Steve Jobs co-founded Apple in 1976 with Steve Wozniak and departed the company in 1985. He founded NeXT the same year and in 1986 bought the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm, which became Pixar. Apple acquired NeXT, and he returned to Apple as CEO in 1997. Under him the company released the iPod in 2001 and the iPhone in 2007. He died on October 5, 2011.
A birth certificate against a book
The data is graded AA, source "BC/BR in hand." On January 24, 2006, the Astro-Databank editor "received birth certificate from Sacramento for time above": 7:15 p.m. standard time, San Francisco.
Before that the record carried 6:00 a.m., taken from Jeffrey S. Young's "Steve Jobs: The Journey is The Reward" (1988). The book says "the Moon, Sun and rising star were all in Pisces." Astro-Databank's verdict: "an impossible combination."
| Birth time | Where it came from | Rising sign | Moon |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7:15 p.m. | birth certificate, rated AA | ♍︎ Virgo 22°18′ | Aries |
| 6:00 a.m. | older entry, from a 1988 biography | ♒︎ Aquarius 15°53′ | Pisces |
| Point | Sign at birth | In that sign | Before and after |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising sign | ♍︎ Virgo | 5:26 p.m. to 7:52 p.m. | Leo before, Libra after |
| Midheaven | ♊︎ Gemini | 5:45 p.m. to 7:52 p.m. | Taurus before, Cancer after |
| Moon | ♈︎ Aries | 6:06 a.m. to midnight | Pisces before |
Rising sign, midheaven and Moon calculated by us for each time on February 24, 1955, San Francisco, Pacific Standard Time.
What the sky allowed on February 24, 1955
The Sun was in Pisces the whole day, having entered the sign on February 19, so the question is the Moon and the ascendant. The Moon stayed in Pisces from midnight until 6:06 a.m., and in those hours the ascendant ran through Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn and Aquarius. Astro-Databank says much the same: "the ASC would be in Aquarius, or even Capricorn."
Aquarius held the ascendant until 6:39 a.m. Pisces took it at 6:40 a.m. and kept it until Aries arrived at 7:55 a.m. When Pisces came up, the Moon was already 0°20′ into Aries, 34 minutes past the line, and it stayed in Aries for every minute of Pisces rising.
The old 6:00 a.m. time shows the same problem from the other side. It gives a Pisces Moon at 29°57′, six minutes from leaving, but with 15°53′ Aquarius rising. Sun and Moon match the book, and the ascendant does not.
Our pages: Pisces rising · Aquarius rising · Moon in Aries · rising sign calculator.
Virgo rising, Gemini on the midheaven
The certificate time gives an ascendant of 22°18′ Virgo and a midheaven of 21°19′ Gemini. Virgo came up over San Francisco at 5:26 p.m. and stayed until 7:52 p.m.; he was born 109 minutes into that stretch, 37 minutes short of Libra. Gemini took the midheaven at 5:45 p.m.
Virgo and Gemini share a ruler in Mercury, which is retrograde in Aquarius at 14°22′. It sits in the 5th house by Placidus, the 6th by Whole Sign.
Our pages: Virgo rising · Gemini midheaven · Mercury in Aquarius · 5th house.
Aries Moon, with Mars in Aries too
The Moon is at 7°45′ of Aries, about 13 hours into the sign, and it stays until February 26. Mars, at 29°05′, is also in Aries, less than a degree from Taurus.
Placidus puts the Moon in the 7th house (partnerships, in the tradition) and Whole Sign in the 8th. Mars is in the 8th either way, and 1°03′ from an opposition to Neptune in Libra.
Our pages: Moon in Aries · Mars in Aries · Neptune in Libra · 7th house · moon sign calculator.
Venus sextile Saturn, one minute of arc from exact
Venus is at 21°10′ of Capricorn and Saturn at 21°10′ of Scorpio, so the sextile is 0°01′ wide, tighter than any other pair. Astrologers call a sextile an easy link.
Jupiter in Cancer, at 20°30′, trines Saturn within 0°39′ and opposes Venus, 0°40′ from exact. Uranus (24°08′) is in Cancer with Jupiter, 3°38′ away. Both are in the 10th house by Placidus and the 11th by Whole Sign.
Our pages: Venus in Capricorn · Saturn in Scorpio · Jupiter in Cancer · Uranus in Cancer · 10th house.
Five retrograde planets and six cardinal ones
Mercury, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto were retrograde that evening, appearing to move backward against the stars as seen from Earth. In the tradition a retrograde planet works more privately.
Six planets are in cardinal signs: the Moon and Mars in Aries, Jupiter and Uranus in Cancer, Venus in Capricorn and Neptune in Libra. Cardinal signs open the seasons, which is why the tradition ties them to beginnings. Neptune is at 28°03′, Pluto at 25°19′ of Leo.
Our pages: Pluto in Leo · 2nd house · 12th house · Sun, Moon and rising together.
All major aspects between the planets in Steve Jobs's chart
- Venus sextile Saturn orb 0°01′
- Jupiter trine Saturn orb 0°39′
- Venus opposition Jupiter orb 0°40′
- Mars opposition Neptune orb 1°03′
- Neptune sextile Pluto orb 2°44′
- Venus opposition Uranus orb 2°58′
- Saturn trine Uranus orb 2°58′
- Jupiter conjunction Uranus orb 3°38′
- Mars trine Pluto orb 3°46′
- Uranus square Neptune orb 3°55′
- Saturn square Pluto orb 4°10′
- Mars square Uranus orb 4°57′
- Moon sextile Mercury orb 6°37′
- Sun sextile Mars orb 6°39′
- Mercury square Saturn orb 6°48′
- Venus square Neptune orb 6°53′
- Jupiter square Neptune orb 7°32′
- Sun trine Neptune orb 7°42′
- Venus square Mars orb 7°55′
Orbs: 8° for conjunction, opposition, square and trine, 6° for sextile, 2° more when the Sun or Moon is involved; Node, Lilith, Ascendant and Midheaven not counted. Same rules as our birth chart calculator.
Questions about Steve Jobs's chart
Which rising sign does Steve Jobs have?
Virgo, at 22°18′ Virgo, on the certificate time; Virgo was rising in San Francisco from 5:26 p.m. to 7:52 p.m.
Which sign is his Moon in?
Aries, at 7°45′. The Moon left Pisces at 6:06 a.m. that morning.
Was Steve Jobs a Pisces?
Yes. His Sun was at 5°45′ of Pisces on February 24, 1955.
Were his Moon, Sun and rising sign all in Pisces?
No. Aries had the Moon from 6:06 a.m., and Pisces did not start rising until 6:40 a.m.
What time was Steve Jobs born?
7:15 p.m. in San Francisco, the time on his birth certificate, which Astro-Databank grades AA.
Which sign holds Steve Jobs's midheaven?
Gemini, at 21°19′ Gemini.
Sources
- Astronomy Engine: the open-source ephemeris library behind our planet positions, dates and statistics
- Astro-Databank (Astrodienst): published birth charts we test the calculation against
- How we create our readings: our own calculation of sign dates, positions and the 1930 to 2025 statistics
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Astrology is a symbolic tradition, not a science. This page explains what the tradition says about the placements in a published chart; it makes no claims about Steve Jobs's character, health or private life. Birth data: Astro-Databank (Astrodienst), checked October 20, 2026. Positions: our calculation with the astronomy-engine ephemeris; it matches the Sun, Moon and ascendant degrees Astro-Databank publishes for this chart to within one arc minute.