The sky on January 26, 1995 — as it really was
That day the Sun stood in Capricornus, while the horoscope says "Aquarius". The gap is 23.8° of precession.
Bodies on the ecliptic (noon UTC)
- ☉︎ Sun — 306.1° · sign Aquarius · constellation Capricornus
- ☽︎ Moon — 246.2° · sign Sagittarius · constellation Scorpius
- ☿︎ Mercury — 321.2° · sign Aquarius · constellation Capricornus
- ♀︎ Venus — 259.7° · sign Sagittarius · constellation Ophiuchus
- ♂︎ Mars — 149.0° · sign Leo · constellation Leo
- ♃︎ Jupiter — 249.4° · sign Sagittarius · constellation Ophiuchus
- ♄︎ Saturn — 340.5° · sign Pisces · constellation Aquarius
- ☽︎ Moon 25% 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]
waning crescent, 25% lit; the Moon was 367,018 km away.
astronomy-engine - How far Earth has travelled since [EXACT]
31.7 orbits of the Sun — 29,782 million km, that is 38,738 return trips to the Moon; 11,575 rotations of Earth; with the Sun — 230 billion km around the Galactic centre, 8.9 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 105 million km away; today it is 245 million km (farther by 2.3×).
astronomy-engine; checked against JPL Horizons for 2026-09-14 - Solar cycle [ESTIMATE]
That day fell in solar cycle 22, on the decline (85% through the cycle).
SILSO smoothed minima - When the sky repeats [EXACT]
Mars returns to that day’s point of its orbit on January 17, 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 1,584″ since that day; the real constellations now sit 23.8° away from the astrologers’ “signs”.
precession 50.29″/yr
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