Spiritual Teacher, Philosopher

Sri Aurobindo

Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry · India

1872-08-15 05:00 (Asia/Kolkata) Calcutta, IndiaRodden B

Source: Verified record — biographical record (B). Time variously cited as 04:53 / 05:00 / 05:16 — Calcutta-time interpretation varies.. From a biography or autobiography. Treat house placements with mild caution.

Note: AA-rated. Siddhi Day (24-11-1926) is the most-celebrated date in his ashram calendar.

The Awakening Story

Cambridge-educated Bengali revolutionary → arrested in 1908 for the Alipore bombing case → underwent intense yoga sadhana in Alipore jail → exonerated → withdrew to Pondicherry in 1910 → 16 years of solitary yoga → "Siddhi Day" November 24, 1926 marked the descent of the Overmental consciousness. Founded Integral Yoga.

D1 · Rasi Chart

Lagna: Cancer

The body, personality and visible life events.

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D9 · Navamsa Chart

Lagna: Pisces

The dharma layer — wealth permanence, marital karma, second half of life.

Rise event

Siddhi Day — descent of the Overmental consciousness

November 24, 1926

After 16 years of solitary yoga in Pondicherry, the Overmind descended into the physical for the first time in the history of Earth (as Sri Aurobindo and Mirra Alfassa described it). He withdrew from public view to focus on bringing down the Supermind.

MahadashaRahu1919-07-23 → 1937-07-23

AntardashaSaturn1924-08-28 → 1927-07-05

Why this Dasha catapulted them

The moment siddhi day — descent of the overmental consciousness was firing on a Rahu–Saturn Vimshottari period. Between them, this MD–AD pair lights the 8th house — exactly the moksha, dharma and transformation axis a chart needs lit for awakening. Rahu is the karaka of sudden otherworldly experience and ego-dissolution — the lightning-strike opening. Saturn is the karaka of renunciation, solitude and sustained inner discipline — the long surrender that prepares the ground. Rahu held the multi-year sadhana, Saturn opened the specific window of grace.

Mahadasha: Rahu

During this period, Rahu sits in your 11th house (gains, networks, large income, fulfilled desires); and is the natural karaka of disruption, foreign expansion, technology, mass amplification. In D9 Navamsa, Rahu moves to the 3rd house (courage, communication, short journeys, written word, media) — confirming the dasha's depth across the wealth-permanence layer.

Antardasha: Saturn

During this period, Saturn sits in your 6th house (competition, service, debt-management, day-to-day operations); rules the 7th, 8th houses; and is the natural karaka of discipline, hard work, structure, oil/coal/heavy industry, time. In D9 Navamsa, Saturn moves to the 9th house (fortune, dharma, foreign affairs, higher learning, blessings) — confirming the dasha's depth across the wealth-permanence layer.

Charts and Dasha periods computed live via Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa). The mathematical "why" surfaces only the verifiable mechanisms — house tenancy, lordship and karaka — no speculative if/but language.

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