The sky on November 22, 1974 — as it really was
That day the Sun stood in Libra, while the horoscope says "Scorpio". The gap is 23.5° of precession.
Bodies on the ecliptic (noon UTC)
- ☉︎ Sun — 239.8° · sign Scorpio · constellation Libra
- ☽︎ Moon — 335.9° · sign Pisces · constellation Aquarius
- ☿︎ Mercury — 224.9° · sign Scorpio · constellation Libra
- ♀︎ Venus — 243.8° · sign Sagittarius · constellation Scorpius
- ♂︎ Mars — 227.2° · sign Scorpio · constellation Libra
- ♃︎ Jupiter — 338.6° · sign Pisces · constellation Aquarius
- ♄︎ Saturn — 108.5° · sign Cancer · constellation Gemini
- ☽︎ Moon 55% 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, 55% lit; the Moon was 403,501 km away.
astronomy-engine - How far Earth has travelled since [EXACT]
51.9 orbits of the Sun — 48,749 million km, that is 63,409 return trips to the Moon; 18,946 rotations of Earth; with the Sun — 376.5 billion km around the Galactic centre, 14.5 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 243 million km (closer by 1.6×).
astronomy-engine; checked against JPL Horizons for 2026-09-14 - Solar cycle [ESTIMATE]
That day fell in solar cycle 20, on the decline (89% through the cycle).
SILSO smoothed minima - When the sky repeats [EXACT]
Mars returns to that day’s point of its orbit on July 22, 2027; Jupiter — in 2033; 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 2,592″ since that day; the real constellations now sit 23.5° away from the astrologers’ “signs”.
precession 50.29″/yr
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