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Navanethem Pillay. Birth chart and zodiac sign.

Navanethem Pillay’s zodiac sign is Virgo or Libra: born on 23 September 1941 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, with the Sun in Virgo or Libra and the Moon in Libra or Scorpio. The Sun and Moon both changed sign that day, and with no birth time on record there is no way to say which.

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As a kundli reads it (Vedic astrology, sidereal zodiac, Lahiri ayanamsa), Navanethem Pillay’s Moon sign (rashi) is Virgo if born before about 12:05 am local time, Libra after, and the birth star (janma nakshatra) is Chitra if born before about 10:55 am local time, Swati after. The pada needs a birth time. Find your own birth star.

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BodyPosition
☉︎Sun29°59′ Virgo
☽︎Moon23°00′ Libra → 7°44′ Scorpio
☿︎Mercury23°55′ Libra
♀︎Venus9°44′ Scorpio
♂︎Mars21°45′ Aries℞
♃︎Jupiter20°59′ Gemini
♄︎Saturn28°24′ Taurus℞
♅︎Uranus0°13′ Gemini℞
♆︎Neptune27°32′ Virgo
♇︎Pluto5°22′ Leo
☊︎North Node22°45′ Virgo℞
⚷︎Chiron11°12′ Leo
⚸︎Lilith22°08′ Taurus

No birth time is on record. This chart is cast for noon local time, which is the usual convention. The Sun and the outer planets barely move in a day, so those positions are reliable. The Moon travels up to ~13° in twenty-four hours, so it is shown as the range it covers. Houses, the Ascendant and the Midheaven need an exact time and are therefore not shown at all rather than guessed.
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Birth data: Wikidata (CC0). Rodden rating XX (date known, time unknown).

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Aspects

BodyAspectBodyOrb
UranusSemisextileTrue Lilith0°04′
MoonQuincunxUranus0°09′
SunQuincunxTrue Lilith0°11′
MoonOppositionTrue Lilith0°13′
SunTrineUranus0°15′
MarsSemisextileLilith0°23′
SunSemisextileMoon0°24′
North NodeTrineLilith0°38′
MarsSextileJupiter0°47′
SaturnTrineNeptune0°53′
MarsQuincunxNorth Node1°00′
JupiterSemisextileLilith1°09′
MercurySemisextileNorth Node1°10′
VenusSquareChiron1°28′

Chart shape

The ten planets form a Locomotive pattern: the planets occupy roughly two thirds of the wheel, with a third of it empty. That describes how the bodies are spread around the wheel: a property of the chart, not a statement about anyone.

Quick answers

What zodiac sign is Navanethem Pillay?

Navanethem Pillay's Sun is in Virgo or Libra: the Sun changed sign on 23 September 1941, and with no birth time on record there is no way to say which.

What is Navanethem Pillay's Moon sign?

Navanethem Pillay's Moon is in Libra or Scorpio: the Moon changed sign on 23 September 1941, and with no birth time on record there is no way to say which.

When was Navanethem Pillay born?

Navanethem Pillay was born on 23 September 1941 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

What is Navanethem Pillay's birth star (nakshatra)?

In Vedic astrology (sidereal zodiac, Lahiri ayanamsa), Navanethem Pillay’s Moon sign (rashi) is Virgo if born before about 12:05 am local time, Libra after, and the birth star (janma nakshatra) is Chitra if born before about 10:55 am local time, Swati after. The pada needs a birth time.

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Updated 4 November 2026. Method: Umbriel's own astronomy engine computes every position stated on this site; how closely it matches NASA JPL Horizons is published on the accuracy page.