
Junius Richard Jayewardene is a cricketer, diplomat, politician born in Colombo (Sri Lanka).
Junius Richard Jayewardene (Sinhala: ජුනියස් රිචඩ් ජයවර්ධන; Tamil: ஜூனியஸ் ரிச்சட் ஜயவர்தனா; 17 September 1906 – 1 November 1996), commonly referred to by his initials JR, was a Sri Lankan lawyer, public official and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 1977 to 1978 and as the second President of Sri Lanka from 1978 to 1989. He was a leader of the nationalist movement in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and served in a variety of cabinet positions in the decades following independence. A longtime member of the United National Party, he led the party to a landslide victory in the 1977 parliamentary elections and served as prime minister for half a year before becoming the country's first executive president under an amended constitution.
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| Born | 17 September 1906, Colombo |
| Profession | cricketer, diplomat, politician |
| Nationality | Sri Lanka |
| Educated at | Sri Lanka Law College, Royal College, Colombo, University of London |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Leo |
| Nakshatra | Magha (Pada 4) |
| Sun Sign | Virgo |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Virgo |
| Birth data reliability | Accurate |
Birth details come from a recorded or documented source (source: The Times Select Horoscopes), so this chart is reliable.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 385 politicians with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 32 of them (8%) have the Moon in Leo, like Junius Richard Jayewardene, and 17 (4%) share the Magha Nakshatra — the #6 most common Moon Nakshatra among politicians, where Uttara Bhadrapada leads with 25 (6%).
For scale, an even spread would put about 3.7% in each of the 27 Nakshatras and 8.3% in each Moon sign. These are simple counts from our dataset, not a prediction.
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Junius Richard Jayewardene was born on 17 September 1906 in Colombo. Birth details come from a recorded or documented source (source: The Times Select Horoscopes), so this chart is reliable.
Junius Richard Jayewardene's Moon sign (Rashi) is Leo and the Nakshatra is Magha, pada 4, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
Junius Richard Jayewardene's Ascendant is Virgo, calculated from the recorded birth time.
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