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Stephen Foster is a songwriter, composer, poet (United States).
Stephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826 – January 13, 1864), known as "the father of American music", was an American composer known primarily for his parlour and folk music during the Romantic period. He wrote more than 200 songs, including "Oh! Susanna", "Hard Times Come Again No More", "Camptown Races", "Old Folks at Home" ("Swanee River"), "My Old Kentucky Home", "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair", "Old Black Joe", and "Beautiful Dreamer". Many of his compositions remain popular today.
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| Born | 4 July 1826 |
| Profession | songwriter, composer, poet |
| Nationality | United States |
| Educated at | Washington & Jefferson College |
| Spouse | Jane McDowell Foster Wiley |
| Children | Marion Foster |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Gemini |
| Nakshatra | Ardra (Pada 3) |
| Sun Sign | Gemini |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Virgo |
| 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 147 musicians with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 13 of them (9%) have the Moon in Gemini, like Stephen Foster, and 6 (4%) share the Ardra Nakshatra — the #6 most common Moon Nakshatra among musicians, where Anuradha leads with 10 (7%).
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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Stephen Foster was born on 4 July 1826. 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.
Stephen Foster's Moon sign (Rashi) is Gemini and the Nakshatra is Ardra, pada 3, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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