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Who is Elon Musk? Can astrology tell us? Not really. What astrology can tell us about a person are the potentials and challenges that they will experience as a soul. How individuals use these potentials depends on their mastery. However, by looking at the position of the planets and their aspects, we can see a lot about the particular energies that create the essential geometry of an individual.

Astrology shows us the potentials and challenges of the soul. What an individual does with them depends on their free will.

So… what does Elon Musk’s astrology tell us?

The Birth Chart

We do not have the birth time of Elon Musk. I asked him on Twitter – but he still hasn’t replied.

Hello @elonmusk. I know it is personal information and I apologize in advance. I am an astrologer and I am studying your birth chart for a post and a video that I am going to make soon. What is your time of birth? Thank you.

— Paula Lustemberg (@paulalustemberg) November 29, 2022

For the moment I will analyze the position of his planets and the aspects between them… which already give us a vast amount of information! This is his natal chart:

For this analysis I have searched for the most popular questions about Elon Musk that appear on Quora:

• Is Elon Musk really a revolutionary or will he soon become a braggart?
• What do you think about Elon Musk trying to accomplish too many things at once?
• Is Elon Musk really as smart as people think he is?
• Do you think Elon Musk has a good sense of humanity?
• Why do so many people give Elon Musk a hard time when he is clearly a genius?
• And a question from the mainstream media: is Elon Musk a defender of free speech or just the opposite?

First, a look at Elon Musk’s essential geometry

Note: I don’t consider astrological houses in this analysis because I don’t have the exact time of birth, so I can’t talk about his work ethic, specific ambitions, etc.

The first thing we see of Elon Musk with the naked eye (interviews, his Twitter, etc) is a very strong Uranian energy… with a touch of sentimentality. Indeed, the birth chart shows us a man of Cancer, with his Sun conjunct Mercury squaring Uranus conjunct Lilith in Libra… very uranian-like. Also, he has his North Node and Mars in Aquarius. There is no doubt that we find a strong Aquarian energy in Elon’s chart, that not only seeks progress but also is essential for the evolution of his soul.

The Sun in Cancer tells us about an emotional spirit. Depending on the experiences they’ve been through (and no one is safe from painful ones), Cancer tends to create a shell to protect themselves. The ideal for those born under this sign is to gradually develop emotional awareness, something that allows them to know what they should feed on to calm the affective “hunger”. On the other hand, if we become terrified by unpleasant emotions and close ourselves within our shells, the carapace we build keeps us malnourished from the warmth and affection we so long for. In any case, we are talking about a very emotional and naturally affectionate man.

The square between the Sun in Cancer and Uranus in Libra shows us that Elon Musk can’t stand being told what to do. The Uranus in Libra generation knows that to achieve progress, harmony is necessary. Pacifists by nature, they try to reach agreements objectively, taking into account the rights of both parties. They come with ideas that are unconventional to those of previous generations in regard to diplomacy, politics, justice, aesthetics…

The square of Uranus with the Sun in Cancer speaks of an internal conflict between these values and the identity of the individual. The Sun in Cancer needs affection and care, and the square of Uranus from Libra to the Sun asks us for egalitarian relationships… like those of two friends! But as I always say, the birth chart is in perfect balance and the dynamic aspects – like the squares – act creatively and encourage growth. In the case of Elon Musk, the Moon in Virgo is activated. These conflicts help him develop the ability to improve his emotional responses, something that is very important in his evolutionary path.

Lilith in Libra intensifies this dynamic! With Uranus and Lilith in Libra and the North Node and Mars in Aquarius, we can see that Elon’s Cancer Sun is looking to learn how to care for, nurture and protect himself…something that makes him feel emotionally isolated and probably made him feel very lonely at times. From the soul’s point of view, this experience is necessary to learn to nurture himself with what he truly needs instead of what external recognition gives him.

In order for Lilith to become a source of ancient wisdom and power, we always need to honor the needs of our Moon, Venus, and Mars. In Elon’s case, his intense desire for balance and partnership should include efficiency and attention to detail (Moon in Virgo), communication, and humor (Venus in Gemini), and something innovative and non-conformist (Mars in Aquarius).

Uranus also forms a square with Mercury in Cancer, even closer than with the Sun. Contacts between Mercury and Uranus show us great mental speed and the ability to instantly access superconscious information. The square indicates that this information, which can be conscious or unconscious, creates some discomfort from time to time, which manifests as a sudden emotional discharge.

⚡️⚡️⚡️ Power to the People ⚡️⚡️⚡️

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 5, 2022

As I have already mentioned, the North Node in Aquarius indicates that, at an evolutionary level, Elon Musk has come to be his true self regardless of what others say. Mars in Aquarius shows us that Elon is driven to open paths for innovation and progress. Mars trines Venus in Gemini. Venus in the sign of the twins indicates a great pleasure for the intellectual, for communication, for words, and humor… and the trine with Mars in Aquarius undoubtedly promotes freedom of speech.

Jupiter in Scorpio shows us that Elon has among his assets a great emotional depth that allows him to understand the subconscious mechanisms that condition human behavior. Squaring his Mars in Aquarius, his assertiveness intensifies though, each time he is moved to act by what he believes, he begins an emotional journey that plunges him into his inner abysses. Then the opposition of Saturn in Gemini to Jupiter is activated, and Elon begins to debate between what he feels and what he thinks… something that leads him to study and inform himself before acting – or at least, it is something that he is learning to do through experience.

Is Elon Musk really a revolutionary or will he soon become a braggart?

From my point of view, taking into account what I have seen in the chart, Elon Musk is truly directed toward progress. There’s no way he would not want change!

What do you think about Elon Musk trying to accomplish too many things at once?

Multitasking is something that Elon (Venus in Gemini) thoroughly enjoys.

Is Elon Musk really as smart as people think he is?

In my opinion, we are all intelligent, although each one has a specific intelligence. One of the biggest barriers to intelligence is created by emotional inhibitions (ashamed to speak, fear of rejection, etc.)… However, it is obvious that Elon Musk is smart. Whatever emotional inhibitions he may still have, indicates that we have not yet seen his intelligence to its full potential.

Do you think Elon Musk has a good sense of humanity?

I don’t quite understand this question, but if it is referring to whether he is a “humane” person, we can say that he is someone very affectionate. It is in his potential, as a Cancerian, to include humanity in its entirety within his heart.

Why do so many people give Elon Musk a hard time when he is clearly a genius?

It is likely due to his Lilith conjunct Uranus in Libra and his North Node in Aquarius. Elon Musk has come to this world to learn not to depend on public opinion. The rejection that he receives from many is, in a certain way, beneficial for his evolutionary path. However, he might be truly affected by this, as any Cancerian individual would be.

Is Elon Musk a defender of freedom of expression or just the opposite?

Freedom of speech is an issue that really turns him on! Everything in his birth chart indicates he’s a defender of individual rights, especially in regard to speaking and communication (Mars in Aquarius trine Venus in Gemini). And above all, he will naturally advocate for intellectual freedom.

Elon Musk – The Astrology of his Birth Chart – WATCH THE VIDEO

Broken down and hungry for your love
With no way to feed it
Where are you tonight?
Child, ya know how much I need it
Too young to hold on
And too old to just break free and run
Sometimes a man gets carried away
When he feels like should be having his fun
Much too blind to see the damage he's done
Sometimes a man must awake to find that
Really he has no one

Lover you should’ve come over – Grace (1994)

A visceral cry that goes through the emotional hells that only Scorpio dares to face and, therefore, allows us to get to know the crying of the Phoenix, a divine and golden song born from the light found in the depths of the darkness of the soul. That’s the voice and music of Jeff Buckley, a Scorpio native.

I have decided to do this analysis without using the time of birth because there are two different records in the files. Anyway, when we analyze a birth chart without the zodiacal houses, we can discover the essential Self of an individual.

At first glance, we notice a large stellium (conjunction of three or more planets) formed by Neptune, Mercury, Sun, and Venus in Scorpio. This stellium makes 60-degree angles (or sextiles) with the Moon in Aquarius and with the Pluto-Mars-Uranus conjunction in Virgo. It also forms a trine (120-degree angle) with the Saturn-Chiron conjunction in Pisces. And another trine with Jupiter. Sextiles and trines describe a harmonic relationship between the energies of the planets that connect to each other. The only aspects of tension that we see in Buckley’s birth chart are the oppositions between Saturn-Chiron in Pisces with Pluto-Mars-Uranus in Virgo and the one between the Moon in Aquarius with Jupiter in Leo. That said, we can see in Jeff Buckley a great coherence between the different parts of his being, except regarding his will and emotional security.

Planets represent parts of our consciousness that seek to express themselves. At first glance, Jeff Buckley’s birth chart shows that these parts are grouped into specific signs. We find Neptune (inspiration), Mercury (conscious mind), Sun (identity), and Venus (grace) united in Scorpio, the sign of emotional intensity, of cathartic transformation. Everything that Scorpio experiences is a kind of emotional purification that aims to release its natural instincts, see them face to face, and, therefore, allow transformation. In Scorpio, we can differentiate three states of consciousness: the scorpion, intensely emotional, and reactive, defends itself through its sting; the eagle, active, and intellectual, knows what they want and seek it; and the Phoenix, the mystic, who has been able to open his heart and let the world in, after having given himself completely to the reality of his own limitations. This individual feels compassion towards his neighbor because he understands that he is not different from others.

In Buckley’s interviews and music, we can see these three archetypes. Jeff has connected to his animal instincts at the same time that his mind was able to see poetry in sorrow. He was not afraid of despair; rather, he felt it as a source of life. And we hear that clearly in his music. In his lyrics, Buckley talks of restlessness, of the unattainable, of what he has to let go of. The pain his voice transmits when howling like a wounded wolf describes what it feels like when we realize that the union between two souls culminates the moment the bodies are separated. It is at that very moment when the possibility of a mystical experience opens up, since … at least for an instant, we can feel our own soul.

“Relentless, endless joy peaking into tears, resting in calmness, a simmering beauty. If you let yourself listen with the whole of yourself, you will have the pure feeling of flight while firmly rooted to the ground. Your soul can fly outward, stringed to your ribcage like a shimmering kite in the shape of an open hand. Be still and listen to the evidence of your own holiness.”

Jeff Buckley

Chiron in Pisces tells us about an extremely sensitive Buckley. This astrological position describes an individual who fuses with the Whole and is able to stop feeling his own being. Compassion is natural. For Buckley, dogs abandoned to their fate, orphans, poverty, in short … everything that represents the vulnerability of an innocent being were situations to which he could not remain indifferent. This position creates difficulties in discerning which are our own emotions and which are not, opening the door to internal crises that do not even have roots in ourselves. However, Pluto-Mars-Uranus’s opposition to Chiron must have unconsciously allowed him to protect his emotional receptivity through physical tension.

Buckley’s sensitivity to the intangible was extreme. For him, “sensitivity isn’t about being wimpy. It’s about being so painfully aware that a flea landing on a dog is like a sonic boom.” His Dark Moon, also in Pisces, reinforces the possibility that Buckley was permeable to the mood of other people. This may have caused the need to isolate himself, avoid crowds, or exacerbate nervousness and the pressure described by the Pluto-Mars-Uranus conjunction. When we see Jeff Buckley in the few interviews he’s given, we see fast, impatient, and nervous movements that exemplify Uranus’ electrified energy, almost like a high-voltage source. This same energy connects with his planets in Scorpio, which may indicate that the tension he felt acted as fuel for his craft. The distorted guitars that Buckley uses in many of his songs, describe this energy literally (as in the case of Eternal Life).

“We are spirits and the whole tension is that we don’t know that we are. Yet music is able to touch this.”

Jeff Buckley

Its nodal axis is in Scorpio (south node) / Taurus (north node). Scorpio is lava, the underground sea that when it rises to the surface, destroys everything in its path and when it finally cools, it creates spaces that can generate new forms of life. With the southern node in Scorpio, we are used to living through long periods of devastation. Thanks to this, we have developed a very deep understanding of what emotional purging is … if we allow ourselves to feel it completely. Many times, with the Scorpio node, we are stranded in despair, especially before the first 35 years of life. With his northern node in Taurus, Buckley came into the world to learn how to channel his powerful, ethereal, and tumultuous emotional torrent into the simplicity of life on Earth. He came to discover that the body is not an obstacle to feeling the soul … but that the body is the manifestation of its essence. Taurus symbolizes matter, touch, patience, self-esteem, valuing his own talents, the world of physical sensations, the arts, and especially the voice.

I don’t know if Jeff Buckley ever managed to sense the magnitude of his talent. Especially since, despite his genius, the opposition Moon Jupiter describes certain difficulties in exploiting his potential due to a lack of self-confidence. Unfortunately, he left this world when he was only 30 years old. But he left us a studio album, Grace, his legacy. After his death, several compilations and live recordings appeared.

I thought it was worth mentioning … On the day Jeff Buckley was born, Earth’s orbit passed through the fragments of Comet Tempel-Tuttle, providing the most spectacular meteor display in 133 years.