Do planets move much slower in Taurus constellation than others?

why so for this?





how much slower?





what about in adjacent constellations as it is approaching Taurus?





why so, again for this?





how compared to opposite Scorpio?





is it fastest to move through?





why?|||If you look at a star chart and follow the ecliptic, you will see that its intersection with some constellations is longer than with others. This stands to reason since constellations are all different sizes and shapes.





It only goes through a small portion of Scorpius. In fact it is in Ophiuchus for quite a bit longer.





The astrological designations of signs and the dates they supposedly occupy, is nowhere near the actual modern locations of the constellations of the Zodiac. This is due mainly to precession, which has created an error of about one whole constellation since its original inception. But since astrology is bunk, always has been, and always will be, all this business of where the sun actually is, and for how long, is irrelevant.





Edit: you did ask about planets, not the sun. Planets move at different apparent speeds through the sky to begin with -- especially Mars, Venus, and Mercury. Their apparent path can also go into retrograde for periods of time. At those times where it is reversing direction, a planet can stay in one constellation for quite awhile. But what I said above, holds true for the planets, too.





Edit: Scorpius is the shortest, occupying only 6 days. Virgo is the longest at 44 days.





Hey, Siyuan, I was just thinking the same thing!|||Is this deja-vu?|||Since they don't necessarily move slower through Taurus, the whole series of questions you ask are invalid.





The apparant speed of motion of a planet on the celestial sphere depends on a number of factors including the planet's distance from Earth, and the distance of the planet from the sun. The constellation they happen to be in has nothing to do with it.|||If you look at a star chart and follow the ecliptic, you will see that its intersection with some constellations is longer than with others. This stands to reason since constellations are all different sizes and shapes.





It only goes through a small portion of Scorpius. In fact it is in Ophiuchus for quite a bit longer.





The astrological designations of signs and the dates they supposedly occupy, is nowhere near the actual modern locations of the constellations of the Zodiac. This is due mainly to precession, which has created an error of about one whole constellation since its original inception. But since astrology is bunk, always has been, and always will be, all this business of where the sun actually is, and for how long, is irrelevant.





Edit: you did ask about planets, not the sun. Planets move at different apparent speeds through the sky to begin with -- especially Mars, Venus, and Mercury. Their apparent path can also go into retrograde for periods of time. At those times where it is reversing direction, a planet can stay in one constellation for quite awhile. But what I said above, holds true for the planets, too.|||yes, it appears so