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Jesse Jackson is a politician, pastor, civil rights advocate (United States).
Jesse Louis Jackson (né Burns; born October 8, 1941) is an American civil rights activist, politician, and ordained Baptist minister. Beginning as a young protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, Jackson has maintained his status as a prominent civil rights leader throughout his political and theological career for over seven decades. He served from 1991 to 1997 as a shadow delegate and senator for the District of Columbia. Jackson is the father of former U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. and current U.S. Representative Jonathan Jackson. Jackson began his activism in the 1960s and founded the organizations that merged to form the Rainbow/PUSH organization. Extending his activism into international matters beginning in the 1980s, he became a critic of the Reagan administration and launched a presidential campaign in 1984.
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| Born | 8 October 1941 |
| Profession | politician, pastor, civil rights advocate |
| Nationality | United States |
| Educated at | University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, Chicago Theological Seminary, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University |
| Spouse | Jacqueline Jackson |
| Children | Jonathan Jackson, Jesse Jackson Jr. |
| Awards | Presidential Medal of Freedom, Eugene V. Debs Award, James Joyce Awards, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Spingarn Medal, Honorary doctorate from the University of Cairo |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Aries |
| Nakshatra | Krittika (Pada 1) |
| Sun Sign | Virgo |
| 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 385 politicians with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 32 of them (8%) have the Moon in Aries, like Jesse Jackson, and 19 (5%) share the Krittika Nakshatra — the #4 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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Jesse Jackson was born on 8 October 1941. 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.
Jesse Jackson's Moon sign (Rashi) is Aries and the Nakshatra is Krittika, pada 1, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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