Ah good point. I see the truth of it.

I have Mars in Cancer and I rarely get out of the crib, the astrology contacts come to me or it's an email exchange that's cross country. When I do go out it's to stuff information into my head rather than do output: going to museums for eye-candy, or celebrating the 75th birthday of Imiri Baraka. Outings for me are for dancing in the street like for Dias de los Muertos. When people ask me when I'm out about astrology I tell them "Come to the crib and we'll chat. Now we dance!"

I agree, astrology software is wonderful for your calculations, but you need a good astrologer to interpret and put it together. Same goes with reports. Liz Greene had some that were pretty decent, but again...

As for me? I use Time Cycles/IO Astrology. I'm on the Mac so I don't have access to more robust programs like Solar Fire without starting with an emulation program. Too complicated.

I like IO Astrology because it is so easy to use. I used to have an old laptop that I'd sometimes cart to parties for quick party readings. While I was waiting for things to start or when there was a lull, I'd switch on the astrological clock screen saver. Then I could explain how the horoscope was astronomically accurate by showing the guests the position of the Sun relative to the horizon line and how it reflected the actual position of the Sun in the sky.

Each Mac program has some features the others don't. Io Astrology is "pretty" and very easy to use. I like how TimePassages gives definitions of particular points when your mouse hovers over it and, imo, both are quite sufficient for normal chart reading. But neither have anywhere near the depth of features as Solar Fire.