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Linus Torvalds’ birth chart

Software engineerBorn December 28, 1969, Helsinki, Finland

Serious, capable and ambitious.

  • SunCapricornThe Architect
  • MoonLeoor Virgo
  • VenusSagittariusor Capricorn

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he is

    Sun in Capricorn, the Architect

    Serious, capable and ambitious. Builds a life step by step, and gets more playful and lighter with age. He needs room to be himself, and any rule that fits too tightly gets broken.

    The Sun square Uranus (close at 2.2°)

  2. What he needs

    Moon in Leo or Virgo, the Warm Heart

    Proud, warm and loyal in feeling. Needs to be appreciated, and makes loved ones feel like stars. His feelings and his imagination pull in different directions: he lives between what is real and what he longs for.

    The Moon square Neptune (close at 2.4°) · For a birth after 5:21 p.m., his Moon was in Virgo.

  3. How he loves

    Venus in Sagittarius or Capricorn, the Adventurer

    Loves openly and with good humour. Needs freedom, honesty and someone to explore the world with. Affection comes to him with generosity attached: his heart and his optimism help each other.

    Venus sextile Jupiter (close at 1.9°) · For a birth after 1:04 p.m., his Venus was in Capricorn.

  4. How he thinks

    Mercury in Capricorn, the Planner

    Practical, measured and dryly funny. Trusts experience over theory and gets to the point. A probing mind: he gets to the bottom of things, and his words have power when he chooses to use them.

    Mercury trine Pluto (close at 1.2°)

  5. What drives him

    Mars in Pisces, the Gentle Warrior

    Moves by intuition and feeling. Finds strength in service and in standing up for someone else. Effort and restlessness keep catching each other off guard, and his plans change at short notice.

    Mars quincunx Uranus (almost exact at 0.9°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    In his chart, earth signs hold the most planets: the practical and the solid.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Linus Torvalds was born five days after a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 82% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Sunday, six days after the December solstice.

  • Saturn return

    For Linus Torvalds, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1998 and 1999, at 28: his first Saturn return. The second begins in 2028. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Capricorn

You and Linus Torvalds

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The chart

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The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.

Linus Torvalds’ chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is Linus Torvalds’ zodiac sign?

Capricorn. Linus Torvalds was born on December 28, 1969, with the Sun in Capricorn, the Architect. Serious, capable and ambitious. Builds a life step by step, and gets more playful and lighter with age.

What is Linus Torvalds’ Moon sign?

Leo or Virgo. The Moon moved from Leo into Virgo at 5:21 p.m. that day, local time: in Leo for a birth before then, in Virgo for one after.

What is Linus Torvalds’ rising sign?

The rising sign needs the birth time to the minute, so this page leaves it out: everything on it held all day on December 28, 1969. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

How does your chart compare with Linus Torvalds’?

Set your chart beside Linus Torvalds’ and see how the two meet, area by area: as friends, in love, in how you talk, working together and under one roof. It is free.

Sources and credits

Date and place of birth: Wikidata, and Linus Torvalds’ Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.

Photo: Lf Asia, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (the licence). The file and its full credit.

The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.

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