R. K. Narayan’s birth chart
Born 10 October 1906, in Chennai, India. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Libra Sun · Cancer Moon
R. K. Narayan’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
R. K. Narayan was born on Wednesday, 10 October 1906, in Chennai, India. The Sun was in Libra, so Libra was their zodiac sign, with the Moon in Cancer. They died on 13 May 2001, aged 94. StarMap has no verified birth time for them, so the chart is cast for midday and leaves the houses out.
By element the count is four water, three air, two earth and one fire. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is six, none and four. Three planets stand together in Cancer: Moon, Jupiter and Neptune. No two planets sit closer to an exact angle than Jupiter and Saturn: a trine, about 1.2° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Two planets were retrograde: Saturn and Pluto. The Moon was at its last quarter.
StarMap's dataset holds 18 other people born on 10 October, among them Harold Pinter, Pavel Durov and Helen Hayes.
See the sky the day R. K. Narayan was born: the stars over Chennai, India, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
R. K. Narayan’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Libra
about 16° Libra at midday
A Libra Sun balances. Fairness, beauty and the quality of relationships tend to shape R. K. Narayan's decisions, and this is a placement that can see both sides of almost anything. The growth lies in choosing a side when it counts.
Moon sign
Cancer
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
The Moon is at home in Cancer. For R. K. Narayan 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.
R. K. Narayan’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for R. K. Narayan 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 10 October 1906, computed for Chennai, India.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:50 | Cancer rising |
| 00:50 to 02:55 | Leo rising |
| 02:55 to 05:00 | Virgo rising |
| 05:00 to 07:00 | Libra rising |
| 07:00 to 09:10 | Scorpio rising |
| 09:10 to 11:20 | Sagittarius rising |
| 11:20 to 13:25 | Capricorn rising |
| 13:25 to 15:15 | Aquarius rising |
| 15:15 to 16:55 | Pisces rising |
| 16:55 to 18:35 | Aries rising |
| 18:35 to 20:30 | Taurus rising |
| 20:30 to 22:35 | Gemini rising |
| 22:35 to 24:00 | Cancer 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 10 October 1906, 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 | 16° Libra 02' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Cancer |
| Mercury | 27° Libra 18' |
| Venus | 0° Sagittarius 39' |
| Mars | 17° Virgo 30' |
| Jupiter | 10° Cancer 25' |
| Saturn | 9° Pisces 13'℞ |
| Uranus | 4° Capricorn 47' |
| Neptune | 12° Cancer 38' |
| Pluto | 23° Gemini 43'℞ |
| North Node | 9° Leo 10' |
| South Node | 9° Aquarius 10' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
R. K. Narayan’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about R. K. Narayan’s private life.
With the Sun in Libra, R. K. Narayan's vitality is likely to rise in good company, and purpose to feel real when they are creating balance or beauty with other people. The risk is losing their own direction while managing everyone else's. Deciding alone is probably harder for them than deciding with a second opinion in the room.
With the Moon in Cancer, R. K. Narayan'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.
Mercury in Libra thinks by weighing both sides, and R. K. Narayan tends to communicate diplomatically, often finding the version of an idea that will land well with whoever is listening. Settling on an opinion can take so long that the moment for it passes. They may change their mind in the middle of a conversation because the other point had merit.
Venus in Sagittarius loves with enthusiasm and a need for shared adventure, and R. K. Narayan probably values a partner who gives them room to roam. When things get serious, this placement can confuse freedom with distance. The pattern with this Venus is to plan the next trip together before settling into the current one.
Mars in Virgo acts carefully and precisely, preferring to get a task right over getting it done fast, and its anger usually comes from things being done sloppily. When upset, R. K. Narayan is more likely to criticise than to confront. A clipped tone often signals frustration well before anything is said directly.
Jupiter in Cancer
10° Cancer 25' at midday
growth and excess
For R. K. Narayan, Jupiter in Cancer means growing by nurturing others and building a home that people want to return to. The excess can be protecting loved ones past the point they need it. Generosity here takes the form of home-cooked meals, open doors and an instinct to take in anyone who needs somewhere to land.
Saturn in Pisces builds discipline around boundaries, and it usually starts from a habit of carrying feelings that belong to other people. For R. K. Narayan, 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 Capricorn
4° Capricorn 47' at midday
freedom, generational
Many people within a few years of R. K. Narayan's age share Uranus in Capricorn, the mark of a generation that dismantles and rebuilds old institutions and structures of authority. Personally, that can mean scepticism towards any system that asks for trust without having shown why it deserves it.
Neptune in Cancer
12° Cancer 38' at midday
imagination, generational
Neptune in Cancer is shared by R. K. Narayan and many people born in the same decade or so. The generation idealises home and family, often carrying a wider nostalgia for a version of belonging that may never quite have existed. Personally it can be a soft-focus longing for a childhood home.
Pluto in Gemini
23° Gemini 43' at midday ℞
power, generational
R. K. Narayan shares Pluto in Gemini with many people born in the same long stretch of years. That generation transforms communication and collective thought, often through upheavals in how information is controlled and shared. The personal portion is an intense relationship with what counts as truth.
Aspects in R. K. Narayan’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.
Jupiter trine Saturn
about 1.2° at midday
Optimism and discipline reinforce each other in this trine, which lets R. K. Narayan pursue big goals with steady follow-through. Growth of this kind tends to be gradual and durable, not sudden and fragile, the sort of progress that survives a difficult year.
Jupiter conjunction Neptune
about 2.2° at midday
For R. K. Narayan, growth is likely to be idealistic and compassionate, a matter of causes, beliefs or visions bigger than daily concerns. Jupiter conjunct Neptune supplies the inspiration and leaves them the job of checking a beautiful idea against what can be achieved.
Sun square Neptune
about 3.4° at midday
A Sun-Neptune square can blur R. K. Narayan's sense of who they are under the pull of an ideal, a cause or someone else's story, until it is unclear where they end and the dream begins. The task is staying inspired without losing their own outline.
Saturn trine Neptune
about 3.4° at midday
With Saturn trine Neptune, R. K. Narayan's discipline and imagination steady each other, which makes it possible to build something both beautiful and structurally sound. Vision and follow-through tend to arrive together, a combination that is rare and worth trusting.
Mercury trine Pluto
about 3.6° at midday
R. K. Narayan's thinking and depth support each other, which gives them a natural ability to work through complex or hidden material without getting overwhelmed. With Mercury trine Pluto, research and difficult conversations both come easily, and R. K. Narayan can stay with a hard subject long after others have looked away.
Saturn sextile Uranus
about 4.4° at midday
Discipline and independence combine in this sextile to give R. K. Narayan a workable way of keeping a routine while leaving room to change it. The flexibility is quiet and sustainable, and it keeps a good habit from calcifying into an unquestioned rule.
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.
- Sun square Jupiterabout 5.6°
- Jupiter opposition Uranusabout 5.6°
- Mars square Plutoabout 6.2°
- Uranus opposition Neptuneabout 7.9°
Libra Sun and Cancer Moon, like R. K. Narayan
Also born on 10 October
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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