No, Kerrie......Declination is the planets "apparent height" above (or below) the Equator......(We really need a picture but) imagine a ine drawn from the centre of the Earth to the Equator and another from the centre to the North Pole, making a 90 degree triangle at the Earth Centre......This enables us to measure the distance from the Equator to the North Pole in degrees...O degrees being on the Equator and 90 degrees being on the North Pole/as far above the Equator as we can get......If we then look from the Earth Centre at our planet in the sky, it falls somewhere on that 0-90 degree Equator/North Pole line......and the degree on which it falls is the declination....So you cant see it in a chart like you could see a trine?
Yes....The Astrological Table of Declinations is part of the Chart information, providing the declination degree of each planet......which is not the same as the zodiac degree that we use to calculate astrological aspects.So I need to look at the Table of Declinations? to work this out?
That PDF file is the table, Vanila/Kerrie....check if you have any planets in parallel or contra-parallel from astro.com the PDF file...If you find table let us know.....
Perhaps, Vanila......I don't know of any......but maybe other members will....I thought there might be tables like ephemeris or something similar for the parallels and contra-parallels.....
Signs don't apply/matter, Kerrie......I should have written Uranus=North 23 degrees : Pluto=North 23 degrees......We need only to know that planets are or are not parallel/contraparallel......SorryOr do I now need to look at something else? How do I get the the sign? As in...EJ's (Uranus=North 23degrees Libra : Pluto=North 23degrees Leo)
Thanks for the information/"heads up", JerryjerryRR said:...I recommend 'The American Ephemeris 2001 to 2010'....'Horoscope Symbols' by Robert Hand,Chapter 6 The Aspects....'Essays on Astrology' also by Hand,Chapter 9 Astrology's Second Dimension: Declination and Latitude....'Primary Directions Made Easy', by Sepharial for calculating Zodiacal,Mundane and Rapt Parallels.
I wouldn't look for parallels and counter parallels in the standard chart, but in the little data table that you get with the Astrodienst extra tables. Treat the parallel like a conjunction, and the counter-parallel like an opposition. I would allow a one-degree orb, maybe 2 degrees for luminaries.
If it helps you visualize them, just print off your chart and draw in some "aspect" lines for them.