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Billie Jean King is a tennis player, tennis coach, sports commentator (United States).
Billie Jean King (née Moffitt; born November 22, 1943), also known as BJK, is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. King won 39 Grand Slam titles: 12 in singles, 16 in women's doubles, and 11 in mixed doubles. She was a member of the victorious United States team in seven Federation Cups and nine Wightman Cups. King is an advocate of gender equality and has long been a pioneer for equality and social justice. In 1973, at the age of 29, she famously won the "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match against the 55-year-old Bobby Riggs. King was also the founder of the Women's Tennis Association and the Women's Sports Foundation. She was instrumental in persuading cigarette brand Virginia Slims to sponsor women's tennis in the 1970s and went on to serve on the board of their parent company Philip Morris in the 2000s. King was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987.
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| Born | 22 November 1943 |
| Profession | tennis player, tennis coach, sports commentator |
| Nationality | United States |
| Educated at | California State University, Los Angeles, Long Beach Polytechnic High School |
| Spouse | Larry King (tennis) |
| Awards | Ladies' Home Journal Women of the Year, VH1 Trailblazer Honors, Arthur Ashe Courage Award, Sarah Palfrey Danzig Award, Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame, Women's Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame, Ass |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Virgo |
| Nakshatra | Uttara Phalguni (Pada 4) |
| Sun Sign | Scorpio |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Capricorn |
| Birth data reliability | Reference |
Birth details come from a published reference (source: Internet) 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 194 sportspeople with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 7 of them (4%) have the Moon in Virgo, like Billie Jean King, and 4 (2%) share the Uttara Phalguni Nakshatra — the #21 most common Moon Nakshatra among sportspeople, where Pushya leads with 13 (7%).
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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Billie Jean King was born on 22 November 1943. Birth details come from a published reference (source: Internet) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Billie Jean King's Moon sign (Rashi) is Virgo and the Nakshatra is Uttara Phalguni, pada 4, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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