Salman Rushdie
सलमान रुश्दी · Novelist · British-American · b. 1947
The signature
The three pillars an astrologer reads first — ascendant, Moon, and Sun.
Aries
7° rising
Gemini
Mrigashira nakshatra · pada 4
Gemini
4° in sign
Birth charts
D1 (Rasi) shows the life as lived; D9 (Navamsa) shows its inner strength.
D1 · Rasi
D9 · Navamsa
Planetary positions
| Planet | Rashi | House | Dignity | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini 3°39′ | 3rd | Neutral | Mrigashira · p4 |
| Mooncombust | Gemini 3°23′ | 3rd | Friendly | Mrigashira · p4 |
| Mars | Aries 28°05′ | 1st | Own sign | Krittika · p1 |
| Mercuryvargottama | Gemini 28°16′ | 3rd | Own sign | Punarvasu · p3 |
| Jupiter(R) | Libra 25°40′ | 7th | Enemy | Vishakha · p2 |
| Venus | Taurus 12°55′ | 2nd | Own sign | Rohini · p1 |
| Saturn | Cancer 13°29′ | 4th | Enemy | Pushya · p4 |
| Rahu(R) | Taurus 8°05′ | 2nd | — | Krittika · p4 |
| Ketu(R) | Scorpio 8°05′ | 8th | — | Anuradha · p2 |
Yogas in the chart
Classical combinations present at birth, and the Mahadasha that ripened each one.
Ruchaka Yoga
Mars in a position of strength gives you natural courage, leadership ability, and physical vitality. You tend to act decisively and can excel in competitive or commanding roles.
- Mars in own sign in Aries (house 1 from Lagna)Mars MD · 1947–1949
Raj Yoga
The connection between a kendra lord and a trikona lord creates Raj Yoga — one of the most powerful combinations for success, recognition, and elevated status in life. This yoga supports authority and meaningful achievement.
- Mars (lord of H1) in mutual aspect with Jupiter (lord of H9) in AriesMars MD · 1947–1949
Budha-Aditya Yoga
Mercury and Sun together (without combustion) create sharp intellectual clarity, strong communication skills, and recognition through knowledge. This combination favours careers in learning, teaching, and analytical fields.
- Mercury and Sun conjunct in Gemini (25° apart)Mercury MD · 2002–2019
Key turning points
Each turning point against the planetary period that was running, and why it fits.
Midnight's Children was published
1981Breakthrough work and literary status shift
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for Rushdie's death
14 Feb 1989Life-threatening public crisis and long security period
Appointed Knight Bachelor in the Queen's Birthday Honours
2007Official recognition and public controversy renewed
Stabbed during a lecture event in Chautauqua, New York
12 Aug 2022Life-threatening attack and health turning point
Published the memoir Knife
2024Public account of attack and recovery
Her life in dashas
Every documented event sits inside the planetary period running at the time — open a chapter to drill into its Antardasha and Pratyantardasha.
Antardasha · sub-periods
Life events in this chapter
The life
Salman Rushdie is an Indian-born British-American novelist whose fiction often combines magical realism, historical fiction and migration between Eastern and Western cultures. Midnight's Children won the Booker Prize and became one of the prize's most celebrated winners.
The Satanic Verses brought severe controversy and a 1989 fatwa from Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Rushdie survived a stabbing attack in New York in 2022 and later wrote about it in the memoir Knife.
Wikipedia; Britannica; Associated Press
Educational analysis built on a verified (A) birth record. The chart is calculated (Lahiri ayanamsa); life events are drawn from public sources. Mastroify does not claim the planets caused these events — they show how Vedic timing maps onto a documented life.
Birth data: Astro-Databank.