About Us

Sky Engine Software began early in 2009 in the imagination of astrologer Adam Gainsburg after 7 years of night sky observation and several thousand client sessions. By 2010, a deal was struck with Jeff Close, owner of Intrepid Astrological Charting Software to create a dedicated module for the synodic phases of Mars-Sun and Venus-Sun. In early 2011, work then began on a generic search engine to accomodate any definition of a synodic phase or cycle including elongation amount, appearance or disappearance, a planet's stations, and its maximum elongation or brightness.

Mid-2011 saw experts in synodic work come on board into the Sky Engine family. Gary Caton's Heroic Journey system, Daniel Giamario and Cayelin Castell's Shamanic Astrology system, and Deb Houlding's Traditional systems, along with Sky Engine owner Adam Gainsburg's Dharmic systems will be the first synodic systems in the premiere launch of Sky Engine, just in time for the NORWAC and UAC conferences in 2012.

Subsequent releases of Sky Engine will see no less than six new systems - each covering multiple planets' phase definitions - bringing the total number of synodic searches available for every user to over 40! Beyond the breadth of search options and synodic outlooks among the various schools, Sky Engine will future release Personal Phase Reports™, advanced Phase Return searches and more. The summer of 2012 will see another first in astrological computing....

Sky Engine will boast the world's most accurate elongation calculation! Read more...