The sky on October 31, 1936 — as it really was
That day the Sun stood in Libra, while the horoscope says "Scorpio". The gap is 23.0° of precession.
Bodies on the ecliptic (noon UTC)
- ☉︎ Sun — 217.9° · sign Scorpio · constellation Libra
- ☽︎ Moon — 55.7° · sign Taurus · constellation Taurus
- ☿︎ Mercury — 206.8° · sign Libra · constellation Virgo
- ♀︎ Venus — 250.1° · sign Sagittarius · constellation Ophiuchus
- ♂︎ Mars — 171.5° · sign Virgo · constellation Leo
- ♃︎ Jupiter — 263.3° · sign Sagittarius · constellation Ophiuchus
- ♄︎ Saturn — 346.1° · sign Pisces · constellation Aquarius
- ☽︎ Moon 98% 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]
full moon, 98% lit; the Moon was 358,553 km away.
astronomy-engine - How far Earth has travelled since [EXACT]
89.9 orbits of the Sun — 84,515 million km, that is 109,931 return trips to the Moon; 32,847 rotations of Earth; with the Sun — 652.7 billion km around the Galactic centre, 25.2 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 327 million km away; today it is 244 million km (closer by 1.3×).
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 February 11, 2027; Jupiter — in 2031.
sidereal periods: Mars 686.98 d, Jupiter 11.862 yr - How far the sky has drifted since [EXACT]
The vernal point has shifted 4,500″ since that day; the real constellations now sit 23° away from the astrologers’ “signs”.
precession 50.29″/yr
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