Erma Bombeck was an American humorist born on February 21, 1927, and known for her newspaper columns that humorously depicted suburban family life from the mid-1960s until the late 1990s. She published 15 best-selling books and wrote over 400 articles between 1965 and 1966, highlighting the life of a typical Midwestern housewife with a humorous and sometimes rhetorical style. During the 1970s, her columns were read by 30 million readers in 900 newspapers across the United States and Canada. Her work resonated widely and remains influential.
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Erma Bombeck belongs to the GI Generation group.
Place of Birth: Bellbrook
Place of Death: San Francisco
Cause of Death: kidney disease
Educated At: University of Dayton
Occupation: humorist | journalist | columnist | writer
Awards Received: Ohio Women's Hall of Fame
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Note: This birth chart is calculated using the date and place of birth, with the time set to noon (12:00 PM) local time. While this provides accurate planetary positions for most celestial bodies, the Ascendant (Rising Sign) and house cusps are not calculated since they require precise birth time. For a complete astrological analysis including houses and rising sign, please provide the exact birth time.Ephemeris for February 21, 1927
Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on February 21, 2026 | Secondary Progressions for February 21, 2026 |
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| Sun | 2 Pisces 5 | 3 Pisces 4 | 9 Gemini 14 |
| Moon | 26 Libra 53 | 26 Aries 12 | 20 Gemini 10 |
| Mercury | 19 Pisces 23 | 20 Pisces 52 | 22 Gemini 42 |
| Venus | 24 Pisces 0 | 14 Pisces 7 | 21 Cancer 53 |
| Mars | 29 Taurus 50 | 22 Aquarius 59 | 26 Cancer 31 |
| Jupiter | 7 Pisces 56 | 15 Cancer 35 | 29 Pisces 8 |
| Saturn | 7 Sagittarius 35 | 0 Aries 46 | 4 Sagittarius 28 |
| Uranus | 27 Pisces 52 | 27 Taurus 36 | 2 Aries 49 |
| Neptune | 25 Leo 26 | 0 Aries 47 | 24 Leo 22 |
| Pluto | 14 Cancer 1 | 4 Aquarius 20 | 14 Cancer 33 |
| Rahu | 4 Cancer 14 | 9 Pisces 25 | 28 Gemini 59 |
| Ketu | 4 Capricorn 14 | 9 Virgo 25 | 28 Sagittarius 59 |
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