Parallels

Two planets , or more are said to be in parallel when they are within 1.2 degrees in declination. Sometimes the declination charts are called the second natal chart. They are felt to be more karmic, making a statement that is held in space and time and can be triggered either by a planet transiting in declination or being aspected by another planet in longitude.

Planets can be parallel or contra-parallel, in the natal chart, contra-parallel is not destructive, but an aspect made by transit can be, a parallel is considered to be a joining of energies like a conjunction, and the contra-parallel transit similar to an opposition.