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Ayn Rand is a playwright, philosopher, novelist born in St.Petersburg (Russian Empire).
Alice O'Connor (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum; February 2 [O.S. January 20], 1905 – March 6, 1982), better known by her pen name Ayn Rand (), was a Russian-American writer and philosopher. She is known for her fiction and for developing a philosophical system which she named Objectivism. Born and educated in Russia, she moved to the United States in 1926. After two early novels that were initially unsuccessful and two Broadway plays, Rand achieved fame with her 1943 novel The Fountainhead. In 1957, she published her best-selling work, the novel Atlas Shrugged. Afterward, until her death in 1982, she turned to non-fiction to promote her philosophy, publishing her own periodicals and releasing several collections of essays. Rand advocated reason and rejected faith and religion. She supported rational and ethical egoism as opposed to altruism and hedonism.
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| Born | 2 February 1905, St.Petersburg |
| Profession | playwright, philosopher, novelist |
| Nationality | Russian Empire |
| Employer | Saint Petersburg State University |
| Educated at | Saint Petersburg State University |
| Spouse | Frank O'Connor |
| Awards | Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Sagittarius |
| Nakshatra | Uttara Ashadha (Pada 1) |
| Sun Sign | Capricorn |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Cancer |
| Birth data reliability | Reference |
Birth details come from a published reference (source: Web) 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 314 writers and poets with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 29 of them (9%) have the Moon in Sagittarius, like Ayn Rand, and 6 (2%) share the Uttara Ashadha Nakshatra — the #27 most common Moon Nakshatra among writers and poets, where Shravana leads with 18 (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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Ayn Rand was born on 2 February 1905 in St.Petersburg. Birth details come from a published reference (source: Web) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Ayn Rand's Moon sign (Rashi) is Sagittarius and the Nakshatra is Uttara Ashadha, pada 1, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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