
Sri Lanka
island country in South Asia
countryPhoto: National Aeronautics & Space Administration · Public domain
- Founded
- May 22, 1972
- Origin
- Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
- Sun sign
- ♊ Gemini
Sri Lanka, island country in South Asia, was founded on May 22, 1972 in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. With the Sun in Gemini, Sri Lanka's chart begins from a Gemini core. The chart is cast for the event date (noon), the standard approach for founding charts.
Astrological profile
With the Sun at the very first degree of Gemini, this is a chart poised at a threshold — curious, communicative, quick to gather and relay information. The birth time is unknown, so the Moon and angles are approximate, but the Moon sits late in Virgo, giving an analytical, discriminating emotional register that wants order, service, and precision beneath the airy surface. Mercury in Taurus steadies the mind, slowing the Gemini flightiness into deliberate, practical thinking, while a cluster of earth placements grounds a temperament that is more methodical than its Sun sign alone suggests. Sun trine Moon (orb 2°) knits conscious will and instinct into an easy internal cooperation — a fundamental coherence between what is intended and what is felt.
The tightest signature is the exact Moon–Pluto conjunction in Virgo, lending emotional life an intense, probing, almost compulsive depth; feelings run deep and transformative rather than light. That both trine the North Node (both orb 0°) suggests this depth is oriented toward a Capricorn purpose — endurance, structure, long-term consolidation. Venus quincunx Neptune (orb 0°) introduces a note of idealization and unease in what is valued and loved, a hard-to-reconcile pull between affection and illusion. Mars opposition Jupiter (orb 1°) pits drive against expansion — bold impulses that can overreach and need calibrating. Mercury quincunx Uranus adds restless, unexpected turns to the otherwise steady Taurean mind.
The dominant Earth and Mutable balance describes a pragmatic yet adaptable nature — grounded but flexible, building patiently while adjusting on the move. Overall: a practical, deep-feeling chart oriented toward disciplined, long-term consolidation.
An interpretation of the chart above, generated from the computed placements.
Natal placements
Computed from the birth date (noon). The Moon is approximate and angles are omitted without a birth time.
Sri Lanka is a curious and quick Gemini Sun, with a precise and practical Virgo Moon. The chart leans earth and mutable.
Major aspects
△ trine · ⚹ sextile flow easily · □ square · ☍ opposition create tension · ☌ conjunction fuses energies · ⚻ quincunx asks for adjustment
Element & modality balance
Founded the same day
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