AstroTwinzRussell Baker is a researcher.
Russell Wayne Baker (August 14, 1925 – January 21, 2019) was an American journalist, narrator, writer of Pulitzer Prize-winning satirical commentary and self-critical prose, and author of Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography Growing Up (1983). He was a columnist for The New York Times from 1962 to 1998, and hosted the PBS show Masterpiece Theatre from 1993 to 2004. The Forbes Media Guide Five Hundred, 1994 stated: "Baker, thanks to his singular gift of treating serious, even tragic events and trends with gentle humor, has become an American institution."
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| Born | 14 August 1925 |
| Profession | researcher |
| Employer | University of Idaho |
| Educated at | University of Idaho, Florida State University, California State University, Fullerton |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Gemini |
| Nakshatra | Ardra (Pada 2) |
| Sun Sign | Cancer |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Aries |
| 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. 31 of them (10%) have the Moon in Gemini, like Russell Baker, and 17 (5%) share the Ardra Nakshatra — the #2 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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Russell Baker was born on 14 August 1925. 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.
Russell Baker's Moon sign (Rashi) is Gemini and the Nakshatra is Ardra, pada 2, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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