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Below are complete instructions for PMP, the Planetary Magic Program, easy to use astrological software for Windows that instantly computes planetary talisman elections. Thousands of pre-defined locations in the U.S. make set up simple. Here are easy to print text file PMP Instructions.
In order to install and use PMP, users need to be able to do basic Windows tasks like creating and naming a new folder, saving an attachment to a particular folder, using zip decompression software, and running a program. Task unique to PMP are explained below.
Please keep in mind that while PMP works well as a stand alone program that it is a good idea to check planetary talisman elections in full chart astrological software with traditional features. In addition, there may be some differences in planetary hour and astrological factors due to different computational methods and how astrological events or planetary hours are defined.




Installing PMP

Running PMP
Using PMP

Location Setting-Set Longitude & Latitude Screen
Predefined US Location Setting
Manual Location Setting

Main Screen-Setting the Date
Planetary Talisman Elections
Print, Write, System Tray, Exit





Installing PMP


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If you received PMP as part of a course there is a special PMP page on the course CD with a link to download pmp.zip. If you received PMP as a stand alone program you have a link to download it in the order e-mail. In either case download pmp.zip and unzip it. If you do not already have zip decompression software on your computer (it is included with Windows XP, for example) you can download Winzip for free by following this link.
Once you have unzipped PMP.zip run the program setup.exe which has appeared in the PMP folder.




Running PMP


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Go to the Planetary Magic Program folder on your main drive, usually C: drive. Run the program PMP.exe. .




Using PMP


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When you run PMP the start screen will appear. At the bottom of the screen are two buttons. Click "OK" to continue and calculate planetary talisman elections. Clicking "Exit" will exit the program.

PMP Main Screen
PMP Start Screen


Once you click "OK" you will be taken to the Planetary Magic Program Main Screen

PMP Main Screen
PMP Main Screen





Setting the Location


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When you run PMP for the first time the default location is set as Greenwich, England. Unless you happen to live in Greenwich you will need to change location. You should also follow this procedure whenever you need to determine planetary talisman elections for a location different from that currently selected.
Click the "Change Location" button on the Main Screen and you will be taken to the Set Latitude and Longitude Screen

PMP Set Latitude and Longitude Screen
PMP Set Latitude and Longitude Screen





Set Latitude and Longitude Screen-Predefined Location Setting


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If you live in the U.S. you can select the proper longitude and latitude for your location from a large number of predefined locations. If you do not live in the US or need to manually enter a US location go onto Manually Setting Location.
For most US locations you use PMP's predefined settings. Go to the bottom half of the "Set Latitude and Longitude" Screen. You can either use the scrollbar on the right or speed up the process by selecting a state code on the left. This takes you directly to the chosen state. You can then select the first letter of the city name. Finally scroll down and click on the appropriate city name. This automatically sets the proper location as well as latitude and longitude. This sets the proper location, the latitude, the longitude, and the time zone.
Check to make sure that the proper time zone has been selected for your location.

Eastern Daylight Time is -4
Eastern Standard Time is -5
Central Daylight Time is -5
Central Standard Time is -6
Mountain Daylight Time is -6
Mountain Standard Time is -7
Pacific Daylight Time is -7
Pacific Standard Time is -8
Alaska Daylight Time is -8
Alaska Standard Time is -9
Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight Time is -9
Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time is -10


For some locations (e.g. Indiana) PMP will ask for you to select the proper time zone and daylight savings time method.
On the Set Latitude and Longitude screen to change the time zone manually click the arrow in the box that says, "Standard TZ" and select the proper time zone from the pull down menu.
You can have Daylight Savings Time adjusted automatically by choosing the US method of daylight savings time or the European method.
The US method goes to DST on last Sunday in April, back to standard time on last Sunday in October. The change occurs at 2am in each time zone.
The European method goes to DST on last Sunday in March, back to standard time on last Sunday in October. The change occurs at 1am GMT, independent of the time zone observed at any particular location.
Click the appropriate radio button on the Daylight box. You can also choose to adjust Daylight Savings time manually by choosing manual.
Then click "Done" You will return to the Main screen. Make sure the proper location appears.
Note that if you change the values for a predefined location by entering new values it will overwrite the original values and there is no automatic way to restore the old values.




Set Latitude and Longitude Screen-Manually Setting Latitude and Longitude


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If you do not live in the US or if your location is not on the PMP list you can manually enter your latitude and longitude.

PMP Set Latitude and Longitude Screen
PMP Set Latitude and Longitude Screen

Click on the entry that says "New Name" at bottom half of the screen. The "Place Name" field will become blank. Put your cursor in the latitude and latitude boxes at the top of the screen and delete all of the numbers and letters there.
To type a latitude, type the number of degrees North or South. Then type "N" for degrees North, or "S" for degrees South. Type the number of minutes, followed by a single-quote mark. Type the number of seconds. If you press "Enter" (or left-click your mouse) after entering "N" or "S", PMP assumes that you intended 0 minutes and 0 seconds. If you press "Enter" (or left-click your mouse) after entering the single-quote, PMP assumes that you intended 0 seconds. The number of degrees and the number of minutes must be integers. The number of seconds may include a decimal fraction as well, if you know the data to that degree of precision. Entering a longitude is the same as entering a latitude, except that you use "E" and "W" instead of "N" and "S".
After entering the latitude and longitude type the new place name (by itself, no state or anything in front of it) in the "Place Name" box. Place Names entered by the user will be automatically prefixed with "==", and will appear in the list before any entries for states. Also, the "==" will appear in the "State code" list. Click on the "Set time zone from longitude" button. Check to make sure that the proper time zone has been selected for your location.

BST British Summer Time +1
IST Irish Summer Time +1
WET Western Europe Time 0
WEST Western Europe Summer Time +1
CET Central Europe Time +1
CEST Central Europe Summer Time, +2
EET Eastern Europe Time +2
EEST Eastern Europe Summer Time +3
MSK Moscow Time +3
MSD Moscow Summer Time +4


AEST Australian Eastern Standard Time +10
AEDT Australian Eastern Daylight Time +11
ACST Australian Central Standard Time +9.5
ACDT Australian Central Daylight Time +10.5
AWST Australian Western Standard Time +8


Your own local time may differ.
To change the time zone click the arrow in the box that says, "Standard TZ" select the proper time zone from the pull down menu.
You can have Daylight Savings Time adjusted automatically by choosing the US method of daylight savings time or the European method. Click the appropriate radio button on the Daylight box. You can also choose to adjust Daylight Savings time manually by choosing manual. Remember that time calculations are based on your computer's internal clock which must have the correct time set.
Then click "Done". You will return to the Main screen. Make sure the proper location appears.

PMP Main Screen
PMP Main Screen





Main Screen-Setting the Date


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Click the "Set to today's date" button to choose the current date. Note that it is listed as year, month and date. Thus January 5, 2003 is 2003-01-05. If you want to enter a new date just type it in using the format of yyyy-mm-dd, i.e. a four digit year, two digit month and two digit day.
You can also use the "Adjust the date" button Click it and you will be taken to the Adjust the date Screen. Click the + button to add and the - button to subtract the appropriate days, weeks, months, years, etc. Then click "Exit" to return to the Main Screen.




Planetary Talisman Elections


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PMP's default setting is to search for planetary talisman elections when selected planet is rising or culminating, in sign or exaltation and it is the planetary hour of the planet. These settings cannot be turned off as these are the minimum necessary for traditional planetary talisman. The default setting for PMP is to look over the next 2 years from the start date on the Main Screen.
Simply make the selection "When is the next time to make a talisman" by clicking the white circle on the left in the middle of the Main Screen. A pull down menu appears. Select the planet you wish to find a talisman election for on the pull down menu. Then click the "Compute" button at the bottom of the Main Screen to the left. PMP will compute the elections and output the results in the white screen on the right. Note that the results are given for the selected location, with the date written year, month and date and a time range given in 24 hour time with "D" for Daylight Saving Time or Summer Time and "S" for Standard Time.
You can additional restrictions on the elections by choosing the options, "Use Planetary Day as well as Hour" and/or "Require the Moon to be Unafflicted" Keep in mind, however, that these restrictions will significantly reduce the elections provided by PMP and may result in no elections fitting these criteria over the selected time range.
Click the "Reset" button at the bottom of the PMP Main Screen to make a new election.
Please keep in mind that while PMP works well as a stand alone program that it is a good idea to check planetary talisman elections in full chart astrological software with traditional features. In addition, there may be some differences in planetary hour and astrological factors due to different computational methods and how astrological events or planetary hours are defined.




Main Screen-Print, Write, System Tray, Exit


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Click the "Print" button to print out the current computed planetary talisman elections on your default printer.
If you click the "Write" button it creates file called PMP.txt in the folder where you placed PMP, with a list of the currently computed planetary elections. Every time you click "Write" it will overwrite the previous PMP.txt with a new containing the currently computed planetary elections. If you wish to save a PMP.txt file before overwriting it with a new computation you can rename it.
Click "Exit" to exit the program.




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