Independence Leader, Activist · Libra · born October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, India

Mahatma Gandhi developed satyagraha — mass non-violent resistance — first in South Africa and then across the Indian independence movement. The Salt March of 1930 turned a tax protest into a demonstration of method that Martin Luther King Jr. and others studied directly.

Their Libra side

Libra insistence on the fairness of the means as well as the ends.

Notable works

• The Story of My Experiments with Truth
• Hind Swaraj
• The Salt March
• Quit India movement

Achievements

• Led the Indian independence movement to success in 1947
• Developed satyagraha as a method of mass non-violent resistance
• The Salt March, a defining act of civil disobedience
• Nominated five times for the Nobel Peace Prize

In their words

• “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
• “In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”

Birth chart facts

• Sun sign: Libra
• Chinese zodiac: Earth Snake
• Life path number: 9 — The Old Soul
• Born on a Saturday

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