Astrology Glossary

Contra-parallel

Also called: contraparallel, contraparallels

Two bodies at the same distance from the celestial equator but on opposite sides of it, one north and one south. It behaves rather like an opposition, and like a parallel it does not show up as an angle on the wheel.

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