Seamus Heaney Age, Birthday, Zodiac Sign and Birth Chart

Seamus Heaney was an Irish poet born in Bellaghy, Northern Ireland, on April 13, 1939. He became one of the foremost poets in the English language and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995 for his significant contributions to poetry. Heaney's work is celebrated for its exploration of themes related to identity, nature, and the human experience, drawing deeply from his Irish roots.

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Zodiac Sign (Western)
Aries

Sunsign, Tropical Zodiac

Zodiac Sign (Vedic)
Capricorn

Moonsign, Sidereal Zodiac

Age (Today)
86 years, 2 months, 5 days

Your next birthday is 298 days away.

Death Anniversary
Saturday, August 30, 2025

Next death anniversary is 72 days away.

Death Date
August 30, 2013

Place of Birth
Castledawson

Time Zone - Europe/London (0:0 W)

Chinese Zodiac Sign
Rabbit (兔)
Birth Number
4

Life Path Number
3
Name Number (Chaldean)
44 => 8

Name Number (Pythagorean)
1

Meaning of the name - Seamus

God hears, the Lord has heard

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April 13, 1939 Facts

Generation Group

Seamus Heaney belongs to the Silent Generation group.


Place of Birth: Castledawson

Place of Death: Dublin

Cause of Death: stroke

Educated At: St Columb's College | Queen's University Belfast | Bates College

Occupation: linguist | university teacher | author | translator | playwright | poet | writer | actor

Spouses: Marie Devlin

Employers: University of California, Berkeley | Harvard University

Awards Received: Ulysses Medal | Member of the Royal Irish Academy | Cunningham Medal | honorary doctorate of the University of La Coruña | AWB Vincent Literary Award | Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature | Sikkens Prize | Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres | Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism | St. Louis Literary Award | Poetry Now Award | People of the Year Awards | Golden Wreath | honorary doctor of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow | PEN Translation Prize | Irish PEN Award | Golden Rose Award | Eric Gregory Award | E. M. Forster Award | Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service | Bodley Medal | Flaiano Prize | James Joyce Awards | David Cohen Prize | WH Smith Literary Award | Griffin Poetry Prize | Costa Book Awards | Cholmondeley Award | Irish Book Awards | Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize | Lannan Literary Awards | Forward Poetry Prize | T. S. Eliot Prize | Horst Bienek Award for Poetry | Duff Cooper Prize | Somerset Maugham Award | Nobel Prize in Literature


Astrology Analysis

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 April 13, 1939

Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.
Planet Position (Tropical, Western) Transits on April 13, 2025 Secondary Progressions for April 13, 2025
Sun 22 Aries 39 23 Aries 49 15 Cancer 25
Moon 12 Aquarius 27 28 Libra 58 0 Aries 28
Mercury 6 Aries 8 28 Pisces 22 11 Leo 16
Venus 15 Pisces 34 24 Pisces 38 29 Gemini 16
Mars 12 Capricorn 26 28 Cancer 7 3 Aquarius 12
Jupiter 23 Pisces 59 18 Gemini 3 8 Aries 0
Saturn 21 Aries 21 25 Pisces 52 0 Taurus 16
Uranus 16 Taurus 23 25 Taurus 23 20 Taurus 56
Neptune 21 Virgo 9 0 Aries 30 20 Virgo 54
Pluto 29 Cancer 13 3 Aquarius 42 0 Leo 37
Rahu 9 Scorpio 27 26 Pisces 4 4 Scorpio 53
Ketu 9 Taurus 27 26 Virgo 4 4 Taurus 53

Chandra Kundali (Equal House, North Indian Diamond Chart)

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