A. R. Rahman’s birth chart
Born 6 January 1966, in Chennai, India. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Capricorn Sun · Moon in Gemini or Cancer
A. R. Rahman’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
6 January 1966 was a Thursday: the day A. R. Rahman was born in Chennai, India. The Sun was in Capricorn, so Capricorn is their zodiac sign. The Moon left Gemini for Cancer at about 08:10 local time, which leaves the Moon sign open without a birth time. They turn 60 in 2026. No verified birth time is on file for them; the chart is cast for midday, without houses.
Of the nine planets whose sign does not depend on the birth time, three are in earth signs, three in air, two in water and one in fire. Mutable signs hold five, fixed signs three and cardinal signs one. The tightest aspect is Uranus conjunction Pluto, about 1.2° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Venus, Jupiter, Uranus and Pluto were retrograde. Over the course of the day the Moon went from waxing gibbous to full.
StarMap's dataset holds 17 other people born on 6 January, among them Rowan Atkinson, Adriano Celentano and Eddie Redmayne.
See the sky the day A. R. Rahman was born: the stars over Chennai, India, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
A. R. Rahman’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Capricorn
about 15° Capricorn at midday
A Capricorn Sun endures. Ambition, patience and a dry sense of humour are what tend to carry A. R. Rahman up long slopes other people give up on. The placement learns, eventually, that rest is part of the climb.
Moon sign
Gemini or Cancer
Gemini until about 08:10, then Cancer (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 08:10: Moon in Gemini
The Moon in Gemini processes feeling by naming it. For A. R. Rahman, talking, writing and switching perspective are likely ways to settle, and silence can make small worries loud. They probably need people who let them think out loud.
Born after about 08:10: Moon in Cancer
The Moon is at home in Cancer. For A. R. Rahman that points to feelings that are tidal, strong and closely tied to the people they love, and to a memory for how everything felt. This Moon is restored by home, by cooking, and by being needed.
Rising sign
The rising sign changes about every two hours, so it cannot be known without a birth time. The table below shows which sign was rising over Chennai, India, at each hour of the day.
A. R. Rahman’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for A. R. Rahman yet. It shows a birth time only when Astro-Databank rates it AA, A or B on the Rodden scale (AA from a birth certificate or record, A from the person, someone close to them or a news report, B from a biography). Until then, this is the rising sign for every possible time of birth on 6 January 1966, computed for Chennai, India.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 01:10 | Libra rising |
| 01:10 to 03:20 | Scorpio rising |
| 03:20 to 05:30 | Sagittarius rising |
| 05:30 to 07:35 | Capricorn rising |
| 07:35 to 09:25 | Aquarius rising |
| 09:25 to 11:10 | Pisces rising |
| 11:10 to 12:50 | Aries rising |
| 12:50 to 14:40 | Taurus rising |
| 14:40 to 16:45 | Gemini rising |
| 16:45 to 18:55 | Cancer rising |
| 18:55 to 21:05 | Leo rising |
| 21:05 to 23:05 | Virgo rising |
| 23:05 to 24:00 | Libra rising |
Times are rounded to five minutes. Close to a boundary, a few minutes either way change the answer.
The chart wheel
Drawn for midday on 6 January 1966, with only the aspects that held all day. The Moon may stand up to eight degrees either side of where it is drawn. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 15° Capricorn 29' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Gemini until about 08:10, then Cancer |
| Mercury | 27° Sagittarius 50' |
| Venus | 13° Aquarius 49'℞ |
| Mars | 11° Aquarius 01' |
| Jupiter | 23° Gemini 47'℞ |
| Saturn | 12° Pisces 51' |
| Uranus | 19° Virgo 33'℞ |
| Neptune | 21° Scorpio 33' |
| Pluto | 18° Virgo 24'℞ |
| North Node | 4° Gemini 04' |
| South Node | 4° Sagittarius 04' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
A. R. Rahman’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about A. R. Rahman’s private life.
With the Sun in Capricorn, A. R. Rahman is likely to find purpose in building a reputation and a structure that will outlast them, with a vitality that is steady rather than showy. The trap can be measuring their worth by output alone. They may well work through tiredness instead of naming it, until someone else has to point it out.
Moon in Gemini or Cancer
Gemini until about 08:10, then Cancer
needs and habits
Born before about 08:10: Moon in Gemini
The Moon in Gemini runs its daily habits on conversation and mental stimulation, and A. R. Rahman is likely to settle by talking a worry through rather than sitting with it quietly. A day with no one to talk to can leave them restless. The habit is to message a friend the moment something comes to mind, before deciding what to think about it.
Born after about 08:10: Moon in Cancer
With the Moon in Cancer, A. R. Rahman's needs tend to be tied to home, routine and the people they check in on daily. Small rituals are steadying: a particular meal, a particular chair. The tension is reading other people's moods so closely that those moods can be taken on without noticing.
A. R. Rahman's Mercury in Sagittarius thinks in big, connective leaps and communicates with enthusiasm and a wide frame of reference drawn from everywhere they have been. The weak point is generalising past what the details support. A specific question may get a sweeping theory nobody quite asked for.
Venus in Aquarius loves as a friend first, and values independence, shared ideas and a partner who allows plenty of room. A. R. Rahman may keep just enough distance that closeness feels slightly out of reach, even to them. This Venus can prize a partner's individuality more than the intimacy between them.
Mars in Aquarius acts on principle, and its anger surfaces most over unfairness or hypocrisy rather than personal slights. A. R. Rahman can detach from a conflict so thoroughly that the other person feels shut out. The issue tends to get argued with heat while the relationship itself is treated with strange calm.
Jupiter in Gemini
23° Gemini 47' at midday ℞
growth and excess
Jupiter in Gemini grows through learning and exposure to as many ideas as can be gathered, and its optimism is contagious in conversation. A. R. Rahman may overreach by knowing a little about everything and claiming more certainty than the depth supports. This is someone who can be the best-read person in the room on subjects they have never studied closely.
Saturn in Pisces builds discipline around boundaries, and it usually starts from a habit of carrying feelings that belong to other people. For A. R. Rahman, the doubt is likely to take the form of guilt for protecting their own time and energy. What this Saturn works towards is a quiet, mature compassion, once it is clear that a boundary and a closed heart are not the same thing.
Uranus in Virgo
19° Virgo 33' at midday ℞
freedom, generational
Uranus takes about seven years to cross a sign, so in A. R. Rahman's chart Uranus in Virgo describes an age group as much as a single person. It is a generation that changes how work and daily routine are done, through new methods and new technology. In one person it can be an instinct to question inherited routines.
Neptune in Scorpio
21° Scorpio 33' at midday
imagination, generational
Neptune in Scorpio marks a long season that A. R. Rahman shares with many people of a similar age. Its imagination is drawn to the hidden, the taboo and the transformative, with a wider cultural fascination for secrets and endings. In an individual that can be a pull towards mystery for its own sake.
Pluto in Virgo
18° Virgo 24' at midday ℞
power, generational
Pluto in Virgo is shared by A. R. Rahman and many people born in the same span of years. That generation lives through deep change in work, in how services are organised, and in daily life itself. In one person that can be intensity around control, order and how much any one system can carry.
Aspects in A. R. Rahman’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first. Without a birth time the orbs are those at midday, and aspects to the Moon are left out because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day.
Sun sextile Saturn
about 2.6° at midday
Steady, unglamorous effort is likely to feel worthwhile to A. R. Rahman rather than draining, because it fits their sense of who they are. Consistency probably comes more easily to them than they give themselves credit for, especially once they stop waiting for permission to claim it.
Venus conjunction Mars
about 2.8° at midday
With Venus conjunct Mars, affection and drive are closely linked, so, for A. R. Rahman, wanting something and going after it are likely to feel like one impulse. The aspect brings plenty of romantic and creative energy; its test is letting the wanting outlast the first chase.
Sun trine Pluto
about 2.9° at midday
A. R. Rahman's sense of self and capacity for change support each other, so they are likely to meet hard periods with resilience and come out of them still themselves. A Sun-Pluto trine is deep strength, and it does not need to be loud.
Mercury opposition Jupiter
about 4.0° at midday
With Mercury opposite Jupiter, A. R. Rahman's own considered opinion has to compete with other people's big claims and grand theories, and it is easy to get swept into someone else's certainty. For A. R. Rahman, trusting their own careful thinking usually works better than borrowing that confidence.
Sun trine Uranus
about 4.1° at midday
Being original feels easy rather than effortful with this aspect, because A. R. Rahman's sense of self and need for freedom sit comfortably together. They are likely to gravitate towards places that let them be exactly who they are without much friction.
Jupiter square Uranus
about 4.2° at midday
An appetite for growth can turn erratic under Jupiter square Uranus, with sudden changes of direction that leave earlier plans unfinished. The instinct for change this square gives A. R. Rahman is a good one, and it does most when channelled into fewer, more deliberate moves that get to see the finish line.
The rest, listed without a reading. Those between Uranus, Neptune and Pluto hold for years at a time, so everyone born while one holds shares it.
- Uranus conjunction Plutoabout 1.2°
- Uranus sextile Neptuneabout 2.0°
- Neptune sextile Plutoabout 3.2°
- Jupiter square Plutoabout 5.4°
- Saturn opposition Plutoabout 5.5°
- Saturn opposition Uranusabout 6.7°
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How this page is made
Planet positions are computed with the astronomy-engine ephemeris and checked against Swiss Ephemeris. Birth dates and places come from Wikidata; birth times, where StarMap has one, come from Astro-Databank and are shown with their Rodden rating. The readings describe what a placement is traditionally taken to mean. They are written by StarMap for reflection and entertainment, not as statements about the person’s private life. New to charts? How to read a birth chart.
Birth data: Wikidata. StarMap has not verified a birth time yet. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
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