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Vikas Khanna

Vikas Khanna (born November 14, 1971, Amritsar, India), aged 54, is an Indian celebrity chef.

Vikas Khanna’s zodiac sign is Scorpio, Chinese zodiac is Metal Pig, with Life Path 7 in numerology.

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Vikas Khanna’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Lightkeeper

Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.

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

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

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outside the current top list

~519

Americans share it since 1970

1983

its peak year

Of the names registered in 1971, Vikas came 4,891st, carried by 6 American boys.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Vikas’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

3

Expression · expression and voice

3

Soul Urge · being heard

9

Personality · generous, worldly

The name opens on V (4) and closes on S (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

Vikas’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

7 · 2 · 5 · 8

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Tuesday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Topaz, Red Coral, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🤍 White Camellia

Gold · Crimson · Silver

Eight Mansions · Kua number

Kua 1, trigram Kan 坎, East group. Best direction Southeast, worst West.

A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1971, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as male. Work out your own →

The record

What sets Vikas apart

Manipal Academy of Higher Education shaped the training.

The encyclopaedia's own shelving for Vikas Khanna: Manipal Academy of Higher Education alumni, Chefs of Indian cuisine and Artists from Amritsar.

The same date carries Marco Leonardi and Teddy Sagi. The sky is shared; nothing after it is.

Educated at
Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Citizenship
India
Languages
English
Wikipedia editions
8

What the chart says

Vikas, according to the stars

Core essence

Vikas does not do surface. The core of Vikas is intensity, the kind that wants the real story and can tell when it is not getting it. They love completely or not at all, keep their own counsel, and have a private loyalty that runs deeper than anyone outside it will ever know. Trust from Vikas is earned slowly and never given lightly.

The vibe

Underneath, Vikas cannot fully relax while anyone in the room is unhappy. The Moon in Libra feels through harmony and hates conflict in their own house. What Vikas needs to feel safe is fairness, softness and a partner in the small decisions. They are at their best when someone else picks the restaurant and they get to enjoy it.

How Vikas wants to be loved

Vikas wants to be loved by someone who is also their favourite travel companion. Venus in Sagittarius needs laughter, honesty and a long leash, and gives the same. Possessiveness kills it; adventure feeds it. Go somewhere new with Vikas and watch them fall for you again.

How Vikas creates

How Vikas makes things happen: they seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Vikas creates by sensing, by imagination, by noticing what nobody else said. Their influence is quiet and total. The work is not dissolving into everyone else's weather.

Instinct

Instinct: Vikas is warm and generous, a Pig year, and their gut reaction is to trust. Big-hearted, fun, sincere, a lover of good things, and deserving of people who are as honest as they are. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. Vikas 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: cruelty, and being cornered. Mars in Pisces does not fight straight; Vikas slips away, absorbs it, or turns it into something creative instead. Anger becomes art or empathy. The lesson is learning that they are allowed to take up space and say the hard thing.

Computed from Vikas's birth date. Working below.

Where Vikas sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Vikas

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Vikas

You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.

PrivateExpressive
Vikas

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Vikas

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

PracticalVisionary
Vikas

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

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Vikas

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 Vikas Khanna

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

Vikas’s birth-night reference starAlpheratzblue-white · AndromedaAlpheratz, in Andromeda. A blue-white star, 87.1° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Alpheratz →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 29.9° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

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

The sky over Amritsar that night

Computed for 31.63°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Alpheratz stood nearest the zenith over Amritsar at 9 p.m. that evening, 87.1° above the horizon in Andromeda.

Of the 90 catalog stars above the horizon, Vega was the brightest.

From 31.6°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.

Rigil Kentaurus, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Amritsar at all: they sit past the −58.4° declination limit this latitude imposes.

Sun 44° below the horizon, Moon down and 11% lit at waning crescent.

How unusual Vikas's chart is

Chart pattern score

71 / 100 · Rare

4-planet stellium in Sagittarius · 1 unaspected planet · T-square onto Mars

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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The quick version

Scorpio Sun

Intense, private, loyal.

Vikas Khanna's Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of November 14, 1971, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Scorpio means →

Metal Pig

Assumes the best. Usually right.

Vikas Khanna was born on November 14, 1971, which falls in a Metal Pig year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Pig means →

Life Path 7

Digs under every answer.

Vikas Khanna's birth date, November 14, 1971, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 7 means →

What stands out in Vikas’s chart

Vikas’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 3° to 15° Libra depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Venus fuses with Jupiter · Conjunction, 0.1° orbMars grinds against Saturn · Square, 0.2° orbMercury fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 0.3° orbMercury fuses with Jupiter · Conjunction, 0.5° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1° orbMoon opens doors for Mercury · Sextile, 1.6° orbSaturn faces off with Neptune · Opposition, 1.6° orbMars grinds against Neptune · Square, 1.8° orbSun in Scorpio · 21°13′☉21°Moon in Libra · 9°34′☽9°Mercury in Sagittarius · 11°11′☿11°Venus in Sagittarius · 11°31′♀11°Mars in Pisces · 4°11′♂4°Jupiter in Sagittarius · 11°39′♃11°Saturn in Gemini · 3°59′ · retrograde♄℞3°Uranus in Libra · 16°12′♅16°Neptune in Sagittarius · 2°22′♆2°Pluto in Libra · 1°19′♇1°

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

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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

  • stableMercuryconjunctionJupiter0.0° to 1.0° orb

    Vikas’s mind and growth act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableVenusconjunctionJupiter0.0° to 0.6° orb

    Vikas’s affections and growth act as one.

  • stableMarssquareSaturn0.0° to 0.5° orb

    Vikas’s drive grinds against their discipline.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionVenus0.3° to 0.4° orb

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto1.0° orb

  • stableMarssquareNeptune1.6° to 2.1° orb

  • stableSaturnoppositionNeptune1.6° to 1.7° orb

  • stableSaturntrinePluto2.6° to 2.7° orb

  • stableJupitersextileUranus4.5° to 4.6° orb

  • stableMercuryoppositionSaturn6.5° to 7.9° orb

  • stableJupiteroppositionSaturn7.5° to 7.8° orb

  • possibleMoonsextileVenusorb from 0.0° to 7.2° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire4 of 10
  • Earth0 of 10
  • Air4 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed1 of 10
  • Mutable6 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign, with no planets in Earth signs.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Aries 9°58′ (moves 0.03° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresLeo 18°02′ (moves 0.23° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosScorpio 11°29′ (moves 0.76° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaLibra 14°56′ (moves 0.38° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithLibra 18°39′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Chiron trine Mercury 1.2°
  • Hygiea conjunction Uranus 1.3°
  • Chiron trine Venus 1.6°
  • Chiron trine Jupiter 1.7°
  • Ceres sextile Uranus 1.8°
  • Black Moon Lilith conjunction Uranus 2.4°

Vikas’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♃ Jupiter9 pts

    in its own sign, Sagittarius; disposes Mercury, Venus, Neptune; 4 major aspects

  2. 2. ♇ Pluto6 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ♄ Saturn5 pts

    5 major aspects

Configurations in Vikas’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Sagittarius · Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, NeptuneThree 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.
  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Mars · Saturn, Neptune, MarsAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.

Minor aspects

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

  • Uranus semi-square Neptune 1.2°

Born the same day as Vikas

2 other people here were born on November 14, 1971, the same date and the same year. With no birth time for any of them the chart is identical, not similar: the same Sun, the same pillars, the same Life Path. The sky over the birthplace is not shared: from Amritsar, at 31.6°N, nothing below −58.4° declination ever rises, which keeps Rigil Kentaurus, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of sight. Same sky, different lives.

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Vikas’s cards

Computed from November 14, 1971. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Chariot

AsterNym identity card

The Tidal Lightkeeper

Western zodiac

Scorpio

Chinese zodiac

Pig 亥

Life Path

7 · Seeker

♂ Ruled by Mars

Iron Fe

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Water.

Year

辛

yin Metal

亥

Pig

Water

roots & early life

Month

己

yin Earth

亥

Pig

Water

work & drive

Day

day master

癸

yin Water

卯

Rabbit

Wood

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Vikas’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q7929395 (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 Doctor Deepali, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Vikas Khanna at Wikipedia, vikaskhanna.net, IMDb, Instagram and X.

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

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Vikas Khanna.

Quick answers about Vikas Khanna’s chart

How old is Vikas Khanna?
Vikas Khanna is 54 years old, born November 14, 1971 in Amritsar, India.
What zodiac sign is Vikas Khanna?
Vikas Khanna is a Scorpio: born November 14, 1971, which puts the Sun in Scorpio for the whole of that day.
What is Vikas Khanna's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Pig, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 14, 1971 birth.
What is Vikas Khanna's Life Path number?
Life Path 7, calculated in numerology.
What is Vikas Khanna's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aries at 9°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Vikas Khanna's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Libra at 18°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Vikas Khanna's dominant planet?
Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: in its own sign, Sagittarius; disposes Mercury, Venus, Neptune; 4 major aspects). Pluto is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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