Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your AVL file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert AVL to another file type
To convert your AVL file to another format, you need LifeSign & ArcView or other Data software.
Convert a file to AVL
To convert other file formats to the "Horoscope & Symbology Data" file type, you need software like LifeSign & ArcView or a similar tool.
About AVL files
The .AVL extension is shared by two completely different proprietary formats, creating frequent confusion for users trying to open them.
1. Astro-Vision LifeSign Horoscope Data: The most common use (approx. 41%) is a data file generated by Astro-Vision software, specifically LifeSign or LifeSign Mini. These files store complex Vedic astrology calculations, planetary positions, and chart details.
The Problem: These are strictly proprietary. You cannot open an astrology .AVL file in Microsoft Word, Excel, or on a mobile device. They require the exact version of the Astro-Vision software that created them to view the data.
The Solution: Most users simply want to read or share the horoscope. The best workflow is to convert the output to PDF (for emailing/archiving) or JPG (for social sharing). If you do not have the original software, standard conversion tools are necessary to interpret the binary data.
2. ArcView GIS Legend File: Legacy users of ESRI software (specifically the older ArcView 3.x) encounter .AVL files used to store legend templates - defining how map features (colors, symbols, line weights) are displayed.
The Problem: This is an obsolete format. Modern GIS suites like ArcGIS Pro use LYR or .LYRX files. An .AVL file contains formatting rules, not the map data itself (which lives in SHP files), meaning opening it without the associated shapefiles results in an empty interface.
The Solution: To modernize these assets, they must be imported into a legacy version of ArcMap and saved as LYR, or parsed into text/XML for migration to open-source tools like QGIS.
Other niche uses include AVEVA PDMS attribute lists and Mortal Kombat game archives, both of which are highly specialized and encrypted.
Convert.Guru analyzes your AVL file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert AVL file to JPG, PNG, SHP, KML, KMZ, GPX, GEOJSON, TOPOJSON, TIF, TIFF, ECW or SID, you can use LifeSign & ArcView or similar software from the "Astrology Data & GIS Legends" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert LAZ, KMZ, DTM, CSV, DEM, PRJ, LAS, GPX, DSM, SHP, DBF or KML files to AVL, try LifeSign & ArcView or another comparable tool in the "Astrology Data & GIS Legends" category.
The AVL Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our AVL converter.