The sky on October 12, 1937 — as it really was
That day the Sun stood in Virgo, while the horoscope says "Libra". The gap is 23.0° of precession.
Bodies on the ecliptic (noon UTC)
- ☉︎ Sun — 198.7° · sign Libra · constellation Virgo
- ☽︎ Moon — 287.0° · sign Capricorn · constellation Sagittarius
- ☿︎ Mercury — 186.8° · sign Libra · constellation Virgo
- ♀︎ Venus — 171.1° · sign Virgo · constellation Leo
- ♂︎ Mars — 278.3° · sign Capricorn · constellation Sagittarius
- ♃︎ Jupiter — 288.8° · sign Capricorn · constellation Sagittarius
- ♄︎ Saturn — 0.4° · sign Aries · constellation Pisces
- ☽︎ Moon 49% 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, 49% lit; the Moon was 400,465 km away.
astronomy-engine - How far Earth has travelled since [EXACT]
89 orbits of the Sun — 83,625 million km, that is 108,773 return trips to the Moon; 32,501 rotations of Earth; with the Sun — 645.9 billion km around the Galactic centre, 24.9 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 173 million km away; today it is 243 million km (farther by 1.4×).
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 January 23, 2028; Jupiter — in 2032.
sidereal periods: Mars 686.98 d, Jupiter 11.862 yr - How far the sky has drifted since [EXACT]
The vernal point has shifted 4,464″ since that day; the real constellations now sit 23° away from the astrologers’ “signs”.
precession 50.29″/yr
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