Phys 102 Astronomy
Name ____________________
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STRONOMY AND
STROLOGY
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:
LANETARY
OSITIONS ON YOUR
IRTHDAY
Starry Night
Use
to look at the actual positions of the planets at your birth (day and time).
• Set The DATE and Time and Place of your birth
Sign
Symbol
• Set LOCATION to
YOUR BIRTH CITY
Aries
• On the V
O
tab turn on
IEWING
PTIONS
Planet
Symbol
Taurus
Celestial Guides: Equator, Meridian
Mercury
Gemini
☿
Ecliptic Guides: The Ecliptic
Venus
Cancer
♀
Solar System: Planets and Labels
Earth
⊕
Leo
Constellations: Boundaries, Labels
Luna
Virgo
☽
• Locate the planets in the sky for your birth and time
Mars
Libra
♂
View: Hide Horizon may be necessary
Jupiter
Scorpius
Scroll along ecliptic
♃
Saturn
• Record positions in the “Astronomical” column below
Sagittarius
♄
Uranus
Capricorn
♅
Neptune
Aquarius
♆
Pisces
Y
N
C
OUR
ATAL
HART
se the Atlas and Time Zone Server (Astrodienst “astrodeenst” at ) to
U
calculate your natal chart … the date, time, and location of your birth are all important. Compare the natal
chart with the Starry Night view at your birthplace on your birthdate at your birth time. Note which ones
were “up” at the time of your birth. Staple a print-out of your chart to this page to hand in.
C
U
ONSTELLATION
P AT YOUR
O
BJECT
?
Astronomical (Starry Night)
Astrological (Astrodienst)
BIRTH
Leo
Virgo
no
Taurus
Gemini
yes
☽
Leo
Leo
no
☿
Leo
Leo
no
♀
Taurus
Taurus
yes
♂
Virgo
Scorpius
no
♃
Ophiuchus
Sagittarius
no
♄
Cancer
Leo
no
♅
Virgo
Scorpius
no
♆
C
OMMENTS
Do the astronomical and astrological positions agree? If not, why not?
No, they don’t agree. The astrological positions don’t take the
precession of the equinoxes into account.