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Parans
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206 |
| Author: |
Marilyn |
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7/21/2006 |
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7/21/2006 |
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The Paran - General description
Parans occur when two celestial bodies, here planets, cross the
"angles" at the same time. The angles referred to here are the horizon
and meridian! Actually, all that is needed is for two planets (etc.) to
have the potential to cross the angles simultaneously at the geographic
latitude for which the chart is drawn.
Actual Parans.
The following are examples of parans:
planet A rises on the east horizon with planet B.
planet A rises while planet B sets on the west horizon.
planet A rises while planet B culminates on the upper meridian.
planet A rises while planet B anti-culminates at the lower
meridian. planet A sets while planet B rises, culminates,
anti-culminates or sets.
planet A culminates or anti-culminates while planet B culminates, anti- culminates, rises or sets.
It may be helpful to reiterate that the familiar MC (Midheaven) is
the point where the ecliptic crosses the upper meridian, the IC is the
point where the ecliptic crosses the lower meridian, the Ascendant is
the point where the ecliptic rises across the horizon, almost always
the east horizon (occasionally in the west in the arctic and antarctic
latitudes). The Descendant is the ecliptic's setting point on the
horizon in the west. Again, polar latitudes can complicate the problem,
although in practice this is rarely encountered.
How to use the Paran Printout
To experiment with parans you may use the paran printout to see which
planets are in paran orb. In the "Paran Printout" the planetary
positions are given in degrees from O to 36O and in hours, minutes and
seconds of sidereal time, both ways may be handy, depending on the
situation. You read the planetary pair as you would read a planetary
pair in the more familiar ecliptic aspect, being attentive to the
relative closeness of the two planets as a key to their interpretive
strength. If two planets are in paran and only a few minutes apart in
their angle-crossings then the contact should be stronger than if they
cross through the angular foreground 5 degrees (= 2O minutes of
sidereal time) from each other. It is you, the user, who determines
what orb to use for these contacts.
Another means for judging strength is whether the two paran(ing)
planets are located near the angles (strong!) or whether the planets
are in the background of the chart and only hold the potential for
crossing angles together (weaker!). Parans which are natally (etc.) in
the angular foreground are said to be in "mundane square" with each
other.
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