The life of Steve Wozniak
Who is Steve Wozniak?
Steve Wozniak is an engineer who co-founded Apple with Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne in 1976. Working at Hewlett-Packard by day, he designed and hand-built the Apple I, demonstrating it at the Homebrew Computer Club in Palo Alto, then followed it with the Apple II, the machine that carried the company through its first decade. His designs were notable for extracting unusual capability from very few chips, including colour graphics and a floppy disk controller built from a fraction of the parts competitors required. He left day-to-day work at Apple in 1985 and has since worked in education and philanthropy.
Defining moments
Steve Wozniak and Janet Hill marry
The Marriage in the timeline ↓Steve Wozniak and Suzanne Mulker divorce
The Divorce in the timeline ↓Q18981 is released
Fourteen days before the release, Saturn met the tenth-house Moon, anchoring the career milestone in intense public accountability.
The Career Milestone in the timeline ↓The Saturn-Moon conjunction in the 10th house reflected a disciplined, structured start for Apple's public identity and long-term professional path.
The Collaboration Start in the timeline ↓Steve Wozniak's birth chart
☾ Born Aug 11, 1950 · 9:45 AM PDT · San Jose · Birth data: AA · See sources
3 placements that explain this chart
Steve Wozniak pairs a Leo eleventh-house Sun with an intuitive Cancer Moon-Venus conjunction, channeling technical elegance into accessible personal computing.
Sun in Leo in the eleventh house highlights his enthusiasm for communal innovation and sharing early hardware schematics among peers.
Moon in Cancer in the tenth house reflects an instinctual, protective devotion to craft, seen in his lean circuit board designs.
Virgo Rising is modest, precise and disinclined to overstate, with Neptune in the first house softening the edges. The Leo Sun in the eleventh house is warmer than the understated opening.
How Steve Wozniak's chart holds together
Twelve systems read the same birth chart twelve different ways. Match your chart to see how yours lines up with Steve Wozniak's.
Elements and modalities
Water-led, with no modality standing out.
Elements × modalities
| Cardinal | Fixed | Mutable | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🜂 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 🜃 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 🜁 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 🜄 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
Elements
Modalities
No dominant planet is named because two planets score equally.
Chart patterns that stand out
Moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter & Uranus loading up one element
See celebrities with this pattern →Uranus out-of-bounds: operating outside its usual rules
See celebrities with this pattern →Frequencies are measured against the profile corpus, not asserted.
Twelve systems read Steve Wozniak's chart
the full reading
13 placements in the chart signature →Natal Chart
placidus houses
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Exact planetary positions
● Sun, Moon or chart ruler · ℞ retrograde
| Body | Position | House | Motion | Theme | Sabian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lilith | ♉︎ Taurus 23°33' | 8 | - | — | Conquest |
| Uranus | ♋︎ Cancer 7°45' | 10 | - | — | Imitation |
| Venus | ♋︎ Cancer 24°03' | 10 | - | — | Illusion |
| Moon | ♋︎ Cancer 24°11' | 10 | - | — | Illusion |
| Pluto | ♌︎ Leo 17°51' | 11 | - | — | Demonstration |
| Sun | ♌︎ Leo 18°26' | 11 | - | — | Community |
| Mercury | ♍︎ Virgo 13°58' | 12 | - | — | Lineage |
| Saturn | ♍︎ Virgo 18°23' | 12 | - | — | Competition |
| Neptune | ♎︎ Libra 15°08' | 1 | - | — | Rebuilding |
| Mars | ♏︎ Scorpio 0°36' | 2 | - | — | Tourism |
| Chiron | ♐︎ Sagittarius 15°39' | 3 | ℞ | — | Dependence |
| Jupiter | ♓︎ Pisces 4°21' | 6 | ℞ | — | Resourcefulness |
| North node | ♓︎ Pisces 29°02' | 6 | ℞ | — | Aspiration |
| South node | ♍︎ Virgo 29°02' | — | - | — | — |
| House | Cusp sign | Degree | Planets |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 1 | ♍︎ Virgo | 29°08' | ♆︎ |
| House 2 | ♎︎ Libra | 25°42' | ♂︎ |
| House 3 | ♏︎ Scorpio | 26°06' | ⚷ |
| House 4 | ♐︎ Sagittarius | 29°01' | - |
| House 5 | ♒︎ Aquarius | 1°58' | - |
| House 6 | ♓︎ Pisces | 2°26' | ♃︎☊ |
| House 7 | ♓︎ Pisces | 29°08' | - |
| House 8 | ♈︎ Aries | 25°42' | ⚸ |
| House 9 | ♉︎ Taurus | 26°06' | - |
| House 10 | ♊︎ Gemini | 29°01' | ♅︎♀︎☽︎ |
| House 11 | ♌︎ Leo | 1°58' | ♇︎☉︎ |
| House 12 | ♍︎ Virgo | 2°26' | ☿︎♄︎ |
Full aspects · 26
Chart patterns
House system: placidus · Birth time: sourced, Rodden AA · Angles trusted
Transits
Lifetime cosmic weather & power windows
Steve Wozniak and Alice Robertson marry
Wikidata P26 claim on Q483382, P580 start time qualifier at year precision.
Mercury dasha · Personal year 6 · Pinnacle 1
5 passages in force · Chiron square Venus · Chiron square Moon · Saturn square Mars · Saturn sextile Ascendant · North Node square Sun
Steve Wozniak's chart on the wedding day, 1976Collapse
Nov 27Jan 1Feb 5Nov 27, 1975 – Feb 5, 1976 · 70 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Chiron square Venusslow
- Chiron square Moonslow
- Saturn square Marsslow
- Saturn sextile Ascendantslow
- North Node square Sunfast
Apple founded
Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne established Apple Computer as a partnership. Wozniak had designed the Apple I and demonstrated it at the Homebrew Computer Club; Jobs proposed selling it as a finished board rather than as plans.Source ↗
Mercury dasha · Personal year 6 · Pinnacle 1
Editorial note · Saturn conjunction Moon
The Saturn-Moon conjunction in the 10th house reflected a disciplined, structured start for Apple's public identity and long-term professional path.
Steve Wozniak's chart on when the collaboration began, 1976Collapse
Nov 29Apr 1Aug 3Nov 29, 1975 – Aug 3, 1976 · 248 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Chiron square Venusslow
- Chiron square Moonslow
- Saturn conjunction Moonslow
- Saturn conjunction Venusslow
- Jupiter opposition Marsfast
- North Node sextile Mercuryfast
Q18981 is released
Mercury dasha · Personal year 6 · Pinnacle 1
Editorial note · Saturn conjunction Moon
Fourteen days before the release, Saturn met the tenth-house Moon, anchoring the career milestone in intense public accountability.
Steve Wozniak's chart on a career milestone, 1976Collapse
Mar 12Apr 11May 11Mar 12 – May 11, 1976 · 60 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Chiron sextile Midheavenslow
- Saturn conjunction Moonslow
- Saturn conjunction Venusslow
- North Node sextile Mercuryfast
Breakout is released
Mercury dasha · Personal year 6 · Pinnacle 1
Editorial note · Saturn sextile Ascendant
Fourteen days after the release of Breakout, Saturn sextile the Ascendant in the tenth house solidified long-term professional authority during this concentrated power window.
Steve Wozniak's chart on a career milestone, 1976Collapse
Mar 12May 13Jul 14Mar 12 – Jul 14, 1976 · 124 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Chiron opposition Marsslow
- Saturn square Marsslow
- Chiron sextile Midheavenslow
- Saturn sextile Ascendantslow
- North Node sextile Mercuryfast
Apple II is released
Mercury dasha · Personal year 7 · Pinnacle 1
Editorial note · Jupiter square Mercury
Four days before the launch, Jupiter square Mercury in house 9 stirred ambitious commercial messaging and grand intellectual scope for the computer.
Steve Wozniak's chart on a career milestone, 1977Collapse
May 7Jun 10Jul 14May 7 – Jul 14, 1977 · 68 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Neptune square Mercuryslow
- North Node square Moonfast
- North Node square Venusfast
- Jupiter square Mercuryfast
Steve Wozniak and Alice Robertson divorce
Wikidata P26 claim on Q483382, P582 end time qualifier at year precision.
Mercury dasha · Personal year 1 · Pinnacle 1
8 passages in force · Uranus trine Venus · Uranus trine Moon · Saturn square Midheaven · Saturn conjunction Ascendant · Pluto square Venus · Pluto square Moon · North Node sextile Mars · North Node sextile Midheaven
Steve Wozniak's chart on the day of the divorce, 1980Collapse
Sep 4Jan 1Apr 29Sep 4, 1979 – Apr 29, 1980 · 238 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Uranus trine Venusslow
- Uranus trine Moonslow
- Saturn square Midheavenslow
- Saturn conjunction Ascendantslow
- Pluto square Venusslow
- Pluto square Moonslow
- North Node sextile Marsfast
- North Node sextile Midheavenfast
Steve Wozniak and Candice Clark marry
Mercury dasha · Personal year 11 · Pinnacle 8
5 passages in force · Pluto square Venus · Pluto square Moon · Pluto square Moon · Chiron square Sun · North Node square Mars
Steve Wozniak's chart on the wedding day, 1981Collapse
Jan 2Jul 1Dec 28Jan 2 – Dec 28, 1981 · 360 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Pluto square Venusslow
- Pluto square Moonslow
- Pluto square Moonslow
- Chiron square Sunslow
- North Node square Marsfast
- 6 QUIET YEARS
Steve Wozniak and Candice Clark divorce
Wikidata P26 claim on Q483382, P582 end time qualifier at year precision.
Mercury dasha · Personal year 8 · Pinnacle 8
3 passages in force · Chiron sextile Sun · Saturn square Mercury · North Node trine Sun
Steve Wozniak's chart on the day of the divorce, 1987Collapse
Dec 2Jan 1Jan 31Dec 2, 1986 – Jan 31, 1987 · 60 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Chiron sextile Sunslow
- Saturn square Mercuryslow
- North Node trine Sunfast
Steve Wozniak and Suzanne Mulker marry
Wikidata P26 claim on Q483382, P580 start time qualifier at year precision.
Ketu dasha · Personal year 11 · Pinnacle 9
5 passages in force · Neptune trine Mercury · Saturn trine Mercury · Chiron sextile Mercury · Pluto square Sun · North Node opposition Sun
Steve Wozniak's chart on the wedding day, 1990Collapse
Jul 30Jan 1Jun 5Jul 30, 1989 – Jun 5, 1990 · 310 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Neptune trine Mercuryslow
- Saturn trine Mercuryslow
- Chiron sextile Mercuryslow
- Pluto square Sunslow
- North Node opposition Sunfast
- 14 QUIET YEARS
Steve Wozniak and Suzanne Mulker divorce
Wikidata P26 claim on Q483382, P582 end time qualifier at year precision.
Venus dasha · Personal year 7 · Pinnacle 5
3 passages in force · Uranus trine Midheaven · Uranus trine Mars · North Node square Sun
Steve Wozniak's chart on the day of the divorce, 2004Collapse
Nov 26Jan 1Feb 6Nov 26, 2003 – Feb 6, 2004 · 72 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Uranus trine Midheavenslow
- Uranus trine Marsslow
- North Node square Sunfast
- 4 QUIET YEARS
Steve Wozniak and Janet Hill marry
Venus dasha · Personal year 11 · Pinnacle 5
8 passages in force · Pluto sextile Mars · Pluto opposition Midheaven · Pluto square Ascendant · Chiron opposition Sun · Uranus trine Venus · Uranus trine Moon · North Node opposition Sun · Jupiter trine Mercury
Steve Wozniak's chart on the wedding day, 2008Collapse
May 4Aug 1Oct 29May 4 – Oct 29, 2008 · 178 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Pluto sextile Marsslow
- Pluto opposition Midheavenslow
- Pluto square Ascendantslow
- Chiron opposition Sunslow
- Uranus trine Venusslow
- Uranus trine Moonslow
- North Node opposition Sunfast
- Jupiter trine Mercuryfast
Human Design
Mental Projector with the Left Angle Cross of The Masks
Defined head, ajna, and throat centers allow him to process and articulate complex engineering concepts when recognized and invited to guide others.
The Left Angle Cross of The Masks
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Centers · 3 defined / 6 open
| Centre | State | What it governs |
|---|---|---|
| Head | Defined | — |
| Ajna | Defined | — |
| Throat | Defined | — |
| G identity | Open | — |
| Heart will | Open | — |
| Sacral | Open | — |
| Solar plexus | Open | — |
| Spleen | Open | — |
| Root | Open | — |
Chart properties
Signature
When the strategy is working
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Not-self theme
When it isn't
—
Personality activations · 11
| Planet | Gate.Line |
|---|---|
| ☉︎ Sun | 7.6 |
| · Earth | 13.6 |
| ☽︎ Moon | 62.4 |
| ☊ North node | 25.1 |
| ☋ South node | 46.1 |
| ☿︎ Mercury | 64.3 |
| ♂︎ Mars | 50.5 |
| ♃︎ Jupiter | 55.5 |
| ♄︎ Saturn | 47.2 |
| ♅︎ Uranus | 52.5 |
| ♆︎ Neptune | 57.1 |
Design activations · 12
| Planet | Gate.Line |
|---|---|
| ☉︎ Sun | 23.2 |
| · Earth | 43.2 |
| ☽︎ Moon | 22.6 |
| ☊ North node | 17.3 |
| ☋ South node | 18.3 |
| ☿︎ Mercury | 8.1 |
| ♂︎ Mars | 47.6 |
| ♃︎ Jupiter | 55.5 |
| ♄︎ Saturn | 64.2 |
| ♅︎ Uranus | 15.5 |
| ♆︎ Neptune | 48.6 |
| ♇︎ Pluto | 7.3 |
Defined channels · 3
Centres and channels derive from the combined design (88° solar arc pre-birth) and personality (natal) gate set; lines come from planetary longitude.
Gene Keys
Gene Key 23 Radiance: Simplicity over Complexity
His breakthrough Apple II architecture stripped out redundant chips, expressing the gift of Simplicity through hardware optimization.
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Hologenetic Profile
Activation Sequence
| Sphere | Key | Shadow → Gift → Siddhi |
|---|---|---|
| Life's Work | Gene Key 7 Conscious Sun | |
| Evolution | Gene Key 13 Conscious Earth | |
| Radiance | Gene Key 23 Unconscious Sun | |
| Purpose | Gene Key 43 Unconscious Earth |
Venus Sequence
| Sphere | Key | Shadow → Gift → Siddhi |
|---|---|---|
| Attraction | Gene Key 22 | |
| IQ | Gene Key 62 | |
| EQ | Gene Key 50 | |
| SQ | Gene Key 17 |
Pearl Sequence
| Sphere | Key | Shadow → Gift → Siddhi |
|---|---|---|
| Vocation | Gene Key 47 | |
| Culture | Gene Key 55 | |
| Pearl | Gene Key 55 |
Rings, codons & partners
Gene Keys derive from the same combined design (88 days pre-birth) and personality (natal) gate set as Human Design, read through the shadow → gift → siddhi spectrum rather than defined/undefined centres.
Vedic Nakshatras
Punarvasu Moon
Punarvasu brings a restorative and resourceful quality, matching his knack for re-architecting systems using minimal components.
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Nakshatra placements · 14
● shown in snapshot · scrolls →
| Body | Nakshatra | Pada | Sidereal | Ruler | Deity | Animal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lilith | Krittika | 2 | Taurus 0° | Sun | Agni | Female Sheep |
| Uranus | Ardra | 3 | Gemini 14° | Rahu | Rudra | Female Dog |
| Venus | Punarvasu | 4 | Cancer 0° | Jupiter | Aditi | Female Cat |
| Moon | Punarvasu | 4 | Cancer 1° | Jupiter | Aditi | Female Cat |
| Pluto | Ashlesha | 3 | Cancer 24° | Mercury | Nagas | Male Cat |
| Sun | Ashlesha | 3 | Cancer 25° | Mercury | Nagas | Male Cat |
| Mercury | Purva phalguni | 3 | Leo 20° | Venus | Bhaga | Female Rat |
| Saturn | Purva phalguni | 4 | Leo 25° | Venus | Bhaga | Female Rat |
| Ascendant | Uttara phalguni | 3 | Virgo 5° | Sun | Aryaman | Male Cow |
| Neptune | Hasta | 4 | Virgo 21° | Moon | Savitar | Female Buffalo |
| Mars | Swati | 1 | Libra 7° | Rahu | Vayu | Male Buffalo |
| Chiron | Jyeshtha | 2 | Scorpio 22° | Mercury | Indra | Male Deer |
| Jupiter | Shatabhisha | 2 | Aquarius 11° | Rahu | Varuna | Female Horse |
| North node | Uttara bhadrapada | 1 | Pisces 5° | Saturn | Ahir Budhnya | Female Cow |
Maha Dasha timeline · 9
| Ruler | Span | Flag |
|---|---|---|
| Jupiter | Aug 11, 1950 → May 22, 1953 | - |
| Saturn | May 22, 1953 → May 22, 1972 | - |
| Mercury | May 22, 1972 → May 22, 1989 | - |
| Ketu | May 22, 1989 → May 22, 1996 | - |
| Venus | May 22, 1996 → May 22, 2016 | - |
| Sun | May 22, 2016 → May 22, 2022 | - |
| Moon | May 22, 2022 → May 22, 2032 | Now |
| Mars | May 22, 2032 → May 22, 2039 | - |
| Rahu | May 22, 2039 → May 22, 2057 | - |
Antardashas within Moon
Sub-periods exist only for the running maha dasha; the other eight rows carry none by design, so they show none.
| Ruler | Span |
|---|---|
| Moon | May 22, 2022 → Mar 22, 2023 |
| Mars | Mar 22, 2023 → Oct 21, 2023 |
| Rahu | Oct 21, 2023 → Apr 21, 2025 |
| Jupiter | Apr 21, 2025 → Aug 21, 2026 |
| Saturn | Aug 21, 2026 → Mar 21, 2028 |
| Mercury | Mar 21, 2028 → Aug 21, 2029 |
| Ketu | Aug 21, 2029 → Mar 22, 2030 |
| Venus | Mar 22, 2030 → Nov 21, 2031 |
| Sun | Nov 21, 2031 → May 22, 2032 |
Ayanamsa: 23.1672 · Dasha system: Vimshottari
Mayan Tzolkin
Kin 24 · Red Serpent · Spectral
Chicchan · Spectral tone
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Seal & tone
Oracle relations
Kin from birth date against the 260-day count, Dreamspell correlation · Seal = kin mod 20, tone = kin mod 13
Numerology
Life Path 7
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Core numbers
Chinese Zodiac
Metal Tiger
The Metal Tiger carries an independent, inventive drive suited for hands-on technical experimentation and unconventional engineering.
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| Pillar | Stem | Branch |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 庚 | 寅 |
| Month | 甲 | 申 |
| Day | 戊 | 戌 |
| Hour | 丁 | 巳 |
Day master
戊 anchors this Four Pillars reading: the Day pillar's Heavenly Stem, and the one value here that never depends on a recorded birth time.
Inner animals
Solar calendar; year boundary at the start of spring, not January 1.
Tarot Birth Cards
The Chariot
The Chariot reflects focused determination and technical control, steering raw electronic parts into a unified personal machine.
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The reduction
| Card | Title | Keywords | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personality & Soul | The Chariot | determination, willpower, victory, direction | Forward motion achieved by holding opposing forces in balance and pointing them the same way. |
Year card for 2026 · turns over 1 Jan 2027
Birth-date reduction against the 22 Major Arcana; year card recomputed for the current calendar year at each rebuild
Arabic Parts
Lots, formulas & sensitive points
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Lots on the wheel
Lots · 8
The body and worldly fortune; where material and emotional well-being converge. Reveals how you attract abundance and physical vitality.
The mind and spiritual purpose; the inverse of Fortune. Reveals conscious intent, vocation, and the soul's directional momentum.
Triumph through sustained effort; favorable outcomes earned by aligning ambition with discipline and structure.
Binding obligation and fated constraint; the circumstances that must be endured or worked through rather than chosen.
Reckoning and karmic consequence; the area of life where past choices return to be faced directly.
Desire, passion, and erotic magnetism; where attraction and creative drive merge. Reveals the nature of what you most deeply crave.
Partnership destiny and the nature of committed bonds; reveals the quality and karma of your most significant unions.
Boldness, daring, and the warrior spirit; where you find the nerve to act and the audacity to lead.
Sabian Symbols
Degree-by-degree archetypal imagery
Sun · Leo 18°26'
A houseboat party
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An Indian warrior riding fiercely, human scalps hanging from his belt
"Conquest"
A group of rabbits dressed in human clothes walk as if on parade
"Imitation"
A will-o'-the-wisp leading men to destruction
"Illusion"
A will-o'-the-wisp leading men to destruction
"Illusion"
A chemist conducts an experiment for his students
"Demonstration"
A houseboat party
"Community"
An aristocratic family tree
"Lineage"
A swimming race
"Competition"
Totally intent upon completing an immediate task a man is deaf to any allurement
"Focus"
After a storm a boat landing stands in need of reconstruction
"Rebuilding"
A crowded sightseeing bus on a city street
"Tourism"
Sea gulls fly around a ship in expectation of food
"Dependence"
A church bazaar
"Resourcefulness"
A majestic rock formation resembling a face is idealized by a boy who takes it as his ideal of greatness and as he grows up begins to look like it
"Aspiration"
Feng Shui
Kua 2
Favorable: Northeast, West, Northwest, Southwest
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Supportive directions
Directions to avoid
Eight Mansions (Ba Zhai) method · Kua number from birth year and gender
The Sage
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Begin your journeyQuestions about Steve Wozniak's birth chart
What is Steve Wozniak's zodiac sign?
Steve Wozniak's Sun sign is Leo.
What is Steve Wozniak's moon and rising sign?
Steve Wozniak has a Cancer Moon and a Virgo rising.
When was Steve Wozniak born?
Steve Wozniak was born on Aug 11, 1950.
How reliable is this birth data?
This chart carries a Rodden rating of AA: the standard scale astrologers use to grade how well-documented a birth time is. Verified by a birth certificate or official record: full chart shown, including houses and the rising sign.
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