Steve Jobs' Pancreas

Just read an article in the latest Fortune or Forbes about Steve Jobs. Apparently Jobs pulled out of the Interview at some point and so the editors, needing to fill up space and being vengeful, researched a bunch of stories about Steve Jobs' problem personality and published those instead. The writers pull you in at first by discussing his weird bout with Cancer and then continue to dig in to the guy.

I remembered the Cancer story when it came up and wondered how Steve Jobs had managed to survive Pancreatic Cancer. The type of Cancer he had apparently is a very rare form which is highly treatable. According to the article Jobs let 9 months lapse between diagnosis and surgery in order to treat the disease through diet and other methods. That was 4 years ago so I suppose the treatment worked.

Had to look at his chart. Obviously Steve Jobs has remarkably good intuition so he'd know better than anyone which surgery date to pick for himself. And the astrology is really amazing. For one, the surgery took place right around a Full Moon which is said to be a Bozo no-no in Astroland. Evidentally, in some cases this is not true. The Moon rules the Pancreas so maybe in this case it's a good idea so have the surgery during a time when it's influence is prominent. I seem to remember that there was something odd about the iPhone launch too, how it's not good to launch a phone onto the market during a Mercury Rx. (But Jobs has natal Mercury Rx conjunct ASC).

Jobs was diagnosed in October, 2003 during a routine exam. According to the article he tried to avoid surgery altogether in order to cure himself through diet and probably meditation. Jobs waited 9 months before having the surgery on July 31, 2004 in Palo Alto, CA. And so far so good. He's still alive and creating beautiful things and being attacked by Media Moguls.

Steve Jobs
b. Feb. 24, 1955 6:00am San Francisco, CA (astrotheme)

Sun 6 Pisces; ASC 16 Aquarius; Moon 30 Pisces; MC 4 Sagittarius NN 3 Capricorn Rx

The Pancreas is ruled by Cancer. Right on cue, Jobs' natal Moon is in his 1st house of Physical Body and Cancer rules his 6th House of Health. Jobs has a conjunction of Jupiter and Uranus in Cancer in his 6th House which opposes his Venus in Capricorn, H12. That would indicate some problem with digesting sugars. Jupiter would indicate Liver problems. Uranus likes to do things differently and Jobs' Pancreatic Cancer was the weird type. His diet cures probably had much more of a positive effect than anyone will admit.

The day of the surgery, July 31, 2004, t.Saturn was conjunct the natal 6th House Jupiter-Uranus. The Progressed Moon and t. Saturn sort of have a slightly similar orbit and were layered over Job's natal 6th-12th house opposition. Prog. Moon, prog. MC and t. Chiron were conjunct Jobs' natal Venus. They also rule the 6th & 12th Houses so this is a very strong aspect. There's definitely an emphasis on Health here. Jobs was going through a lot of public scrutiny at the time concerning finances as well, that's indicated in the opposition being layered over progressed MC-IC axis.

Also on this date, Neptune was conjunct his natal Ascendant. Neptune rules Jobs' natal Sun (Vitality) and Moon (pancreas, emotions) so it's really interesting to see here aspecting the House of his physical body. The transiting Moon was conjunct Neptune-n.ASC as well. This is right on Jobs' natal Mercury Rx. I'm going to assume that this brought his whole body into sync to act as one unit during the surgery. I don't know how an astrologer would feel about Moon conjunct the ASC as that might be considered to knock the fluids out of balance but here it seems to have worked well. As Neptune rules Anesthesia and he was probably really easy to knock out.

T. Uranus, ruler of Jobs' Chart, was conjunct his Sun to the degree. And Mercury was opposing this combination from the 7th House to the degree. Sun-Mercury-Uranus combination would be great for sharp, clear, focused, one on one relations coming from the Surgeon. This would be very important for a Neptunian because they are said to be difficult to diagnose and treat, all that fog and aura just blurs their edges. Adding to that, Jupiter was in the 7th, and Mars. The Doctors were feeling confident.

The amount of Mars transits is really interesting since Mars rules the knife. T. Mars was conjunct natal Pluto (opposing n. Mercury) which would have helped the Surgeon to pay attention to what he was doing. Pluto rules surgery.

Jobs' Pluto is in his 7th House. He's probably paranoid and mistrusting about most people, especially since Pluto is connected to a t-square opposite Mercury-ASC and squaring apex Saturn. The article says that he was almost thinking of forgoing the surgery altogether.

Anyway, the transiting Sun passed over Pluto about 16 days later which must have assured continued Vitality on both Jobs' part and the part of those around him. That would be a nice follow up transit as the Sun would have next passed over Mars and Jupiter (transits), all emphasizing strong vitality.

Then there are mutual Sun-Mars progressions: Prog. Sun 5 degrees approaching natal Mars at 30 Aries. Prog. Mars approaching square to natal Sun 6 Pisces. He went into this fighting like a warrior. Very important.