is tapped you can create a new Job that is a replica of one of the original Jobs that came with the application - "Transits of Outer Planets", "Transits of Inner Planets," or "Lunar Transits". Tap this new Job to select it. You can then edit the Job details as above. That is, tap on on the blue circle to the right of the Job to open the Job Details pane, shown above. There you can edit all the Job Details including it's name, effectively creating a completely new and unique job.