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Yasser Arafat is a politician, civil engineer born in Cairo (State of Palestine).
Yasser Arafat (4 or 24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), also popularly known by his kunya Abu Ammar, was a Palestinian political leader. He was chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1969 to 2004, President of the State of Palestine from 1989 to 2004 and President of the Palestinian Authority (PNA) from 1994 to 2004. Ideologically an Arab nationalist and a socialist, Arafat was a founding member of the Fatah political party, which he led from 1959 until 2004. Arafat was born to Palestinian parents in Cairo, Egypt, where he spent most of his youth. He studied at the University of King Fuad I. While a student, he embraced Arab nationalist and anti-Zionist ideas. Opposed to the 1948 creation of the State of Israel, he fought alongside the Muslim Brotherhood during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
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| Born | 29 August 1929, Cairo |
| Profession | politician, civil engineer |
| Nationality | State of Palestine |
| Educated at | Cairo University |
| Spouse | Suha Arafat |
| Awards | Order of the Grand Conqueror, honorary doctor of the University of Patras, Order of the State of Palestine, Order of the Great September Revolution 1969, Knight Grand Cordon with Collar of the Order o |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Taurus |
| Nakshatra | Mrigashira (Pada 2) |
| Sun Sign | Leo |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Gemini |
| 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. 40 of them (10%) have the Moon in Taurus, like Yasser Arafat, and 17 (4%) share the Mrigashira 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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Yasser Arafat was born on 29 August 1929 in Cairo. 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.
Yasser Arafat's Moon sign (Rashi) is Taurus and the Nakshatra is Mrigashira, pada 2, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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