Ravi Shankar — birth chart across three traditions
Born: 1920-04-07 (time unknown) · Varanasi, India
Data source: Rodden X (no recorded time). An encyclopedic biography gives the date and city of birth; no hour of birth is stated in the article.
Indian sitar player and composer who carried Hindustani classical music to Western concert audiences and wrote concertos for sitar and orchestra. He was born in Benares, now Varanasi. No time of birth is documented in the source consulted.
Reading the chart
Aries Sun — exact Moon sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown.
Mars carries unusual weight here — strong essential dignity (domicile); in its own domicile.
Kite: the grand trine gains a focal outlet through Saturn — flow acquires direction.
Water is the leading element (56% weighted), while air is least emphasized — a texture worth noticing, not a verdict.
Mutable modality leads: the chart's default rhythm is adapting — adjusting and redistributing energy.
Sun at 17°08′ Aries: core identity, vitality and sense of purpose operates directly, impatiently, with first-mover courage — the keynote is ignition. Exalted: honored guest conditions — this function is elevated, sometimes idealized.
Moon: exact longitude and sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown. Daily interval 234.4080° → 246.3645° (Scorpio → Sagittarius).
Grand trine: Mars, Uranus, Pluto (water) — an easy, self-reinforcing flow between these functions.
Kite: the grand trine gains a focal outlet through Saturn — flow acquires direction.
Stellium in Pisces: Mercury, Venus, Uranus — a concentrated emphasis that colors the whole chart.
Mercury conjunction Venus (orb 1°37′, separating): Mercury and Venus fuse — these functions operate as one package, for better and for richer.
Jupiter conjunction Neptune (orb 0°40′, applying): Jupiter and Neptune fuse — these functions operate as one package, for better and for richer.
Mars trine Pluto (orb 0°00′, separating): Mars and Pluto flow — support arrives so easily it can be taken for granted.
Western natal chart
Sun Aries 17°08′ · Moon Scorpio or Sagittarius (daily interval) · Ascendant omitted (birth time unknown) — Placidus houses, tropical zodiac.
| Body | Sign | House | Dignity | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries 17°08′ | — | exaltation | direct |
| Moon | Scorpio or Sagittarius (daily interval) | — | — | indeterminate |
| Mercury | Pisces 22°28′ | — | detriment | direct |
| Venus | Pisces 24°05′ | — | exaltation | direct |
| Mars | Scorpio 5°43′ | — | domicile | retrograde |
| Jupiter | Leo 8°07′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Saturn | Virgo 5°34′ | — | peregrine | retrograde |
| Uranus | Pisces 4°06′ | — | — | direct |
| Neptune | Leo 8°47′ | — | — | retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer 5°44′ | — | — | direct |
Strongest aspects
- Mercury ☌ Venus (conjunction, orb 1.6°)
- Jupiter ☌ Neptune (conjunction, orb 0.7°)
- Mars △ Pluto (trine, orb 0.0°)
- Saturn ☍ Uranus (opposition, orb 1.5°)
- Mars ⚹ Saturn (sextile, orb 0.2°)
- Mars △ Uranus (trine, orb 1.6°)
- Mars □ Jupiter (square, orb 2.4°)
- Saturn ⚹ Pluto (sextile, orb 0.2°)
Chinese Bazi 八字 — the Four Pillars
Day Master: Yin Wood (乙). Luck pillars run forward. Hour pillar omitted — it needs the exact birth time.
| 庚申 Gēng Shēn | 庚辰 Gēng Chén | 乙未 Yǐ Wèi |
Luck pillars 大運
| From age | Year | Pillar | Ten God |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.5 | 1930 | 辛巳 | sevenKillings |
| 19.5 | 1940 | 壬午 | directResource |
| 29.5 | 1950 | 癸未 | indirectResource |
| 39.5 | 1960 | 甲申 | robWealth |
| 49.5 | 1970 | 乙酉 | friend |
| 59.5 | 1980 | 丙戌 | hurtingOfficer |
| 69.5 | 1990 | 丁亥 | eatingGod |
| 79.5 | 2000 | 戊子 | directWealth |
Vedic kundli ज्योतिष (sidereal, Lahiri)
Moon-dependent Vedic calculations are unavailable without an exact birth time; no local-noon Moon, nakshatra or dasha is published.
Vimshottari mahadashas
| Period lord | From | To | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unavailable without an exact birth time | |||