Want to run the chart for a specific time and date? Use our free birth chart tool and have a look!ĭo I need to use an ephemeris to track the stars? The reason for drawing up a chart like this? To get an exact read on the planetary placements, based on Rihanna’s birth time of 8:50AM in Bridgetown, Barbados.Ī monthly ephemeris won’t give a precise calculation since the moon (and, any planet) can change signs at any time in the middle of a day. Here’s Rihanna’s birth chart as an example, which would be found on an ephemeris for 1988, on February 20. Each zodiac sign occupies 30º of the circle (12 signs x 30º = 360º). The zodiac wheel is a circle, with 360 degrees. In this particular month, most of the planets remain in a single sign, which is why you only see one zodiac glyph in all the columns on the right half of the page.Īnother way of looking at an ephemeris in astrologyĮssentially, an astrological chart is a representation of a particular moment in time on the ephemeris. Then, on February 19, Pisces takes the throne, switching the glyph to the symbol of the two fish swimming in opposite directions. The Sun is in Aquarius until February 18 (AKA Aquarius season). In this month, February 2022 begins with the glyph for Aquarius (waves of energy). The moon actually changes zodiac signs every 2.5 days and this is the representation of this.ĭirectly to the left of the moon is the Sun-whose glyph is a circle with the dot in its center. A new zodiac glyph appears every 2-3 days. The glyph looks like a crescent moon-easy to find! In the column below the moon symbol, you’ll notice the symbols for the 12 zodiac signs.
The ephemeris is a map of every planet’s journey through the zodiac.