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Rachel Carson is a marine biologist, environmentalist, zoologist (United States).
Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist, writer, and conservationist whose sea trilogy (1941–1955) and book Silent Spring (1962) are credited with advancing marine conservation and the global environmental movement. Carson began her career as an aquatic biologist in the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, and became a full-time nature writer in the 1950s. Her widely praised 1951 bestseller The Sea Around Us won her a U.S. National Book Award, recognition as a gifted writer, and financial security. Its success prompted the republication of her first book, Under the Sea Wind (1941), in 1952, which was followed by The Edge of the Sea in 1955 — both were also bestsellers. This sea trilogy explores the whole of ocean life from the shores to the depths.
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| Born | 27 May 1907 |
| Profession | marine biologist, environmentalist, zoologist |
| Nationality | United States |
| Employer | United States Fish and Wildlife Service, University of Maryland |
| Educated at | Chatham University, Johns Hopkins University |
| Awards | Presidential Medal of Freedom, Cullum Geographical Medal, John Burroughs Medal, Audubon Medal, AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award, Maryland Women's Hall of Fame, Guggenheim Fellowship, National Women |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Scorpio |
| Nakshatra | Anuradha (Pada 4) |
| Sun Sign | Taurus |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Leo |
| 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. 26 of them (8%) have the Moon in Scorpio, like Rachel Carson, and 10 (3%) share the Anuradha Nakshatra — the #17 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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Rachel Carson was born on 27 May 1907. 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.
Rachel Carson's Moon sign (Rashi) is Scorpio and the Nakshatra is Anuradha, pada 4, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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