Queen Elizabeth II's Vedic Chart: Cancer Moon in Ashlesha

A Cancer Moon in Ashlesha for the Queen who made duty a seventy-year performance of stillness.

Queen Elizabeth II — Britain's longest-reigning monarch (1952–2022), whose seventy years on the throne made her a constant through an age of total change. Born 1926-04-21 in Mayfair, London, United Kingdom, their Vedic chart offers a fascinating lens on a public life. Below is the full sidereal chart (Lahiri ayanamsa) computed with Swiss Ephemeris, followed by an astrological reading of what the planets suggest.

Birth Details

Date of birth: April 21, 1926 · Birth time: 02:40 · Place: Mayfair, London, United Kingdom

Lagna: Sagittarius (28.6°) · Moon sign: Cancer · Nakshatra: Ashlesha, pada 1 · Sun sign: Aries

Chart Snapshot

Lagna: Sagittarius · Moon: Cancer (Ashlesha pada 1) · Sun: Aries (Ashwini)

Final Mahadasha: Jupiter (2010-10-11 → 2026-10-11)

Notable Yogas

The Breakdown

Queen Elizabeth II's Moon sits in Cancer in Ashlesha nakshatra. Ashlesha, the serpent star, gives a hypnotic, coiling intelligence — the ability to hold an audience (or a room) perfectly still. A Cancer Moon feels everything at full volume and remembers all of it. Home, mother and memory form the emotional core, and public warmth is balanced by a fiercely guarded private shell. The Moon here is own sign — a significant amplifier of everything above.

The Sun in Aries (Ashwini nakshatra) shapes the public identity. The Sun in Aries makes identity a contest — first, fastest, self-made. The Sun is exalted in this chart, strengthening that signature further.

The closing chapter of the life ran under Jupiter Mahadasha (2010-10-11 → 2026-10-11). Jupiter Mahadasha is the guru's sixteen years: expansion, honour, teaching and family. It is classically the harvest period — what was planted earlier is gathered with interest.

The through-line of this chart is Gaja Kesari Yoga: jupiter in Capricorn stands in a kendra from the Moon — the elephant-and-lion combination of intelligence, reputation and lasting public goodwill. It is the combination a classical astrologer would circle first — and it maps, with unusual neatness, onto the public story told above.

Queen Elizabeth II in 2026: Transits and Dasha

A chart is only half the story; the other half is the moving sky. Read from this chart's Cancer Moon — the Chandra Lagna method used for transit readings — 2026 unfolds as follows.

Dasha weather. The whole of 2026 runs inside Saturn Mahadasha, opening the year in its Saturn antardasha. Saturn Mahadasha is the nineteen-year audit: slow, heavy and ultimately fair. It strips what is false and pays, with interest, for whatever was built honestly.

Saturn in Pisces. Saturn in the 9th from the Moon examines fortune, father and belief — the year's luck is earned, not granted.

Jupiter's three acts. The year opens with Jupiter in Gemini, the 12th from this Moon. Jupiter in the 12th from the Moon turns the year inward: retreat, charity, foreign lands and spiritual spending. From June 2026 Jupiter moves into Cancer — the 1st from the Moon. Jupiter over the Moon sign itself blesses the year with optimism, visibility and new beginnings. From October 2026 Jupiter moves into Leo — the 2nd from the Moon. Jupiter in the 2nd from the Moon supports wealth, family harmony and persuasive speech.

Rahu's angle. Rahu spends most of 2026 in Aquarius, the 8th from this Moon — amplifying that house's themes of ambition and visibility, before slipping into Capricorn on December 6, 2026 and re-aiming the hunger for the year ahead.

A Note on Method

This chart is cast from the birth time published for Queen Elizabeth II in standard astrological databases (02:40, Mayfair, London, United Kingdom). Published celebrity birth times are only as good as their sources — where databases disagree, this library prefers the best-documented value and flags significant disputes on the page. Interpretations are astrological readings for entertainment and reflection, not factual claims about the person.