#parans

[wanderin-time]

Parans

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A meaningful practice utilising fixed stars. Who doesn't love that? Shoutout to astrologer Bernadette Brady, whose work reintroduced parans to the modern astrological world.

toc: || the preliminaries || interpretation (and pdf), timing of parans || how to find your own parans (Astrodienst) ||

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The preliminaries

Without explaining the technicalities in length and getting into the nitty gritty right away, you should know a few things:

The stars rise and set throughout the day, corresponding to the motion of the Zodiac

Paran = a relationship between a fixed star and planet actualized by their temportal (but not local) co-incidence on an axis (AC-DC, MC-IC).

To put it simply, a paran is formed whether a star and a planet is conjunct an axis at a given time -- but it doesn't need to be the same axis! (star at IC with planet at AC form a paran just the same as both star and planet at MC).

Parans do not change throughout the day, but their calculations are highly sensitive to geographical location. Parans are calculated from midnight to midnight.

Interpretation

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A paran interlinks the characteristics of a fixed star with those of the given planet. Facies with Moon causes ruthless nature, Vindemiatrix with Venus possibly a desire to form art collections etc etc.

Check out Bernadette Brady's "Book of Fixed Stars" for further descriptions of the stars themselves: raw epub on libgen here OR my own fixed up version on Google Drive here for convenience.

Timing of parans

What is special with parans is that they are inherently timed to a certain period in life, existence, according to the position of the star. Rephrasing: the paran will get activated according to the star's position.

Stars at AC/rising express themselves in childhood, teens, early life ("youth"). The energy of rising stars is expressed in the native's entire life.

Stars at MC/midheaven/in (higher) culmination are expressed at the prime of one's life.

Stars at DC/setting find expression in latter years/old age.

Stars on the IC/nadir/in lower culmination express themselves in your legacy and how you are remembered by the living.

How to find your own parans

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astro.com > extended chart selection > special > Parans according to Bernadette Brady (your choice to include or exclude trans-saturnians)

Have fun, post your parans if you don't understand them, research! Knowledge to the masses!!!

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For my astrology folx:

When doing parans, do you include Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto? From what I understand that would be a more relatively modern inclusion into an ancient practice so ymmv, but I find it interesting enough to be curious if others choose to include them.

[lexiconjure]

parans

plural n. [usually treated as sing.] the branch of science concerned with the properties of paranormal processes.

paranchological adj. paranchologist n.

[lexiconjure]

parans

plural n. [usually treated as sing.] the branch of science concerned with the properties of paranormal processes.

paranchological adj. paranchologist n.

[lexiconjure]

parans

plural n. [usually treated as sing.] the branch of science concerned with the properties of paranormal processes.

paranchological adj. paranchologist n.