IBM · cTR · 1915
IBM is a Scorpio
A chart that reads the footnotes and then the footnotes' sources. IBM is a listed company, so its birthday is the day its shares first changed hands in public.
The birth certificate
IBM's cTR was on Thursday, November 11, 1915. Astrologers who read companies use exactly this date as the moment of birth.
Source: our hand-checked asset registry, at the New York open.
| Sun sign | Scorpio, 18 degrees |
|---|---|
| Moon sign | Capricorn, waxing crescent |
| Mercury | Scorpio |
| Venus | Sagittarius |
| Mars | Leo |
| Jupiter | Pisces |
| Saturn | Cancer |
| Element and quality | Water, Fixed |
| Life Path | 2 |
| BaZi year and Day Master | Wood Rabbit, Yang Fire |
| Archetype | The Vault |
Sun in Scorpio
On that date the Sun was in the middle of Scorpio (18 degrees in), so IBM is a Scorpio. In the tradition that is the scorpion, which goes deep, keeps secrets and plays the long game. It also holds a grudge like a long position, which is less often put in the prospectus.
As an element, Water. Water signs run on feeling: they read the room before they read the numbers. As a quality, Fixed, which is the quality that holds the middle of each season and does not budge.
The rest of the sky
Under the Sun sign sits the Moon, in Capricorn here, and a Moon in Capricorn keeps its feelings in a well-organised filing cabinet. It was a waxing crescent, the first sliver after the new Moon, read as early momentum. The planets: Mercury in Scorpio, Venus in Sagittarius, Mars in Leo, Jupiter in Pisces and Saturn in Cancer.
The numbers
Numerology gives IBM Life Path 2, the partner, diplomatic and allergic to a scene. The Chinese calendar gives it a Wood Rabbit year (careful, diplomatic and quietly lucky), and its Day Master, the element of the day itself, is Yang Fire: fire warms the room and burns through fuel.
Numerology reads a name as well as a date. Spell out "IBM", give each letter its number and reduce, and you get Expression 6: the caretaker, responsible for everyone whether they asked or not. The vowels alone give a Soul Urge of 9, the consonants a Personality of 6.
IBM as a person
Feed IBM's date to the archetype engine, the one that gives you your title, and it comes back The Vault. Whether that fits is a matter for its shareholders' group chat.
Your chart vs IBM's
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Read IBM against your own chart
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Questions people ask
What is IBM's zodiac sign?
By its first trade on November 11, 1915, IBM is a Scorpio, with its Moon in Capricorn and Life Path 2.
When was IBM born?
November 11, 1915, according to our hand-checked asset registry, at the New York open.
Can astrology predict IBM?
No. IBM's chart describes a character, not a price. We ran the test on charts and returns ourselves, and found nothing.
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