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Glen Hansard

Glen Hansard (born April 21, 1970, Dublin, Ireland; died 2026), was an Irish musician and songwriter. Best-known releases include The Swell Season. Hansard's honours include Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Glen Hansard’s zodiac sign was Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Dog, with Life Path 6 in numerology.

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Glen Hansard’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Guardian

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional plane.

How common is the name Glen in the U.S.?

#2026

US rank in 2025

~127,054

Americans share it since 1880

1957

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Glen’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.

Lucky numbers

6 · 3 · 4 · 9

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Friday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Diamond, Diamond, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

🌼 Daisy · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🤍 White Magnolia

White · Blush · Moonlight white

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What the chart says

Glen, according to the stars

Core essence

Glen is the steady one, the person whose yes means yes and whose Sunday looks the same as it did last year because it was a good Sunday. The core of Glen is a deep loyalty to what is real: good food, a good bed, people who show up. They move slowly on purpose. Once they have decided something, it is decided, and that is a comfort to everyone around them.

How Glen wants to be loved

Glen wants to be loved slowly and for real. Venus in Taurus is touch, food, the good blanket, the plan that does not change. They are sensual and steady and they want to be shown, not told: the small physical kindnesses count double. Once Glen is yours, they stay, and they expect the same.

How Glen creates

How Glen makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Glen creates by polishing, by taste, by knowing exactly which detail makes the whole thing sing. Sensitive to being handled roughly, and worth handling well.

Instinct

Instinct: Glen 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. Glen 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: being bored, and being talked over. Mars in Gemini fights with words and wins, then forgets it happened. Glen scatters energy across three projects at once and somehow finishes two. The trick is choosing the argument worth having.

Computed from Glen's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Glen sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Glen

You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Glen

You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.

PrivateExpressive
Glen

You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Glen

You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.

PracticalVisionary
Glen

You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Glen

You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Glen Hansard

Three stars chosen from the real sky above Dublin on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

Glen’s birth-night reference starTalithawhite · Ursa MajorTalitha, in Ursa Major. A white star, 82.3° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Talitha →The warmest lightArcturuswarm orange · BoötesArcturus, in Boötes. A warm orange star, 27.1° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Arcturus →

No public birth time is available, so this is a 9:00 p.m. reference evening sky for that date and place. It is connected to the night of birth; it is not the sky at the birth minute, and no other reading on this page uses that time. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.

Glen Hansard at a glance

Taurus Sun

Comfort first, then everything else.

Glen Hansard's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of April 21, 1970, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Taurus readings associate the sign with steadiness, sensory pleasure and things that last. Astrologers describe it as the fixed earth sign, ruled by Venus, and read it for loyalty, routine and a slow, deliberate pace. The corresponding tension is resistance to change, described in the tradition as stubbornness that presents itself as principle.

Metal Dog

Fair, direct, dependable.

Glen Hansard was born on April 21, 1970, which falls in a Metal Dog year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Dog readings emphasise loyalty, honesty and a strong sense of what is fair. The Chinese almanacs describe the Dog as the guardian of the cycle, protective of its own and quick to notice a wrong. The corresponding caution in the tradition is anxiety: a watchfulness that does not know when to stand down.

Life Path 6

Care is the whole job.

Glen Hansard's birth date, April 21, 1970, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 6 readings associate the number with care, responsibility and beauty: home, family and the instinct to support the people nearby. Numerologists describe it as the path of the nurturer. The corresponding tension is over-responsibility, with the caution that carrying other people's burdens can become a way of avoiding one's own.

What stands out in Glen’s chart

Glen’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Glen Hansard, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 21° to 4° Libra or Scorpio depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun faces off with Jupiter · Opposition, 0.2° orbMars faces off with Neptune · Opposition, 1.6° orbMercury fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 2° orbSun faces off with Moon · Opposition, 2.7° orbMoon fuses with Jupiter · Conjunction, 2.9° orbVenus flows with Pluto · Trine, 3° orbMars flows with Uranus · Trine, 3.9° orbMercury flows with Pluto · Trine, 5° orbSun in Taurus · 0°55′☉0°Moon in Libra · 28°14′☽28°Mercury in Taurus · 20°10′☿20°Venus in Taurus · 22°11′♀22°Mars in Gemini · 1°50′♂1°Jupiter in Scorpio · 1°07′ · retrograde♃℞1°Saturn in Taurus · 10°39′♄10°Uranus in Libra · 5°44′ · retrograde♅℞5°Neptune in Sagittarius · 0°17′ · retrograde♆℞0°Pluto in Virgo · 25°11′ · retrograde♇℞25°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1. A documented time would place them from the Ascendant instead.

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Conjunction 0°
Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

Placements

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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow

Aspects across every possible birth time

Stable aspects hold for any birth hour. Possible ones depend on the hour, so their orb is a range rather than a number. Orb policy western_v1.

  • stableSunoppositionJupiter0.0° to 0.7° orb

    Glen’s core identity pulls against their growth from across the wheel.

  • stableMarsoppositionNeptune1.2° to 1.9° orb

    Glen’s drive pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionVenus1.8° to 2.3° orb

    Glen’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableVenustrinePluto2.4° to 3.6° orb

    Glen’s affections flow straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • stableMarstrineUranus3.5° to 4.3° orb

    Glen’s drive flows straight into their need for freedom. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • stableMercurytrinePluto4.7° to 5.4° orb

    Glen’s mind flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • possibleSunoppositionMoonorb from 0.1° to 8.7° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonconjunctionJupiterorb from 0.1° to 9.4° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonoppositionSaturnorb from 6.0° to 18.8° depending on birth time

  • possibleMarstrinePlutoorb from 6.3° to 7.0° depending on birth time

  • possibleVenusoppositionNeptuneorb from 7.5° to 8.7° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire1 of 10
  • Earth5 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water1 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal2 of 10
  • Fixed5 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.

Glen’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith

Four minor bodies and the mean lunar apogee, placed in the same tropical zodiac as the planets above. None of these feed the chart signature, the rarity score or any ranking on this site: they are listed for readers who use them. Chiron, Ceres, Eros and Hygiea positions come from JPL Horizons; Black Moon Lilith is the mean apogee, the point most published Lilith tables use. The readings are the modern tradition’s, not AsterNym’s. Without a birth time the degree is the noon value and the day's movement is shown alongside it.

  • ⚷ ChironAries 7°45′ (moves 0.05° over the day)

    centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it

    Chiron in Aries is read as a sore spot around asserting oneself: Glen may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.

  • ⚳ CeresAries 3°39′ (moves 0.38° over the day)

    dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured

    Ceres in Aries is read as nurture through action: Glen looks after people by pushing them forward and expects the same in return.

  • ♡ ErosCapricorn 19°49′ (moves 0.28° over the day)

    near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire

    Eros in Capricorn is read as desire that respects competence and control. Glen is read as drawn to people who have built something.

  • ⚕ HygieaGemini 15°28′ (moves 0.29° over the day)

    main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well

    Hygiea in Gemini is read as health that lives in the nerves and the mind. The tradition has Glen needing variety and enough sleep in equal measure.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 14°57′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Leo is read as a pride that will not perform on demand. Glen is read as most dangerous when underestimated.

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb. The Moon is left out because its position moves 13° across an untimed day.

  • Eros trine Mercury 0.4°
  • Ceres sextile Mars 1.8°
  • Chiron opposition Uranus 2.0°
  • Ceres opposition Uranus 2.1°
  • Eros trine Venus 2.4°

Method: JPL Horizons heliocentric vectors, 1700–2100, cubic Hermite interpolation; geocentric, true ecliptic of date, tropical; geometric (no light-time or aberration); Lilith = mean lunar apogee (Chapront/Meeus mean perigee + 180°).

Glen’s dominant planets

Scored from rulerships, dispositors and aspect count. Without a birth time there is no Ascendant or house to score, and the Moon's sign is left out where it could change with the hour.

  1. 1. ♀ Venus11 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Taurus; in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Saturn, Uranus; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ☿ Mercury4 pts

    disposes Mars, Pluto; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ♇ Pluto3 pts

    disposes Jupiter; 2 major aspects

A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: Glen is read as choosing by what is beautiful and who is in the room.

How the score is built
  • Rules the Sun sign, Moon sign or Ascendant sign: 3 points each (traditional co-rulers of Scorpio, Aquarius and Pisces score half).
  • Sits in a sign it rules: 2 points.
  • Disposes another planet (that planet sits in a sign it rules): 1 point each.
  • Angular: 2 points in the first or tenth house, 1 point in the fourth or seventh (timed births only).
  • Every major aspect it makes: 1 point.

Dominance scoring is an AsterNym method. Other sites weight differently and can name a different leader for the same chart.

Configurations in Glen’s chart

Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy. The Moon is excluded without a birth time, so a shape that needs it is not claimed.

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Taurus · Sun, Mercury, Venus, SaturnThree 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 30° (orb 2°), semi-square 45° (orb 2°), quintile 72° (orb 1.5°), sesquiquadrate 135° (orb 2°), biquintile 144° (orb 1.5°), quincunx 150° (orb 2.5°). Pairs already in a major aspect are not repeated. Moon excluded without a birth time.

  • Sun biquintile Pluto 0.3°
  • Saturn sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.5°
  • Sun quincunx Neptune 0.6°
  • Mercury sesquiquadrate Uranus 0.6°
  • Mars quincunx Jupiter 0.7°
  • Jupiter semi-sextile Neptune 0.8°
  • Sun semi-sextile Mars 0.9°
  • Saturn biquintile Uranus 1.1°
  • Venus sesquiquadrate Uranus 1.4°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Glen Hansard, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.

Born the same day as Glen

Rob Riggle was born on April 21, 1970 too, the same date with the same year. The Sun sign, year animal and Life Path are shared exactly. Same sky, different lives.

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Glen’s cards

Every card is computed from April 21, 1970, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

The Lovers

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The Gilded Guardian

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Western zodiac

Taurus

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Chinese zodiac

Dog 戌

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♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Metal.

Year

庚

yang Metal

戌

Dog

Earth

roots & early life

Month

庚

yang Metal

辰

Dragon

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

辛

yin Metal

未

Goat

Earth

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Glen Hansard, so this chart has three pillars rather than four. The hour pillar, the rising sign and the birth-sky star all need a time, and we would rather leave them out than invent one.

Where this data comes from

Glen’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q220010, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. No documented birth time is available, so this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. Time-dependent results use a clearly labelled reference time and should not be read as their exact birth chart. Entries are matched to Wikidata by entity id rather than by name, kept only at day precision, and dropped where sources disagree on the date.

Portrait by Sven-Sebastian Sajak, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Glen Hansard at Wikipedia, glenhansard.com, IMDb, X and MusicBrainz.

Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. Every entry is checked against its Wikidata record; where a person shares a name with someone else, the entity id is what settles which of them this is. What we will not tell you sets out the claims this site refuses to make.

These are traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by Glen Hansard.

Quick answers about Glen Hansard’s chart

What zodiac sign was Glen Hansard?
Glen Hansard was a Taurus: born April 21, 1970, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Dog.
What was Glen Hansard's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Dog, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 21, 1970 birth.
What time was Glen Hansard born?
No reliably documented birth time is public, so AsterNym does not calculate an Ascendant. This chart uses date-only positions: the wheel shows a reference solar chart (the Sun's sign as house 1), and the Ascendant is left uncomputed instead of guessed from an unverified time.
What was Glen Hansard's Life Path number?
Life Path 6, calculated in numerology from the April 21, 1970 birth date.
What was Glen Hansard's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aries at 7°. Position from JPL Horizons for the April 21, 1970 birth date.
Where was Glen Hansard's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 14°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Glen Hansard's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Saturn, Uranus; 2 major aspects). Mercury is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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