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Maya Angelou — Vedic Birth Chart, Kundli & Nakshatra Analysis

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Maya Angelou is a politician, comedian, dancer (United States).

Maya Angelou ( AN-jə-loh; born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees. Angelou's series of seven autobiographies focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), tells of her life up to the age of 17 and brought her international recognition and acclaim. She became a poet and writer after a string of odd jobs during her young adulthood.

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Quick facts
Born4 April 1928
Professionpolitician, comedian, dancer
NationalityUnited States
EmployerWake Forest University
Educated atGeorge Washington High School, California Labor School
SpousePaul du Feu
AwardsNational Medal of Arts, Presidential Medal of Freedom, National Women's Hall of Fame, Langston Hughes Medal, Paul Robeson Award, Marian Anderson Award, honorary citizen of Baltimore, Grammy Award for
Maya Angelou's Vedic Birth Chart Snapshot
Moon Sign (Rashi)Virgo
NakshatraHasta (Pada 3)
Sun SignPisces
Ascendant (Lagna)Leo
Birth data reliabilityReference

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).

How Maya Angelou’s chart compares

Our library holds 314 writers and poets with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 29 of them (9%) have the Moon in Virgo, like Maya Angelou, and 9 (3%) share the Hasta Nakshatra — the #22 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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Questions about Maya Angelou's birth chart

When was Maya Angelou born?

Maya Angelou was born on 4 April 1928. 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.

What is Maya Angelou's Moon sign and Nakshatra?

Maya Angelou's Moon sign (Rashi) is Virgo and the Nakshatra is Hasta, pada 3, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.

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