Birth Chart
Glenn Gould
Glenn Herbert Gold
Sun Libra
Moon Leo
Ascendant Taurus
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Libra - 02°43' - in house 6
↣ Moon in Leo - 07°40' - in house 4
↣ Mercury in Virgo - 29°57' - in house 6
↣ Venus in Leo - 17°41' - in house 5
↣ Mars in Leo - 03°08' - in house 4
↣ Jupiter in Virgo - 09°51' - in house 5/6
↣ Saturn in Capricorn - 28°09' - in house 10 - retrograde
↣ Uranus in Aries - 22°09' - in house 12 - retrograde
↣ Neptune in Virgo - 08°39' - in house 5
↣ Pluto in Cancer - 23°17' - in house 4
↣ North Node in Pisces - 17°04' - in house 12
↣ Ascendant in Taurus - 11°10' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Capricorn - 21°58' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Aries - 25°36'
Influences in houses
↣ Sun in house 6
↣ Moon in house 4
↣ Mercury in house 6
↣ Venus in house 5
↣ Mars in house 4
↣ Jupiter in house 5/6
↣ Saturn in house 10
↣ Uranus in house 12
↣ Neptune in house 5
↣ Pluto in house 4
↣ North Node in house 12
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
Aspects
↣ Sun and Moon sextile (4°57' separating)
↣ Sun and Mercury conjunction (2°46' applying) antiparallel
↣ Sun and Mars sextile (0°26' applying)
↣ Sun and Saturn trine (4°33' separating)
↣ Sun and Equatorial Ascendant parallel
↣ Moon and Venus conjunction (10°02' applying)
↣ Moon and Mars conjunction (4°31' separating) parallel
↣ Moon and Saturn opposition (9°30' separating) antiparallel
↣ Moon and Pluto parallel
↣ Moon and Ascendant square (3°30' separating)
↣ Moon and Midheaven antiparallel
↣ Mercury and Mars sextile (3°11' applying)
↣ Mercury and Saturn trine (1°48' separating)
↣ Venus and Uranus trine (4°28' applying)
↣ Venus and Ascendant parallel
↣ Mars and Saturn opposition (4°59' separating) antiparallel
↣ Jupiter and Uranus parallel
↣ Jupiter and Neptune conjunction (1°12' separating) parallel
↣ Jupiter and North Node opposition (7°12' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Ascendant trine (1°19' separating)
↣ Saturn and Pluto opposition (4°52' applying)
↣ Saturn and Equatorial Ascendant square (2°33' applying)
↣ Saturn and Midheaven conjunction (6°12' applying) parallel
↣ Uranus and Pluto square (1°08' separating)
↣ Uranus and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (3°27' separating)
↣ Uranus and Midheaven square (0°11' applying)
↣ Neptune and Ascendant trine (2°30' separating)
↣ Pluto and Equatorial Ascendant square (2°19' separating)
↣ Pluto and Midheaven opposition (1°20' applying) antiparallel
↣ North Node and Ascendant sextile (5°54' applying)
↣ North Node and Midheaven sextile (4°54' separating)
Birth data
- Original name
- Glenn Herbert Gold
- Chart date
- 25/09/1932
- Chart time
- 19:34
- Date and time quality
- C Unknown source origin what does this mean?
- Data origin
- Astro-Databank
- Location
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Toronto (ON), Canada - Latitude and longitude
- 43°39' North · 79°23' West
- Time zone
- 05:00 West
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About
Glenn Gould (born Glenn Herbert Gold) was a Canadian pianist and a central figure in twentieth‑century classical music. Best known for his interpretations of Johann Sebastian Bach, he was noted for extraordinary technical precision and contrapuntal clarity, and for a repertoire that ranged from pre‑Baroque composers to twentieth‑century figures.
Known for unconventional repertory choices—eschewing much of the Romantic literature in favor of Bach, Beethoven and modern composers—Gould built a career that transformed studio performance. At 31 he abandoned the life of a touring concert pianist to devote himself to recording and to producing radio and television content about music.
Beyond his work as a performer, he wrote musicological texts, produced audio documentaries (the so‑called Solitude Trilogy) and hosted programs that blended speech and music. His eccentric personality, practice methods and posture at the piano made him a singular figure whose influence endures in how people think about interpretation, recording and the mediation of classical music.
