From AC ver 4.05

Why is this necessary?

You may have modified or imported text into one or more of the modern Interpretations tables. These tables are provided by AC – text interpretations usually via AI. These table were initially global ie not assigned to any particular chart – to preserve your data you must assign the interpretations to a chart of your choosing. If you don’t care or haven’t modified these tables or you have just purchased AC you don’t need to do anything.

You only have to do this once.

To assign a chart:

Tap Interpretations menu item

Interpretation menu

Tap a chart record

Tap a chart record to select the interpretations that will be assigned to the chart when you tap OK/Done (tick or Done at bottom left). Tap away from view to cancel before

Please note that the chart records shown are test charts for the purpose of this knowledge base article. You may see many chart records. Preferably choose a natal chart.

Tap a chart record and select

AC acknowledges that you have assigned the old interpretations to the selected chart

Assigned

Next time you tap the Interpretations menu you should see the above alert again.

Your previous old interpretations will be available when you select the chart in the usual manner.

New method of assigning Text Interpretations – example shown is 10.9″ (10th gen) iPad in portrait orientation with iOS 26+ installed.

With less than iOS 26+ installed on your iPad the screenshots will differ somewhat. But not by much.

Each of your charts can have different interpretations if the interpretations are modified for that chart.

1. Every chart is assigned the provided interpretations text when loaded/shown in the main view.
2. When the text is modified (or not) the text is saved to AC’s database and assigned to the chart. It is available immediately or when the chart is viewed again

Viewing the interpretation text

Via the Speculum menu – tap Aspects

Note that only the Planetary data pertaining to the chart is displayed.

You may see something like this screenshot below depending on what you may selected previously, etc.

Speculum Aspects Selected

Where are the Interpretations? Tap the cog icon (3rd from left at the top) – see the screenshot above.

Selecting the Interpretations

Viewing the Interpretations – scroll for more interpretations

Viewing the interpretationsPrint or PDF

Print or PDF

Tap the Share icon to get a PDF file – top right.

Printing or PDF

The above example assumes a natal chart.

What if the chart is a secondary progression and bi-wheel?

The outer planets are examined for their house placements and sign positions. The aspects are progressed to natal. Same principle applies to Transits,  Solar Arcs and Returns.

Only the aspects can be filtered by All, Trad and Trad + Outers.

Extended Notes

Extended Notes can also see the text modifications.

Planetary position by sign, house – interpretation text database – editable. Import Text.

Similar to the Modern Aspect Interpretations table.

Please note: These interpretations are preliminary in many ways. You are expected 
to add/modify the interpretations to suit your client and their astrological chart. 
They are a starting point, not a definitive statement.

For planets/points in signs: Sun to Saturn, Aries to Pisces. including Chiron, North Node, South Node, Asc, MC

For planets/points in houses: Sun to Saturn, house one to house twelve. including Chiron, North Node, South Node.

Five degree rule can be applied.

Menu – In Signs/Houses Interpretations – iPhone

Menu with In House

Planets and Points in Zodiac Sign – short interpretations. Editable, import your own text.

Planets and Points in Zodiac Sign – interpretation

Edit/Import Planetary/Points Positions

Edit Planetary/Points Positions

Settings

Settings – Interpretations inc fIve degree rule

When a planet is within 5 degrees of a house cusp its influence is attributed to the house whose cusp it is next to.

Print/PDF – Speculum

Planets/Points in signs – interpretation

Planets/Points In Houses

In Houses applied in Speculum

iPad/Mac

Menu for Speculum/Interpretations

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Settings

Settings

Planets/Points In Houses table

Planet/Points in Houses

Planet/Points in Signs

Print/PDF Planets/Points In Houses and Aspect Interpretation – Speculum

How to display the houses, signs and aspects interpretations

1. Select Speculum from the top main menu

Speculum menu

2. Select Aspects

Speculum – Aspects

3. Tap the Cogs/Gear icon and select what is required

Setting interpretations

4. Interpretations results display

Interpretations results display

Note that Modern Aspect Interpretations are used by the Aspect table, the Speculum and Extended Notes.

Please also note: These interpretations are preliminary in many ways. You are expected to add/modify the interpretations 
to suit your client and their astrological chart. They are a starting point, not a definitive statement.

New menu options

Overview

New Menu and Views

Aspects: conjunction, sextile, square, trine, opposition. More to be added.
Planets/points: Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Chiron, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Asc, MC, Moon’s Nodes.

Edit Modern Aspect Interpretations – add text, delete text, paste text – usual text editing options. Add a new aspect not currently available.

Modern Aspect Interpretations Table

From new Menu – Aspect Interpretations

Tap over an aspect record to edit.

Save button (bottom left): Saved to AC’s database and Modern Aspect interpretations table.

Edit Interpretation – add delete paste

Help

Aspect Interpretation- help

iPad/MacBook screenshots

iPad/Mac menu – latest menu

Modern Aspect Interpretations

New menu iPad

Edit Interpretation – iPad Pro M4

AC Ver 3.18 – improved refresh after saving an edit.

from AC for iPhone ver 1.24, iPad/Mac AC ver 3.17

The Speculum offers a way of displaying the current charts’ aspects and a corresponding interpretation text. But it lists all the aspects that have a corresponding interpretation text.

Extended Notes offers a way of listing an aspect and its corresponding Modern Aspect interpretation text (editable), but the choice of aspect + any notes you care to make is yours.

Note that traditional aspect interpretation, eg Lilly, Leo is not available for this procedure. Midpoints can be used with Extended Notes but there are no corresponding aspect interpretations, currently available.

For iPad/Mac see: (useful older additional info)

New menu options – iPhone

OverView

New Menu and Views

Extended Notes summary for iPhone (scroll down for iPad/Mac)

• Ingress selection
• Aspect Table selection
• Notes – write a note (500 chars max). Three different types, aspect note, note, headline.
• Saved to AC’s database for future reference/display. For printing/PDF.
• Long-press record edit all saved Notes.
• Edit Button – move a record to a different position (reorder records)
• Swipe left to delete record
• Chart Notes Info = help
• Modern Aspect interpretation text – editable. Selectable. Auto insertion.
• Edit a record – long-press over a record. Add, delete, update, import (via paste).

Legend

• t = transit
• r = radix/natal
• p = progressed (Secondary Progression)
• d = direction (Solar Arc)
• -> = ingress
• s/S = separating aspect
• a/A = applying aspect
• Sep = aspect distance apart ie separation
• 

  Solar Eclipse – Extended Notes

To view eclipse aspects in Extended Notes ensure that Eclipse is selected in Displayed Planets

To Display Eclipse

Solar Eclipse preview

Extended Notes Settings

Extended Notes Settings

Extended Notes with Modern Aspect Interpretation auto inserted – editable

How to

Ensure Auto Insert Aspect Interpretation text switch is selected (see screenshot above – Settings)

1. Tap Aspect icon (second from right at bottom)
2. Select an aspect from the Aspect Table
3. Tap Add Note icon (first from right at bottom)
4. AC looks in the Modern Aspect interpretation database table and if it finds a corresponding aspect inserts the text, automatically.
5. Modify text – add, delete etc – as required. Note that the amended text is not saved to the Modern Aspect Interpretations database table.
6. Tap the Tick √ button to proceed with the modified/inserted text or the x button to cancel
7. Tap Save. The text is saved to AC’s database and can be viewed and amended if the associated chart is displayed/loaded.

Add a Note

Add a note – showing aspect interpretation inserted automatically

Extended Notes – initial View

Extemded Notes – Initial View

Extended Notes – with an inserted Modern Aspect Interpretation

From New Menu – Extended Notes

Extended Notes Info

Extended Notes Print/PDF Preview

Print Preview – Extended Notes

iPad/Mac screenshots

New Menu

New menu iPad

Modern Aspect Interpretations

Tap a record to edit

Modern Aspect Interpretations

Editing an aspect

Edit Interpretation – iPad Pro M4

Chart Notes with Auto-insert Modern Aspect Interpretations

Chart Notes with Settings

To Insert Modern Aspect Interpretation Text

Ensure Auto Insert Aspect Interpretation text switch is selected (see screenshot above – Settings)

1. Tap Aspect icon (second from right at bottom)
2. Select an aspect from the Aspect Table
3. Tap Add Note icon (first from right at bottom)
4. AC looks in the Modern Aspect interpretation database table and if it finds a corresponding aspect inserts the text, automatically.
5. Modify text – add, delete etc – as required. Note that the amended text is not saved to the Modern Aspect Interpretations database table.
6. Tap the Done button to proceed with the modified/inserted text or the Cancel button to cancel.
7. Tap Save. The text is saved to AC’s database and can be viewed and amended if the associated chart is displayed/loaded.
8. To View your Notes go to View #7

Examples – iPhone 12

Speculum- modern aspect interpretations

Speculum Aspect Interpretations

Aspect Table long-press over a record – modern interpretation

Single wheel and bi-wheel

Modern aspect Interpretation.

What planets/points are available for Modern Aspect Interpretation?

Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune Pluto, Chiron, Asc, MC, Moon’s North Node.

What aspect values are available?

0, 60, 90, 120, 180 – conjunction, sextile, square, trine, opposition.

Note 45 and 135 are available vis settings.

For Medieval see Medieval aspect interpretations link below.

AC has two types of Aspect interpretation

• Medieval eg Lilly, Leo (Leo is 20th century, but for convenience included in medieval category)

• Modern

Both can be accessed from the Speculum and long-press Aspect Table records

• Medieval eg Lilly, Leo

• Modern – this article

Access to the aspect interpretations

Medieval – via Aspect Table – long-press where + marker is shown. For Secondary Progressions and Solar Arc. Available for Speculum.

Modern –  interpretations are available via the Aspect Table and Speculum for many aspects. For single-wheel and bi-wheel. Most charts inc natal/radix. Uranian not available.

After the aspect table is populated note the + marker. This indicates an AC medieval aspect report is available for that particular aspect. Note that for modern aspect interpretations the + marker is not shown.

Aspects that do not have a corresponding interpretation are ignored.

Speculum Aspect Settings

Settings

Medieval

The arrows indicate those settings that also affect Speculum aspect interpretations when accessing Medieval Interpretations.

Modern

if Modern Aspect Interpretations is selected (dee below), medieval aspect interpretations are not available for the Aspect Table.

Modern Report Settings

iPad/Mac

As the iPhone…

Aspect Settings and Aspect Interpretation – Speculum

Long-press Aspect Table Record for Aspect Interpretation

More recent screenshot

Long-press Aspect Table record