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Daykeeper Journal Astrology

Affirmative astrology for challenging times

President Musk

By Alex Miller

Elon Musk in a suit sits with hands clasped, exuding a serious demeanor akin to a President during an address. The U.S. presidential seal is visible in the corner, hinting at the weight of his thoughts that could rival those of Musk's visionary aspirations.

Nobody elected him to anything, he is ineligible for the high office he apparently holds, his work in restructuring government is unsanctioned, unofficial, and unconstitutional.  But Elon Musk has apparently effected a successful takeover of the US government, hostile or otherwise.  The head of Donald Trump’s bogus DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, Musk is behaving like a classic Doge, the medieval, autocratic rulers of Venice, arbitrarily cutting staff, stopping funding, and eliminating entire departments at whim.

Yes, there are small protests; yes, congressional Democrats are objecting; yes, court challenges have been filed.  But in the main, the Musk bulldozer rolls on, crushing everything in its path.  What does a look at the birth chart of the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and X tell us about his plots and plans?

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With his Sun conjoined asteroid NOT, Elon Musk is a born contrarian, always controversial, bucking trends, willing to obstruct and limit; squared Uranus, he can be volatile, enjoys shocking others, and has a genius for invention

Born 28 June 1971 at 7:30 AM SAST in Pretoria, South Africa (Rodden Rating B), Elon Musk’s 5 Cancer Sun is closely conjoined by asteroid NOT 2857 at 6 Cancer, a general disqualifier or symbol of negation, making him a born contrarian, primed to go against the grain and resist conformity.  This is heightened by a square to Uranus at 9 Libra, noted as freethinking and rebellious.  Uranus straddles the line between genius and madness, conveying inventiveness and innovation, but represents eccentric, iconoclastic behaviors and impulsivity as well, and a desire to shock or offend others for the sake of it.

Also within orb of the Sun are asteroid Eros 433 at 10 Cancer, Mercury at 14 Cancer, and the Ascendant at 13 Cancer.  This defines Musk as extremely passionate (Eros) about his ideas (Mercury), for which he becomes the highly visible public face (Ascendant).  With Mercury closely conjunct the Ascendant, he can appear elfin or puckish to some, more youthful than his years.  Mercury descends from the Greek deity Hermes, a Trickster god, and individuals with a strong placement here (for which being conjoined both the Sun and Ascendant qualifies) sometimes delight in tweaking others’ sensibilities.

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With Mercury conjunct the Ascendant and squared Uranus, Musk’s entrepreneurial ventures tend to combine Mercurial and Uranian elements, such as electric (Uranus) cars (Mercury), with which he becomes highly identified in his public image (Ascendant); asteroid Tesla also conjoins his MC, as the lead venture which first made his career

The square from Mercury to Uranus reinforces the genius/madman vibe, but also well identifies his various entrepreneurial enterprises.  The Mercury/Uranus combination pairs well with electric (Uranus) cars (Mercury), a la Tesla; space (Uranus) travel (Mercury), as witness SpaceX; and unrestricted (Uranus) self-expression (Mercury), with Musk having removed guardrails and factchecking from Twitter after he purchased the social media giant in 2022 and renamed it X.  Further confirmation of the Tesla obsession is offered by asteroid Tesla 2244, which at 29 Aries conjoins the 26 Aries Midheaven, the Tenth House cusp, ruling career, and is exactly trine asteroid Muskau 29053 at 29 Sagittarius, closest to “Musk.”  Muskau is also exactly squared asteroid Stargazer 8958 at 29 Virgo, perhaps portraying his alternate obsession with space.

Elon Musk’s foray into government is just as clear, with the right interpretive tools.  Mercury rests at the fulcrum of a T-Square pattern, with Mercury (ideas, plans, stratagems) reaching out to asteroids Washingtonia 886 with Pandora55 (both at 16 Libra) and Whitehouse with Icarus 1566 (at 16 and 12 Aries respectively).  At a basic level, this shows Musk as the public face (Ascendant) of the administration (Whitehouse) policy (Mercury) to transform the federal government (Washingtonia), but note the qualifiers.

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Overcompensation, much? Musk poses with his penis metaphor spacecraft delivery system; asteroid Stargazer is exactly squared asteroid Muskau (closest to Musk), while asteroid Spacesoara is sesquiquadrate, confirming Musk’s fascination with the heavens – Mars in precise sesquiquadrate to the Sun shows the red planet as his ultimate goal

Pandora is named for the mythic figure who allowed curiosity to get the better of her, opening a box she had been warned to keep closed, and thus unwittingly releasing all the ills of mankind.  It represents the unleashing of unintended consequences.  Icarus is named for another character unable to listen to good advice, the boy who fell from the sky to his death when he flew too close to the sun, despite his father’s warning, melting his waxen wings.  It represents rash, reckless acts heedless of the consequences.  Both myths conjure the image of foolish choices making a situation worse, or leading to disaster, which suggests the reduction of American soft power globally by eliminating foreign aid, or hollowing out the FBI, CIA and Justice Departments, leaving the US weakened and unprepared to face adversaries at home and abroad.  Musk’s cost-cutting measures now could lead to serious consequences later, in a modern rendering of “penny wise and pound foolish.”

US courts have already stepped in to slow Musk’s DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency, a meaningless Trump-crafted moniker designed to disguise the fact of its unofficial, extralegal status) bulldozer, prompted by suits filed by affected groups and individuals, leading to injunctions.  We can see this potential roadblock as Musk’s asteroid Justitia 269, named for the Roman goddess of justice and representing the courts, which is embedded at station in his birth chart, making it of signal importance in his life.  At 17 Scorpio, Justitia is trine Mercury, a possible brake on Musk’s ambition.

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When Musk bought Twitter in 2022 and renamed it X, he freed it from all constraint, dropping guardrails and factchecks, in another manifestation of his Uranus (freedom, controversy) – Mercury (speech) square

So we see a clear pull to the US capital via the Executive branch, but why now, in particular?

That’s answered by the placement of asteroid Troemper 28130, our celestial referent for Donald Trump, which at 15 Libra exactly conjoins asteroid Nike 307, and joins the Washingtonia/Pandora pairing.  Nike is named for the Greek goddess of victory, so it was Trump’s (Troemper) electoral success (Nike) in November that opened the door to Musk fulfilling his Oval Office potential, incapable of implementation via ordinary means, with Musk not a native-born American, and thus ineligible for the presidency per se.  Also here is asteroid Hybris 430 at 21 Libra, named for the Greek goddess of prideful arrogance, and denoting the tenor of Musk’s interventions.

As well, asteroid Donn 4689, another cosmic placeholder for Trump, falls at 25 Virgo, conjoined Pluto at 27 Virgo, signaling that The Donald (Donn) is Musk’s route to genuine power (Pluto), of the type that even the world’s richest man can’t command on his own.  There’s also an enhanced risk that their interactions will lead to criminal conduct (Pluto also).

musk2 oval office
In an eerie echo of presidential bring-your-child-to-work day, Musk and son X (right) dominated a joint interview with Trump in the Oval Office, much as JFK and JFK Jr (left) shared office space; Musk’s Ascendant/Mercury lies on the fulcrum of a T-Square with asteroids Whitehouse conjunct Icarus, and Washingtonia conjunct Troemper, Pandora and Hybris, depicting Musk as the public face (Ascendant) of the Trump administration’s (Troemper, Whitehouse) rash, reckless (Icarus) attempt to arrogantly (Hybris) remake the federal government (Washingtonia), with all the concomitant unintended consequences (Pandora)

But is this unholy alliance likely to last?  Donald Trump is famously jealous of the spotlight, and tends to distrust and isolate others in his orbit if they appear to him to be grabbing too much attention.  Recently we were granted the spectacle of the bizarre joint appearance of co-presidents Musk and Trump in the Oval Office, where the unofficial head-of-state held forth on a variety of subjects while the muted elected chief executive visibly chafed at the loss of the limelight, appearing diminished and sidelined, frowning at the antics of Musk’s irrepressible four-year-old son, who had unaccountably been included in the proceedings.

For now, with transit asteroid Muskau in early Sagittarius, opposing Jupiter in Gemini and trine Troemper in Leo, it appears to be smooth sailing (trine) for Musk’s (Muskau) Trump-facilitated (Troemper) venture into politics (Jupiter).  But transit Pluto at 2 Aquarius, bringing change, transformation, and possible destruction,  exactly conjoins Musk’s natal asteroid Achilles 588 currently, a point noted for exposing weakness or vulnerability.  Ultimately, with no official or elected position, Elon Musk is where he is by the grace, and at the whim, of Donald J. Trump.

musk2 kids
Mercury also rules children, and Uranus is technology, with 8 of Elon Musk’s baker’s dozen of children created via IVF or surrogacy; Uranus’ bent for eccentricity also shows here in the – shall we say, “unique”? – quality of many of the names chosen

If and when his usefulness as a fall guy and whipping boy for the blowback from the worst excesses of the Trump administration’s overhaul of government ceases, there’s little doubt that Elon Musk, like so many before, will be consigned to outer darkness by the 47th president, who will doubtless aver in the aftermath, “Elon who?”

Alex Miller
Alex Miller

Alex Miller is a professional writer and astrologer, whose website AlexAsteroidAstrology.com offers a trove of info on the role of asteroids in personal and mundane astrology. He is the author of The Black Hole Book (available on Amazon.com) and The Urban Wicca, former editor of “The Galactic Calendar,” and past president of The Philadelphia Astrological Society. His pioneering work with Black Holes in astrological interpretation began in 1991, when his progressed Sun unwittingly fell into one. Alex’s books and writings are available on his website. Alex can also be reached for comment or services at .

Filed Under: Alex Miller, Asteroid Files Tagged With: Donald Trump, US politics, US Presidency, 2025, Elon Musk

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