She was interested in philosophy and graphology at an early age and from 1900 onward she was active as a writer for various magazines.
In 1923 a supporter of Adolf Hitler sent Ebertin the 34-year-old future leader's detailed birth date, while concealing his identity.
She wrote: Elsbeth died on 28 November 1944 in Freiburg, Germany at the time of an Allied bomb attack during World War II.
In 1926 "In the Stars", a film adaptation of her novel "Der Mars im Todeshaus" was released in many German cities, according to a report in the Berlin journal Die Filmwoche (No.
The suppression continued as Hitler and the Nazis increased their power, until they imposed a complete ban on astrology in the later years of their rule.