This post looks at the YouTube video that examines Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan’s chart with primary directions. A corresponding AC chart is calculated.

Rumen Kolev uses the lat and long shown in the Astro.com chart, but not the time zone of -2 hours. He uses a time zone of -1 hour. This demonstrates the bane of all astrologers – time zones.

He demonstrates primary directions from about 38 minutes into the YouTube discussion and notes the mundane aspect of Jupiter conjunct the Desc equates to the rise of Erdogan to prime minister, Dec 2002.

The AC chart had to be adjusted for the time zone of -1, and the lat and long to agree with his chart. Long-press over the Time field to change the time zone. Long-press over lat and long field to change lat and long. Go to Edit Chart to do this.

Rumen uses -1 time zone adjustment. Note the Astro.com chart time zone difference of -2 hours.

Erogan Natal chart

Erdogan natal

AC’s Primary Directions. In agreement with Rumen

Erdogan natal mundane primary directions

Astro.com applies a -2 hour time zone adjustment

Erdogan natal by Astro.com

iPhone

iPhone primary directions

YouTube screenshot

YouTube Screenshot

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.

Because the width of the iPad mini when in portrait orientation is very narrow the split view controller easily collapses – AC doesn’t crash. Unfortunately there’s an unfixable bug that means that AC is not 100% usable when this happens. No data is lost. It doesn’t seem at first that there’s a problem – there is.

Unfortunately Apple does not allow the developer to fix the width of the app. If it did this could be avoided.

A warning message is displayed explaining what to do. Close down AC and startup in landscape mode. Do not resize the window in portrait mode as this might cause the split view to collapse. See the screenshot below:

iPad Mini portrait restriction

How to mitigate this happening. Change to Full-Screen Apps when using AC. Or if using Windowed Apps avoid resizing the portrait window.

Please note. The Primary Directions view is not available for iPad mini, or 9.7″ iPads in portrait orientation – it’s too narrow to display properly. It’s still available in landscape orientation.

Multitasking iPad – settings

Preferred use of AC on an iPad

1. Full-Screen apps – recommended. You can use AC as you have previously by selecting this option. Landscape orientation recommended, portrait available.

2. Stage Manager. Landscape orientation recommended, portrait available.

3. Windowed – see screenshot above. Landscape orientation recommended, portrait available.

Portrait Orientation – some screenshots

Note that AC’s full landscape views cannot be viewed in portrait orientation.

iPad Pro 11″ iPadOS 26+, portrait

AC portrait orientation – iPad Pro 11″ iPadOS 26+

iPad 10.2″ –  iPadOS 14-18+, portrait

AC portrait orientation – iPadOS 13-18

Drop down menu difference – iPadOS 26+

Drop down menu difference

iPad Pro 11″ iPadOS 26+, portrait

Portrait iPadOS 26+

iPad 10.2″ –  iPadOS 14-18+, portrait

Portrait iPadOS 13-18+ Aspects

iPad Pro 11″ iPadOS 26+, portrait

Portrait iPadOS 26+ Trad Orbs

iPad 10.2″ –  iPadOS 14-18+, Portrait

Portrait iPadOS 13-18 Trad Orbs

iPad Pro 12.9″ iPadOS 26+

Portrait 12.9 inch iPadOS 26+

AC on an Mac – withdrawn from sale

Windowed – exactly as above iPad screenshot (AC compiled with iPadOS 26). Portrait orientation is not applicable.

This does not exists any more

AC Mac settings – Window Size

Replaced by:

New Mac AC settings

Mac Printing/PDF – Screenshots

Mac Printing

especially for iOS 26+

More to follow….

Set Display Zoom to default. AC does not position charts and grids correctly unless this setting is set to default. iPad only.

iPad Display Zoom

iPad Display Zoom settings

iPad Display Zoom settings – must be set to default

Or you might see this:

Some newer iPads Display Zoom

This is for the manipulation of hard copy and PDF printing for AC screenshot images.

Images are resized for correct portrait/landscape hard copy printing

iPad (scroll down for Mac)

For iPad users with iOS 26 use the new Preview app to further manipulate the image, if required. For other users download the useful free Snapseed app from the App Store.

1. Set Print Settings, eg portrait, paper size. Tap Save. Tap Done to dismiss view, and then
2. Tap Share (Screenshot)

Screenshot Print menu. iPad Pro 11-inch

Settings

Printer Settings

Note that A4 and US Letter sizes are preset and cannot be changed. To enter a User page size select User from Paper segmented control.

A4:
8.3 x 11.7 inches

US Letter:
8.5 x 11.0 inches

Further Printer Settings (iPad)

Note that the screenshot printer image (see below) may, on occasion, be shown incorrectly as AC manipulates the image. Print or save the image to PDF to view the actual result.

Further Printer Settings – note that this view and properties will vary according to your printer model and iPadOS version

Full Landscape on a printer with A4/Letter paper (portrait)

A4 full landscape – actual output should be higher resolution. Output is from a simulated deskjet @72 dpi.

Mac

Add to Photos/Freeform

Edit in Photos

Mac – Add to Photos

View in Photos

Note AC screenshot was saved without a coloured background

Selected in Photos

Edit in Photos

A book by Charles Obert, 2018 edition. Review and analysis.

Started 5th September 2025

PD = Primary Directions

AC = AstroConnexions app. iPad/iPhone/ Mac

SR = Solar Return

Terms = bounds

Obert uses Morinus a MS Windows astrology app throughout his book. This article will show how AC can be used to get the same results as Morinus. Obert claims that Morinus can be used on a Mac. I haven’t been able to get it working on a silicon (M1) Mac.

Obert uses four techniques:

1. Profections
2. Directing through the Bounds
3. Solar Returns
4. Transits

All available in AC. To follow along Morinus is not required.

The page numbers refer to the hard copy of the book, not the PDF, which I don’t have.

Swipe left to copy the chart to Your Charts

Unfortunately Obert doesn’t state the lat and long of the chart anywhere. I need the same lat and long to get the same Asc. And PD’s are very sensitive to geographical differences. A quick look at Astrodatabank on the web reveals the same ascendant as his Hendix chart in his book. So I use the lat and long from Astrodatabank in AC which gives me the same Asc and the same chart. Long-press over lat and long in the Edit Chart view to change the lat and long.

Natal Chart

Page 50

Jimi Hendrix natal whole sign houses

Profections

Page 24

Jimi Hendrix Profections

Directing through the Bounds/Terms – Primary Directions

Page 50, 51

Z (Capricornus) Venus D —> Asc 29.080430 1962.12.26

Terms to the Asc

Showing the settings and results.

Jimi Hendrix Terms to Asc

Z Sextile Mars D —> Asc 23.275900 1966.03

Mars directed to sextile Asc

Jimi Hendix PD direction

To be updated and continued…… held up by impact of iPadOS 26.

AC on iPad Pro 11 inch using Stage Manager

Settings

Stage Manager settings

From AC iPad/Mac 3.36

Dissociate aspect recognition

A dissociate aspect is a traditional aspect (0, 60, 90, 120, 180) between planets/Asc/MC that are in signs that do not share an element, modality or polarity, yet they are within orb and in aspect to each other. This is also called an out-of-sign aspect.

The background of the out-of-sign aspect record is automatically coloured light red in the Aspect Table.

When the record is selected a darker red is shown.

Settings

iPad/Mac

Dissociate Aspect Settings

Dissociate Aspect