Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is a British-Indian novelist and essayist born on June 19, 1947. His second novel, 'Midnight's Children,' won the Booker Prize in 1981. His controversial fourth novel, 'The Satanic Verses,' led to international uproar and a fatwa for his execution issued by Ayatollah Khomeini on February 14, 1989. Rushdie has lived in the United States since 2000, working at Emory University. In 2012, he published 'Joseph Anton: A Memoir,' detailing his life after 'The Satanic Verses.' He survived an assassination attempt on August 12, 2022.
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Time Zone - Asia/Kolkata (5:30 E)
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Meaning of the name - Salman
safe, peaceful
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Generation Group
Salman Rushdie belongs to the Baby Boomers group.
Place of Birth: Mumbai
Educated At: Cathedral and John Connon School | Rugby School | King's College
Occupation: essayist | novelist | children's writer | author | writer | screenwriter | actor
Spouses: Elizabeth West | Marianne Wiggins | Padma Lakshmi | Rachel Eliza Griffiths | Clarissa Luard
Children: Zafar Rushdie | Milan Rushdie
Employers: Emory University
Awards Received: St. Louis Literary Award | The British Book Awards | Norman Mailer Prize | National Arts Awards | Gold Medal of the Círculo de Bellas Artes | Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service | Humanist of the Year | Golden PEN Award | Companion of Honour | Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres | Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature | Carl Sandburg Literary Award | Honorary doctor of the University of Liège | honorary doctor of the University of Tromsø | Emperor Has No Clothes Award | James Joyce Awards | PEN Pinter Prize | Crossword Book Award | Aristeion Prize | Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award | Ordre des Arts et des Lettres | Austrian State Prize for European Literature | Kurt Tucholsky Prize | James Tait Black Memorial Prize | Order of the Companions of Honour | Costa Book Awards | Knight Bachelor | Mythopoeic Awards | Booker Prize
Astrology Analysis
Note: This birth chart is calculated using the date and place of birth, with the time set to noon (12:00 PM) local time. While this provides accurate planetary positions for most celestial bodies, the Ascendant (Rising Sign) and house cusps are not calculated since they require precise birth time. For a complete astrological analysis including houses and rising sign, please provide the exact birth time.

Ephemeris for June 19, 1947
Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on June 19, 2025 | Secondary Progressions for June 19, 2025 |
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Sun | 27 Gemini 9 | 28 Gemini 15 | 11 Virgo 51 |
Moon | 2 Cancer 31 | 4 Aries 12 | 5 Taurus 36 |
Mercury | 21 Cancer 43 | 18 Cancer 55 | 18 Virgo 26 |
Venus | 6 Gemini 31 | 13 Taurus 24 | 12 Virgo 19 |
Mars | 21 Taurus 29 | 1 Virgo 5 | 14 Cancer 24 |
Jupiter | 18 Scorpio 36 | 2 Cancer 9 | 21 Scorpio 17 |
Saturn | 7 Leo 4 | 1 Aries 21 | 16 Leo 42 |
Uranus | 22 Gemini 16 | 29 Taurus 8 | 25 Gemini 52 |
Neptune | 8 Libra 1 | 2 Aries 6 | 9 Libra 29 |
Pluto | 11 Leo 39 | 3 Aquarius 21 | 13 Leo 50 |
Rahu | 1 Gemini 11 | 22 Pisces 31 | 27 Taurus 3 |
Ketu | 1 Sagittarius 11 | 22 Virgo 31 | 27 Scorpio 3 |
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Astrology Transits Analysis for Year 2025
Note: Multiple transits occurring in close proximity often signify a major event in a person's life.Salman Rushdie's 2025 Transits to Natal Planets
- Saturn sextile Mars
Exact: 12 March, 2025 - Jupiter conjunction Sun
Exact: 31 May, 2025 - Mars square Ketu
Exact: 20 June, 2025 - Jupiter conjunction Moon
Exact: 20 June, 2025 - Saturn sextile Rahu
Exact: 10 July, 2025 - Jupiter trine Jupiter
Exact: 08 September, 2025 - Jupiter conjunction Mercury
Exact: 28 September, 2025 - Mars conjunction Ketu
Exact: 07 November, 2025 - Mars opposition Rahu
Exact: 07 November, 2025 - Mars aspects Moon
Exact: 07 November, 2025