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To this day, despite the genius of the late Steve Jobs and the unstoppable expansion of Apple products into every coffee shop on the planet, Macintosh users — and we are legion — have remarkably limited choices for astrological software. Supposedly, by the time this book is published, that will have changed. May it be so. Meanwhile, I recommend these programs:

 TimePassages: Henry Seltzer, the founder of Astrograph Software, designed this software as a universal tool, usable with both Mac and Windows. In addition to calculating birth charts, transits, comparison charts, and more, it offers one irresistible feature, especially for novices. After you generate a chart, you can click on anything within it — a planet, a house cusp, an aspect line running between two planets, or a symbol on the aspect grid — and an interpretation will pop up. Not sure what it means to have Moon in the tenth house,? Or a Grand Trine, which he is also fortunate enough to have? One click generates a paragraph of explanation. For a free demo, go to https://www.astrograph.com.

 Io Programs: Time Cycles Research Programs offers this software for the professional, but you don’t need to be professional to use it. Io Edition, their core program, calculates charts; Io Interpreter provides analysis; Io Forecast, Io Solar Return, and Io Lunar Return peer into the future; Io Body and Soul offers a holistic astrological approach to health and wellness. And there are additional options. You can reach Time Cycles by e-mail at astrology@timecycles.com, or on the Web at www.timecycles.com.

 Solar Fire. This ambitious, top-of-the-line program has long been available for Windows only. By the time this book is published, I’m told, it will also be available for Macintosh computers. To find out what Solar Fire can do (short answer: it can do almost everything), read on.

If you decide to invest in astrological software but feel the need for counsel from a recognized expert, there’s only one way to go: Contact astrologer Hank Friedman, longtime software reviewer for Mountain Astrologer and other periodicals. The consultation is free, and he sells all the software at a discount. You can e-mail him at stars@soulhealing.com or visit his website at https://www.soulhealing.com. There you will find information about software, links to free software demos, more than a hundred fifty free tutorials on western and Vedic astrology, and an impressive array of recipes involving chocolate.