Hi, I used to do western astrology but soon found out that it is in delay with the real situation. What helped me was to find out the real (sideral) astrology (the same as real astronomy). Then I made years of experiments with plants and all other natural and human things. So I can tell you if you work with plants for example and real astronomy you are going to see the whole thing.
Well even sidereal astrology uses idealized 30 degree signs which don't match the constellations. If you're hung up on literal planetary positions, you'll have to invent a whole new astrology that uses the actual constellations.