Computer scientist
Bill Joy
Wrote vi and much of Berkeley Unix, then co-founded Sun Microsystems.
William Nelson Joy is an American computer engineer and venture capitalist. He co-founded Sun Microsystems in 1982 along with Scott McNealy, Vinod Khosla, and Andy Bechtolsheim, and served as Chief Scientist and CTO at the company until 2003.
- Born
- 1954-11-08, Farmington Hills, USAA Monday
- At birth
- Sun in Scorpio, Moon in Aries
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1954-11-08, Farmington Hills, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Detroitthe zone used then
America/DetroitThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Scorpio | 15°45′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aries | 18°44′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Libra | 28°58′ | Direct |
| Venus | Scorpio | 26°12′ | Retrograde |
| Mars | Aquarius | 12°06′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 29°49′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 12°31′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Cancer | 27°41′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Libra | 26°32′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Leo | 26°41′ | Direct |
Bill Joy is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Bill Joy was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.