The sky on November 18, 1931 — 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 — 235.2° · sign Scorpio · constellation Libra
- ☽︎ Moon — 340.7° · sign Pisces · constellation Aquarius
- ☿︎ Mercury — 252.3° · sign Sagittarius · constellation Ophiuchus
- ♀︎ Venus — 253.5° · sign Sagittarius · constellation Ophiuchus
- ♂︎ Mars — 253.8° · sign Sagittarius · constellation Ophiuchus
- ♃︎ Jupiter — 141.9° · sign Leo · constellation Leo
- ♄︎ Saturn — 289.2° · sign Capricorn · constellation Sagittarius
- ☽︎ Moon 64% 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]
first quarter, 64% lit; the Moon was 402,511 km away.
astronomy-engine - How far Earth has travelled since [EXACT]
94.9 orbits of the Sun — 89,170 million km, that is 115,985 return trips to the Moon; 34,656 rotations of Earth; with the Sun — 688.7 billion km around the Galactic centre, 26.6 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 353 million km away; today it is 243 million km (closer by 1.5×).
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 October 21, 2027; Jupiter — in 2026; a full moon exactly on this date — November 18, 2051
sidereal periods: Mars 686.98 d, Jupiter 11.862 yr - How far the sky has drifted since [EXACT]
The vernal point has shifted 4,752″ since that day; the real constellations now sit 22.9° away from the astrologers’ “signs”.
precession 50.29″/yr
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