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Satyajit Ray’s birth chart

FilmmakerBorn May 2, 1921, Kolkata, IndiaDied April 23, 1992

Steady as bedrock.

  • SunTaurusThe Gardener
  • MoonPiscesor Aquarius
  • VenusAriesThe Chaser

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he was

    Sun in Taurus, the Gardener

    Steady as bedrock. Takes time to decide, and once something is chosen, it is kept and looked after. The self he knew and the image others saw drifted apart at times, and he worked to keep hold of the real one.

    The Sun square Neptune (almost exact at 0.3°)

  2. What he needed

    Moon in Pisces or Aquarius, the Tide

    Feels the mood of a room from the doorway. Comfort comes from water, music, softness and kindness. His feelings ran deep and held steady: he came through hard times with more strength than he went in with.

    The Moon trine Pluto (close at 2.7°) · For a birth before 3:17 a.m., his Moon was in Aquarius.

  3. How he loved

    Venus in Aries, the Chaser

    Falls fast and loves the chase. Wants passion, honesty and a partner who keeps up. Words with charm in them: he had an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people liked listening to him.

    Mercury conjunction Venus (wide at 5.4°)

  4. How he thought

    Mercury in Taurus, the Careful Thinker

    A steady, sensible mind. Learns by doing and remembers what was learned. His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.

    The Sun conjunction Mercury (wide at 9.3°)

  5. What drove him

    Mars in Taurus, the Stayer

    Slow and sure. He did not rush, and he was hard to push off course.

  6. The shape of his chart

    In his chart, his identity, his mind and his drive (the Sun, Mercury and Mars) gather in Taurus, and that part of life drew his attention first. No air at all, so stepping back to talk a thing through took deliberate effort.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Satyajit Ray was born six days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 30% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Monday, 42 days after the March equinox.

  • Venus retrograde

    Venus was retrograde all the day Satyajit Ray was born, as it was on 43 days of 1921. How often the famous were

  • Saturn return

    For Satyajit Ray, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1979, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1949 and 1950. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Taurus

You and Satyajit Ray

Would you have been friends? Would there have been a spark? See where your chart meets his, and the signs you share.

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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.

Satyajit Ray’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is Satyajit Ray’s zodiac sign?

Taurus. Satyajit Ray was born on May 2, 1921, with the Sun in Taurus, the Gardener. Steady as bedrock. Takes time to decide, and once something is chosen, it is kept and looked after.

What is Satyajit Ray’s Moon sign?

Pisces or Aquarius. The Moon moved from Aquarius into Pisces at 3:17 a.m. that day, local time: in Aquarius for a birth before then, in Pisces for one after.

What is Satyajit Ray’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 May 2, 1921. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Satyajit Ray’s Venus sign?

Aries, the Chaser. Falls fast and loves the chase. Wants passion, honesty and a partner who keeps up.

How does your chart compare with Satyajit Ray’s?

Set your chart beside Satyajit Ray’s and see how the two meet, area by area: as friends, in love, in how you talk, working together and under one roof. It is free.

Sources and credits

Date and place of birth: Wikidata, and Satyajit Ray’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.

Photo: Dinu Alam Newyork, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (the licence). The file and its full credit.

The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.

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