How does canting the bow affect aim and the archer's paradox?

I find it more difficult to shoot my bow horizontally, and find it much easier to shoot it slightly canted (holding it diagonally).

When I shoot my bow perfectly horizontally, I find it difficult to figure out how to aim because the arrow doesn't travel in the direction where the arrow is actually aligned. It travels somewhere in between the plane of the bow and the plane of the arrow (archer's paradox). When the arrow is too stiff/slightly over-spined, it occasionally veers too much to the left of where I try to aim when I shoot the bow horizontally.

When I shoot my bow slightly canted however, these problems seem to mostly disappear. I can directly line up my arrow (and align the plane of the arrow) with my target and not have to worry about horizontal aiming - I mostly just have to worry about the height/vertical aiming. I also seem to notice that the archer's paradox seems to no longer be as much of an issue anymore (on the horizontal plane) as I can just directly line up the target with the arrow and only have to focus on vertical aiming. Even with an overspined arrow, my horizontal plane accuracy/horizontal grouping seems to be much better with canting.

Can anyone explain how canting affects what I am experiencing (in terms of aiming techniques and arrow trajectory + archer's paradox)?

Can anyone give me tips on shooting my bow vertically if I am already used to shooting it while canted in order to line up the arrow directly with the target?

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