Arundhati Roy’s birth chart
Born 24 November 1961, in Shillong, India. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Sagittarius Sun · Moon in Gemini or Cancer
Arundhati Roy’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Arundhati Roy was born in Shillong, India, on 24 November 1961, a Friday. The Sun was in Sagittarius, so Sagittarius is their zodiac sign. The Moon was in Gemini until about 21:50 and in Cancer afterwards, so the Moon sign turns on the birth time. Arundhati turns 65 in 2026. No verified birth time is on file for Arundhati; 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 water, two in fire and one in air. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is one, four and four. Scorpio holds a stellium, three planets in one sign: Mercury, Venus and Neptune. The tightest aspect is Sun sextile Jupiter, about 1.2° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. No planet was retrograde. The Moon was waning gibbous, between full and last quarter.
StarMap's dataset holds 11 other people born on 24 November, among them Emir Kusturica, Katherine Heigl and Billy Connolly.
See the sky the day Arundhati was born: the stars over Shillong, India, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Arundhati Roy’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Sagittarius
about 1° Sagittarius at midday
A Sagittarius Sun seeks. Meaning, distance and the bigger picture are likely to pull Arundhati Roy forward, and the honesty of this placement is a kind of generosity. Its lesson is that the journey also needs somewhere to land.
Moon sign
Gemini or Cancer
Gemini until about 21:50, then Cancer (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 21:50: Moon in Gemini
The Moon in Gemini processes feeling by naming it. For Arundhati, 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 21:50: Moon in Cancer
The Moon is at home in Cancer. For Arundhati 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 Shillong, India, at each hour of the day.
Arundhati Roy’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Arundhati 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 24 November 1961, computed for Shillong, India.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 01:15 | Virgo rising |
| 01:15 to 03:25 | Libra rising |
| 03:25 to 05:45 | Scorpio rising |
| 05:45 to 08:00 | Sagittarius rising |
| 08:00 to 10:00 | Capricorn rising |
| 10:00 to 11:40 | Aquarius rising |
| 11:40 to 13:10 | Pisces rising |
| 13:10 to 14:40 | Aries rising |
| 14:40 to 16:20 | Taurus rising |
| 16:20 to 18:20 | Gemini rising |
| 18:20 to 20:40 | Cancer rising |
| 20:40 to 22:55 | Leo rising |
| 22:55 to 24:00 | Virgo 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 24 November 1961, 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 | 1° Sagittarius 44' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Gemini until about 21:50, then Cancer |
| Mercury | 19° Scorpio 32' |
| Venus | 16° Scorpio 20' |
| Mars | 7° Sagittarius 28' |
| Jupiter | 2° Aquarius 58' |
| Saturn | 25° Capricorn 50' |
| Uranus | 0° Virgo 28' |
| Neptune | 11° Scorpio 48' |
| Pluto | 10° Virgo 02' |
| North Node | 21° Leo 25' |
| South Node | 21° Aquarius 25' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Arundhati Roy’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Arundhati Roy’s private life.
Growth, travel and ideas bigger than daily life are where Arundhati Roy's Sagittarius Sun finds purpose, and their energy tends to lift the moment there is somewhere new to go. Familiarity is what wears on this placement. A few months into any routine, however good it is, restlessness usually sets in.
Moon in Gemini or Cancer
Gemini until about 21:50, then Cancer
needs and habits
Born before about 21:50: Moon in Gemini
The Moon in Gemini runs its daily habits on conversation and mental stimulation, and Arundhati 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 21:50: Moon in Cancer
With the Moon in Cancer, Arundhati'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.
With Mercury in Scorpio, Arundhati tends to think in layers, looking for what is not being said as much as what is spoken aloud. Once they have decided to speak they can be very direct, and until then, silent. The tension is suspecting a hidden motive where there is only an ordinary one.
Venus in Scorpio loves intensely and privately, and Arundhati is likely to value depth and total honesty over ease. Testing loyalty can create the very distance this placement fears most. There is an all-or-nothing quality to how this Venus commits, with little interest in anything in between.
Mars in Sagittarius acts boldly and wants room to move while doing it, and its anger flares fast over anything that feels like a limit on freedom. Arundhati may speak bluntly in the heat of the moment and smooth it over later. Given the choice, this placement walks away from a fight rather than staying to work it out.
Jupiter in Aquarius
2° Aquarius 58' at midday
growth and excess
Jupiter in Aquarius grows through community, ideas and causes bigger than one life. Arundhati may put so much trust in a theory or a group that its practical flaws are overlooked. Optimism about the future can make them a natural organiser of other people's efforts.
Saturn is at home in Capricorn, a placement that builds discipline as naturally as breathing and often takes on responsibility earlier than most. The doubt, for Arundhati, may be never quite believing that enough has been achieved to relax. Others tend to recognise this kind of authority well before it is claimed.
Uranus in Virgo
0° Virgo 28' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus takes about seven years to cross a sign, so in Arundhati'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
11° Scorpio 48' at midday
imagination, generational
Neptune in Scorpio marks a long season that Arundhati 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
10° Virgo 02' at midday
power, generational
Pluto in Virgo is shared by Arundhati 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 Arundhati Roy’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 Jupiter
about 1.2° at midday
Optimism is part of who Arundhati Roy is, and it tends to show them open doors, provided they are willing to walk through. With some deliberate effort behind it, the outlook of a Sun-Jupiter sextile becomes momentum that carries past the first burst of enthusiasm.
Sun square Uranus
about 1.3° at midday
When the Sun is square Uranus, Arundhati's identity keeps bumping against a need to break from convention, which can look like sudden changes of direction that surprise the people nearby. The skill is choosing those disruptions rather than letting restlessness choose them.
Mars square Pluto
about 2.6° at midday
With Mars square Pluto, Arundhati's drive can turn into a fight for control, whether the opponent is within them or is someone who resists them. When they redirect that intensity into the work itself, the friction becomes lasting strength.
Mercury conjunction Venus
about 3.2° at midday
Mercury conjunct Venus ties Arundhati's thinking closely to what they love, so they probably talk about affection and beauty with ease. It lends a diplomatic, pleasant way of putting things, especially when the subject is close to the heart.
Mars sextile Jupiter
about 4.5° at midday
There is confident, well-aimed energy in this sextile, and not much wasted effort, since Arundhati's drive and optimism pull together. Taking the initiative suits Arundhati, above all when they commit to one goal and do not scatter their energy across several.
Venus conjunction Neptune
about 4.5° at midday
Love, for Arundhati, is likely to be romantic and idealistic, drawn to a kind of connection that feels almost transcendent. Venus conjunct Neptune brings tenderness and imagination, along with the task of seeing a partner clearly and not only through the ideal built around them.
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.
- Neptune sextile Plutoabout 1.8°
- Sun conjunction Marsabout 5.7°
- Jupiter conjunction Saturnabout 7.1°
Sagittarius Suns born within 2 years of Arundhati Roy
Also born on 24 November
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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