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
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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
Ephemeris for June 19, 1947
Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on June 19, 2024 | Secondary Progressions for June 19, 2024 |
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| Sun | 27 Gemini 9 | 28 Gemini 28 | 10 Virgo 53 |
| Moon | 2 Cancer 31 | 24 Scorpio 39 | 22 Aries 37 |
| Mercury | 21 Cancer 43 | 4 Cancer 6 | 16 Virgo 37 |
| Venus | 6 Gemini 31 | 2 Cancer 28 | 11 Virgo 5 |
| Mars | 21 Taurus 29 | 7 Taurus 27 | 13 Cancer 46 |
| Jupiter | 18 Scorpio 36 | 5 Gemini 37 | 21 Scorpio 9 |
| Saturn | 7 Leo 4 | 19 Pisces 15 | 16 Leo 34 |
| Uranus | 22 Gemini 16 | 25 Taurus 11 | 25 Gemini 51 |
| Neptune | 8 Libra 1 | 29 Pisces 53 | 9 Libra 27 |
| Pluto | 11 Leo 39 | 1 Aquarius 36 | 13 Leo 49 |
| Rahu | 1 Gemini 11 | 11 Aries 51 | 27 Taurus 6 |
| Ketu | 1 Sagittarius 11 | 11 Libra 51 | 27 Scorpio 6 |
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Astrology Transits Analysis for Year 2024
Salman Rushdie's 2024 Transits to Natal Planets
- Mars opposition Sun
Exact: 01 January, 2024 - Mars square Mars
Exact: 11 March, 2024 - Mars square Venus
Exact: 31 March, 2024 - Jupiter opposition Jupiter
Exact: 10 April, 2024 - Jupiter conjunction Mars
Exact: 20 April, 2024 - Mars square Mercury
Exact: 30 May, 2024 - Jupiter conjunction Rahu
Exact: 30 May, 2024 - Jupiter opposition Ketu
Exact: 30 May, 2024 - Mars square Saturn
Exact: 19 June, 2024 - Jupiter conjunction Venus
Exact: 29 June, 2024 - Mars conjunction Mars
Exact: 09 July, 2024 - Mars conjunction Mercury
Exact: 17 October, 2024
