Fact-Checking Policy

Last updated: September 19, 2026

What can be checked, and what cannot

Fact-checking an astrology site requires being honest about which claims are the kind of thing that has a right answer. Two categories, treated differently:

Checkable. Planetary positions, moon phases, retrograde periods, ingress dates, sign date ranges, the arithmetic of numerology, and historical statements about the tradition. These have correct answers and we verify them.

Not checkable. What a placement means. This is traditional interpretation, and no amount of checking makes it empirical. Our obligation here is different: to represent the tradition accurately and to be clear that it is tradition.

How the checkable material is verified

Astronomical claims are confirmed against standard references and reference ephemerides. The calculators implement published algorithms — an abridged ELP-2000/82 lunar theory for the Moon, standard solar and planetary theory for the rest — and their output is tested against known values rather than assumed correct because the code runs without error.

Date ranges get particular attention, because sign dates genuinely shift by a day between years and a table that ignores that will be wrong for a substantial share of readers. We compute rather than tabulate.

How traditional material is handled

Interpretive claims are traced to the astrological literature and attributed to it. Where sources conflict, the conflict is reported. Where a popular belief has no real basis in the tradition, we say so instead of repeating it because readers expect it.

Before publication

Every article is read against this policy before it goes live: figures verified, interpretation attributed, the line between the two visible to the reader.

After publication

Material is rechecked when the data behind it changes and when a reader tells us something is off. Errors are corrected under the Corrections Policy — openly, and without quietly editing the page as though nothing had happened.

Tell us what we got wrong

Point at the sentence: contact@zodiacdivine.com. A calculator error is the most valuable report we receive; send the inputs you used and the result you saw.