The archive — verified birth record

Linus Torvalds

Linus Torvalds — wrote the kernel the internet runs on, then gave it away

December 28, 1969 Helsinki, Finland time unknown — 12:00 UTC used
Portrait of Linus Torvalds
Photo: see Wikimedia file page · per Wikimedia file page · source

● The chart — computed live from real ephemeris

  • computing…

No documented birth time — we show planetary signs only and refuse to invent houses. An honest gap beats a decorated lie.

Birth time not documented — positions computed for 12:00 UTC, stated honestly. Sun, Moon and inner-planet signs verified against this site’s own ephemeris.

Artwork for Linus Torvalds

The life

Why this chart is in the archive

Capricorn Sun, Mercury and Venus do unglamorous plumbing for thirty years and call it a hobby. Leo Moon gets impatient with clever patches; Mars in Pisces merges other people's code and lets the maintainers keep the credit.

Cast your own chart — free

From the archive to the manual

What Linus's chart says — read in full.

The five positions above are computed, not narrated — and each one has a full written reading on this site. The Sun's sign is the door; start there.

Linus's Sun in Capricorn — the full reading

Then the rest: Moon · Mercury · Venus · Mars — swap the sign for each body's live position on the panel above.

Compare your sky with Linus's.