Hrithik Roshan's Vedic Chart: Moon and Mars Both at Home

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Two planets in their own signs

The Moon sits at about 20.9 degrees of Cancer, its own sign, and Mars at about 12.6 degrees of Aries, its own sign. Both hold across the entire birth date.

An own-sign planet is not as strong as an exalted one but it is comfortable and undiluted, operating on its own terms. The Moon signifies the mind and emotional nature, and Cancer is its home. Mars signifies drive, courage and physical capacity, and Aries is one of its two homes.

The Moon and Mars in mutual dignity is a combination the tradition treats with some interest, since the emotional nature and the drive are both well resourced rather than one running at the expense of the other.

Against that, Jupiter is at about 23 degrees of Capricorn, its sign of debilitation, in Shravana. Venus sits nearby at 16.9 degrees of Capricorn in the same nakshatra and retrograde.

The Moon's nakshatra is the moving part

The Moon's sign is certain, but its nakshatra is not. At midnight it sits at about 13.3 degrees of Cancer in Pushya, and by the end of the day it has reached 28.4 degrees in Ashlesha.

That matters more than it might appear. Pushya is ruled by Saturn and Ashlesha by Mercury, and the nakshatra lord sets the Vimshottari dasha sequence, so the two possibilities give completely different timelines rather than dates that are merely a little out.

The two nakshatras also read very differently in character. Pushya is regarded as among the most auspicious and nourishing of the 27. Ashlesha is the serpent star, associated with penetration, strategy and intensity. So this is a case where the missing birth time changes not just the arithmetic but the interpretation.

Mercury's nakshatra also shifts during the day, a smaller version of the same issue.

The rest of the chart

His Sun is at about 26.2 degrees of Sagittarius in Purva Ashadha. Western tropical astrology places the same 10 January birth date in Capricorn, and the one-sign difference is the usual sidereal shift.

Mercury is at 26.7 degrees of Sagittarius in Uttara Ashadha. Saturn is at 6.3 degrees of Gemini in Mrigashira and retrograde. The nodes run Rahu in Sagittarius in Mula and Ketu in Gemini in Mrigashira, which puts Ketu and Saturn in the same nakshatra.

No birth time appears in any primary record, so the ascendant, the houses, the divisional charts and the dasha dates are unavailable. The own-sign Moon, the own-sign Mars and the debilitated Jupiter all survive that gap, because they are properties of the sign rather than of the hour.

Sidereal positions for 10 January 1974, Bombay (noon IST, Lahiri ayanamsha 23.49)
Planet	Sign and degree	Nakshatra	Dignity	Holds all day?
Sun	Sagittarius 26.2	Purva Ashadha		Yes
Moon	Cancer 20.9	Ashlesha	Own sign	Sign yes; nakshatra moves Pushya to Ashlesha
Mars	Aries 12.6	Ashwini	Own sign	Yes
Mercury	Sagittarius 26.7	Uttara Ashadha		Sign yes, nakshatra changes during the day
Jupiter	Capricorn 23.0	Shravana	Debilitated	Yes
Venus	Capricorn 16.9	Shravana	Retrograde	Yes
Saturn	Gemini 6.3	Mrigashira	Retrograde	Yes
Rahu	Sagittarius 3.9	Mula	Retrograde	Yes
Ketu	Gemini 3.9	Mrigashira	Retrograde	Yes
Ascendant and all houses	Not determinable			No birth time on record

Frequently asked questions

What is Hrithik Roshan's Vedic moon sign?

Cancer, its own sign, at about 20.9 degrees. The sign holds across the entire birth date of 10 January 1974, so it is certain despite the missing birth time. The nakshatra is less settled, moving from Pushya to Ashlesha during the day.

Which planets are dignified in his chart?

The Moon in its own sign Cancer and Mars in its own sign Aries, both stable across the birth day. Jupiter runs the other way, debilitated at about 23 degrees of Capricorn. Own-sign placements are comfortable rather than exceptional, operating on their own terms without the boost that exaltation gives.

Why does his Moon nakshatra matter so much?

Because the two candidates read very differently and imply different timelines. Pushya, ruled by Saturn, is regarded as among the most auspicious of the 27 nakshatras. Ashlesha, ruled by Mercury, is the serpent star associated with intensity and strategy. Since the nakshatra lord sets the dasha sequence, the missing birth time changes both the interpretation and the dates.

Is his Vedic sun sign different from his Western one?

Yes. Sidereally his Sun is at about 26.2 degrees of Sagittarius, while Western tropical astrology places the same 10 January birth date in Capricorn. That one-sign difference is the standard sidereal correction.

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