AstroTwinzRoss Macdonald is a writer, novelist, architect (United States).
Ross Macdonald was the main pseudonym used by the American-Canadian writer of crime fiction Kenneth Millar (; December 13, 1915 – July 11, 1983). He is best known for his series of hardboiled novels set in Southern California and featuring private detective Lew Archer. Since the 1970s, Macdonald's works (particularly the Archer novels) have received attention in academic circles for their psychological depth, sense of place, use of language, sophisticated imagery and integration of philosophy into genre fiction. Brought up in the province of Ontario, Canada, Macdonald eventually settled in the state of California, where he died in 1983. The Wall Street Journal wrote that:... it is the sheer beauty of Macdonald’s laconic style—with its seductive rhythms and elegant plainness—that holds us spellbound. "Hard-boiled," "noir," "mystery," it doesn’t matter what you call it.
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| Born | 13 December 1915 |
| Profession | writer, novelist, architect |
| Nationality | United States |
| Educated at | University of Michigan, Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School |
| Spouse | Margaret Millar |
| Awards | The Grand Master, Shamus Award, Gold Dagger |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Aquarius |
| Nakshatra | Purva Bhadrapada (Pada 3) |
| Sun Sign | Scorpio |
| 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. 30 of them (10%) have the Moon in Aquarius, like Ross Macdonald, and 13 (4%) share the Purva Bhadrapada Nakshatra — the #7 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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Ross Macdonald was born on 13 December 1915. 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.
Ross Macdonald's Moon sign (Rashi) is Aquarius and the Nakshatra is Purva Bhadrapada, pada 3, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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