Rabindranath Tagore

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Chart Highlights

Lagna · Moon · Sun · Nakshatra

↑Lagna
Pisces
Ascendant
☽Moon
Pisces
Chandra Rashi
☀Sun
Aries
Surya Rashi
✦Nakshatra
Revati
Birth Star

Birth Chart

Vedic divisional charts · North Indian style · Whole Sign houses

Rashi Chart Birth · Lagna · Natal
Navamsa Chart Soul · Marriage · Dharma

Planet Placements

Sun through Ketu · Sign · House · Degree · Nakshatra · Dignity

Planet Sign House Degree House · Deg Nakshatra Dignity
SunSun AriesAri 2nd 24°23' 2nd · 24°23' BharaniBharani ExaltedExalt
MoonMoon PiscesPis 1st 21°07' 1st · 21°07' RevatiRevati NeutralNeut
MarsMars GeminiGem 4th 0°11' 4th · 0°11' MrigashiraMrigashira NeutralNeut
MercuryMer AriesAri 2nd 7°56' 2nd · 7°56' AshwiniAshwini NeutralNeut
JupiterJup CancerCan 5th 25°57' 5th · 25°57' AshleshaAshlesha ExaltedExalt
VenusVen AriesAri 2nd 23°07' 2nd · 23°07' BharaniBharani NeutralNeut
SaturnSat LeoLeo 6th 10°44' 6th · 10°44' MaghaMagha NeutralNeut
RahuRahu SagittariusSag 10th 24°50' 10th · 24°50' Purva AshadhaPurva Ashadha NeutralNeut
KetuKetu GeminiGem 4th 24°50' 4th · 24°50' PunarvasuPunarvasu NeutralNeut
Yoga Yogakaraka Exalt Exalted Own Own Sign Fren Friendly Neut Neutral Enemy Enemy Sign Deb Debilitated
Yoga Yogakaraka Exalt Exalted Own Own Sign Fren Friendly Neut Neutral Enemy Enemy Sign Deb Debilitated

Notable Yogas

Classical planetary combinations

Lakshmi Narayan Yoga

Life Timeline

Major events mapped to planetary periods

  • 1861 · Mercury / Venus Dasha
    Born in Kolkata on 7 May
    Mercury / Venus Dasha
    Mercury Mahadasha was active at birth. Mercury sits in Aries (house 2, Ashwini nakshatra, pada 3) in this chart, in normal dignity. For a Pisces Lagna, Mercury rules houses 4 and 7. Its placement in house 2 at birth puts the natal period's energy in the house of language and family resources.
    The antardasha Venus sits in Aries (house 2, Bharani nakshatra, pada 3) alongside Mercury and Sun. Venus is combust at birth. The Mercury and Venus sub period in the 2nd house points to a beginning shaped by aesthetic environment and familial speech patterns. The Tagore household in Kolkata was known for intellectual and artistic activity.
  • 1883 · Venus / Sun Dasha
    Publishes early poetry and takes on family responsibilities
    Venus / Sun Dasha
    Venus Mahadasha runs from 1879 to 1899. Venus in Aries (house 2, Bharani nakshatra) is combust in this chart, which limits its strength, but it still sits in the house of speech alongside the exalted Sun and Mercury. A Venus period for a Pisces Lagna native in the 2nd house carries strong orientation toward artistic production.
    The antardasha Sun sits in Aries (house 2, Bharani nakshatra) exalted. Sun is the 6th lord from Pisces Lagna and its exaltation in the 2nd brings authority and visibility to the voice. Publishing early poetry in a Venus and Sun period, with both planets in the 2nd house, is a straightforward connection between the dasha planets and the event.
    The family responsibilities noted in this period also align with Sun as a planet of duty and Saturn (house 6, Leo) aspecting the 12th house, which can bring weight through institutional or family obligation.
  • 1901 · Sun / Rahu Dasha
    Founds a school at Santiniketan
    Sun / Rahu Dasha
    Sun Mahadasha runs from 1899 to 1905. Sun is exalted in Aries (house 2, Bharani nakshatra), the 6th lord in the 2nd house. The 6th lord in the 2nd can connect service and practical institutional work to the house of voice and foundational resources.
    The antardasha Rahu sits in Sagittarius (house 10, Purva Ashadha nakshatra) in this chart. Rahu in the 10th house is associated with unconventional public undertakings and ambitions that go beyond existing institutional forms. Founding Santiniketan as an open air school that rejected the colonial educational model was precisely that kind of 10th house Rahu initiative.
    Jupiter exalted in house 5 aspects house 9 (dharma, teaching) and house 11 (communities and reach), providing the creative and philosophical backdrop for an educational institution that would later become Visva Bharati University.
  • 1913 · Moon / Ketu Dasha
    Wins the Nobel Prize in Literature for Gitanjali
    Moon / Ketu Dasha
    Moon Mahadasha runs from 1905 to 1915. Moon is in Pisces (house 1, Revati nakshatra) in the lagna. The Moon is the ascendant planet for Pisces only in the sense that it sits there; Jupiter rules Pisces. But Moon in the 1st during its own mahadasha brings the self to the foreground of public recognition.
    Ketu is the antardasha planet, sitting in Gemini (house 4, Punarvasu nakshatra) alongside Mars. Ketu in the 4th is associated with inward completion and events that arrive from beyond the person's direct effort. The Nobel Prize for Gitanjali, a collection of Bengali devotional poetry translated into English and submitted through William Butler Yeats's introduction, had elements of that quality: recognition arriving from a foreign source through an unexpected chain of events.
    Jupiter exalted in Cancer (house 5) aspects house 1, and during the Moon Mahadasha this Jupiter aspect on the lagna is live throughout the period.
  • 1915 · Moon / Sun Dasha
    Knighted by the British Crown
    Moon / Sun Dasha
    Still in Moon Mahadasha. The antardasha Sun is exalted in Aries (house 2, Bharani nakshatra). Sun is associated with royal authority and official recognition. An antardasha of exalted Sun in the house of speech and public statement, within the Moon mahadasha that centres on personal identity, aligns with receiving an honour from the Crown.
    The timing is also within a period where Jupiter's aspect on house 1 from house 5 continues to be active, reinforcing the public elevation quality.
  • 1919 · Mars / Mercury Dasha
    Renounces knighthood after Jallianwala Bagh
    Mars / Mercury Dasha
    Mars Mahadasha runs from 1915 to 1922. Mars is in Gemini (house 4, Mrigashira nakshatra) in this chart. House 4 governs emotional foundation, homeland, and conscience. Mars in the 4th as the 2nd and 9th lord from Pisces Lagna connects ethical conviction (9th lord) to an action taken from the emotional and moral centre (4th house).
    The antardasha Mercury sits in Aries (house 2, Ashwini nakshatra) alongside Sun and Venus. Mercury is the 4th and 7th lord. A Mars and Mercury period with Mars as the 9th lord in the 4th house and Mercury in the 2nd brought ethical reasoning and voice together. Renouncing the knighthood in protest at Jallianwala Bagh was a moral act communicated through writing, which is the exact combination Mars in the 4th as 9th lord and Mercury in the 2nd as 7th lord would suggest.
  • 1931 · Rahu / Mercury Dasha
    Delivers the Hibbert Lectures, later published as The Religion of Man
    Rahu / Mercury Dasha
    Rahu Mahadasha runs from 1922 to 1940. Rahu is in Sagittarius (house 10, Purva Ashadha nakshatra) in this chart, the house of public role, career, and authority. Rahu in the 10th during its own mahadasha brings maximum public projection. The Hibbert Lectures at Oxford in 1930, published as The Religion of Man in 1931, are among his most sustained philosophical statements.
    The antardasha Mercury sits in Aries (house 2, Ashwini nakshatra). Mercury as the 4th and 7th lord in the house of speech during a Rahu and Mercury period directed public philosophical output through language and publication. Rahu in the 10th in Sagittarius, a sign of philosophy and wide thought, with Jupiter (the sign's lord) exalted in house 5, gives the period unusual intellectual authority.
    Note that the birth time for Tagore is disputed. House based readings here are conditional.
  • 1941 · Jupiter / Jupiter Dasha
    Dies in Kolkata on 7 August
    Jupiter / Jupiter Dasha
    Jupiter Mahadasha runs from 1940 to 1956. Jupiter is exalted in Cancer (house 5, Ashlesha nakshatra) in this chart. Jupiter as the lagna lord for Pisces, sitting in its own exaltation in house 5, is the chart's most protective and expansive planet. Yet the Jupiter and Jupiter sub period (the beginning of the mahadasha, before any antardasha planet intervenes) is also the moment of most complete Jupiter expression, which for a chart of this age meant the final chapter.
    Ashlesha nakshatra is associated with endings and the coiling inward of energy. Jupiter exalted in Ashlesha in the 5th house aspecting the 1st, 9th, and 11th during Jupiter and Jupiter is a last period of full philosophical presence before the body's close.

Astrological Analysis

Interpretive insights derived from precomputed chart data

✦Data quality note

The birth data for this chart is rated 2 out of 5 for reliability. The recorded values are date of birth 7 May 1861, time 04:02, timezone Asia/Kolkata, birthplace Kolkata. The time accuracy is classified as unknown. Astro Databank records 04:02 for Tagore's birth but also notes that alternate times have been reported in other astrology sources, and the entry is flagged as conflicting.

All calculations use Lahiri ayanamsa and Whole Sign houses. Because the birth time is disputed, house based placements (lagna, house assignments) should be read as provisional. Sign level placements for slower moving planets are the more stable layer of this chart.

✦Chart signature
  • Jupiter exalted in Cancer (house 5, Ashlesha nakshatra) is the defining placement. As Pisces lagna lord in exaltation in the house of creativity and literary merit, it makes the 5th house the most important house in this chart.
  • The 2nd house in Aries holds Sun (exalted), Mercury, and Venus, making the house of speech and voice the most densely occupied. Sun exalted in the 2nd gives the voice a quality of natural authority.
  • Lakshmi Narayan Yoga (Mercury and Venus conjunct in house 2, Aries) combines the planets of language and beauty in the house of expression. The yoga is rated strong.
  • Moon in Pisces (house 1, Revati nakshatra) gives emotional permeability and empathic range a permanent seat in the public identity. Revati is the final nakshatra and is associated with endings, journeys, and a capacity to contain multitudes.
  • Rahu in Sagittarius (house 10, Purva Ashadha nakshatra) placed in the career house gave the public role an element of unconventional scale. Purva Ashadha is associated with invincibility and declaration, fitting for someone who became an international symbol.
✦Key placements
  • Moon in house 1 (Pisces, Revati nakshatra, normal dignity): Moon in the Pisces lagna in Revati. Revati is the last nakshatra, associated with protection, care, and journey toward completion. Moon here gave emotional empathy a central place in the public face.
  • Sun in house 2 (Aries, Bharani nakshatra, exalted): Exalted Sun in the house of speech. Bharani nakshatra is associated with responsibility, bearing, and the threshold between states. An exalted Sun in the 2nd house makes the voice itself a site of authority.
  • Mercury in house 2 (Aries, Ashwini nakshatra, normal dignity): Mercury as 4th and 7th lord in the 2nd house. Ashwini is associated with swiftness, new beginnings, and directness. Mercury here contributes to a voice that is precise and quick to find its form.
  • Venus in house 2 (Aries, Bharani nakshatra, combust): Venus combust in the 2nd alongside the exalted Sun. Venus governs aesthetics and its presence in the 2nd adds beauty to the speech register, though combustion limits its independent expression.
  • Jupiter in house 5 (Cancer, Ashlesha nakshatra, exalted): The strongest planet in the chart by dignity. Jupiter as lagna lord in exaltation in the 5th house is the foundation of the chart's creative and philosophical orientation. Ashlesha nakshatra is associated with wisdom gained through experience, including difficult experience.
✺Yogas and combinations
  • Lakshmi Narayan Yoga: Mercury and Venus conjunct in house 2 (Aries). The yoga is rated strong. Mercury and Venus in the house of speech and expression for a Pisces Lagna chart connects creative and aesthetic output directly to the voice. Venus is combust, which limits its independent expression, but the yoga still forms.
  • Mangal Dosha: Mars in house 4 (Gemini, Mrigashira nakshatra) triggers the dosha from the lagna and the Moon. The dosha is rated strong. Mars in the 4th is one of the classical Manglik positions. In this chart, Mars is also the 2nd and 9th lord, so its placement in the 4th draws ethical and speech related energies into the house of inner life and home.
  • Lakshmi Narayan Yoga forms through Mercury and Venus conjunct in Aries (house 2). Mercury governs language; Venus governs aesthetics. Both in house 2 (the house of speech, voice, and expression) for a Pisces Lagna chart gives the combination a strong resonance with literary and artistic output. The yoga is rated strong.
  • Mangal Dosha is rated strong in this chart: Mars in Gemini (house 4, Mrigashira nakshatra) triggers the dosha from the lagna and the Moon. Mars in the 4th is one of the classical positions. House 4 governs inner emotional life and rootedness, and Mars here in Mrigashira nakshatra (associated with searching and restlessness) connects to recurring personal losses documented in the approved timeline.
✦How to read the timeline

Astrology is a lens, not a proof. The events listed here are drawn directly from the approved biography facts; no events have been added or invented. The dasha strings are taken from the computed packet and not recalculated.

Vimshottari dasha assigns timing windows based on the Moon's nakshatra at birth. For Tagore, the disputed birth time means the lagna and house assignments are provisional, though the Moon's sign placement (Pisces in Revati) is stable enough at most proposed birth times to anchor the dasha calculation. The readings on this page treat house based claims as conditional and sign level placements as the more reliable layer.

Summary

Key insights at a glance

Chart Takeaways
  • Jupiter exalted in Cancer (house 5, Ashlesha nakshatra, pada 3) is the strongest planet by dignity in this chart. Jupiter in the 5th is the classical placement for creativity, literary output, and intellectual merit. From house 5, it aspects houses 1, 9, and 11, connecting creative merit to the self, fortune, and broad reach.
  • Sun exalted in Aries (house 2, Bharani nakshatra, pada 4) places the chart's most visible source of authority in the house of speech and voice. Exalted Sun in the 2nd is a direct marker for an identity built through what one says and writes.
  • Lakshmi Narayan Yoga forms through Mercury and Venus conjunct in Aries (house 2). Mercury governs language; Venus governs aesthetics. Both in house 2 (the house of speech, voice, and expression) for a Pisces Lagna chart gives the combination a strong resonance with literary and artistic output. The yoga is rated strong.
  • Moon in Pisces (house 1, Revati nakshatra, pada 2, normal dignity) sits in the lagna in the same sign as the ascendant itself. Moon in the 1st in Pisces is in a sign ruled by Jupiter, and Revati nakshatra is associated with journeys, empathy, and completion. The lagna Moon makes emotional sensitivity a defining feature of the public persona.
  • Mangal Dosha is rated strong in this chart: Mars in Gemini (house 4, Mrigashira nakshatra) triggers the dosha from the lagna and the Moon. Mars in the 4th is one of the classical positions. House 4 governs inner emotional life and rootedness, and Mars here in Mrigashira nakshatra (associated with searching and restlessness) connects to recurring personal losses documented in the approved timeline.

Sources & Data Quality

References for birth data · data quality assessment

Data Quality Approximate
Famous Kundlis dataset (imported 2 April 2026, manual review 5 April 2026)
[1]Birth data comes from an imported Excel dataset of famous horoscopes. The dataset assigns a reliability rating of 2 out of 5. Documented values are: birth date 7 May 1861, time 04:02, timezone Asia/Kolkata, birthplace Kolkata.
Astro Databank lists 04:02 with alternate times also reported; the record is flagged as conflicting or unverified
[2]Astro Databank records 04:02 for Tagore's birth but also notes that alternate times have been reported in other astrology sources and the entry is flagged as conflicting. This time is disputed. House based details on this page should be read as provisional. Sign level placements for slower moving planets are the more stable layer.