Astrology is a set of traditions, beliefs and systems which hold that there is a connection between the movement of heavenly bodies and events that take place on Earth such as human affairs, and personality. Astrologists use the position of the planets to try to predict future events, and to inform the psychological understanding of an individual’s psyche.
Up until the 17th century astrology and astronomy were inextricably intertwined. However, it’s important to recognize that astronomy and astrology are two very different disciplines. Astronomy is the scientific study of celestial objects and is widely respected in the scientific community, whereas astrology is based on universal, timeless symbolism, it is often regarded as a pseudo-science, and thought of as an art.
This article highlights the best astrology software that runs natively under Linux. There’s not a wide selection of software available in this genre. Nevertheless, there are some great astrology applications listed below for anyone who wants to try to improve his or her understanding of themselves or others.
To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 9 top quality open source astrology applications. Hopefully, there will be something of interest for anyone interested in intuitive perception.
Let’s explore the 9 astrology applications at hand. Click the links in the table below to learn about each program. We set out each program’s features with screenshots and links to relevant resources.
| Astrology Software | |
|---|---|
| Skylendar | Modern design astrology software for KDE with SQL support |
| Cenon Astro | Astrology module for Cenon |
| Astrolog | Award winning software |
| Asteria | Astrological chart calculator and analyzer |
| Maitreya | Vedic and Western Astrology |
| OpenAstro.org | Fully featured astrology application |
| Morinus | Uses the Swiss ephemeris for accuracy |
| SymSolon | Analyze horoscopes wiyh Symbolon cards |
| Oroboros | Python based astrology software |
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Seems like Cenon Astro, Astrolog and OpenAstro.org haven’t been updated in many years… Which is very unfortunate
As they are open source anyone can carry on their development.
Astrolog is regularly updated! 🙂 Astrolog version 7.80 was released just last year. The screenshot and description on the page here for Astrolog is from version 5.40 released back in 1998.
Oh well, given the paucity of donations, some content will inevitably not be maintained going forwards.
Wie kann man nur skylendar als bestes Astro Programm empfehlen wenn es sich unter Linux ganz und gar nicht installieren lässt. Das ist Absurd!
English translation:
How can one recommend skylendar as the best astro program when it cannot be installed under Linux at all? This is absurd!
I just compiled the source in Manjaro. It compiles with no issues.
What distro are you using?
Does ease of installation form part of the rating score?
Absolutely.