The Astrology of a Billionaire: Bill Gates
The Astrology of a Billionaire: Bill Gates [2nd wealthiest on planet]
By Jenny Dusky
American computer millionaire, the richest man in the world in the '90s. His company, Microsoft, went public in 1986. By 1991 he was worth some $4.4 billion, No.3 on Forbes' 1991 list of richest Americans.
sun: scorpio
moon: aries
asc: cancer in terms with saturn
chart | speculum | profections | firdaria | directions | transits | SR's
life of a computer geek - microsoft - philanthropist
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FORBES 2019 & BILLIONAIRES: According to company Forbes in 2019, Bill Gates kept the position of the 2nd wealthiest person on planet Earth [since 2008]. The first position being held by Jeff Bezos [which I can’t find the right birth data] and 3rd place Warren Buffett [red his astrology here] still holds the same position for the year of 2019. If you wish to read others articles related to the astrology of billionaires written also by Jenny Dusky, read the astrology of Billionaire Stavros Niarchos or/and Kylie Jenner.
SUN-NEPTUNE CONJUNCTION
SHINNY DREAMS COMING TRUE
"Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose."
Many wealthy people that succeed in life doing what is knows best [what they dream they make it through] usually shows Sun-Neptune conjunction. Billionaire Kylie Jenner, tycoon Stavros Niarchos, savy investor Warren Buffett, artist Britney Spears, etc. This aspect is actually quite curious. Many would argue: “but Neptune is the planet of deception!” – Well, that is indeed true. But the thing is, we can’t forget the fact that all planets also have positive attribution, even Mars and Saturn. Neptune is the planet of ideals and dreams, and it makes sense once it is the higher octave of Venus, the planet of money. Bill’s natal Neptune sextile the Jupiter-Pluto conjunction in the 2nd house of money. read more ahead:
JUPITER-PLUTO CONJUNCTION
powerfully resourceful
"Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning."
This is a powerful aspect of powerful resources, and it lies on the 2nd house of Money/Income of Gates’ radix. Many wealthy people also shows an aspect with these 2 planets: American president Donald Trump; artist Britney Spears, savy investor Warren Buffett, etc. Jupiter is the planet of abundance [multiplies] and Pluto that of huge resources.
VENUS-SATURN CONJUNCTION
THE TYCOON ASPECT
Many wealthy people shows the conjunction or aspect of Venus-Saturn: American president Donald Trump; tycoon Stavros Niarchos, richest man Jeff Bezos, etc. This is the famous Tycoon Aspect which many wealthy people owns in their birth charts. Venus is the ‘money’ planet while Saturn makes a career about it – the planet of ultimate success. Also, Venus rejoices in the 5th house!
SATURN CONJUNCT FIXED STAR UNUKALHAI
A DANGEROUS BUT FAME-ORIENTED FIXED STAR
Despite the bad fame which fixed star Unukalhai receives, it boosts success when aligned with Saturn, and add Venus in the game, this may as well include profits and even fame. Artist and also wealthy once Marilyn Monroe had the same placement. Note that Simmonite, the nature of such fixed star had actually the influence of Saturn-Venus, and not Saturn-Mars as opposed to what Ptolemy described. Read about their differences:
Influences: According to Ptolemy it is of the nature of Saturn and Mars; to Simmonite, of Saturn and Venus; to Pearce, of Saturn, Venus and Mars; and, to Alvidas, of Mars and Saturn in opposition to Venus. It gives immorality, accidents, violence and danger of poison. [Robson*, p.213.]
ASSERTIVE PERSONALITY
THE MOON-MARS OPPOSITION
While the 3rd wealthiest man on planet [Warren Buffett] has Mars-Saturn opposition, Donald Trump and Stravos Nirachos [had] Sun-Moon opposition, Gates has Moon-Mars opposition, which to a degree can tell us he had an assertive personality, once the Moon is ruler of 1st house of personality. Mars is the planet of assertiveness, and the Moon as ruler of 1st house would ruler over entire Gates’ actions & directions in life.
All initiated [Mars] in his dormitory [Moon] while at Harvard.
“The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow."
Gates is known as a workaholic, turning vacations into “think weeks” and remarking that he did not take a day off for 13 years. The Moon is located in the 10th house of workaholic nature by effort.
The Chart &
Speculum - Aspects - Almudebit
Chronocrators, Primary & Secondary Directions, Transits, Eclipses, etc.
THE MICROSOFT BEGINNING & OTHERS
timeline of major events of warren buffett & PRIMARY DIRECTIONS INVOLVED:
- 1973 [Feb, 12th] - Bill Gates enters Harvard University: Bill Gates leaves his home in Washington to attend Harvard university where he meets another business partner Steve Ballmer.
- PRIMARY DIRECTION: NEPTUNE CONJ. VENUS
- 1975 [May, 9th] - Builds computer in dormitory:Bill Gates signs up for a job with MITS.
- PRIMARY DIRECTION: NEPTUNE CONJ. SATURN
- 1976 [May, 8th] - Bill Gates and Paul Allen register the trademark “Microsoft.” and now work together.
- PRIMARY DIRECTION: MARS CONJ. SUN
- PRIMARY DIRECTION: NEPTUNE OPPOSITE MC
- 1978 [Jan, 4th] - First Million: Bill Gates gains a reputation for being tough, but focused.
- PRIMARY DIRECTION: MARS CONJ. SUN
- PRIMARY DIRECTION: MOON OPPOSITE SUN
- 1981 [Jun, 25th] - Gates oversaw Microsoft's company restructuring on June 25, 1981, which re-incorporated the company in Washington state and made Gates the president of Microsoft and its board chairman.
- PRIMARY DIRECTION: MOON CONJ. SUN
- 1981 [Aug, 21st] - Microsoft launches the MS-DOS system in America: Microsoft incorporates and buys the rights to the operating system “DOS” from Seattle Computer Products.
- PRIMARY DIRECTION: MERCURY CONJ. VENUS
- 1983 [Apr, 10th] - Announces Windows and Allan leaves: Allen leaves microsoft and Bill Gates Becomes in judge of software architectery
- PRIMARY DIRECTION: SUN CONJ. IC
- 1987 [Nov, 7th] - At age 31, Gates becomes the youngest billionaire ever. He meets his future wife, Melinda French, at a Microsoft event in New York.
- PRIMARY DIRECTION: PLUTO CONJ. IC
- PRIMARY DIRECTION: VENUS CONJ. MERCURY
- 1994 [Mar, 14th] - Bill Gates gets married to Melinda who is from france the couple now share the job and Bill Gates now also works for the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation.
- PRIMARY DIRECTION: VENUS CONJ. MARS
- 1995 [Jul, 10th] - Becoming World's richest: at age 39 and with a fortune of $12.9 billion, Gates becomes the world’s richest man. Later that summer, Microsoft introduces Internet Explorer to the world, as part of Windows 95.
- PRIMARY DIRECTION: JUPITER CONJ. IC
- 1995 [Aug, 24th] - Windows 95' is Lunched.
- PRIMARY DIRECTION: SATURN CONJ. MARS
- 1999 [Aug, 3rd] - "The road Ahead": Bill Gates publishes a top selling book
- PRIMARY DIRECTION: JUPITER CONJ. MERCURY
- 2000 [May, 26th] - Bill Gates decides to step down as a microsoft CEO
- PRIMARY DIRECTION: SATURN CONJ. IC
- 2007 [Dec, 13th] - graduates from Harvard university
- 2008 [Jun, 21st] - drops out of the number 1 spot for being the richest man in the world
- PRIMARY DIRECTION: JUPITER CONJ. NEPTUNE
Profections of Computer Geek
the force of desire
- 20y - [May, 8th] - Bill Gates and Paul Allen register the trademark “Microsoft.” and now work together.
- Profected Ascendant in Pisces [natal 9th house of trademarks/global registers]
- 27y - [Apr, 10th] - Announces Windows and Allan leaves: Allen leaves microsoft and Bill Gates Becomes in judge of software architectery
- Profected Ascendant in Libra [natal 4th house of major ends and beginnings]
- 39y - [Jul, 10th] - Becoming World's richest: at age 39 and with a fortune of $12.9 billion, Gates becomes the world’s richest man. Later that summer, Microsoft introduces Internet Explorer to the world, as part of Windows 95.
- Profected Ascendant in Libra [natal 4th house of major ends and beginnings]
- 39y - [Aug, 24th] - Windows 95' is Lunched.
- Profected Ascendant in Libra [natal 4th house of major ends and beginnings]
- 43y - 2000 [May, 26th] - Bill Gates decides to step down as a microsoft CEO
- Profected Ascendant in Pisces [natal 9th house of trademarks/global registers]
Above, the list of some chosen profections for certain years where Bill Gates life was in great movement. But you can check all of them from the timeline and cross information with the annual profections datas anytime.
Profected 9th house in Pisces: Note that when in 2 major events in Gates’ life, annual profected ascendant is 9th house ruler by Jupiter, which in turn conjuncts Pluto. As we have seen earlier, the aspect may result in “powerful resources“. Remember that natal Jupiter-Pluto conjunction is positioned in the 2nd house of money. In 1976 Bill with his business partner Allen register trademark “Microsoft”, an event related to the 9th house of trademarks and global resisters. From this direction, Bill saw his company given a meaning, a name and an identification – a line operating system that helped thrive towards the age of information and computation.
Profected 4th house in Libra: Three major events happened the years when annual profected ascendant is 4th house from the radix, the house of major ends and beginnings. In 1982 when Bill Gates announces Windows, giving a major start to a line of operating system, at the same time Allan leaves the company, a major end for Microsoft. Then, 12 years later when annual profected ascendant in 4th house returns, not only he introduced the world with Internet Explorer, but he is entitled as the richest man in the world by Forbes. Later on the same year, Windows 95′ is lunched.
Firdaria[s]
firdaria of the victorious
- Register of Trademark Microsoft [1975]
- Firdaria and sub-period of Jupiter
- etc.
Observe that Mars is the Almudebit of the chart, the victorious planet. When the Firdaria of Mars and sub-period Mars came by 1987, at the age of thirty-one Bill Gates becomes the youngest billionaire ever.
Another interesting fact worth pointing at this point in the investigation, is that when he lunches windows for the first time ever, the event took place under Jupiter-Mercury Firdaria. Mercury is the planet of communication, not matter how it takes places, the planet rules over our writing and verbal skills, mental ability and how humans process information. Gates’ natal Mercury is ruler of 3rd house of human capacity to compute information, the first ‘mental’ house of all.
SECONDARY PROGRESSION FACTS
Note that when he announces Windows, the progressed Moon [second chart from above] activates a Grand Trine in fire signs. Worth remembering that the Moon is ruler of Bill Gates’ natal chart. [Asc] Progressed Moon has the fastest progression of all the planets.
Interesting as well, is when Gates is considered the richest man in the world, the progressed Jupiter-Pluto are conjunction progressed Ascendant in Leo by a few orbs only.
Until 47 years old, Bill Gates’ progressed Ascendant was in Leo. Which the Progressed Sun ruled these entire years where glory and reign of a specific kingdom [of computers/operating systems] was abundant in many ways, many significant events contributed to where he stands until nowadays. However, as progressed Ascendant was moving to Virgo, Gates began directing life to another path. He decided to step down as CEO of Microsoft, and a few years later Gates drops out the number 1 spot for being the richest man in the world [to Warren Buffett], but at the same time he finally graduates from Harvard.
eclipses on the axis of 1st-2nd houses
triggering partnerships
Eclipses are times of fast changes in our lives and those of the world [mundane]. When Gates and Allen register the trademark Microsoft in 1975, a parcial solar eclipse happened in Taurus [in 11th house of huge corporations] exact opposite natal planet of money Venus.
In the year of 1987 when Bill Gates is entitled the richest man in the world, a hybrid solar eclipse was exact conjunction Gates’ natal Moon in 10th house of career and status before the world [reputation]. During the 1990s, Microsoft Corp. has been involved in several federal lawsuits over unfair competitive practices.
Direction of Bill Gates & Microsoft
major directions
- 1976 [May, 8th] - Bill Gates and Paul Allen register the trademark “Microsoft.” and now work together.
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- 1983 [Apr, 10th] - Announces Windows and Allan leaves: Allen leaves microsoft and Bill Gates Becomes in judge of software architectery.
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- 1987 [Nov, 7th] - At age 31, Gates becomes the youngest billionaire ever. He meets his future wife, Melinda French, at a Microsoft event in New York.
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- 1995 [Aug, 24th] - Windows 95' is Lunched.
– 1976: Whatever happens to Microsoft, it will affect Bill’s radix and vice-versa. Now, when Gates and Allen register trademark Microsoft as known nowadays, planet Neptune from Bill’s radix is primary directed to the opposition of MC, that is, to its place of anti-culmination. The planet rulers the 9th house of trademarks/global registers. We saw this in the annual profected Ascendant for the year of 1975/6 where 9th house is profected. Another direction that ruled such period was that of Mars conjunction Sun by primary motion. Remember that Mars is victorious of the radix.
– 1983: When natal Sun is directed to the opposition of MC [direct], two major things happened that perfectly synthesized the direction to the IC, a major start with the windows announcement, given the idea of what the digital era will look like, and a major ending, which is Allen leaving Microsoft. Observe:
- Sun is the planet of glory, promises, triumph, notoriety & exaltation
- Promissor Sun to opposition MC direct
The directions to IC usually means great change in private life, but also as already pointed, to major ends/beginnings. Note that profected Ascendant for the period is also natal 4th house.
– 1987: When natal Pluto [which is in the 2nd house of money] anti-culminates by primary motion, at age 31, Gates becomes the youngest billionaire ever. The planet seems to be important in directions of people with plenty of money, once it signifies legacy & resources. For example, Warren Buffet’s company was valued $338.2 billion, when Pluto culminated by primary direction, it reached $489.4 billion in less than three years! When Forbes announced young Kylie Jenner becomes a billionaire two years younger than Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg who took the title at the age of 23, Pluto was directed to the Moon located at the MC. Now, when he meets his future wife, Melinda French, at a Microsoft event in New York, observe that Venus, the planet of relationships [our spouse] conjuncts Mercury by primary direction.
– 1995: In nineteen ninety-five, when the planet of accomplishment and achievement Saturn is the promissor of the direction is conjunct planet of conquer and pioneering Mars significator direct [in mundo], Windows 95′ is lunched on the market in Aug, 24th:
- Saturn is term-rulers of 1st and 4th houses
- Saturn is ruler of 7th house of contracts
- Saturn is ruler of 8th house of others people money
- Natal Saturn conjunct Venus
- Natal Saturn conjunct Unukalhai
- Mars is ruler of 10th house of success & destiny
- Mars is the Almudebit of the radix [victorious]
- Promissor Saturn to Opposite Sun Converse
Saturn as promissor, is ruler and term-ruler of the radix’s angularities, and also ruler of 8th house of people’s money right into his bank account, or, Microsoft. There are many ways to interpret this direction alone, but we shall keep as simple as possible in order to avoid apophenia or mixup mystification. Something major was to happen at this stage in Gates life, even if that wasn’t the launching of Windows 95′, because a planet holding such important role in the radix, while natally conjunct great Venus, and directed conjunct the victorious planet, would hold a powerful situation/event/period for the native owing such configuration.
From this personal direction of Bill Gates, that affected Microsoft that in turn affected the world, it was official – The digital era had began. Worth noting that Saturn is the traditional ruler of the Aquarius Age.
OBS: Gates was born in the hour of the Moon. Realize that the majority of his directions where major events happened around and with Bill, it strongly involved the 4th house cusp of the Moon – the place where planets anti-culminated with respect towards the native.
NEW TECHNOLOGIES INTRODUCED UNDER URANUS CONJUNCTION NEPTUNE
- Venus is ruler of profected ascendant 1994-5
- Venus is ruler of 11th house of digital information
- Venus is ruler of 4th house of major beginnings
- Transiting Sun-Venus conjunct 3rd house of information/communication
- Natal Uranus [technology] is conjunct Ascendant
- Transiting Uranus opposite natal digital Uranus
August 24th, 1995 – Congruence: Many things were getting compacted [Capricorn] during the 90’s with the generational planets Uranus-Neptune conjunction in Capricorn, the sign that shrinks technology [Uranus]. Java, USB connection, firewire connection, VoIP and even the DVD and WLAN [Wi-fi], are all lunched in 1995! The world was getting prepared for the new century that was just 6 years ahead. Uranus, the modern planet of the Aquarius Age rises in the chart of this genius. When he announces the largely expected Windows 95′, transiting Uranus was opposite Uranus.
If you read my article “Johannes Gutenberg & the Press”, the same transit of Uranus opposite Uranus was active; I wrote “...according to Gutenberg, the 1439 is the year the idea of the printing press came “like a ray of light”, crafting the idea by 1440. Transiting Uranus [ray of light] is the genius surrounding society, and it was traveling Gemini, the sign of information, literature and what is known nowadays as printed books, and by that year to the next, Uranus was opposite Gutemberg natal Uranus in Sagittarius, the Press inventor, the publisher and the “reach out for the people”.
SOLAR RETURNS & PREDICTIVE DIRECTIONS
SOLAR RETURN 1975
MICROSOFT IS REGISTERED
Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975 [but only registered a month later]. It rose to dominate the personal computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by Microsoft Windows.
Annual Ascendant returns to the 1st house in the SR1975. It was a major year just by these details. The Sun returns where it belongs from the radix, the 4th house of major beginnings [in this case].
Directing the ruler of the returning angular house of the Sun [4th] to its own culmination direct [MC], we get the exact period when Microsoft is registered, with only 2 days of discrepancy.
SOLAR RETURN 1994
WINDOWS 95' IS LUNCHED
Annual Ascendant is 6th house from the radix in the SR1975. Indicating a year where some kind of ‘service’ from the native would be presented, which the public could benefit in return [earth house], the house of merchandise/selling out products [services], while the 2nd house receives it [also the 11th house in this case].
By directing the Planet of Merchandise Mercury to its own rising placement direct by primary motion, and with only 4 days of discrepancy, we obtain the exact period when first retail of Windows 95′ happens. Three years after its introduction, Windows 95 was succeeded by Windows 98. Microsoft ended extended support for Windows 95 on December 31, 2001. Etc.
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https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Bezos,_Jeff
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*[Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology, Vivian E. Robson, 1923].
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