Do planets move much slower in Taurus constellation than others?
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