The sky on November 22, 1927 — as it really was
That day the Sun stood in Libra, while the horoscope says "Scorpio". The gap is 22.9° of precession.
Bodies on the ecliptic (noon UTC)
- ☉︎ Sun — 239.2° · sign Scorpio · constellation Libra
- ☽︎ Moon — 218.2° · sign Scorpio · constellation Libra
- ☿︎ Mercury — 220.3° · sign Scorpio · constellation Libra
- ♀︎ Venus — 192.5° · sign Libra · constellation Virgo
- ♂︎ Mars — 228.8° · sign Scorpio · constellation Libra
- ♃︎ Jupiter — 353.6° · sign Pisces · constellation Aquarius
- ♄︎ Saturn — 248.9° · sign Sagittarius · constellation Ophiuchus
- ☽︎ Moon 3% illuminated
astronomy-engine ephemerides (VSOP87/ELP), IAU 1930 constellation boundaries. Positions accurate to a fraction of a degree.
The day’s dossier, from real data
Checkable facts with a tag and a source; the classical reading is in the chart.
- The Moon that day [EXACT]
new moon, 3% lit; the Moon was 405,528 km away.
astronomy-engine - How far Earth has travelled since [EXACT]
98.9 orbits of the Sun — 92,918 million km, that is 120,861 return trips to the Moon; 36,113 rotations of Earth; with the Sun — 717.6 billion km around the Galactic centre, 27.7 light-days.
29.78 km/s along the orbit; 230 km/s around the Galactic centre - Mars then and now [EXACT]
On that day Mars was 378 million km away; today it is 244 million km (closer by 1.6×).
astronomy-engine; checked against JPL Horizons for 2026-09-14 - When the sky repeats [EXACT]
Mars returns to that day’s point of its orbit on July 30, 2027; Jupiter — in 2034; a full moon exactly on this date — November 22, 2056
sidereal periods: Mars 686.98 d, Jupiter 11.862 yr - How far the sky has drifted since [EXACT]
The vernal point has shifted 4,968″ since that day; the real constellations now sit 22.9° away from the astrologers’ “signs”.
precession 50.29″/yr
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