Lois Rodden  Lois Rodden (22 May 1928 - 5 June 2003) was an astrologer, astrological data collector and founder of Astrodatabank. She was a pioneer in raising awareness of the sourcing of data being foundational in the credibility of astrology. Lois was born Lois Mae Fast on May 22, 1928 at 12:22 am MST (rectified by her) in Lang, Saskatchewan, Canada. Rodden's study of astrology with the Church of Light, began in 1962 when she moved to Los Angeles. She sold her first astrology article in February, 1968, and in September, 1968, was invited to become a charter member of Professional Astrologers Inc. At the same time, she was invited to give a series of astrology lectures in San Jose and to teach at the Hollywood Astrological Society. She believed that her career as an astrologer began at that time. Beginning around 1973, she built up a clientele mainly of people in the entertainment industry, keeping to practical rather than psychological concerns in the client's charts. In 1976 she wrote a list of transit definitions for one of the first computer companies to sell monthly forecasts. She also wrote Sun signs for the astrology scrolls that sell from vending machines, annual sun sign books for checkout stands and astrologically-based advertising copy. In 1985 Rodden moved to a less urban part of California to concentrate more on research than clients. She first went to Europe in 1990. Lois was an active member of Inland Empire Mensa. Lois married George Rodden, an aircraft engineer and part-time musician, they had six children, one deceased. These were Amy, Baby, Betsy, Dana, Jon and Lynn Rodden. The family lived in the San Francisco Bay area for ten years before settling in the Los Angeles area where George Rodden worked for Ford Marketing Corporation and conducted youth symphonies as an avocation. In 1968, they separated, divorcing the following year. In addition to being editor/publisher of the long-running journal, "Data News" Rodden wrote five books of astrological data (the Astro-Data series), and three textbooks, "The Mercury Method of Chart Comparison"; "Modern Transits", and "Money, How to Find it With Astrology". Of her publication, she said (Data News, August 2001)  Rodden was best known for avidly collecting exact data of births and times of public figures and celebrities.