Mundane Parallels Study
Declination contacts operate independently of longitude aspects, so researchers who work in declination want the parallel dates for the pairs they follow. The Mundane Parallels study generates an event each time a pair of transiting bodies forms an exact parallel or contra-parallel of declination.
Each event records both bodies, the kind of contact that formed, and their positions at the moment it perfects.
Create a Mundane Parallels Study
To add a Mundane Parallels study to the current workspace:
- Click Mundane Studies → Parallels on the menu bar.
- Click Mundane Parallels in the Parallels submenu.
Alternatively, click the Parallel Studies drop-down button on the toolbar and select Mundane Parallels from its flyout.
The new study appears at the bottom of the Studies list and is selected automatically, so its settings open immediately. It takes its name from the study type.
What This Study Finds
An event is generated when a pair of transiting bodies forms a parallel or a contra-parallel aspect to one another. A parallel occurs when the two bodies share the same declination on the same side of the celestial equator, and a contra-parallel when they share it on opposite sides. Both kinds are included unless the Event Type drop-down is set to restrict the study to one of them.
Because the technique is a declination one, the diurnal angles, the lunar axis points and the hypothetical Uranian bodies are not offered in this study's body lists. See Which Bodies a Study Offers for the full set a study omits.
The settings column holds the Study Name, the ephemeris settings, the study date range and the Event Type drop-down, followed by the Inner Bodies and Outer Bodies selection lists that supply the pairs to test. Every body checked in the Inner Bodies list is paired with every body checked in the Outer Bodies list.
Events Table Columns
The events table lists one row per contact. Several columns are hidden by default, as the table notes. Right-click any column header to show or hide a column, as described in Choose Events Table Columns. The coordinate columns follow the study's Reference Plane: their headers read Longitude and Latitude in the ecliptic plane, and Right Asc and Declination in the equatorial plane. The table below gives the ecliptic-plane headers.
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Date Time | Date and time the contact perfects, in the application's long date and time format. Always the first column, and it cannot be moved. Visible by default. |
| Event Type | Whether the contact is a parallel or a contra-parallel. Visible by default. |
| Inner Body | Name of the inner body of the pair. Visible by default. |
| Inner Body Longitude | The inner body's primary coordinate, in degrees. Hidden by default. |
| Inner Body Sign | The inner body's position as degrees, sign and minutes of the zodiac. Visible by default. |
| Inner Body Latitude | The inner body's secondary coordinate, in degrees. Visible by default. |
| Inner Body Distance | The inner body's radial distance, in astronomical units (AU). Hidden by default. |
| Inner Body Speed | The inner body's speed, in degrees per day. Hidden by default. |
| Outer Body | Name of the outer body of the pair. Visible by default. |
| Outer Body Longitude | The outer body's primary coordinate, in degrees. Hidden by default. |
| Outer Body Sign | The outer body's position as degrees, sign and minutes of the zodiac. Visible by default. |
| Outer Body Latitude | The outer body's secondary coordinate, in degrees. Visible by default. |
| Outer Body Distance | The outer body's radial distance, in astronomical units (AU). Hidden by default. |
| Outer Body Speed | The outer body's speed, in degrees per day. Hidden by default. |
| Separation | Angular separation between the two bodies, in degrees. Visible by default. |
| Event Interval | Elapsed time since the previous event in the list. Hidden by default. |