What is the explanation for when you see a planet in a sign in the night sky but a chart shows it to be occupying a different sign?
Forgive me if this is a little convoluted, I am just trying to understand transits vs the observable night sky.
Walking at night I have been seeing Jupiter in the constellation Gemini, and the moon and Venus next to each other. I was curious to see what that meant and looked up the transits. However, It is showing Jupiter in cancer, not gemini, but when I look at the sky Jupiter is quite clearly beside the stars castor and pollux.
1st question: is there a term for this when the observed sky is different than the chart?
What is it called when looking at the sky you can see the “line” of planets : say, the moon, jupiter and venus but on the chart it does not show or explain them that way (they aren’t conjunct or aspecting each other, yet in the sky they look significant and in a line).
is there a term for a star that is at the very center overhead during a given time and place? I was told the midheaven is the calculation of the sun and the latitude and the highest point of the suns arcs in that given location; not necessarily the exact overhead point. I would be interested to hear what a star or planet loacted directly overhead at a specific time and place would be called; if it has significant meaning or a name in astrology. For example in sailing stars are used to navigate by keeping a particular one right overhead to arrive at precise coordinates.