
Karl May is a novelist, children's writer, screenwriter (Kingdom of Saxony).
Karl Friedrich May ( MY, German: [kaʁl ˈmaɪ] ; 25 February 1842 – 30 March 1912) was a German author. He is best known for his novels of travels and adventures, set in the American Old West, the Orient, the Middle East, Latin America, China and Germany. He also wrote poetry, a play, and composed music. He was a proficient player of several musical instruments. Many of his works were adapted for film, theatre, audio dramas and comics. Later in his career, May turned to philosophical and spiritual genres. He is one of the best-selling German writers of all time, with about 200,000,000 copies sold worldwide.
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| Born | 25 February 1842 |
| Profession | novelist, children's writer, screenwriter |
| Nationality | Kingdom of Saxony |
| Spouse | Emma Lina Pollmer, Klara May |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Leo |
| Nakshatra | Purva Phalguni (Pada 4) |
| Sun Sign | Aquarius |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Libra |
| 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 314 writers and poets with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 25 of them (8%) have the Moon in Leo, like Karl May, and 15 (5%) share the Purva Phalguni Nakshatra — the #5 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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Karl May was born on 25 February 1842. 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.
Karl May's Moon sign (Rashi) is Leo and the Nakshatra is Purva Phalguni, pada 4, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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