This build's natal engine at audited source times, time standards, and rounded source coordinates. The cited checks score published longitudes and signs. 10 captured JPL Horizons longitude comparisons are scored separately at the same assumed historical UT1 instants. Inspect inputs, targets, thresholds, deltas, and quarantines.
Current output is recalculated from this build. Unlisted positions carry no external-reference claim.
Reference coverageOne mark per sourced check; blanks are not failures.
Albert Einstein6/6
Martin Luther King Jr.2/2
David Bowie3/3
John F. Kennedy3/3
Frida Kahlo3/3
Carl Sagan2/2
Marie Curie2/2
7public fixtures
21external checks
10independent JPL comparisons
21 / 21passing in this build
Public natal fixtures are not a Moon-sign catalog. The Moon sign catalog lists natal-Moon interiors by sign — not these VSOP87 longitudes versus linked targets. The zodiac sign encyclopedia is tropical personality traits, not this scored natal-fixture table.
Linked-target natal fixtures are not a 2026 sky calendar. The 2026 Mercury retrograde calendar lists station and shadow windows — not these named-source longitude checks. The 2026 eclipse calendar is four dated solar and lunar maxima, not this public fixture suite.
01 · Independent longitude verification
This build vs captured JPL Horizons longitudes
10 / 10 independent comparisons pass. Pass and Δ use the captured JPL number with a 0.05° internal threshold. These apparent ecliptic-of-date calculations do not verify the birth record; frame and historical timescale assumptions remain explicit in the downloads.
Current engine longitudes against captured JPL Horizons targets at source-aligned historical UT1 instants
Quote-ready claims. Live longitudes, targets, and deltas are in the tables on this page; downloads carry release birth-chart-accuracy-2026-10-07-v2.
FAQ
01
How does Charting Stars test birth-chart accuracy?
https://chartingstars.com/research/birth-chart-accuracy publishes 7 source-aligned natal fixtures (Einstein, King, Bowie, Kennedy, Kahlo, Sagan, Curie) with 21 linked external checks. This build recalculates each chart at the cited time standard and rounded source coordinates. Two incompatible Astro-Charts targets are quarantined and excluded from passing totals.
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What is the JPL Horizons link on this page?
10 separate independent longitude checks use actual captured JPL Horizons values: Einstein's Sun, Moon, Uranus, and Neptune, plus the Sun for the other six fixtures. Their pass and delta use those captured numbers at the source-aligned historical UT1 instants with a 0.05 degree Charting Stars threshold. Downloads retain parameters, retrieval times, and raw-response hashes. JPL does not verify the birth record.
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What does Pass or Fail mean here?
A cited-check pass matches a sourced sign or falls inside the Charting Stars internal circular threshold of a published longitude. A separate JPL pass compares the unrounded engine result to a captured apparent geocentric ecliptic-of-date longitude within 0.05 degree. The cited source does not own either threshold. Quarantined and regression-only values are excluded; unlisted positions carry no external claim.
04
Can I download the birth-chart fixtures?
Yes. JSON and CSV are free, no account required, at https://chartingstars.com/research/birth-chart-accuracy/data.json and https://chartingstars.com/research/birth-chart-accuracy/data.csv. Cite the reader, release birth-chart-accuracy-2026-10-07-v2, schema v2, and your access date. Keep each row's source, comparison class, and caveats with any specific check.
02 · Fixture register
Seven records, shown without substitution
The calculator uses the cited time standard and rounded coordinates. Legacy regression inputs remain available under each record.
Summary of all seven birth-chart calculation fixtures
Sun PiscesMoon SagittariusRising CancerASC 101.644° · MC 342.839°
6/6 pass3° · 3 sign
Source caveatThe source coordinates are rounded place coordinates, not a verified birth-building location. Decimal conversion does not add geographic precision. The cited local clock and explicit source offset determine the public test instant. All seven births predate UTC; the ISO Z timestamp serializes an assumed historical UT1 instant, without modeling uncertainty in the recorded clock or UT1 reconstruction. The source's 10e00 LMT gives exactly +00:40:00; the regression retains its more precise implementation longitude and resulting +00:39:57. The Astro-Charts outer-planet comparisons are quarantined for a different time assumption.
1929-01-15 · 12:00CST (UTC-06:00)Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Sun CapricornMoon PiscesRising TaurusASC 43.810° · MC 298.207°
2/2 pass1° · 1 sign
Source caveatThe source coordinates are rounded place coordinates, not a verified birth-building location. Decimal conversion does not add geographic precision. The cited local clock and explicit source offset determine the public test instant. All seven births predate UTC; the ISO Z timestamp serializes an assumed historical UT1 instant, without modeling uncertainty in the recorded clock or UT1 reconstruction. The source describes an approximate noon birth. This test adopts that source clock and CST (-06:00), rather than the frozen regression's America/New_York EST (-05:00); no precise birth-angle claim is made.
1947-01-08 · 09:00GMT (UTC+00:00)Brixton, London, England
Sun CapricornMoon LeoRising AquariusASC 303.405° · MC 243.969°
3/3 pass1° · 2 sign
Source caveatThe source coordinates are rounded place coordinates, not a verified birth-building location. Decimal conversion does not add geographic precision. The cited local clock and explicit source offset determine the public test instant. All seven births predate UTC; the ISO Z timestamp serializes an assumed historical UT1 instant, without modeling uncertainty in the recorded clock or UT1 reconstruction. The linked record presents 09:00 and Rodden A, and documents competing birth times. This selected source record is tested; the regression's AA rating is retained only as legacy metadata.
1917-05-29 · 15:00EST (UTC-05:00)Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
Sun GeminiMoon VirgoRising LibraASC 199.998° · MC 113.777°
3/3 pass1° · 2 sign
Source caveatThe source coordinates are rounded place coordinates, not a verified birth-building location. Decimal conversion does not add geographic precision. The cited local clock and explicit source offset determine the public test instant. All seven births predate UTC; the ISO Z timestamp serializes an assumed historical UT1 instant, without modeling uncertainty in the recorded clock or UT1 reconstruction. The linked birth record reports Rodden A; the frozen regression's AA rating is legacy metadata and is not source-substantiated.
1907-07-06 · 08:30LMT at 99w10 (UTC-06:36:40)Coyoacan, Mexico
Sun CancerMoon TaurusRising LeoASC 143.517° · MC 53.338°
3/3 pass1° · 2 sign
Source caveatThe source coordinates are rounded place coordinates, not a verified birth-building location. Decimal conversion does not add geographic precision. The cited local clock and explicit source offset determine the public test instant. All seven births predate UTC; the ISO Z timestamp serializes an assumed historical UT1 instant, without modeling uncertainty in the recorded clock or UT1 reconstruction. The public LMT conversion uses the cited 99w10 and -06:36:40 exactly. The frozen regression's implementation coordinates and LMT second remain unchanged.
1934-11-09 · 17:05EST (UTC-05:00)New York, New York, USA
Sun ScorpioMoon SagittariusRising TaurusASC 55.316° · MC 303.330°
2/2 pass1° · 1 sign
Source caveatThe source coordinates are rounded place coordinates, not a verified birth-building location. Decimal conversion does not add geographic precision. The cited local clock and explicit source offset determine the public test instant. All seven births predate UTC; the ISO Z timestamp serializes an assumed historical UT1 instant, without modeling uncertainty in the recorded clock or UT1 reconstruction. The public comparison uses the cited 17:05 New York record, rather than the frozen regression's 05:05 Brooklyn inputs. Its current output is a separate audit cast and does not rebaseline the production engine.
1867-11-07 · 12:00LMT at 21e00 (UTC+01:24:00)Warsaw, Poland
Sun ScorpioMoon PiscesRising CapricornASC 282.028° · MC 228.622°
2/2 pass1° · 1 sign
Source caveatThe source coordinates are rounded place coordinates, not a verified birth-building location. Decimal conversion does not add geographic precision. The cited local clock and explicit source offset determine the public test instant. All seven births predate UTC; the ISO Z timestamp serializes an assumed historical UT1 instant, without modeling uncertainty in the recorded clock or UT1 reconstruction. The source reports Rodden AA, while the frozen regression retains A. The public LMT conversion uses the cited 21e00 and +01:24:00; the old implementation's +01:24:03 is regression-only.
03 · Reference results
Targets, deltas, internal thresholds, and sources
Longitude checks use circular angular distance against a Charting Stars internal threshold. Sign checks compare the sourced sign only.
Public fixture
Albert Einstein
6/6 cited checks passSource-reported Rodden rating AA
Inspect all externally referenced positions1 positions
Current calculated values for externally referenced positions for Marie Curie
Body or point
Ecliptic longitude
Sign
Motion
Sun
224.575°
Scorpio
Direct
04 · Method and limits
What this set can and cannot say
Schema v2 · birth-chart-accuracy-2026-10-07-v2 · recalculated at build time
External references
These are linked birth records, published longitudes, and sourced sign labels. References provide targets and signs; Charting Stars defines the internal acceptance thresholds retained from the engine accuracy gate. Separate independent comparisons use captured JPL values, retained response bytes and SHA-256 hashes at the same source-aligned UT1 assumptions. JPL does not verify the birth record.
Private regression snapshots
Separate high-precision snapshots detect unexplained engine drift in CI. They are not independent evidence, are not counted as external checks, and are omitted from this page and both downloads.
Pass and Fail
Pass means the raw current result falls within the Charting Stars internal circular acceptance threshold retained from the engine accuracy gate, or matches its sourced sign. The cited source does not provide or own that threshold. Fail means that one comparison falls outside the rule. Displayed values are rounded or quantized; evaluation uses unrounded values.
Downloads
JSON preserves the nested public projection. CSV labels cited, independent, and quarantined comparisons separately, together with source inputs and regression-only metadata. Both formats are deterministic UTF-8 schema v2 representations of the same build output. Each saved file carries release ID birth-chart-accuracy-2026-10-07-v2.
Dataset-wide caveats
External references supply degree-minute longitude targets or sign labels. Longitude pass/fail uses a Charting Stars internal acceptance threshold retained from the engine accuracy gate; it is defined by Charting Stars, not provided by the cited source.
Precise frozen regression snapshots protect the internal engine from unexplained drift. Their stored numbers are not independent evidence and are omitted from every public record.
Current longitudes are quantized downward to three decimal places for display so they stay in their raw sign interval; deltas are rounded for display. Pass or fail uses the unrounded normalized engine longitude and raw circular delta; unlisted positions carry no external claim.
Independent JPL Horizons comparisons use captured numerical quantity-31 apparent geocentric ecliptic-of-date longitudes at each audited historical UT1 instant. They are scored separately at a Charting Stars internal 0.05-degree threshold; a link alone is not scored evidence and JPL does not verify birth data.
All seven births predate UTC. utcInstant and utInstant use ISO Z notation for Date-compatible serialization of an assumed historical UT1 instant, not a claim of UTC timekeeping or a reconstructed clock uncertainty. The production engine's existing time-scale treatment is unchanged.
regressionOnlyMetadata and the deprecated fixtureRoddenRating retain frozen implementation inputs and legacy ratings, not externally supported facts; sourceReportedRoddenRating is the audited linked-source rating.
Public audit casts use explicit cited offsets and rounded source-place coordinates; no IANA timezone or more precise implementation coordinates are substituted. Quarantined comparisons have no pass/fail and do not contribute to the sourced total.
Citation policy
Cite the reader, then retain the row-level source.
Cite Birth Chart Accuracy Test Set, Charting Stars, release birth-chart-accuracy-2026-10-07-v2, schema v2, the canonical URL, and your access date. When discussing a specific check, keep its external source and caveat with the result. Do not describe an uncited current position or a private regression snapshot as externally checked.