Novelist
Amitav Ghosh
Indian novelist who writes on empire, opium and climate.
Amitav Ghosh is an American writer. He won the 54th Jnanpith award in 2018, India's highest literary honour. Ghosh's ambitious novels use complex narrative strategies to probe the nature of national and personal identity, particularly of the people of India and South Asia. He has written historical fiction and non-fiction works discussing topics such as colonialism and climate change.
- Born
- 1956-07-11, Kolkata, IndiaA Wednesday
- At birth
- Sun in Cancer, Moon in Virgo
- Nationality
- India
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1956-07-11, Kolkata, India · time unknown, noon chart
Asia/Kolkatathe zone used then
Asia/KolkataThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer | 18°54′ | Direct |
| Moon | Virgo | 2°24′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Cancer | 8°51′ | Direct |
| Venus | Gemini | 22°38′ | Retrograde |
| Mars | Pisces | 17°52′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 0°38′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 26°28′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Leo | 1°44′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Libra | 27°38′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Leo | 27°02′ | Direct |
Amitav Ghosh is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Amitav Ghosh was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.