Andrew Sean Greer
Andrew Sean Greer (born November 5, 1970, Washington, D.C., United States), aged 56, is an American novelist and short story writer. Greer is best known for Less. Greer's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Fernanda Pivano Award for American Literature and Guggenheim Fellowship.
Andrew Sean Greer’s zodiac sign is Scorpio, Chinese zodiac is Metal Dog, with Life Path 6 in numerology.
Scorpio, Chinese zodiac is 
Metal Dog, with 
Life Path 6 in numerology.Your match with Andrew
Andrew Sean Greer’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Guardian
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional plane.
How common is the name Andrew in the U.S.?
#73
US rank in 2025
~1,334,415
Americans share it since 1880
1987
its peak year
The SSA recorded 11,989 American boys and 51 girls named Andrew in 1970: 32nd among boys and 1,756th among girls for the year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Andrew’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
22
Expression · building at scale
4
Soul Urge · solid ground
9
Personality · generous, worldly
The name opens on A (1) and closes on W (5). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Andrew’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
6 · 3 · 4 · 9
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Topaz, Red Coral, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🤍 White Camellia
Gold · Crimson · Silver
The record
What sets Andrew apart
Vivien Leigh (1913) and Art Garfunkel (1941) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Andrew, according to the stars
Core essence
Andrew does not do surface. The core of Andrew is intensity, the kind that wants the real story and can tell when it is not getting it. They love completely or not at all, keep their own counsel, and have a private loyalty that runs deeper than anyone outside it will ever know. Trust from Andrew is earned slowly and never given lightly.
How Andrew wants to be loved
Andrew wants to be loved completely or not at all. Venus in Scorpio is intense, private and all in, and wants the same depth back: no games, no half measures. Trust is the whole thing. Be honest with Andrew even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.
How Andrew creates
How Andrew makes things happen: they make things grow. A Yin Earth day master is the garden soil, generous, nourishing, the reason other people's ideas take root. Andrew creates by caring for the thing until it works, and they are often the quiet reason a whole group is thriving. The work is keeping some of that richness for themselves.
Instinct
Instinct: Andrew is loyal to the bone, a Dog year, and their gut reaction is to protect their people. Honest, fair, a little anxious about the world, and the most dependable friend in the room. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. Andrew is here to care, to make a home wherever they are, to be the person others come to. Responsible, warm, a little too willing to carry everyone, and learning to let themselves be looked after.
Triggers
Triggers: unfairness, and being forced to pick a side. Mars in Libra hates open conflict and will negotiate for hours to avoid it, then dig in absolutely when a principle is at stake. Andrew fights for balance. The lesson is that sometimes the fair thing is to just say no.
Computed from Andrew's birth date. Working below.
Where Andrew sits
Six lines
Andrew’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.
You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth night
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Three stars chosen from the real sky above Washington on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Washington that night
Computed for 38.90°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Alpheratz stood nearest the zenith over Washington at 9 p.m. that evening, 79.5° above the horizon in Andromeda.
Vega was the brightest thing up that night, one of 99 catalog stars above the horizon.
Washington sits at 38.9°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −51.1° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.
Sun 46° below the horizon, Moon up and 45% lit at first quarter.
How unusual Andrew's chart is
Chart pattern score
71 / 100 · Rare
5-planet stellium in Scorpio · No Fire planets · Venus retrograde
An AsterNym index built from stelliums, yods, grand crosses and chart shape. It is not a population percentile, and a high score is not a better chart. Without a birth time the houses are left out of it.
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Scorpio Sun
Scorpio SunIntense, private, loyal.
Andrew Sean Greer's Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of November 5, 1970, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Scorpio means →Metal Dog
Metal DogFair, direct, dependable.
Andrew Sean Greer was born on November 5, 1970, which falls in a Metal Dog year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Dog means →Life Path 6
Life Path 6Care is the whole job.
Andrew Sean Greer's birth date, November 5, 1970, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 6 means →What stands out in Andrew’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Andrew Sean Greer's date-only chart is Venus opposition Saturn, with an orb of under 1°.
- Five planets, Sun, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Neptune, sit together in Scorpio, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Seven of the ten planets fall in Fixed signs, making Fixed the strongest modality in this chart.
- Andrew Sean Greer combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the emotional plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Guardian.
Andrew’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 25° to 9° Capricorn or Aquarius depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableMercuryoppositionSaturn0.2° to 1.9° orb
Andrew’s mind pulls against their discipline from across the wheel.
stableVenusoppositionSaturn0.4° to 0.9° orb
Andrew’s affections pull against their discipline from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableMarsconjunctionUranus0.6° to 1.2° orb
Andrew’s drive and need for freedom act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableMercuryconjunctionVenus0.7° to 2.8° orb
stableNeptunesextilePluto1.1° orb
stableMercuryconjunctionJupiter2.2° to 3.6° orb
stableSunconjunctionJupiter2.4° to 3.2° orb
stableJupiteroppositionSaturn3.8° to 4.1° orb
stableVenusconjunctionJupiter4.2° to 5.0° orb
stableSunconjunctionMercury5.4° to 6.0° orb
stableSunoppositionSaturn6.2° to 7.3° orb
possibleMoonsextileNeptuneorb from 0.1° to 9.2° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire0 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water5 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal2 of 10
- Fixed7 of 10
- Mutable1 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart, with no planets in Fire signs.
Andrew’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Aries 6°38′ (moves 0.03° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ Ceres ℞Aries 27°58′ (moves 0.21° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosCapricorn 24°06′ (moves 0.47° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaLeo 14°18′ (moves 0.16° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithVirgo 7°02′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Hygiea square Sun 1.4°
- Hygiea square Jupiter 1.4°
Andrew’s dominant planets
1. ♇ Pluto9 pts
rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Neptune; 1 major aspect
2. ♀ Venus6 pts
disposes Mars, Saturn, Uranus; 3 major aspects
3. ☿ Mercury5 pts
disposes Pluto; 4 major aspects
Configurations in Andrew’s chart
Stellium in Scorpio · Sun, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, NeptuneThree or more planets in one sign (four, or three with a luminary, by AsterNym's count): a concentration astrologers read as that sign's themes dominating the chart.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Sun semi-square Pluto 0.9°
- Sun semi-sextile Uranus 1.6°
- Jupiter semi-square Pluto 1.9°
More people like Andrew
Other writers
- Jon Meacham1969
- Selina Tusitala Marsh1971
- Samantha Power1970
- Elizabeth Bear1971
- Charlie Jane Anders1969
- Han Kang1970
Born in United States
- David BenioffAmerican writer and producer (born 1970)
- Megyn KellyAmerican journalist
- Bethenny FrankelAmerican television personality
- Regina HallAmerican actress
- Nicole Ari ParkerAmerican actress
- Tonya HardingAmerican figure skater
More charts like Andrew’s
Fellow Scorpio suns
- Patrick PaulAmerican football player
- Quinn MeinerzAmerican football player (born 1998)
- Malik HerringAmerican football player
Born in Dog years
- Stan LeeAmerican comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer
- Chris Van HollenUnited States Senator from Maryland
- Richard BlumenthalUnited States Senator from Connecticut since 2011
Also born on November 5
- Vivien Leigh1913
- Art Garfunkel1941
- Eliud Kipchoge1984
- Kris Jenner1955
- AuronPlay1988
- Ryan Adams1974
Fellow Yin Earth day masters
- Gina GershonAmerican actress
- Blake Fielder-CivilBritish actor
- Chip Gainesco-star of HGTV's Fixer Upper
Other Scorpio Dog charts
- Anne HathawayAmerican actress
- Sally FieldAmerican actress
- Ethan HawkeAmerican actor and writer
- Jamie Lee CurtisAmerican actress and author
Other Steadfast Guardians
- Iris MurdochIrish-born British writer and philosopher
- Damon GalgutSouth African writer (1963-)
- Linda B. BuckAmerican biologist
- Andrew HuxleyEnglish physiologist and biophysicist
Famous people with Life Path 6
- Robert Cecillawyer, politician and diplomat in the United Kingdom
- Thomas MannGerman novelist and Nobel Prize laureate
- T. S. EliotUS-British poet
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Andrew’s cards
Computed from November 5, 1970. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The LoversAsterNym identity card
The Steadfast GuardianWestern zodiac
ScorpioChinese zodiac
Dog 戌Life Path
6 · Guardian♂ Ruled by Mars
Iron Fe
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Earth.
Year
庚
yang Metal
戌
Dog
Earth
roots & early life
Month
丙
yang Fire
戌
Dog
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
己
yin Earth
丑
Ox
Earth
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Andrew’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q457601 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. With no documented birth time this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. The banner above lists what that leaves out. Entries are matched to Wikidata by entity id rather than by name, kept at day precision, and dropped where sources disagree on the date.
Tropical zodiac, whole-sign houses, modern rulers. Aspects on the western_v1 orb policy; minor ones at 1.5° to 2.5°, skipped where a major already holds. Minor bodies from JPL Horizons heliocentric vectors, Lilith as mean apogee. Dominance is an AsterNym score — rulerships, dispositors, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.
Portrait by Fuzheado, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Andrew Sean Greer at Wikipedia, andrewgreer.com and X.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Andrew Sean Greer.
Quick answers about Andrew Sean Greer’s chart
- How old is Andrew Sean Greer?
- Andrew Sean Greer is 56 years old, born November 5, 1970 in Washington, D.C., United States.
- What zodiac sign is Andrew Sean Greer?
- Andrew Sean Greer is a Scorpio: born November 5, 1970, which puts the Sun in Scorpio for the whole of that day.
- What is Andrew Sean Greer's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dog, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 5, 1970 birth.
- What is Andrew Sean Greer's Life Path number?
- Life Path 6, calculated in numerology.
- What is Andrew Sean Greer's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 6°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Andrew Sean Greer's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Virgo at 7°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Andrew Sean Greer's dominant planet?
- Pluto, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Neptune; 1 major aspect). Venus is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
