The Stars Over Silicon Valley: How Tech Innovators Reflect Cosmic Archetypes
Silicon Valley is often viewed as the capital of rationalism, a place where data is king and intuition is a bug to be fixed. Yet, as an anthropologist and astrologer, I see something different. I see a modern Olympus, populated by figures who are enacting ancient myths on a digital stage. The titans of tech, Jobs, Gates, Musk, Zuckerberg, are not just CEOs; they are carriers of powerful astrological archetypes that shape how we all live.
At the Wilfred Hazelwood Clinic, we believe that understanding these archetypes is key to understanding the modern psyche. When we look at the birth charts of these innovators, we find that their "disruptive" technologies are often direct expressions of their planetary alignments.
Steve Jobs: The Piscean Mystic
Steve Jobs (born February 24, 1955) was a Pisces, the sign of the dreamer, the artist, and the mystic. Pisces lives in the world of imagination and feeling, often struggling with the rigid boundaries of reality.
Jobs famously rejected market research, preferring to rely on his intuition. This is pure Pisces. He didn't sell computers; he sold a feeling. The "Reality Distortion Field" his employees spoke of is a classic Neptunian trait (Neptune rules Pisces), the ability to dissolve the boundary between what is true and what is possible. He brought the "soul" (a Neptunian concept) into the machine, making technology beautiful, intuitive, and almost spiritual.
Bill Gates: The Scorpion Architect
If Jobs was the dreamer, Bill Gates (born October 28, 1955) is the strategist. As a Scorpio, Gates embodies intensity, focus, and control. Scorpio is the sign of power, accumulation, and transformation.
In his early years, Gates displayed the "lower" vibration of Scorpio: a ruthless drive to dominate the market and crush the competition. However, Scorpio is also the sign of the Phoenix, the ability to die and be reborn. Gates' transformation from a monopolistic tycoon into the world's leading philanthropist is a high-Scorpio evolution. He moved from hoarding power to using that power to heal (a medical/Scorpio theme) the world.
Elon Musk: The Crab in Space
Elon Musk (born June 28, 1971) is often misidentified as an air sign due to his futuristic vision, but he is a Cancer. Cancer is the sign of the Mother, the Home, and emotional security. It is ruled by the Moon.
This seems paradoxical for a man obsessed with rockets, but look closer. Musk’s core drive is survival. His mission to colonize Mars is motivated by a deep, Cancerian fear that Earth is no longer safe. He wants to build a "backup home" for humanity. Even the Cybertruck, an armoured, impenetrable shell, is a perfect symbol for the Crab, who needs a hard exoskeleton to protect its soft, vulnerable interior. His erratic emotional outbursts on social media also reflect the moody, fluctuating nature of the Moon.
Mark Zuckerberg: The Taurean Builder
Mark Zuckerberg (born May 14, 1984) is a Taurus. Taurus is an Earth sign, concerned with stability, possession, and building tangible structures. It is the sign of the Builder.
Zuckerberg didn't invent social networking, but he built the infrastructure that made it permanent. Taurus is known for its stubbornness (the Bull) and its desire to "own" territory. The Metaverse is the ultimate Taurean projection: an attempt to turn the digital ether into "land" that can be owned, developed, and monetized. It is the desire to make the intangible solid.
The Shadow of the Valley: The Puer Aeternus
Collectively, Silicon Valley is heavily influenced by the archetype of the Puer Aeternus, the "Eternal Boy." This Jungian concept describes a person (or culture) that remains adolescent, obsessed with flying high, defying limits, and avoiding the "heaviness" of Earth/Saturn (responsibility, aging, death).
We see this in the obsession with life extension, the desire to leave the planet, and the "move fast and break things" motto. It is a brilliant energy, but it lacks grounding. At the Wilfred Hazelwood Clinic, we help clients integrate this energy. Innovation is wonderful, but without the grounding of Saturn (wisdom/time), the Icarus flight inevitably ends in a fall.
The stars over Silicon Valley tell a story of brilliance, but also of profound psychological need. By understanding these cosmic drivers, we can better understand the technologies that are reshaping our world, and perhaps ensure that we use them with a little more human wisdom.
