Novelist
Salman Rushdie
Novelist of Midnight's Children, which won the Booker Prize and then the Booker of Bookers. Born in Bombay two months before Indian independence.
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is an Indian-born British and American novelist. His work often combines magical realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and Western civilizations. His novels are typically set on the Indian subcontinent, feature an Indian protagonist, and/or portray Indian familial relationships. Rushdie's second novel, Midnight's Children (1981), won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was deemed to be "the best novel of all winners" on two occasions that marked the 25th and the 40th anniversary of the prize.
- Born
- 1947-06-19, Mumbai, IndiaA Thursday
- At birth
- Sun in Gemini, Moon in Cancer
- Nationality
- India
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1947-06-19, Mumbai, India · time unknown, noon chart
Asia/Kolkatathe zone used then
Asia/KolkataThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 27°08′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 2°30′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Cancer | 21°43′ | Direct |
| Venus | Gemini | 6°31′ | Direct |
| Mars | Taurus | 21°28′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 18°44′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Leo | 6°38′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Gemini | 22°14′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Libra | 8°01′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 11°39′ | Direct |
Salman Rushdie 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 Salman Rushdie 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.