Gautam Adani, born in a family that ran textile business but got attracted towards Mumbai’s shiny diamond business. There he worked as a Diamond sorter for 2 to 3 years and soon he learned tricks of the business. Soon, he set up his own diamond brokerage firm in the famous Zaveri Bazaar of Mumbai and made his first million. He was just 20 years old then.

While Gautam Adani was still in Mumbai, his elder brother Mahakush requested him to run his plastic business in Ahmedabad. That is the time when he started his commodity trading business in the name of Adani Enterprises Ltd. He also had a close encounter with death. Adani was present at Mumbai’s iconic Taj Hotel when it was attacked by terrorist on 26^th November 2008. Let’s look at his birth chart to understand his life from an astrological angle.

Gautam Adani was born on 24^th June 1962 at Ahmedabad. We don’t have his birth time, hence we have taken his Chandra (Moon) Lagna as Lagna. To check the power of any birth chart, one needs to check four basic factors, strength of Lagna, Lagnesh, Sun and Moon. We won’t be able to comment on Lagna as birth time is not known. Lord of Chandra Lagna is Saturn and the same is in Rahu -Ketu axis placed in the 12^th house. This gives him a life full of ups and down. Apart from seeing death from close quarters during the terrorist attack on Taj, he was also kidnapped for a ransom on 1^st January 1998. Also, his companies are saddled with huge amount of debt. Moon is placed well with Jupiter in Aquarius sign giving Gaj-Kesari Yoga. Thus his mind (moon) is full of wisdom (Jupiter the karaka of Wisdom) and also Aquarius sign is an intellectual sign. Sun is in trine with Moon and Jupiter giving rise to another Raj Yoga -Jeev Atma Yoga, Jupiter being the Jeev Karak and Sun is the natural Aatma Karak.

Mars is placed third from Moon which gives him courage and enables him to take bold decisions. Mercury is said to behave like a planet with which it is conjunct. Here Mercury is placed alone with no malefic aspects. Thus, his intellect is free from any negative impacts.

Venus is weak as placed 6^th from Moon but it is conjunct with Rahu. Venus represents luxuries and Rahu is amplifier, thus luxuries are increased manifold with the conjunction of Rahu and Venus. Saturn in 12^th house, placed in the house of Jupiter thus also leaves its malefic qualities.

Talking about outer planets. Uranus which is the Karaka for un-conventional thinking ruling the sign of Aquarius is placed in the sign of Leo which represents Government. Uranus represents sudden transformation in life. His life one would agree transformed dramatically due to government support to his business projects. Again, Pluto the Karaka for wealth is placed in the exalted Leo sign indicating huge wealth due to support from government. Neptune the ruler of Pisces sign and Karaka of Fortune and Art is placed in Libra. Libra if one observes is 8^th from Pisces. Eighth house is the house of underground resources. His fortune came from Coal (electricity generation) which again is 8^th house element.

Now, lets see what led to his kidnapping on 1^st January 1998. On this day, Jeev Karak Jupiter was under Paap Kartari hemmed between two malefic planets Ketu and Sun. When one gets kidnapped, one gets detached from one’s near and dear ones. No prizes to guess lord of detachment in Astrology, our very own Ketu. Ketu was transiting in Aquarius, which means it was transiting over natal position of Jupiter as per the birth chart. Thus, this led to his kidnapping.

Now, lets analyze what gave him near death experience during the Taj Hotel attacks on 26^th November 2008. Pluto which is the higher octave of Saturn and the Karaka of death was in conjunction with Jeev Karaaka Jupiter in the sign of Sagittarius (remember Sagittarius is fire sign and he was caught in cross fire). Saturn the Karaka for grief was in Leo sign in trine with Jupiter. Neptune the higher octave of Venus and significator of luck was in conjunction with Rahu. Sun and Mars were conjunct in Libra with Moon and Mercury, this combination led to his safe escape as all factors worked for him. Sun and Mars together represents valor and Moon with Mercury represents intelligent thinking. One would think that this combination was common for everyone then why many perished despite this combination in transit? The answer is simple, if the birth chart indicates short life then mere transit however favorable it may be doesn’t help!