Delving into Declination #2Date Published: 3/1/2001by Kt Boehrer
P arallels of declination have been discussed in many astrology books. In fact, that old classic The A to Z
Horoscope Delineator by Llewellyn George, provides three references to parallels. Everything he said is good and
valid, but it was incomplete. Much more recently, Ivy M. Goldstein-Jacobson devoted a considerable amount of
space to this subject in almost every one of her numerous and excellent books. William Lilly mentions it and even
Ptolemy discusses parallels of declination – very briefly.
It is a subject that has been around for a long, long time during which no one ever really addressed or understood
the dimensions and import of declination and its parallels. But even more importantly no astrologer and no
astrology book ever (at least in the last thousand years or so) has really defined and described the overpowering
importance of declination until my 1975 book, Declination: The Other Dimension appeared. No one has ever
recognized the definite and definable influence of declination which would then allow us both finite and infinite
knowledge about the reality that is taking place in the heavens around us. This subject is not an old technique
rediscovered – unless we are referring to thousands of years old and long-lost techniques (in astrology this is
always a possibility.) My work is a 'current' look at the heavens and declination in a novel fashion.
The most remarkable aspect of this work is the fact, manner and means of examining/understanding and applying
a new comprehension of the importance of the extremity of the orbit of the celestial objects that comprise our
charts. This extremity is of major importance in defining the effect of the planets in each chart. Some of the planets
are capable of such extreme orbits that they almost intersect the Equator at a right angle, and in doing so they
often swing far into space beyond the maximum declination of the Ecliptic.
These orbits are enormously important in the influence or lack of influence of aspects. In addition, these orbits
identify those periods when a planet is Out-Of-Bounds (OOB) because it has escaped from the maximum limits of
declination of the Ecliptic. In going OOB these planets have a very definitive influence on the character, personality
and intelligence of the individual born at the time that a planet was OOB.
With one exception, everything that has been written about parallels of
declination has not addressed the subject correctly and completely.
With one exception, everything that has been written about parallels of declination has not addressed the subject
correctly and completely. The work that Ivy M. Goldstein Jacobson did was almost 100 percent on in
mundo parallels - and it was powerful and important and perfectly correct and complete for in
mundo work, but was very limited because parallels in mundo are a very different matter from declination and
parallels as a whole, as they are presented in my book, Declination: The Other Dimension.
It is precisely this extremity of orb that renders invalid so much of the work that has been done on declination in
the past, for the simple reason that no other astrologer has ever recognized, researched or written about the OOB
planets. In addition, all mathematical calculations were done on the basis that declination didn't matter, so those
periods when one or more planets were OOB were simply ignored. As long as the planet remained within the
ecliptic limits the calculations were all right (no guarantees about the correctness of delineation however) but as
soon as the planet exceeded 23N/S28 declination the calculations and delineations were incorrect.
In addition, no other astrologer has ever presented a mathematical formula for identifying the exact degree on the
Ecliptic that an OOB planet is aspecting from beyond the maximum Ecliptic declination. Strangely, astronomers
had the formula but didn't have a real use for it. To them it was a source of information that had no real value or
meaning. We astrologers had no formula but did have a great need for it! For us its significance is highly important
and informative!
For these reasons it is incorrect to label my presentation in that book as a new way to do old tricks as some have
done, and doing so only reveals their lack of understanding.
In future articles I will also provide and explain a 'real,' and 'accurate' declination chart: the Boehrer declination
chart designed by the author in 1974 and copyrighted in 1975. There is no other correct and accurate declination
chart. Let me add that Linear Graphs are very helpful and very interesting but not nearly as informative as the
Boehrer Declination Chart. However, the astrologer who wishes to work with declination will find the Linear Graph
of great interest and quite informative, although fairly limited.
'Til the next article, then, I remain, KtB, the Declination Lady
