posted February 16, 2015 04:54 PM            

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Not always considered in chart comparison are aspects in another dimension of the chart, and these are aspects in declination. When two planets are the same distance from the equator, they are considered parallel or contraparallel. The parallel occurs when two planets are the same distance from the equator and on the same side (both north or both south). The contraparallel occurs when they are approximately the same distance but on opposite sides of the equator (one north, the other south).

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Parallels and contraparallels between charts offer us more information about compatibility. Strong connections include the following:

*Sun to Moon. This is a classic aspect in synastry. Connections between the Sun in one chart and the Moon in the other chart don't guarantee a healthy relationship, but they do imply the potential for a strong connection or bond. Sometimes, there is a co-dependency feel to the relationship.

*Venus to Mars. Romantic/sexual attraction, competitiveness which can be stimulating. There can also be quite a bit of posing, cat and mouse, "foreplay" that is not always of the pleasant variety.

*Moon to Venus. Peacefulness, contentedness, acceptance, domestic ties.

*Moon to Mars. Potentially volatile but also potentially emotionally rich, stimulating, and exciting.

The outer planets connected with inner planets almost always add complications, but with much potential for spiritual growth. Venus or Mars with Pluto are often indicators of sexual attraction. Venus with Pluto can be especially complicated. While there is usually a lot of attraction, it can be mixed with fear, and Venus-Pluto connections often have a love-hate feel to them as a result. Venus-Pluto and Mars-Pluto are usually at their best when they are played out in the bedroom!

With Neptune, the Neptune person can have an effect of bringing tremendous highs and lows to the other person's life as they struggle with their own dreams and ideals, seeing traits in the Neptune person in the extreme, bad or good, instead of realistically. There is often projection of hopes and wishes onto the Neptune person, and some level of disappointment when it is discovered that the Neptune person is a real, flawed person and not the embodiment of the other person's ideals and fantasies. However, if the couple can move past this drama, the relationship can be spiritually uplifting.

With Uranus, the Uranus person takes on the role of shaking up the other person's life in some obvious manner, whether it's about relationship expectations, daily routines, or ideas. The Uranus person may be seen as inconsistent--all there one day, not there the next, and this can be literally or figuratively speaking. The personal planet person might feel like the Uranus person is always somehow out of reach, and this can be intriguing or upsetting, and usually a bit of both.

With Saturn, the Saturn person acts to remind the other person that they need to be responsible, and this "lesson" can be both rewarding and challenging, depending on how the Saturn person delivers these reminders, and on how the personal planet person receives them.

With Jupiter, there can be a lot of leniency. The Jupiter person is usually quite permissive with the personal planet person, sometimes to the point of encouraging negative behaviors. However, there is quite a bit of acceptance and good humor between the two, and this can be very encouraging.

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posted February 16, 2015 05:17 PM            

This thread was inspired by Kannon McAfee's article, which he posted on the Pluto Life Cyles thread.
http://kannonmcafee.wordpress.com/declinations/#pluto

posted February 16, 2015 05:37 PM            

My Venus: 2.37 N
My Descendant: 2.36 N
My Ascendant: 2.36 S
His Sun: 3.08 N
His Mars: 3.06 S
His Pluto: 3.04 S
His Nessus: 3.08 S
(Slightly wider than 1 degree from his planets, also:
My Juno: 4.21 N)

And if that ^ wasn't enough:

His Moon: 25.18 S
My Moon: 25.54 S
Yes, I've definitely seen similarities in how we feel and express feelings. Both out of bounds, too, so I think - from what I've read about it - we become more erratic and intense in our emotions.

My Mars: 9.59 N
My Nessus: 10.17 N
His Mercury: 10.18 N
His Juno: 10.58 S

His Chiron: 12.27 N
My South Node: 12.54 N
My BML: 12.01 S
My Part of Fortune: 11.53 S

My Ceres 19.41 N
His Saturn 20.33 S
My Dejanira 21.25 S
His Neptune: 21.55 S

My Chiron: 16.41 N
His Part of Fortune: 17.36 S
His Vesta: 17.33 N
His Dejanira: 16.03 N
My Psyche: 16.29 S

His Venus: 8.18 N
My Valentine: 8.24 N

posted February 16, 2015 05:43 PM            

Thanks for contributing. That is amazing...moon = moon, out of bounds!

posted February 16, 2015 05:52 PM            

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With Uranus, the Uranus person takes on the role of shaking up the other person's life in some obvious manner, whether it's about relationship expectations, daily routines, or ideas. The Uranus person may be seen as inconsistent--all there one day, not there the next, and this can be literally or figuratively speaking. The personal planet person might feel like the Uranus person is always somehow out of reach, and this can be intriguing or upsetting, and usually a bit of both.

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Wow. *gasp* So, so, so accurate for his Uranus parallel my IC. He has been an inspiration for me - I've told him plenty of times I can really be myself around him, or at least much more than in past relationships. He's definitely shaken up some old relationship patterns, too. The unpredictability, though, yes, I see it.

posted February 16, 2015 05:55 PM            

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Originally posted by Faith:
Helloooooo Rie!

Thanks for contributing. That is amazing...moon = moon, out of bounds!

Actually I just discovered a friend of mine has their Mercury = my Mars in declination, out of bounds. We've definitely pushed some limits in communication.

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Faaaith!

Thank you, yes, it's one of those things you wouldn't have known without checking the declinations.

Pushing the limits, that sounds like a good description for parallels out of bounds. I like the way you worded that.

And I totally took a peek at your list and we have Moon & Mars contra-parallel by only a few minutes.

posted February 16, 2015 06:04 PM              

My Saturn 21.12 S
My Neptune 21.52 S
His Saturn 22.25 S
His Neptune 22.16 S

Those saturns *sigh*

My IC 4.59 S
My Moon 4.40 N
His Mercury 5.19 S
His Sun 5.58 N

Moon to Sun DW

My Mercury 20.11 N
His Jupiter 20.16 N
My Asc 19.2 N
My True Node 18.14 S
His Venus 18.26 N

ahhhhhh

His Asc 2.29 N
My Pluto 1.15 S
His Pluto 0.1 S
His Mars 0.42 S

It's intense, the Plutos do not surprise me

posted February 16, 2015 06:07 PM              

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Originally posted by Faith:
Thanks ~ I will, too, then!

This thread was inspired by Kannon McAfee's article, which he posted on the Pluto Life Cyles thread.
http://kannonmcafee.wordpress.com/declinations/#pluto

That's a good basic intro to the idea of declinations.

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posted February 16, 2015 06:16 PM              

my Sun 23°22 S
my Venus 24°06 S
his Sun 23°24 S
his Venus 22°39 S
his MC 23°25 S

my Moon 11°05 S
my Uranus 11°27 S
my Pluto 11°40 N
his NN 10°59 N

my Moon 11°05 S
his Mars 9°56 N
(I know, technically out of orb, but only 9 minutes)

my Mars 21°13 S
my Neptune 20°26 S
my ASC 21°29 S
my NN 21°58 S
my Saturn 21°56 N
his MErcury 20°55 S
his Neptune 21°45 S

my IC 1°58 N
his DESC 1°44 N

also

my Saturn 21°56 N
my NN 21°58 N
his Venus 22°39 S

posted February 16, 2015 06:50 PM            

@Rie: Loved your commentary on Uranus

@Ceri:

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Anyway I love this one:

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my Moon 11°05 S
my Uranus 11°27 S
my Pluto 11°40 N
his NN 10°59 N

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posted February 16, 2015 07:16 PM            

Parallels: Through the Looking Glass Synastry

ETA:

posted February 17, 2015 03:36 AM            

My VENUS (09º15 S)
His MARS (08º59 N)

0º16 contraparallel

My PSYCHE (19º04 N)
His EROS (18º30 N)

0º34 parallel

Both incredibly felt, believe it or not.

Still, the ones that get me the absolute most are our TISIPHONES at 32ºN.

32!