Great question @juanita1! I noticed you’re using the SkyView app which is great, I use it all the time to track lunar and solar eclipses, and also when a comet comes by.
However, the SkyView app and others are using the constellations from the astronomical point of view, meanwhile the spell generator uses the astrological version.
Here’s an experiment you can try right now:
- Visit an astronomy calculator site such as Heavens Above or the SkyLive and find “Constellation”.
For example, right now, they are both showing Aries, which is the visible constellation that’s behind the Moon (visible = astronomy).
- Now, visit an astrology calculator site such as Astro-Seek or Prokerala, or even the Spells8 spell generator.
Right now, they all are showing: Taurus, which is the astrological moon transit. Each transit is invisible and has its own spiritual energy.
Why is this? In short, because astrology is different from astronomy. Signs are named after constellations but they don’t match the constellations as we see them in the sky today. They are based upon the seasonal cycle of the Northern hemisphere.
The signs in Western astrology (also known as tropical astrology) are each 30-degree longitudinal divisions of the ecliptic, and this lines up with the distance the moon will “travel” through them in a month.
There’s a great article about it here: Why your zodiac sign is probably wrong
There is also another kind of astrology called Sidereal astrology which is an alternative approach to astrology that is based on the position of celestial objects relative to fixed star constellations (the sidereal zodiac) rather than the tropical zodiac.
I hope that makes sense!