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Mindy Kaling

Mindy Kaling (born Vera Mindy Chokalingam; June 24, 1979, Cambridge, United States, 04:10), aged 47, is an American actress, writer, and comedian. Kaling is best known for Velma, Late Night and Inside Out. Kaling's honours include Writers Guild of America Award.

Mindy Kaling’s zodiac sign is Cancer, Chinese zodiac is Earth Goat, with Life Path 2 in numerology.

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Mindy Kaling’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Diplomat

Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 2 represents partnership: cooperation, diplomacy and the ability to work with different kinds of people.

Water Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 2, on the emotional plane.

How common is the name Mindy in the U.S.?

#2401

US rank in 2025

~42,682

Americans share it since 1940

1979

its peak year

Mindy ranked 81st among girls and 3,983rd among boys in 1979, the year of this birth, with 3,712 American girls and 10 boys on the register.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Mindy’s name adds up to

Worked from the birth name Vera Mindy Chokalingam, not the name they published under.

7

Expression · depth and research

5

Soul Urge · freedom

11

Personality · perceptive

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

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

Mindy’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

2 · 7

Lucky colours

Yellow & Ochre

Lucky day

Monday

Direction

• Center

Season

the turning of seasons

Stones

Pearl, Pearl, Citrine

Flower constellation

🌹 Rose · 🤍 Jasmine · 🌼 Chrysanthemum

Rose pink · Pearl · Gold

The record

What sets Mindy apart

The shelf Mindy Kaling is read from: Late Night, Velma and The Office.

Training came by way of Buckingham Browne & Nichols School and Dartmouth College.

The working life starts in 2003, at 24.

Lionel Messi (1987) and Claudia Sheinbaum (1962) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Known for
Late Night, Velma and The Office
Educated at
Buckingham Browne & Nichols School and Dartmouth College
Nominated for
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Working from
2003
Wikipedia editions
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What the chart says

Mindy, according to the stars

Core essence

Mindy feels the room before entering it. The core of Mindy is care, the practical kind that remembers what you said in March and has already made the tea. They protect their people with a fierceness that surprises anyone who only knew the soft exterior. Home is not a place for Mindy, it is whoever they have decided to keep.

The vibe

Underneath, Mindy is all feeling, tide in and tide out. The Moon in Cancer means moods are weather, real and passing, and memory is long: they keep every kindness and, quietly, every slight. What Mindy needs to feel safe is a soft place to land that is not going anywhere. Give them that and they give you everything.

How Mindy wants to be loved

Mindy wants to be loved in conversation. Venus in Gemini falls for a mind first: the banter, the shared joke, the person who keeps them guessing a little. Attention is the love language and boredom is the enemy. Keep talking to Mindy like it is the first week, and it can feel like it for years.

How Mindy creates

How Mindy makes things happen: they keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. Mindy creates by exploring, by talking to everyone, by carrying ideas from one place to another. Hard to pin down, impossible to dam, and the best person to have on a long trip.

Instinct

Instinct: Mindy is creative and kind, a Goat year, and their gut reaction is to make it beautiful. Artistic, gentle, easily moved, and the friend everyone confides in. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 2 is the peacemaker. Mindy is here to bring people together, to feel the undercurrents and smooth them, to be the reason a room works. Sensitive, diplomatic, quietly essential, and learning that their own needs count too.

Triggers

Triggers: being rushed, and being pushed. Mars in Taurus means Mindy is slow to anger and very hard to move once they are. Patience is the superpower, stubbornness its shadow. Let them set the pace and they are unstoppable in their own time.

Computed from Mindy's birth date. Working below.

Where Mindy sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Mindy

You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Mindy

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

PrivateExpressive
Mindy

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Mindy

You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.

PracticalVisionary
Mindy

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Mindy

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

✦ A real star from their birth sky

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Read from the sky above Cambridge at 04:10, Mindy Kaling’s documented birth time. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Cambridge that night

Computed for 42.38°N, at the documented birth time.

Overhead at Cambridge at the birth hour: Deneb of Cygnus, within 9.9° of the exact zenith.

The brightest star above the horizon was Vega in Lyra, and 94 catalog stars were up in all.

From 42.4°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.

The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −47.6° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.

The Moon, 0% lit at new moon, had already set; the Sun sat 9° below the horizon.

The name and the places

Born as
Vera Mindy Chokalingam
Known as
Mindy Kaling
Born in
Cambridge, United States

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What Mindy's birth time unlocks

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Zi Wei Dou Shu · Life Palace

The Elder 天梁 in 巳

Bureau 木三局 · Body Palace in Career

Zi Wei Dou Shu explained →

Human Design

Projector, profile 5/1

Splenic authority · Single definition

Human Design explained →

Chart pattern score

73 / 100 · Rare

Born on the New Moon · 3-planet stellium in Cancer · 2 unaspected planets

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The quick version

Cancer Sun

Feeds you before you ask.

Mindy Kaling's Sun was in Cancer at the documented birth time.

What Cancer means →

Earth Goat

Artist first, everything second.

Mindy Kaling was born on June 24, 1979, which falls in a Earth Goat year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Goat means →

Life Path 2

Quiet power, real power.

Mindy Kaling's birth date, June 24, 1979, reduces to Life Path 2 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 2 means →

What stands out in Mindy’s chart

Mindy’s birth chart

Computed from the documented birth time (From a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.), with whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Venus flows with Pluto · Trine, 1.1° orbSun fuses with Moon · Conjunction, 1.8° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 2.3° orbMercury opens doors for Mars · Sextile, 2.9° orbVenus faces off with Neptune · Opposition, 3.4° orbVenus grinds against Saturn · Square, 6.5° orbSun in Cancer · 2°14′ · house 2☉2°Moon in Cancer · 0°24′ · house 2☽0°Mercury in Cancer · 25°53′ · house 2☿25°Venus in Gemini · 15°19′ · house 1♀15°Mars in Taurus · 28°45′ · house 12♂28°Jupiter in Leo · 9°27′ · house 3♃9°Saturn in Virgo · 8°49′ · house 4♄8°Uranus in Scorpio · 17°21′ · house 6 · retrograde♅℞17°Neptune in Sagittarius · 18°45′ · house 7 · retrograde♆℞18°Pluto in Libra · 16°25′ · house 5 · retrograde♇℞16°Ascendant, the sign rising in the east at your birth: how you meet the worldASCGem 16°58′Descendant · opposite the Ascendant: what you meet in othersDSCSgr 16°58′Midheaven (Medium Coeli), the top of your sky: public direction, career, reputationMCAqr 20°53′Imum Coeli, the bottom of your sky: home, roots, private foundationsICLeo 20°53′

Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.

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

Placements

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

Aspects, tightest first

  • VenustrinePlutoapplying · 1.1° orb

    Mindy’s affections flow straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • SunconjunctionMoonapplying · 1.8° orb

    Mindy’s core identity and feelings act as one.

  • NeptunesextilePlutoapplying · 2.3° orb

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

  • MercurysextileMarsapplying · 2.9° orb

  • VenusoppositionNeptuneapplying · 3.4° orb

  • VenussquareSaturnseparating · 6.5° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water4 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed3 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

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

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

What astrologers make of these five.

  • ⚷ ChironTaurus 12°34′ · House 12

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

  • ⚳ CeresAries 12°38′ · House 11

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

  • ♡ ErosPisces 4°25′ · House 10

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

  • ⚕ HygieaPisces 29°11′ · House 10

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 28°15′ · House 3

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Hygiea sextile Mars 0.4°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Mars 0.5°
  • Hygiea square Moon 1.2°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Moon 2.1°
  • Eros trine Sun 2.2°
  • Ceres sextile Venus 2.7°

Mindy’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ☽ Moon11 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Cancer; rules the Moon sign, Cancer; in its own sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury; 1 major aspect

  2. 2. ♀ Venus7 pts

    disposes Mars, Pluto; angular in the first house; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ☿ Mercury6 pts

    rules the Ascendant, Gemini; disposes Venus, Saturn; 1 major aspect

Configurations in Mindy’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Cancer · Sun, Moon, MercuryThree or more planets in one sign (four, or three with a luminary, by AsterNym's count): a concentration astrologers read as that sign's themes dominating the chart.

Minor aspects

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

  • Sun sesquiquadrate Uranus 0.1°
  • Jupiter semi-sextile Saturn 0.6°
  • Uranus semi-sextile Pluto 0.9°
  • Mercury biquintile Neptune 1.1°
  • Mars quintile Jupiter 1.3°
  • Uranus semi-sextile Neptune 1.4°
  • Moon semi-sextile Mars 1.6°
  • Moon sesquiquadrate Uranus 1.9°
  • Venus quincunx Uranus 2.0°

Mindy’s houses

Mindy’s houses
HouseSignRulerPlanetsThemes
1GeminiMercury in Cancer, house 2Venusself, body, how you arrive
2CancerMoon in Cancer, house 2Sun, Moon, Mercurymoney, possessions, self-worth
3LeoSun in Cancer, house 2Jupitermind, siblings, the local world
4VirgoMercury in Cancer, house 2Saturnhome, family, roots
5LibraVenus in Gemini, house 1Plutocreativity, romance, play
6ScorpioPluto in Libra, house 5Uranuswork, habits, health
7SagittariusJupiter in Leo, house 3Neptunepartnership, marriage, open rivals
8CapricornSaturn in Virgo, house 4emptyshared resources, intimacy, transformation
9AquariusUranus in Scorpio, house 6emptybelief, travel, higher learning
10PiscesNeptune in Sagittarius, house 7emptycareer, reputation, public life
11AriesMars in Taurus, house 12emptyfriends, community, the future
12TaurusVenus in Gemini, house 1Marsthe inner world, rest, what is hidden

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Mindy’s cards

Computed from June 24, 1979. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

Justice

AsterNym identity card

The Tidal Diplomat

Western zodiac

Cancer

Chinese zodiac

Goat 未

Life Path

2 · Diplomat

☾ Ruled by Moon

Silver Ag

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Water.

Year

己

yin Earth

未

Goat

Earth

roots & early life

Month

庚

yang Metal

午

Horse

Fire

work & drive

Day

day master

壬

yang Water

戌

Dog

Earth

you & partnership

Hour

壬

yang Water

寅

Tiger

Wood

later life & legacy

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Mindy’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q539917 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. The birth time is rated AA on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class. From Astro-Databank (Rodden AA). 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, angularity, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.

Portrait by Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Mindy Kaling at Wikipedia, IMDb, Instagram, X and MusicBrainz.

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

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Mindy Kaling.

Quick answers about Mindy Kaling’s chart

How old is Mindy Kaling?
Mindy Kaling is 47 years old, born June 24, 1979 in Cambridge, United States.
What zodiac sign is Mindy Kaling?
Mindy Kaling is a Cancer: born June 24, 1979, which puts the Sun in Cancer at the documented birth time.
What is Mindy Kaling's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Goat, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the June 24, 1979 birth.
What time was Mindy Kaling born?
04:10 local time in Cambridge, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
What is Mindy Kaling's rising sign?
Gemini rising, calculated from the documented 04:10 birth time in Cambridge, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
What is Mindy Kaling's Life Path number?
Life Path 2, calculated in numerology.
What is Mindy Kaling's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Taurus at 12°, in the twelfth house. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Mindy Kaling's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 28°, in the third house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Mindy Kaling's dominant planet?
Moon, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Sun sign, Cancer; rules the Moon sign, Cancer; in its own sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury; 1 major aspect). Venus is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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