Guru Nanak Birth-Chart

Guru Nanak (April 15, 1469 – September 22, 1539) was the founder of Sikhism and the first of ten Sikh Gurus. Born in Talwandi (now Nankana Sahib, Pakistan) to a Hindu family, he rejected religious orthodoxy, advocating equality, devotion, and unity with one God. His extensive travels, teachings, and composition of hymns (later compiled in the Guru Granth Sahib) shaped a new spiritual tradition.

Born in a Kshatriya family to Kalu and Tripta, Nanak appears to have been even in his childhood a mystic disposition and given much to contemplation—blessings mainly due to the Moon's disposition with Saturn and the Sun's occupation of the secret sign of Scorpio. Lord of the 2nd Mercury, the planet of intelligence, is involved in Mercury Aditya Yoga with the lord of Lagna in the 4th house, while the 2nd or house of speech is occupied by Jupiter, lord of the 5th. These explain Nanak's deep and versatile learning and persuasive eloquence.

Mark the fact that Saturn is also lord of the 6th. His association with the Moon indicates that Nanak had to overcome considerable opposition from hostile relatives and co-religionists.

His spiritual prepossessions and mystic brooding spirit became clearly visible in the course of the Moon's Dasa. It was in the Moon's Dasa, that he was put to various secular tasks by his parents, but he began to get more and more absorbed in religious practices. Guru Nanak's marriage took place in Mars Dasa. Mark the fact that Mars is aspected by Saturn, lord of the 7th and is in the 2nd from Kalatrakaraka Venus. Under the same directional influences Nanak was appointed in the service of Daulat Khan.

However, as Rahu Dasa advanced, he abandoned his service and became an ascetic for all practical purposes. Throughout Jupiter Dasa he wandered all over the country preaching his gospel of love and faith in God.

Consequently, during Saturn's Dasa, Nanak and his favourite disciple Mardana were imprisoned by Babar's men. Subsequently, under the same Dasa influences, Nanak came in personal contact with Babar and exercised considerable influence on the life and conduct of this emperor.

In Saturn's Dasa Jupiter's Bhukti, he appointed one of his most sincere disciples as his spiritual heir ignoring his own son whom he thought unfit for the task and died at the fag end of Jupiter Bhukti.

Yearwise Biography

• 1469 / 1470: Born on April 15 (Baisakhi full moon) in Talwandi to Mehta Kalu (patwari) and Mata Tripta, with elder sister Bebe Nanaki.
  
  
• 1475: At 6, began education with Pandit Gopal, showing early wisdom.
  
  
• 1487: At 18, married Mata Sulakhni; had sons Sri Chand (1494) and Lakhmi Das (1497).
  
  
• 1496: At 27, experienced a transformative divine vision while bathing in the Bein River, emerged preaching “There is no Hindu, no Musalman.”
  
  
• 1497: Began first Udasi (travel) from Sultanpur Lodhi, visited Haridwar, Banaras, and Mecca, spreading his message.
  
  
• 1500: Returned to Punjab, worked as a storekeeper, continued teaching.
  
  
• 1505: Embarked on second Udasi, traveled to Mount Sumeru, Sri Lanka, and South India.
  
  
• 1510: Conducted third Udasi, visited Kashmir, Ladakh, Tibet, and Nepal.
  
  
• 1515: Started fourth Udasi, traveled to Baghdad, Mecca, Medina, and Persia.
  
  
• 1520: Undertook fifth Udasi, visited Assam, Bengal, and the Himalayas.
  
  
• 1521: Settled in Kartarpur with followers, established a community based on equality and langar (community kitchen).
  
  
• 1532: Designated Bhai Lehna (later Guru Angad) as his successor at 63.
  
  
• 1539: Died on September 22 in Kartarpur at 70, merging with the divine; body covered with flowers, no trace found after.

Family

• Parents: Mehta Kalu and Mata Tripta.
• Wife: Mata Sulakhni.
• Children: Sri Chand, Lakhmi Das.

Health

• Generally robust; death natural, possibly from old age.

Wealth

• Lived simply, wealth in spiritual legacy.

Honors

• Revered as the first Sikh Guru; no formal titles during life.