3D Astrology Chart Features
The flat wheel is a projection. Galactic mode puts the chart back into three dimensions, which makes some things visible that a wheel cannot show at all.
Open AstrologerWhy a flat wheel hides things
A chart wheel flattens the sky onto the plane of the ecliptic. That is a sensible simplification and it costs you latitude: two planets that look conjunct on the wheel can be a long way apart in the sky, and a planet can be out of bounds — beyond the Sun's maximum declination — without the wheel giving any hint. Declination work has always been the part of astrology that a two-dimensional chart is worst at representing.
What galactic mode shows
A navigable three-dimensional orrery with the planets in their real positions, aspect beams drawn between them, and declination visible as actual height rather than a number in a side table. Out-of-bounds planets are flagged where you can see why they qualify. It is genuinely useful for parallel and contraparallel work, and it is the fastest way to explain to a student why the wheel is a map rather than a photograph.
The sky map
Alongside the orrery there is a planetarium view: the actual sky from the birth location at the birth moment, with constellations, fixed stars, and the planets where they really were. For anyone working with fixed stars or parans this is the difference between trusting a table and seeing the arrangement.
Explore More
- Celestial research catalog: Every chartable body, with astronomy records.
- Open a chart: Galactic mode is a view inside the workspace.