Mahatma Gandhi’s birth chart
Independence activistBorn October 2, 1869, Porbandar, IndiaDied January 30, 1948
Gracious, sociable and keen on fairness.
- SunLibraThe Diplomat
- MoonLeoThe Warm Heart
- VenusScorpioThe Devotee
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Libra, the Diplomat
Gracious, sociable and keen on fairness. Has a gift for making people feel at ease with each other. Purpose and patience worked as a team: he built slowly and got better with every year.
The Sun sextile Saturn (wide at 3.3°)
What he needed
Moon in Leo, the Warm Heart
Proud, warm and loyal in feeling. Needs to be appreciated, and makes loved ones feel like stars.
How he loved
Venus in Scorpio, the Devotee
All or nothing in love. Feels intensely and stays loyal to the very end. Love came with high stakes: intense attachments, and a need to know exactly where he stood.
Venus opposition Pluto (close at 1.0°)
How he thought
Mercury in Scorpio, the Investigator
A penetrating mind. Reads people well, speaks carefully and can tell when something is being hidden.
What drove him
Mars in Scorpio, the Strategist
Determined, focused and private. Plans quietly and never forgets a goal. His drive and his imagination spoke different languages: he went after something before he could say what it was.
Mars quincunx Neptune (almost exact at 0.1°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his mind, his heart and his drive (Mercury, Venus and Mars) gather in Scorpio, and that part of life drew his attention first. Most of his planets are in water signs: feeling and intuition.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Mahatma Gandhi was born three days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 16% lit, in Leo. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Saturday, nine days after the September equinox.
Saturn return
For Mahatma Gandhi, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1927, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1898. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Libra
You and Mahatma Gandhi
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The chart
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The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
Mahatma Gandhi’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
More with the Sun in Libra
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What is Mahatma Gandhi’s zodiac sign?
Libra. Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, with the Sun in Libra, the Diplomat. Gracious, sociable and keen on fairness. Has a gift for making people feel at ease with each other.
What is Mahatma Gandhi’s Moon sign?
Leo, the Warm Heart. Proud, warm and loyal in feeling. Needs to be appreciated, and makes loved ones feel like stars.
What is Mahatma Gandhi’s rising sign?
The rising sign needs the birth time to the minute, so this page leaves it out: everything on it held all day on October 2, 1869. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Mahatma Gandhi’s Venus sign?
Scorpio, the Devotee. All or nothing in love. Feels intensely and stays loyal to the very end.
How does your chart compare with Mahatma Gandhi’s?
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Sources and credits
Date and place of birth: Wikidata, and Mahatma Gandhi’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Elliott & Fry, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The file and its full credit.
The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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