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Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi (born October 2, 1869, Porbandar, India; died 1948), was an Indian independence activist. Gandhi is best remembered for satyagraha. Gandhi's honours include Time Person of the Year, Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo and Natal Native Rebellion Medal.

Mahatma Gandhi’s zodiac sign was Libra, Chinese zodiac was Earth Snake, with Life Path 9 in numerology.

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Mahatma Gandhi’s AsterNym identity

The Radiant Visionary

Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.

Fire Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive plane.

What Mahatma’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

1

Expression · starting things

4

Soul Urge · solid ground

6

Personality · caring, responsible

The name opens on M (4) and closes on A (1). The value it repeats most is 1, which numerology reads as drive.

Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again

Mahatma’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

9 · 2 · 8

Lucky colours

Yellow & Ochre

Lucky day

Friday

Direction

• Center

Season

the turning of seasons

Stones

Opal, Diamond, Citrine

Flower constellation

🧡 Marigold · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌼 Chrysanthemum

Amber · Blush · Gold

The record

What sets Mahatma apart

The record Mahatma Gandhi is measured by: satyagraha.

Mahatma Gandhi was taught at Inner Temple and Samaldas Arts College.

Mahatma Gandhi was 24 when the work began in 1893.

The record gives gunshot wound as the cause, and Raj Ghat and associated memorials as the resting place.

Mahatma Gandhi was born to Putlibai Karamchand Gandhi and Karamchand Uttamchand Gandhi, married Kasturba Gandhi and raised 4 children.

Alisson Becker (1992) and Roberto Firmino (1991) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Known for
satyagraha
Educated at
Inner Temple, Samaldas Arts College and Mahatma Gandhi Museum
Awards
Time Person of the Year (1930)
Nominated for
Nobel Peace Prize
Working from
1893
Cause of death
gunshot wound
Buried at
Raj Ghat and associated memorials
Citizenship
India
Languages
Gujarati
Wikipedia editions
287

What the chart says

Mahatma, according to the stars

Core essence

Mahatma makes the room fairer just by being in it. The core of Mahatma is a feel for balance, in people, in colour, in who has not been asked their opinion yet. They are charming because they are genuinely interested, and they can see every side of a thing, which is a gift and, on a bad day, a very slow way to choose dinner.

The vibe

Underneath, Mahatma needs to be adored a little, and there is nothing wrong with that. The Moon in Leo feels things dramatically and generously and wants them noticed. What Mahatma needs to feel safe is to be chosen out loud: the compliment said in front of people, the text that says you were thinking of them. They repay it tenfold.

How Mahatma wants to be loved

Mahatma 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 Mahatma even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.

How Mahatma creates

How Mahatma makes things happen: they light the room. A Yang Fire day master is the sun, warm, visible, impossible to ignore, generous with energy and expecting the same back. Mahatma creates in front of people and is at their best with an audience and a cause. The work is learning to rest before the fire does it for them.

Instinct

Instinct: Mahatma is wise and watchful, a Snake year, and their gut reaction is to observe before moving. Elegant, intuitive, private, and usually right about people long before saying so. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Mahatma is here for the bigger picture, to give, to finish what others started and hand it on. Wise beyond their years, compassionate, a little world-weary, and learning to receive as freely as they give.

Triggers

Triggers: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means Mahatma runs hot underneath and cold on top; the anger is quiet, deep and long-remembered. They do not lose their temper, they decide. Point that focus at a goal and nothing survives in its way.

Computed from Mahatma's birth date. Working below.

Where Mahatma sits

Six lines

Mahatma’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.

Intimate circleWide network
Mahatma

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Mahatma

You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive
Mahatma

You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Mahatma

You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.

PracticalVisionary
Mahatma

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

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Mahatma

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

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

Mahatma’s birth-night reference starAljanahwarm orange · CygnusAljanah, in Cygnus. A warm orange star, 77.9° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Aljanah →The warmest lightAntaresdeep red · ScorpiusAntares, in Scorpius. A deep red star, 13.1° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Antares →

A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Porbandar that night

Computed for 21.64°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Aljanah stood nearest the zenith over Porbandar at 9 p.m. that evening, 77.9° above the horizon in Cygnus.

Arcturus was the brightest thing up that night, one of 83 catalog stars above the horizon.

Porbandar sits at 21.6°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.

The Moon, 13% lit at waning crescent, had already set; the Sun sat 28° below the horizon.

The name and the places

Born in
Porbandar, India
Lived in
London

Wikidata records London as Mahatma Gandhi's home, against Porbandar as the birthplace.

The death is recorded at Gandhi Smriti, New Delhi district in 1948.

No birth time is on record, so no astrocartography map can be drawn for Mahatma Gandhi: the lines move about fifteen degrees of longitude an hour. Shared Places can still draw yours.

How unusual Mahatma's chart is

Chart pattern score

15 / 100 · Reassuringly normal

1 unaspected planet

An AsterNym index built from stelliums, yods, grand crosses and chart shape. It is not a population percentile, and a high score is not a better chart. Without a birth time the houses are left out of it.

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Mahatma Gandhi at a glance

Libra Sun

Fair to a fault, slow to pick.

Mahatma Gandhi's Sun was in Libra for the whole of October 2, 1869, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Libra means →

Earth Snake

Says less than it knows.

Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, which falls in a Earth Snake year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Snake means →

Life Path 9

Gives without keeping score.

Mahatma Gandhi's birth date, October 2, 1869, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 9 means →

What stands out in Mahatma’s chart

Mahatma’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 14° to 29° Leo depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mars faces off with Pluto · Opposition, 0.9° orbVenus faces off with Pluto · Opposition, 1° orbJupiter opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 1.5° orbMars faces off with Jupiter · Opposition, 1.6° orbVenus fuses with Mars · Conjunction, 1.9° orbJupiter fuses with Pluto · Conjunction, 2.5° orbMoon grinds against Jupiter · Square, 2.7° orbMars flows with Uranus · Trine, 3.2° orbSun in Libra · 9°07′☉9°Moon in Leo · 22°52′☽22°Mercury in Scorpio · 3°54′☿3°Venus in Scorpio · 16°40′♀16°Mars in Scorpio · 18°32′♂18°Jupiter in Taurus · 20°09′ · retrograde♃℞20°Saturn in Sagittarius · 12°23′♄12°Uranus in Cancer · 21°42′♅21°Neptune in Aries · 18°25′ · retrograde♆℞18°Pluto in Taurus · 17°39′ · retrograde♇℞17°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.

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Lines drawn
Conjunction 0°
Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

Placements

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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow

Aspects across every possible birth time

  • stableVenusoppositionPluto0.4° to 1.7° orb

    Mahatma’s affections pull against their depths from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • stableMarsoppositionPluto0.5° to 1.2° orb

    Mahatma’s drive pulls against their depths from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • stableMarsoppositionJupiter1.3° to 2.0° orb

    Mahatma’s drive pulls against their growth from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • stableJupitersextileUranus1.5° to 1.6° orb

  • stableVenusconjunctionMars1.6° to 2.1° orb

  • stableJupiterconjunctionPluto2.5° orb

  • stableSunsextileSaturn2.8° to 3.8° orb

  • stableVenusoppositionJupiter2.9° to 4.2° orb

  • stableMarstrineUranus2.9° to 3.5° orb

  • stableUranussquareNeptune3.3° orb

  • stableUranussextilePluto4.0° to 4.1° orb

  • stableVenustrineUranus4.5° to 5.7° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air1 of 10
  • Water4 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed6 of 10
  • Mutable1 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Aries 1°22′ (moves 0.05° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ Ceres ℞Gemini 3°12′ (moves 0.01° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosLibra 25°10′ (moves 0.77° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaGemini 28°09′ (moves 0.09° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithAries 3°38′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Mahatma’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♀ Venus10 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Jupiter, Pluto; 4 major aspects

  2. 2. ♇ Pluto7 pts

    disposes Mercury, Venus, Mars; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. ♂ Mars5 pts

    disposes Neptune; 4 major aspects

Configurations in Mahatma’s chart

No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite — the common case.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Mars quincunx Neptune 0.1°
  • Neptune semi-sextile Pluto 0.8°
  • Venus quincunx Neptune 1.7°
  • Jupiter semi-sextile Neptune 1.7°

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Mahatma’s cards

Computed from October 2, 1869. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Moon

AsterNym identity card

The Radiant Visionary

Western zodiac

Libra

Chinese zodiac

Snake 巳

Life Path

9 · Healer

♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Fire.

Year

己

yin Earth

巳

Snake

Fire

roots & early life

Month

癸

yin Water

酉

Rooster

Metal

work & drive

Day

day master

丙

yang Fire

寅

Tiger

Wood

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Mahatma’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q1001 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. With no documented birth time this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. The banner above lists what that leaves out. Entries are matched to Wikidata by entity id rather than by name, kept at day precision, and dropped where sources disagree on the date.

Tropical zodiac, whole-sign houses, modern rulers. Aspects on the western_v1 orb policy; minor ones at 1.5° to 2.5°, skipped where a major already holds. Minor bodies from JPL Horizons heliocentric vectors, Lilith as mean apogee. Dominance is an AsterNym score — rulerships, dispositors, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.

Portrait by Elliott & Fry, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Mahatma Gandhi.

Quick answers about Mahatma Gandhi’s chart

What zodiac sign was Mahatma Gandhi?
Mahatma Gandhi was a Libra: born October 2, 1869, which puts the Sun in Libra for the whole of that day.
What was Mahatma Gandhi's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Snake, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 2, 1869 birth.
How tall was Mahatma Gandhi?
Mahatma Gandhi was 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
What was Mahatma Gandhi's Life Path number?
Life Path 9, calculated in numerology.
What was Mahatma Gandhi's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aries at 1°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was Mahatma Gandhi's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries at 3°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Mahatma Gandhi's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (10 points: rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Jupiter, Pluto; 4 major aspects). Pluto is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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