The Realtime Button

 

 

The Realtime button turns the currently displayed chart into the current transits. The conditions for the calculation of the transits is in the WD (Working Data) button for the location and current time information. When you left click the Realtime button, the button remains labeled black and freezes the chart for the instant you select it. This is useful for horarys, monitoring an event sequence in real time, or just to check what is happening in the sky at the moment. When you right click on the Realtime button, the Realtime label will light up in red and the chart will become alive, advancing the current conditions every 10 seconds (Realtime Button will blink with each update) and will continue to recalculate a new Ascendant, Midheaven, house cusps and all other dynamic material. The current chart’s house system will be used and you can stop the advancement by left clicking on the Realtime button and the chart movement in time will stop. You can also set the Dial Pointer Movement window to Time and move at any rate and the stopped chart will stay at the selected place and advance (or go backward) at whatever rate is set in the Time Selection dropdown. Hitting the Home button will return the chart to its original loaded condition with any added material left in place (double clicking the Home button will remove any added material as well) or you can right click (Mac: Ctrl + click) the Home button to save your work to the Retained Charts window on the Main Menu.