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Dating options
Choose among the various dating plans available. Learn more about Dating Plans on the About page! Auto stamp appplies for Resume DP only.
Display the current verse in Southern Hemisphere Mode at startup and when clicking/tapping the Today button or the title bar.
Display Resumability buttons on the top right part of the Buttons Panel. This is a standard for the Resuming Dating plan.
 
Complementary verses
Show one of the Complementary Verse Sets of the current translation displayed right after the original verse or the main translation, unless Additional translations are added below. For German only, choose "Steiner (Deutsch) Only" in the Translation Select Box at the bottom of the main page.
Choose one of the Complementary Verse Sets above.
Drops the already displayed basic (current) verse and shows only the Complementary Verse(s).
 
Translations
Display the currently selected main translation above the original instead of the other way round.
You may add up to 3 additional translations displaying right after the original verse or the main translation.
 
Sections
Display a graphically profoundly edited copy of Rudolf Steiner's original handwritten outlines of the verses and original lettering where applied.

Some aspects, such as dating and lettering, suggest that the original document is a working copy from 1912 with modifications added for the 1925 edition. Download a copy of the original outlines below.

PDF 15.6 GB
Display randomly chosen paraphrased affirmations based on quotes of Rudolf Steiner below the verses.
Display randomly chosen quotes by Rudolf Steiner below the verses.



Display the current virtue (or pair of virtue) of Rudolf Steiner's Twelve Virtues (German original or above translations) below the verses.




Display the Twelve Moods of the Zodiac by Rudolf Steiner (German original or above translations) below the verses.
Show all 7 parts of the exercise to perform them as the originally intended morning exercise. If so, deactivate Today's exercise reminder below.
Reminder as to perform a certain exercise on a certain weekday, if performing the exercise as daily one-line meditations for use throughout the weeks, one day each beginning with Monday.
Display Rudolf Steiner's Retrospective Exercise.
 
Additional sections
Display "In Light Of" addition.
Show Laura Summer's beautiful '52 Weeks' artwork along with the verses and PDF's containing painting lessons for each and one of her paintings.
Display a randomly chosen, edited copy of a photograph of Rudolf Steiner's (You may set the Rudolf Steiner Photos section to always show the currently displayed photograph by clicking/tapping the star button just below it).
 
Color Settings
 Color Cycles
Note: Monthly and seasonal colors are adjusted to the Southern as well as to the Northern Hemisphere. In order to choose any other color set below, you need to have "No Color Cycles" checked.
 Classic Colors
 Palette Colors
Choose a Color Set from the above Palette or enter a hexadecimal color value in the HEX Color Value Input Field. Not sure about what this is about? Visit htmlcolorcodes to find a suitable HEX color value and copy/paste it to the field above without the hash #.
 Custom Wallpapers
When choosing a window background, it will only be visible on devices that have a significantly larger window than the calendar window.
White calendar background will override the calendar background of the chosen Color Set.
 
Layout alternatives
Begins every verse with a drop cap instead of a regular character.
 Font sizes




Font resizing will affect font in verses and additional sections. Please note that you also can increase the scrren display size of your webbrowser by pressing Ctrl+/- for Windows and Cmd+/- for Mac).
When checked, highlights Today as well as Oppo and Corr toggle buttons as a visual reminder when Preset Layouts are used.
 Letter prefix (where applicable)



By default, Rudolf Steiner's original lettering from 1912 is applied on each verse.
 Verse title



Please note: The duration of a "week" is not always 7 days. It simply represents the number of days a certain verse is displayed according to a certain Dating Plan, with the exception of the 1st of April Dating Plan and the Sundays Dating Plan. Read more about Dating Plans on the About page!.
This Verse Title Section has been added recently. Please suggest corrections and translations for the languages that lack titles using this form.
 
Menus settings
When checked, the Top Menu Bar will be "floating" or "hovering" pinned to the upper part of the display window, similar to the Buttons Panel at the bottom. When unckecked it will scroll with the rest of the content.
When checked, the panel will be pinned to the bottom part of the display window, similar to the Top Menu Bar. When unchecked it will scroll with the rest of the content. This can also be set directly on the panel using the panels Pin/UnPin functionality on the right hand side.
When checked, the panel will be visible, when unckecked it will be invisible. This can also be set directly on the panel tapping/clicking the dashed/undashed Eye symbol on the right hand side as well as the swipe up/down functionality (when activated). Leave checked if not sure what this is about.
Shows Left/right Navigation Arrows at the top of the Buttons Panel.
 
Navigation configuration
Left/right Verse Click Area
The entire Left/right Verse Click Area is active.
Activates Left/right Swipe Area on verse section (for touch screens only) and disables Left/right Verse Click Area. Scrolling as well as Pinch & Spread (zooming in and out) will be disabled on swipe area and is limited to left/right peripherals. Note: The Swipe Area will only work on the verses section. All other sections will not be affected!
Activates additional Up/down swipe capability to make panel visible (swipe up) and invisible (swipe down). This will only be active if Left/right Swipe Area (above) is active. Leave unchecked if not sure what this is about.
Activates highlighting of clickable and swipeable areas for visibility, orientation and demonstration purposes (left clickable side is red, right is blue and the swipable area is red and blue together).
 
SlowDown FX


Special floating effects.
Special Fade in Effects.
 
Reset
If you decide to reset The Calendar of the Soul to its default values, the current settings will be lost and replaced by default values, which means you will have to set your preferences anew. If not sure, do not push the Reset button!
 Reset!