Aspects for the week beginning 11 February 2018
Elon Musk
This week, on Tuesday 6th February, while we in the U.K. were celebrating 100 years of the female vote and wondering how far we had got with equality, across the pond in Florida U.S. (male) billionaire, entrepreneur, inventor and futurist was launching the biggest rocket and re-igniting the space race, through the development of his SpaceX projects. The launch itself went according to plan, but then other aspects of the project missed their targets. However the Observer leader this morning was very enthusiastic: “It is an exciting prospect that offers rich rewards to entrepreneurs – and to society”.
Birth Chart
The charts of entrepreneurs and inventors make fascinating study, and Elon Musk’s is no exception, but it would be even more fascinating with a birth time. We find Elon Musk’s Sun unaspected (individualism) except for a square to Uranus (invention and futurism) – his main connection with reality. He lacks personal aspects generally, and that may indicate his huge aspiration for mankind (he worries about human extinction and wants us to be able to live on Mars). His technological aspirations are reinforced by a conjunction of Mars and the North Node (karmic mission) in Aquarius, the sign of technology and futurism. Mars/North Node/Aquarius represents engineering, and even specifically symbolizes his electric car company Tesla, which was named after the earlier passionate inventor and futurist Nikola Tesla (though he co-founded the company but was not responsible for naming it). His Uranus, opposing his natal Chiron, creates a T-square with Mercury, which tackles problems out of the box, out of necessity.
He also has Mars square Jupiter, which I often say has the capacity to project into other dimensions energetically. A powerful contributor to his success is Jupiter sextile exactly Pluto in his chart.
Relationships
Elon Musk has been married three times, twice to the same woman (Talulah Riley), and has dated the actress Amber Heard. The relationship floundered after a year due to their work schedules (although their astrology is compatible). He has five children with his first wife Justine Wilson. We do not know the condition of his 7th House of Marriage without a birth time, but Venus in Gemini can incline to more than one marriage (Last week’s subject Robert Wagner had Gemini dominating his 7th House, and also married the same woman twice).
His transits at the Rocket Launch of Falcon Heavy
Jupiter was square to his natal Mars at this launch, reinforcing that natal square which I equate with the energy of extreme propulsion. However, he may also be aware of the limitations of the exercise, with Saturn currently opposing his natal Sun.
Nikola Tesla
Elon Musk has a resonance, and not just in name, to the earlier passionate and prolific engineer, entrepreneur, inventor and futurist Nikola Tesla. Tesla was born on 10th July 1856, though under the Julian calendar he shares a birthday with Elon Musk (28th June). In their appearance they differ greatly, as Tesla sported a dramatic and moustachioed look worthy of his Pluto on the Ascendant (we have his birth time).
Like Elon Musk, Nikola was a workaholic, with Moon conjunct Mars in his 6th House. But Nikola only slept 2 hours per night, and worked 140 hours per week, compared to Elon Musk’s 80 hour a week schedule! Tesla was a more solitary character, and never married.
Tesla had a remarkable mind, including an eidetic memory, experiencing flashes of light, and the capacity for 3 dimensional visualization. I think his depth of vision is connected to the presence of Pluto on his Ascendant. He also spoke eight languages. His Inner Healer (Chiron) was expressed through the sign of Aquarius, i.e. science, invention and futurism. He never visited a doctor in adult life, though he had suffered cholera when young. Curiously, he credited reading the works of Mark Twain as helpful in his healing, and in later life became a close friend of Mark Twain (whose Jupiter was exactly conjunct Tesla’s Venus)
Tesla is a fascinating character, deserving of his own blog (which I hope to write one day). He had a particular affinity for pigeons:
“I have been feeding pigeons, thousands of them for years. But there was one, a beautiful bird, pure white with light grey tips on its wings; that one was different. It was a female. I had only to wish and call her and she would come flying to me. I loved that pigeon as a man loves a woman, and she loved me. As long as I had her, there was a purpose to my life”.
He patented a huge number of inventions, and is mainly known for his contribution to the development of the Alternating Current. But towards the end of his life, he was involved in pursuits such as a patent for a biplane, and a motor that would run on cosmic rays: interests which ran more along the lines of Elon Musk’s. So it could be said that Elon Musk is continuing the work of Nikola Tesla.
An interesting set of transits to Nikola Tesla’s chart (posthumously) were evident when the company Tesla Inc. was formed:
Chiron was opposite Nikola’s Sun in the 3rd House, Jupiter and Pluto were sextile Nikola’s Mars (motor car). Mars was trine his natal Saturn in Cancer in the 3rd House of Transport, and Mars was also sextile his natal Pluto rising in Taurus.
Louise Mensch
Today’s blog might seem like a bit of a mish mash, as now I would like to link Elon Musk’s chart with that of Louise Mensch. You may remember her as the Conservative politician, MP for Corby and Northamptonshire, who in the middle of serving under David Cameron’s government suddenly upped sticks and moved to the U.S. with her new American husband.
On the surface you would not expect a link with Elon Musk, but they are Astro-Twins (born on the same day of the same year, and whereas we do not have a birth time for Elon Musk, we do have one for her (which she freely revealed in the media last year). She has Leo rising.
In certain googled photographs, from their smile, cheekbones and eyebrows, they could in their appearance be “separated at birth”!
But her Sun in Cancer is seen much more easily, in her original profession as a successful writer of “Chick-Lit”. And knowing her Ascendant makes a great deal of sense of her individual life path, for example she has the South Node exactly on her Ascendant and the North Node in on the cusp of her 7th House (giving up her own profession in favour of the spouse’s location). She has three children by a first marriage.
Since moving to the States, she has become a “conspiracy theorist”, a feature of the paranoia of Saturn exactly opposing Neptune in her (and Elon’s) natal chart. She has concentrated on political themes, such as Donald Trump’s links with Russia. Elon Musk’s Saturn-Neptune opposition has got him into hot water with some of his contemporary entrepreneurs (notably Mark Zuckerberg), over fear-mongering about the dangers of artificial intelligence in the future.
Mensch has in the past been diagnosed with A.D.H.D. (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), which may be equated with Elon Musk’s workaholism, and their high energy Mars/North Node in Aquarius square to Jupiter.
Aspects
On Tuesday (13th), Mercury squares Jupiter, so expansive travel and information overload may be on the menu. If you have meetings that day, it could be agenda-heavy and there could be a lot to discuss. Although this is not an easy aspect, it can prove quite productive and quite heady, energetically.
The next day, Wednesday (14th), is of course Valentine’s Day, and the aspect (Sun sextile Uranus) is more conducive than most times to surprises (of the more welcome variety)! So if some of your Valentine surprises have fallen flat in recent years, and you decided not to bother, perhaps it might be worth another try to please your intended or your other half. You might ask for inspiration from the sources of the great inventive minds, past, present and future! Otherwise (and if you are not romantically focussed), this is a great day for invention and creativity, and surprise meetings.
Thursday (15th) continues the themes of mental exploration, mind-broadening and invention, with a sextile between Mercury and Uranus. If you were inundated with bright ideas on Tuesday, started to implement them on Wednesday, you can carry on implementing on Thursday.
Later on, in the evening, there is a Solar Eclipse, a New Moon at 27 degrees Aquarius. If you found the recent eclipse a fortnight ago momentous, you may find further significance in this one. If not, you can treat it as a new beginning, especially in matters of science, technology, invention and future vision. Your own Future Self may appear, to assist you, or failing that seek a future life progression session with a qualified practitioner:
http://www.pflsociety.org/search-practitioners
In the last hour of that day, Venus sextiles Saturn, and your feelings may settle down after all the excitement of the Solar Eclipse. You recognize what is worthwhile in your life and where your loyalties lie. You may receive a late night text from a best mate, reassuring you of friendship forever…
Saturday morning (17th) however may bring a little confusion to rain on your equanimity. Mars squares Neptune, and you may find it difficult to harmonize your spiritual ideals with your practical action. Some meditation could do the trick. Energies may be frittered, and water currents could be flowing in unhelpful directions, e.g. leaks.
However, another influence around lunchtime, a conjunction of the Sun and Mercury at 28 degrees Aquarius, may bring more clarity, especially if you are wrestling with a confused situation. You may experience a flash of light (hopefully not a precursor to a migraine, but more of the Tesla enlightened variety) as information reaches your mind (from an inward or an outward source) which helps your current situation, the confused state, or just your life in general.
The week in bullet points:
- Tuesday – travel and information overload
- Wednesday – pleasant surprises
- Thursday – mental exploration; a turning point; settled feelings
- Saturday – confused action; then some clarity
February 11th, 2018 at 4:22 pm
Hi Lana
Thanks for another interesting blog. I’m not ever likely to be described as a workaholic and I do find those who are quite fascinating. I’m not sure that wasting so much money on current space flight is sensible. I think there are other ways to travel into space which haven’t been discovered. Possibly. I am quite fond of pigeons however . . . .
Despite rather horrid weather forecasts, I’m looking forward to the coming week. Love and light to us all.
Love Sarah
February 12th, 2018 at 9:37 am
Dear Sarah
Thanks, as ever, for your comment.
I am no workaholic either, and I have sound astrological reasons to back me up on that!
Funding the space race is arguable, as you say. I think for Musk, Branson and Bezos it’s a hobby, something to spend their spare millions on. Elon Musk’s stated aim is to save mankind from extinction though.
It would be nice if some of that money went to funding a health service for the U.S.A.
I haven’t quite worked out where the pigeon totem shows up in his birth chart.
Love
Lana
February 18th, 2018 at 9:04 am
Dear Lana,
Just catching up with your blog as the week comes to a close I discovered I had missed the opportunity to send you a late night text on Thursday “reassuring you of friendship forever…”
Thank you for the piece on Elon Musk. Although I had seen the name before (generally in celebrity gossip columns) I didnt have the slightest idea of who he was or what he did. No doubt your seven year old grandson could have given me a lecture on the subject!
Not only did I know nothing about Elon Musk but I knew nothing about Tesla either and I’d never thought about astro-twinning across the Julian and Gregorian calendars so your blog has been very educational today and I am looking forward to reading about Nikola Tesla in the future. Your comments led me to look into the disagreements between Elon Musk and Mark Zutterberg on AI – and I really wished I hadnt because it comes down to the age old question of whether progress and discovery should be encouraged if it can be used for evil. That doesnt stop me, however, from welcoming Sarah’s theories about space travel!
Love janet
February 18th, 2018 at 1:39 pm
Many thanks, Janet, for your late but very welcome comment!
That’s very kind, and a belated reassurance from me too of friendship forever (well we have come a long way!)
Yes, my grandson watched Elon Musk and his rocket launch on the news at school, and was able to enthuse appropriately. I forgot to ask him if he knew of Tesla (that might have been a stretch).
As a child I was very enthusiastic about space travel, but in those days we were not dwelling on the cost, and that has increasingly weighed heavily since, particularly with the deterioration of societies, the increase of poverty, and the widening gap between the rich and poor.
Yes, Sarah could hold the key to how we proceed in the future, but she may be too reticent to tell us more…
Love
Lana