Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou, Poet, memoirist and activist (1928-2014), joins the permanent Shrine record.
Life, work & what’s documented
Maya Angelou was born on 1928-04-04 and died on 2014-05-28 at age 86. A major American writer and public voice whose memoir, poetry and activism crossed generations. Representative work and achievements include I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, And Still I Rise, On the Pulse of Morning.
Why They're Awesome
A major American writer and public voice whose memoir, poetry and activism crossed generations. Representative work and achievements include I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, And Still I Rise, On the Pulse of Morning.
Essential works: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings · And Still I Rise · On the Pulse of Morning
Context is not destiny
Born 1928-04-04; died 2014-05-28; age at death 86. These dates provide historical context, not a mortality model.
Death context: Maya Angelou died on 2014-05-28 at age 86. This Shrine records the sourced date and age without adding unsupported medical or death-circumstance detail.
Historical illness and age are context, not proof of a current crisis or a factual mortality forecast.
The cosmic file
The cosmic file
Sun
Aries 14.5°
Moon
Libra 7.2°
Mercury
Pisces 19.9°
Venus
Mars
Aquarius 27.6°
Jupiter
Saturn
Sagittarius 19.1°
Uranus
Neptune
Leo 26.7°
Pluto
Cancer 15.0°These placements are deterministic astronomical calculations. Interpretive meaning is separate from health, mortality, and factual claims.
Calculation confidence: date_based_reliable_birth_time_unknown. Moon: calculated date based. Rising sign: birth time needed. Date-based geocentric placements use a noon UTC reference. Moon uncertainty is retained. No Ascendant or houses are inferred. Astrology is interpretation, not fact, medicine, or mortality prediction.
Sources & provenance
- Official website candidateOfficial site / 2026-08-30 / identity / confidence: highSelected for the listed claims only. Discovery indexes are not publication evidence.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica candidateEncyclopaedia Britannica / 2026-08-30 / identity / confidence: mediumSelected for the listed claims only. Discovery indexes are not publication evidence.
Official links
- Official siteOfficial
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Research last updated 2026-08-30.
Portrait provenance
York College ISLGP | CC BY 2.0 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maya_Angelou_visits_YCP_Feb_2013_(cropped).jpg
Exact source file · CC BY 2.0 2.0 · Retrieved 2026-08-27.
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