GRMN · first trade · 2000
Garmin is a Sagittarius
A chart that announces the destination before checking the map. Garmin is a listed company, so its birthday is the day its shares first changed hands in public, filed under Consumer Discretionary.
The birth certificate
Garmin's first trade was on Friday, December 8, 2000. That is the day GRMN arrived in public, so that is the day its chart is cast for.
Source: Yahoo Finance's recorded first-trade date, at the New York open.
| Sun sign | Sagittarius, 16 degrees |
|---|---|
| Moon sign | Taurus, waxing gibbous |
| Mercury | Sagittarius |
| Venus | Aquarius |
| Mars | Libra |
| Jupiter | Gemini |
| Saturn | Taurus |
| Element and quality | Fire, Mutable |
| Life Path | 4 |
| BaZi year and Day Master | Metal Dragon, Yang Metal |
| Archetype | The Opportunist |
Sun in Sagittarius
Sagittarius, the middle of Sagittarius (16 degrees in): Garmin shares a sign with the archer, ruled by Jupiter. Read as a personality, it announces the destination before checking the map. Read less kindly, it is optimistic in a way that needs supervision.
Its element is Fire. Fire signs run on enthusiasm: they start things, and they would like you to watch. Its quality is mutable, the quality that closes each season and adapts to whatever comes next.
The rest of the sky
Astrology reads the Moon as the private mood behind the public face. Garmin has it in Taurus, which wants comfort, a routine and the good chair. That day brought a waxing gibbous Moon, almost full, the phase of refining before the reveal, with Mercury in Sagittarius, Venus in Aquarius, Mars in Libra, Jupiter in Gemini and Saturn in Taurus.
The numbers
Life Path 4 for Garmin, which numerology calls the builder, who trusts a process more than a person. In BaZi terms: a Metal Dragon year (ambitious, flamboyant and fond of a grand entrance) and a Yang Metal Day Master, because metal cuts, refines and keeps its edges sharp.
Then there is the name, which is the part of the chart a company chose. By Pythagorean numerology "Garmin" is Expression 8, the executive, the number numerology ties most closely to money and power, with Soul Urge 1 and Personality 7.
GRMN as a person
The reveal names people by letting seven traditions vote on four questions: move first or wait, this year or the next ten, one thing or many, out loud or in private. Run GRMN's birth date through it and the tally says The Opportunist.
Your chart vs Garmin's
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Questions people ask
What is Garmin's zodiac sign?
By its first trade on December 8, 2000, Garmin is a Sagittarius, with its Moon in Taurus and Life Path 4.
When was GRMN born?
December 8, 2000, according to Yahoo Finance's recorded first-trade date, at the New York open.
Can astrology predict GRMN?
No, and we checked. Charts read as personalities; as a return signal, in our own published tests, they come up empty.
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