
Moshe Dayan is a military personnel, politician, archaeologist born in Galilee (Israel).
Moshe Dayan (Hebrew: משה דיין; May 20, 1915 – October 16, 1981) was an Israeli military leader and politician. As commander of the Jerusalem front in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (1953–1958) during the 1956 Sinai War, and as Defense Minister during the Six-Day War in 1967, he became a worldwide fighting symbol of the new state of Israel. In the 1930s, Dayan joined the Haganah, the pre-state Jewish defense force of Mandatory Palestine. He served in the Special Night Squads under Orde Wingate during the Arab revolt in Palestine and later lost an eye to a sniper in a raid on Vichy forces in Lebanon during World War II. Dayan was close to David Ben-Gurion and joined him in leaving the Mapai party and setting up the Rafi party in 1965 with Shimon Peres. Dayan became Defence Minister just before the 1967 Six-Day War.
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| Born | 20 May 1915, Galilee |
| Profession | military personnel, politician, archaeologist |
| Nationality | Israel |
| Educated at | Senior Officers' School |
| Spouse | Ruth Dayan |
| Children | Assi Dayan, Yael Dayan, Ehud Dayan |
| Awards | Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Israeli military decorations, Distinguished Service Order |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Cancer |
| Nakshatra | Pushya (Pada 4) |
| Sun Sign | Taurus |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Aries |
| Birth data reliability | Reference |
Birth details come from a published reference (source: 765 Notable Horoscopes) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 385 politicians with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 24 of them (6%) have the Moon in Cancer, like Moshe Dayan, and 14 (4%) share the Pushya Nakshatra — the #13 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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Moshe Dayan was born on 20 May 1915 in Galilee. Birth details come from a published reference (source: 765 Notable Horoscopes) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Moshe Dayan's Moon sign (Rashi) is Cancer and the Nakshatra is Pushya, pada 4, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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