Famous birth charts · Bill Joy
Bill Joy’s chart in full
Born November 8, 1954, Farmington Hills, Michigan, United States. The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
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The chart, fact by fact
Planets
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The ten bodies astrology reads: the Sun, the Moon and eight planets. The planet says which part of a person it speaks for, the sign says how that part behaves, and the house says where in life it shows.
Sun in Scorpio
The Detective. Intense, private and loyal.
15°46′
Moon in Aries
The Quick Flame. Quick to flare, quick to forgive.
18°45′
Mercury in Libra
The Mediator. Both sides of the question.
28°58′
Venus in Scorpioretrograde
The Devotee. All or nothing.
26°13′
Mars in Aquarius
The Rebel. Rebel with a cause.
12°07′
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Jupiter in Cancer
The Generous Host. A home with room for more.
29°50′
Saturn in Scorpio
The Stalwart. Strength under pressure.
12°31′
Uranus in Cancerretrograde
27°42′
Neptune in Libra
26°32′
Pluto in Leo
26°42′
Beyond the planets
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Points read beside the planets. The rising sign, or Ascendant, is the sign coming up over the eastern horizon at the minute of birth: the first impression. The Midheaven is the highest point of the sky: career and public life. The North Node is where the Moon’s path crosses the Sun’s: the direction a life grows in. Chiron, a small body between Saturn and Uranus, is a lifelong sore spot and the gift it leaves for others. Black Moon Lilith, where the Moon’s orbit swings farthest from Earth, is what a person keeps untamed.
North Node in Capricorn
The direction his life grows in: Capricorn, ambitious and patient.
6°49′
Chiron in Capricorn
In Capricorn, Chiron is the feeling of having grown up too soon, and a gift for showing others how to stand on their own.
24°02′
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio
In Scorpio, Lilith is an intensity and a private power that stay unexplained.
16°27′
The rising sign and the Midheaven need the birth time to the minute, so they are left out.
Patterns
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When several aspects lock into one shape, such as a triangle or a cross, the planets in it act together, and the shape says how: easily, under strain, or with one planet as the focus.
Stellium
Three or more planets gathered in one sign or one house, so that part of the chart speaks loudest.
In his chart, his identity, his heart and his discipline (the Sun, Venus and Saturn) gather in Scorpio, and that part of life draws his attention first.
Aspects by strength
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An aspect is a set angle between two bodies in the sky at birth. Some angles flow, some rub, and some fuse two bodies into one. The number is how far the angle is from exact: the smaller it is, the stronger the link.
Only the aspects that held from the first minute of the day to the last are shown; each figure is for noon.
Neptune sextile Pluto almost exact at 0.2°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Mars square Saturn almost exact at 0.4°
Drive with the brakes on: he wants to move, something holds him back, and the friction makes him tough.
Venus square Pluto almost exact at 0.5°
Love comes with high stakes: intense attachments, and a need to know exactly where he stands.
Mercury square Jupiter almost exact at 0.9°
Big ideas and loose details: he thinks on a large scale, and the small print is where things get away from him.
Uranus square Neptune close at 1.2°
The urge for change and the longing for ideals clash, and he lives with both.
Mercury square Uranus close at 1.3°
His mind runs ahead of the conversation: he says the unexpected thing, and not everyone is ready to hear it.
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Venus trine Uranus close at 1.5°
He loves the unusual: original taste, unexpected friendships and a style all his own.
Jupiter conjunction Uranus close at 2.1°
An inventive optimism: he believes in the new, and he takes leaps others would not.
Mercury sextile Pluto close at 2.3°
A probing mind: he gets to the bottom of things, and his words have power when he chooses to use them.
Mercury conjunction Neptune close at 2.4°
A poet’s mind: he hears what goes unsaid, and his best ideas come from somewhere hard to explain.
The Sun conjunction Saturn wide at 3.2°
Serious from early on: purpose and duty are one thing to him, and he treats his own life as work to be done well.
Jupiter square Neptune wide at 3.3°
His hopes run ahead of what is real, and he learns to check a beautiful idea against the facts.
Venus trine Jupiter wide at 3.6°
Affection comes to him with generosity attached: his heart and his optimism help each other.
The Sun square Mars wide at 3.6°
He fights hard for what he wants, and his temper is part of his courage.
Chart signature
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The chart’s balance at a glance: which of the four elements and three modes it leans on, which body is most connected, and any body standing alone.
Elements
Modes
No earth at all, so the practical, settled side is the one he has to find.
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