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Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy (born November 24, 1961, Shillong, India), aged 64, is an Indian novelist, essayist, and activist. Roy is best known for The God of Small Things. Roy's honours include Booker Prize, Time 100 and Prix Européen de l'Essai Charles Veillon.

Arundhati Roy’s zodiac sign is Sagittarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Ox, with Life Path 7 in numerology.

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Arundhati Roy’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Seeker

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive plane.

Arundhati’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.

Lucky numbers

7 · 1 · 9

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Thursday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Topaz, Yellow Sapphire, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌸 Peony · 🤍 White Camellia

Gold · Rose-gold · Silver

The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone

What the chart says

Arundhati, according to the stars

Core essence

Arundhati is the friend who says "let's just go" and means today. The core of Arundhati is faith that the world is bigger and better than the room they are in, and a restlessness to go and check. They are honest to the point of it being a sport, funny by accident, and impossible to keep small. Freedom is not a preference, it is oxygen.

How Arundhati wants to be loved

Arundhati wants to be loved completely or not at all. Venus in Scorpio is intense, private and all in, and wants the same depth back: no games, no half measures. Trust is the whole thing. Be honest with Arundhati even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.

How Arundhati creates

How Arundhati makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Arundhati creates by polishing, by taste, by knowing exactly which detail makes the whole thing sing. Sensitive to being handled roughly, and worth handling well.

Instinct

Instinct: Arundhati is steady under pressure, an Ox year, and their gut reaction is to keep going. Patient, stubborn in the useful way, the one still working when the others have gone home, and quietly very proud of it. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. Arundhati is here to understand, to go deep rather than wide, to keep a private inner world that most people never see. Thoughtful, intuitive, happiest with time alone, and learning to let the right people in.

Triggers

Triggers: being fenced in, and being lied to. Mars in Sagittarius fights loud, laughs it off, and is genuinely fine ten minutes later. Arundhati has boundless energy for anything with a horizon in it and none for the small print. Aim them at something far away and step back.

Computed from Arundhati's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Arundhati sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Arundhati

You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Arundhati

You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.

PrivateExpressive
Arundhati

You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Arundhati

You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.

PracticalVisionary
Arundhati

You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Arundhati

You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Arundhati Roy

Three stars chosen from the real sky above Shillong on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

Arundhati’s birth-night reference starHamalwarm orange · AriesHamal, in Aries. A warm orange star, 86.1° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Hamal →The warmest lightBetelgeusedeep red · OrionBetelgeuse, in Orion. A deep red star, 29.7° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Betelgeuse →

No public birth time is available, so this is a 9:00 p.m. reference evening sky for that date and place. It is connected to the night of birth; it is not the sky at the birth minute, and no other reading on this page uses that time. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.

Arundhati Roy at a glance

Sagittarius Sun

Blunt, cheerful, gone by morning.

Arundhati Roy's Sun was in Sagittarius for the whole of November 24, 1961, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Sagittarius readings associate the sign with distance, belief and candour: travel, big questions and an answer given before it was asked for. Astrologers describe it as the mutable fire sign, ruled by Jupiter, and read it for optimism and appetite. The corresponding tension is overreach, with the classical caution that the horizon is more attractive than the ground underfoot.

Metal Ox

Carries the load without comment.

Arundhati Roy was born on November 24, 1961, which falls in a Metal Ox year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Ox readings emphasise endurance, reliability and the capacity to finish what was started, slowly and without complaint. The Chinese almanacs describe the Ox as the worker of the cycle, whose word holds. The corresponding caution in the tradition is stubbornness that presents itself as principle, and a difficulty changing course once a furrow has been cut.

Life Path 7

Needs the quiet to work.

Arundhati Roy's birth date, November 24, 1961, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 7 readings associate the number with inquiry, analysis and solitude: the need to understand what others simply accept. Numerologists describe it as the path of the seeker, reflective and private. The corresponding tension is withdrawal, with the caution that a mind at home in its own company can forget to come out.

What stands out in Arundhati’s chart

Arundhati’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Arundhati Roy, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 18° to 1° Gemini or Cancer depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 1.2° orbSun grinds against Uranus · Square, 1.3° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.8° orbMars grinds against Pluto · Square, 2.6° orbMercury fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 3.2° orbVenus fuses with Neptune · Conjunction, 4.5° orbMars opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 4.5° orbSun fuses with Mars · Conjunction, 5.7° orbSun in Sagittarius · 1°45′☉1°Moon in Gemini · 24°42′☽24°Mercury in Scorpio · 19°32′☿19°Venus in Scorpio · 16°20′♀16°Mars in Sagittarius · 7°28′♂7°Jupiter in Aquarius · 2°58′♃2°Saturn in Capricorn · 25°50′♄25°Uranus in Virgo · 0°29′♅0°Neptune in Scorpio · 11°48′♆11°Pluto in Virgo · 10°03′♇10°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1. A documented time would place them from the Ascendant instead.

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Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow

Aspects across every possible birth time

Stable aspects hold for any birth hour. Possible ones depend on the hour, so their orb is a range rather than a number. Orb policy western_v1.

  • stableSunsextileJupiter0.8° to 1.6° orb

    Arundhati’s core identity opens doors for their growth.

  • stableSunsquareUranus0.8° to 1.8° orb

    Arundhati’s core identity grinds against their need for freedom.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto1.7° to 1.8° orb

    Arundhati’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableMarssquarePluto2.2° to 2.9° orb

    Arundhati’s drive grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionVenus3.0° to 3.4° orb

    Arundhati’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableVenusconjunctionNeptune3.9° to 5.1° orb

    Arundhati’s affections and imagination act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableMarssextileJupiter4.2° to 4.8° orb

    Arundhati’s drive opens doors for their growth. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableSunconjunctionMars5.6° to 5.9° orb

    Arundhati’s core identity and drive act as one.

  • stableJupiterconjunctionSaturn7.1° to 7.2° orb

    Arundhati’s growth and discipline act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • possibleMoonsextileUranusorb from 0.1° to 12.3° depending on birth time

  • possibleMarssquareUranusorb from 6.6° to 7.3° depending on birth time

  • possibleMercuryconjunctionNeptuneorb from 7.0° to 8.5° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal1 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable5 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

Arundhati’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith

Four minor bodies and the mean lunar apogee, placed in the same tropical zodiac as the planets above. None of these feed the chart signature, the rarity score or any ranking on this site: they are listed for readers who use them. Chiron, Ceres, Eros and Hygiea positions come from JPL Horizons; Black Moon Lilith is the mean apogee, the point most published Lilith tables use. The readings are the modern tradition’s, not AsterNym’s. Without a birth time the degree is the noon value and the day's movement is shown alongside it.

  • ⚷ ChironPisces 1°58′ (moves 0.01° over the day)

    centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it

    Chiron in Pisces is read as a wound around boundaries and faith. The reading has Arundhati absorbing more of a room than most, and needing somewhere to put it down.

  • ⚳ Ceres ℞Taurus 17°07′ (moves 0.22° over the day)

    dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured

    Ceres in Taurus is read as nurture through the physical: food, comfort, a steady presence. Arundhati is read as someone who shows care by providing.

  • ♡ ErosCapricorn 15°02′ (moves 0.56° over the day)

    near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire

    Eros in Capricorn is read as desire that respects competence and control. Arundhati is read as drawn to people who have built something.

  • ⚕ HygieaSagittarius 27°57′ (moves 0.40° over the day)

    main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well

    Hygiea in Sagittarius is read as health through movement, space and a reason. Arundhati is read as someone who is well when going somewhere.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithVirgo 2°55′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Virgo is read as a refusal of the standard of good enough, turned both outward and inward. The modern reading has Arundhati exacting with themselves first.

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb. The Moon is left out because its position moves 13° across an untimed day.

  • Chiron square Sun 0.2°
  • Ceres opposition Venus 0.8°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Sun 1.2°
  • Eros sextile Venus 1.3°
  • Chiron opposition Uranus 1.5°
  • Ceres opposition Mercury 2.4°
  • Black Moon Lilith conjunction Uranus 2.4°
  • Hygiea trine Uranus 2.5°

Method: JPL Horizons heliocentric vectors, 1700–2100, cubic Hermite interpolation; geocentric, true ecliptic of date, tropical; geometric (no light-time or aberration); Lilith = mean lunar apogee (Chapront/Meeus mean perigee + 180°).

Arundhati’s dominant planets

Scored from rulerships, dispositors and aspect count. Without a birth time there is no Ascendant or house to score, and the Moon's sign is left out where it could change with the hour.

  1. 1. ♃ Jupiter8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mars; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ♇ Pluto5 pts

    disposes Mercury, Venus, Neptune; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ☉ Sun3 pts

    3 major aspects

A Jupiter-led chart is read as scale and optimism leading: Arundhati is read as reaching for the bigger version of any plan.

How the score is built
  • Rules the Sun sign, Moon sign or Ascendant sign: 3 points each (traditional co-rulers of Scorpio, Aquarius and Pisces score half).
  • Sits in a sign it rules: 2 points.
  • Disposes another planet (that planet sits in a sign it rules): 1 point each.
  • Angular: 2 points in the first or tenth house, 1 point in the fourth or seventh (timed births only).
  • Every major aspect it makes: 1 point.

Dominance scoring is an AsterNym method. Other sites weight differently and can name a different leader for the same chart.

Configurations in Arundhati’s chart

Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy. The Moon is excluded without a birth time, so a shape that needs it is not claimed.

No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite closes among the planets that can be placed. That is the common case, not a gap.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile 30° (orb 2°), semi-square 45° (orb 2°), quintile 72° (orb 1.5°), sesquiquadrate 135° (orb 2°), biquintile 144° (orb 1.5°), quincunx 150° (orb 2.5°). Pairs already in a major aspect are not repeated. Moon excluded without a birth time.

  • Uranus quintile Neptune 0.7°
  • Saturn sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.8°
  • Jupiter biquintile Pluto 1.1°
  • Mercury quintile Jupiter 1.4°
  • Saturn biquintile Uranus 1.4°
  • Jupiter quincunx Uranus 2.5°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Arundhati Roy, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.

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Arundhati’s cards

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The Chariot

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The Gilded Seeker

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Western zodiac

Sagittarius

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Chinese zodiac

Ox 丑

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Metal.

Year

辛

yin Metal

丑

Ox

Earth

roots & early life

Month

己

yin Earth

亥

Pig

Water

work & drive

Day

day master

辛

yin Metal

酉

Rooster

Metal

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Arundhati Roy, so this chart has three pillars rather than four. The hour pillar, the rising sign and the birth-sky star all need a time, and we would rather leave them out than invent one.

Where this data comes from

Arundhati’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q212801, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. No documented birth time is available, so this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. Time-dependent results use a clearly labelled reference time and should not be read as their exact birth chart. Entries are matched to Wikidata by entity id rather than by name, kept only at day precision, and dropped where sources disagree on the date.

Portrait by Augustus Binu/ facebook, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. Every entry is checked against its Wikidata record; where a person shares a name with someone else, the entity id is what settles which of them this is. What we will not tell you sets out the claims this site refuses to make.

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Quick answers about Arundhati Roy’s chart

How old is Arundhati Roy?
Arundhati Roy is 64 years old, born November 24, 1961 in Shillong, India.
What zodiac sign is Arundhati Roy?
Arundhati Roy is a Sagittarius: born November 24, 1961, which puts the Sun in Sagittarius for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Ox.
What is Arundhati Roy's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Ox, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 24, 1961 birth.
What time was Arundhati Roy born?
No reliably documented birth time is public, so AsterNym does not calculate an Ascendant. This chart uses date-only positions: the wheel shows a reference solar chart (the Sun's sign as house 1), and the Ascendant is left uncomputed instead of guessed from an unverified time.
What is Arundhati Roy's Life Path number?
Life Path 7, calculated in numerology from the November 24, 1961 birth date.
What is Arundhati Roy's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Pisces at 1°. Position from JPL Horizons for the November 24, 1961 birth date.
Where is Arundhati Roy's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Virgo at 2°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Arundhati Roy's dominant planet?
Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mars; 3 major aspects). Pluto is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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