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Diana, Princess of Wales's Vedic Kundali

Princess of Wales, 1981–1996
Born 1 July 1961, Sandringham, United Kingdom·Disputed birth time
Moon rashi
Makar or Kumbh
Janma nakshatra
Dhanishtha
Lagna
needs a birth time
Sun rashi
Mithun (Gemini)
Birth time
7:45 PMdisputed

What stands out in this kundali

A planet's house is read at the recorded birth time.

Mercury in Mithun (Gemini), one of its own signs
Mercury is the planet of intellect, speech and skill. In Mithun (Gemini) or Kanya (Virgo), its own signs, it is at ease and strong. Astrologers link this with a quick, inventive mind and a gift for explaining ideas.

Mercury stayed in Mithun (Gemini) for the whole of 1 July 1961, so every circulated birth time gives it. Mithun is one of the two signs Mercury rules. About one chart in thirteen has Mercury there. That day Mercury was retrograde, meaning it appeared to move backward. It was also combust, so close to the Sun, about 6 degrees, that the Sun's glare is said to weaken it. Mercury is read as speech and communication. On 20 November 1995 the BBC broadcast her Panorama interview with Martin Bashir. In it she spoke openly about her marriage. In December 1995 the Queen wrote to her and to Charles, urging a divorce. In 2021 an inquiry led by Lord Dyson found that Bashir had used deceit to get the interview.

Jupiter in Makar (Capricorn), its weakest sign, its weakness cancelled at every circulated time
Jupiter is the planet of wisdom and teaching. Debilitated means it sits in Makar (Capricorn), its weakest sign. Astrologers read this as wisdom tested by hard facts, and faith that has to be earned.

Jupiter stayed in Makar (Capricorn) all day. Makar is Jupiter's weakest sign, and about one chart in twelve has Jupiter there. A classical rule can cancel such a weakness; the cancellation is called Neech Bhang. At 7:45 pm the lagna, or rising sign, is Vrishchik (Scorpio). The Moon is in Kumbh (Aquarius), the fourth sign from it. That puts the Moon in a kendra, one of the four main houses. The Moon rules Kark (Cancer), the sign where Jupiter is strongest. So at 7:45 pm Jupiter's weakness is cancelled. At the afternoon times, 2:00 to 2:15 pm, the Moon is still in Makar. Saturn, the lord of Makar, is in the same sign as the Moon, which also counts as a kendra. So Jupiter's weakness is cancelled at those times too. Jupiter is read as learning and teaching. At school she failed her O-level exams twice. In London she later worked as an assistant at the Young England Kindergarten in Pimlico.

Venus in Vrishabh (Taurus), one of its own signs
Venus is the planet of beauty, art and pleasure. In Vrishabh (Taurus) or Tula (Libra), its own signs, it is at ease and strong. Astrologers link this with charm, refined taste and a love of the arts.

Venus stayed in Vrishabh (Taurus) all day, just past the start of the sign. Vrishabh is one of the two signs Venus rules, so Venus is at home there. About one chart in six has Venus in its own sign. Venus is read as beauty, grace and affection. On 29 July 1981 she married Charles, Prince of Wales, at St Paul's Cathedral in London. She was often called the most photographed woman in the world. The marriage did not last. Their separation was announced in December 1992. The divorce became final on 28 August 1996.

Saturn in Makar (Capricorn), one of its own signs
Saturn is the planet of time, patience and hard work. In Makar (Capricorn) or Kumbh (Aquarius), its own signs, it is at ease and strong. Astrologers link this with discipline, staying power and service to a larger system.

Saturn stayed in Makar (Capricorn) all day, in the same sign as Jupiter, about 7 degrees from it. Saturn was retrograde, meaning it appeared to move backward. Makar is one of the two signs Saturn rules. About one chart in six has Saturn in its own sign. Saturn is read as duty, patience and care for those who suffer. In April 1987 she opened a ward for HIV and AIDS patients at Middlesex Hospital in London. She shook a patient's hand without gloves, when fear of the disease was widespread. In January 1997 she walked a cleared path through a minefield in Angola, with the HALO Trust. A junior defence minister called her a loose cannon over the landmine campaign. She died in a car crash in Paris on 31 August 1997. The treaty banning anti-personnel landmines was signed in Ottawa that December.

Reading this kundali

Birth time
5 times in circulation; none traced to a birth record. This page uses 7:45 PM, British Summer Time (UTC+1).
Same all day on the birth date
  • Every planet keeps its rashi all day
  • Yogas: Budh Aditya Yoga
Changes with the birth time
  • Moon in Shravana until 6:06 AM, then Dhanishtha
  • Moon rashi Makar until 4:56 PM, then Kumbh
  • The lagna changes about every two hours; see the table by hour below
The Moon and the lagna at each time in circulation, cast independently on the birthplace clock.
TimeClockMoon rashiJanma nakshatraLagnaSources
7:45 PM used on this pageBritish Summer Time (UTC+1)KumbhDhanishtha, pada 3Vrishchik7:45 p.m. is the time the palace press office gave out about a week after first giving 2 p.m. at the February 1981 engagement, as Penny Thornton (1995), Neil Spencer (2000) and Richard Houck (1998) all report. Houck adds that a palace press office letter of 3 August 1995 to the astrologer Frank Clifford repeated it, and that her mother gave the astrologer Charles Harvey the same time.
2:00 PM British Summer Time (UTC+1)MakarDhanishtha, pada 2KanyaBuckingham Palace press office, at the engagement of 24 February 1981, as reported by Penny Thornton (1995), Neil Spencer (2000), Nicholas Campion (1995) and Richard Houck (1998); the same office gave 7:45 p.m. about a week later
2:00 PM British Summer Time (UTC+1)MakarDhanishtha, pada 2KanyaHer mother, as reported by the astrologer Penny Thornton, who read Diana's chart from 1986 to 1992, in With Love from Diana (1995): a little after 2 p.m., just before play began at Wimbledon; Houck (1998) repeats it
2:15 PM British Summer Time (UTC+1)MakarDhanishtha, pada 2KanyaDiana herself, through an intermediary, to the astrologer Nicholas Campion in summer 1993; when he queried it she gave 7:45 p.m. (Campion, in Astrology Looks at History, 1995)
2:10 PM British Summer Time (UTC+1)MakarDhanishtha, pada 2KanyaAn Indian 'time-of-birth' psychic named Karve, asked without being told whose birth it was, as reported by Richard Houck (1998); no factual basis

Birth details and sources

Born
1 July 1961, 7:45 PM
Clock
British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Place
Park House, Sandringham estate, Norfolk, England (Sandringham, United Kingdom)
Coordinates
52.8277, 0.5058
Birth time
Disputed birth time disputed
How the time stands
Conflicting times are attributed to the same people: the palace press office gave 2 p.m. in 1981, then 7:45 p.m. about a week later; her mother is reported as saying a little after 2 p.m. (Penny Thornton's own 1995 book) and 7:45 p.m. (to Charles Harvey, as Houck reports); Diana gave 2:15 p.m., then 7:45 p.m. No 1981 release, 1995 letter or register hour could be read, and the 1981 statements came twenty years after the birth. 19:45 is adopted because it is the palace's later statement and the time Diana settled on.
About the clock
British clocks kept summer time in 1961 from 26 March to 29 October, so Norfolk read British Summer Time on 1 July; the Europe/London zone history agrees, and double summer time had not been used since 1947.
Sources
Other times printed elsewhere
  • 14:00 · Buckingham Palace press office, at the engagement of 24 February 1981, as reported by Penny Thornton (1995), Neil Spencer (2000), Nicholas Campion (1995) and Richard Houck (1998); the same office gave 7:45 p.m. about a week later
  • 14:00 · Her mother, as reported by the astrologer Penny Thornton, who read Diana's chart from 1986 to 1992, in With Love from Diana (1995): a little after 2 p.m., just before play began at Wimbledon; Houck (1998) repeats it
  • 14:15 · Diana herself, through an intermediary, to the astrologer Nicholas Campion in summer 1993; when he queried it she gave 7:45 p.m. (Campion, in Astrology Looks at History, 1995)
  • 14:10 · An Indian 'time-of-birth' psychic named Karve, asked without being told whose birth it was, as reported by Richard Houck (1998); no factual basis

Panchang on the day Diana, Princess of Wales was born

Weekday
Saturday
Lunar month
Ashadha
Tithi at sunrise
Chaturthi, Krishna Paksha
Nakshatra at sunrise
Shravana
Yoga
Vishkambha
Karana
Bava
Sunrise
4:37 AM
Sunset
9:25 PM
Purnimanta month; tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana are those running at sunrise, computed for the birthplace.

Planets in Diana, Princess of Wales's kundali

Positions at 7:45 PM (at the reported time). Lahiri ayanamsa.
PlanetRashiDegreeNakshatra
SunMithun16.35°Ardra, pada 3
MoonKumbh1.72°Dhanishtha, pada 3
MarsSimha8.33°Magha, pada 3
MercuryMithun9.88°Ardra, pada 1retrogradecombust
JupiterMakar11.78°Shravana, pada 1retrogradedebilitated
VenusVrishabh1.08°Krittika, pada 2
SaturnMakar4.50°Uttara Ashadha, pada 3retrograde
RahuSimha6.40°Magha, pada 2retrograde
KetuKumbh6.40°Dhanishtha, pada 4retrograde

Yogas in the chart

Read at the birth time this page uses. Those marked "all day" hold whatever the time.

formed by: Sun + Mercury
Pasha Yoga
formed by: Sun + Moon + Mars + Mercury + Jupiter + Venus + Saturn

Lagna by hour of birth

Whole-sign lagna on the clock of the birthplace; a birth time would settle it.
fromuntilLagna
12:00 AM12:12 AMKumbh (Aquarius)
12:12 AM1:00 AMMeen (Pisces)
1:00 AM2:00 AMMesh (Aries)
2:00 AM3:35 AMVrishabh (Taurus)
3:35 AM5:57 AMMithun (Gemini)
5:57 AM8:48 AMKark (Cancer)
8:48 AM11:42 AMSimha (Leo)
11:42 AM2:35 PMKanya (Virgo)
2:35 PM5:29 PMTula (Libra)
5:29 PM8:08 PMVrishchik (Scorpio)
8:08 PM10:04 PMDhanu (Sagittarius)
10:04 PM11:16 PMMakar (Capricorn)
11:16 PM12:00 midnightKumbh (Aquarius)

Questions people ask

What is Diana, Princess of Wales's rashi?▾
Kumbh, or Aquarius, at 7:45 pm, the time this page uses. Rashi here means the Moon sign, the sign the Moon was passing through when she was born. On 1 July 1961 the Moon moved from Makar (Capricorn) into Kumbh at 4:56 pm, British Summer Time. The earlier circulated times, 2:00 to 2:15 pm, fall before that change and give Makar. So her rashi turns on which time is right.
What is Diana, Princess of Wales's nakshatra?▾
Dhanishta, at every circulated birth time. A nakshatra is one of 27 equal stretches of the Moon's path. The Moon entered Dhanishta at 6:06 am that day and stayed there until midnight. At 7:45 pm it is in the third pada, or quarter. At the afternoon times it is in the second pada. Mars rules Dhanishta.
What is Diana, Princess of Wales's lagna?▾
Vrishchik (Scorpio) at 7:45 pm, but it is not settled. The lagna is the rising sign, the one on the eastern horizon as she was born. At 7:45 pm it is Vrishchik (Scorpio), which rose over Sandringham from 5:29 to 8:08 pm. At 2:00 to 2:15 pm it is Kanya (Virgo), which rose from 11:42 am to 2:35 pm. With two hours of the day still in play, the chart here is drawn at 7:45 pm and names no houses.
How reliable is Diana, Princess of Wales's birth time?▾
Not reliable. Its grade is DD: the same people gave different times, and no document giving the hour could be read. Only the date and place are certain: 1 July 1961, at Park House on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk. This page uses 7:45 pm, British Summer Time. At the engagement in February 1981 the palace press office gave 2:00 pm. About a week later it gave 7:45 pm instead, as Penny Thornton, Neil Spencer and Richard Houck report. Houck adds that a palace letter of August 1995 repeated 7:45 pm. Her mother is reported both ways. Thornton reports her as saying a little after 2 pm. Houck says she gave the astrologer Charles Harvey 7:45 pm. In 1993 Diana, through an intermediary, gave the astrologer Nicholas Campion 2:15 pm, then 7:45 pm when he queried it. AstroSage lists 7:45 pm, but with coordinates and a clock for Australia, so its chart is cast for the wrong place. English birth registers of the time recorded an hour only for twins and other multiple births.
Does Diana, Princess of Wales's Kundali have Budh Aditya Yoga?▾
Yes, whichever birth time is right. Budh Aditya means Mercury (Budh) and the Sun (Aditya) sharing a sign. Both stayed in Mithun (Gemini) all day, about 5 to 7 degrees apart. Mercury was also combust, so close to the Sun that its glare is said to dim Mercury's strength. About half of all charts share this pairing, so it is not rare. Tradition ties it to sharp wits and fluent speech.