Mars & More - Astro Charts 3.50

This application offers comprehensive celestial charting features, including Natal, Synastry, Composite, and Transit Chart Wheels, alongside detailed transit times for any specific date. It provides an Ephemeris with a month’s data displayed per page and printed astrological data beneath the wheels. The system allows the visualization of minor aspects, with customizable options for orbs, planetary selections, House Systems, and a sidereal mode. Notably, the interface incorporates daily-updated Mars and Venus-themed artwork derived from classical to impressionist periods housed in a prominent New York museum, along with Mars rover imagery and the Astronomy Picture of the Day.

Within the Chart tab, users can select between current planetary aspects or a Natal Chart, as well as view transit data for any date and time associated with a selected individual. A dedicated partner mode facilitates synastry and composite charts, including options for Composite+Now or specific dates. Data display is centralized within the chart section, with buttons above to switch between full-screen wheel views and detailed transit timelines. Transit times are adjustable by orb setting—narrow, medium, or wide—and can be toggled via buttons to view transit charts or transits by time of day. The default date in the transit picker is set to the current moment for convenience. Personal transit displays and mundane charts can utilize either symbolic representations or plain text. An additional setting enables users to include minor aspects/transits in the analysis. The right side of the interface lists entered persons or chart names for quick navigation among multiple profiles.

Chart Settings permit customization of aspect orbs—wide, medium, or narrow—independently for Aspects, Synastry, and Transits. Users can select which celestial bodies to display, extending through Pluto and Chiron as well as Ceres, Pallas, Juno, Vesta, Pholus, Eris, North Node, South Node, Lilith (Black Moon), Midheaven (MC), Vertex, and Ascendant (ASC). Minor aspects are optional; they appear in the data section below wheels but are excluded from the wheel center. When birth location data is available, users may select from over 48,000 cities; further precision is achievable through manual latitude and longitude adjustments or by choosing new locations. The app supports both Tropical (default) and Sidereal zodiac modes, including Lahiri, Fagan-Bradley, and Raman systems. All chart data is stored locally on the device and is deleted upon app uninstallation.

On the Planets tab, users can access mundane transit information such as planetary sign changes and daily movements. This feature integrates with personal settings to reflect minor transit aspects if enabled. When viewing transit times on the Chart tab or in other sections, detailed mundane data appears below transit timelines for quick reference. The Ephemeris feature provides planetary positions across a full month starting from the selected date and allows navigation between months. Users can add a city to determine current sky conditions; the database includes over 48,000 locations. Transit details for any date and time are available without requiring a birth entry.

A dedicated Resources section offers educational material aimed at newcomers seeking to understand astrological chart elements more deeply.

The Art tab displays five artworks daily related to Mars and Venus themes; these images span centuries from classical masters to impressionists from a publicly accessible collection in New York. Users may save preferred images for future reference. The Space tab features five Mars rover photographs each day alongside a regularly updated Astronomy Picture of the Day.

The application includes a Sun sign reading section utilizing material by Evangeline Adams combined with references from Aleister Crowley’s 1927 work *Your Place in the Sun*. Underpinning its functionality is Swiss Ephemeris software—open source software providing precise astronomical calculations, with additional details available on the Support page.