Linus Torvalds

Linus Torvalds

Born December 28, 1969 in Helsinki, Finland

Business leader

Sun in Capricorn

About Linus Torvalds

Finnish software engineer who created the Linux kernel, the foundation of the world's most widely used open-source operating system. Torvalds also created Git, the version control system used by virtually every software developer worldwide.

Linus Torvalds the Capricorn

Capricorn plays the long game. A cardinal earth sign ruled by Saturn, Capricorn builds carefully, works patiently, and is entirely unimpressed by shortcuts. Where other signs want the win, Capricorn wants the structure that keeps producing wins after everyone else has lost interest.

Linus Torvalds's birth chart

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces☉ 6°☽ 27°☿ 26°♀ 29°♂ 9°♃ 1°♄ 2°℞♅ 8°♆ 29°♇ 27°☊ 14°℞⚷ 2°
  • Trine
  • Sextile
  • Square
  • Opposition
  • Dotted: uncertain without a birth time
  • Conjunctions sit side by side

Drawn from the birth date alone: without a birth time there is no Rising sign or houses, and a planet that changed sign that day shows both signs.

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Linus Torvalds's planets

SunSun in Capricorn
MoonMoon in Leo or VirgoUncertain without a birth time
MercuryMercury in Capricorn
VenusVenus in Sagittarius or CapricornUncertain without a birth time
MarsMars in Pisces
JupiterJupiter in Scorpio
SaturnSaturn in Taurus
UranusUranus in Libra
NeptuneNeptune in Scorpio
PlutoPluto in Virgo

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10 planets
  • Earth4 of 10 planets
  • Air1 of 10 planets
  • Water3 of 10 planets

Strongest: Earth

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10 planets
  • Fixed4 of 10 planets
  • Mutable3 of 10 planets

Strongest: Fixed

The Moon could be in Leo or Virgo and Venus in Sagittarius or Capricorn, which can move one count each.

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