Ed Miliband is UK Secretary for Energy, dubbed ‘Red Ed’ by his brother David when he beat him by a hair breadth in the 2010 Labour Party leadership elections, courtesy of backing from trade unions. Ed’s Net Zero policies are divisive, with criticisms of higher running costs and Tony Blair saying they are doomed to fail in the long run.
Ed Miliband born 24 December 1969 2pm London (biography), has a Capricorn Sun in the high-minded, crusading 9th house opposite a Cancer Moon square Uranus and Pluto. With Uranus on the focal point of a Cardinal T square, he will be a social catalyst pushing for reform. But he’ll tend to be overly extreme, impatient and highly strung. Without an outlet for his radical activism he could become a social misfit, willful and defiant. His Uranus is further emphasized being at the apex of a yod inconjunct Mars sextile Saturn which will double up on his urge to be a trailblazer. He could make far-reaching changes but his Uranus could also backfire due to his intolerance and defiant attitudes.
He also has an up-and-down Saturn in Taurus opposition Jupiter in Scorpio which is trine/sextile his Sun, so he will be subject to mood swings.
With another yod of Pluto sextile Neptune inconjunct Saturn which can carry heavy karmic lessons if not handled with maturity. Tr Neptune (and Saturn) will square his Sun in March and April this year, Neptune repeating till early 2027, which will be undermining and not supportive of high ambition. His Solar Arc Sun is also square his Neptune at the moment for much the same swampy effect.
His Solar Arc Uranus will square his Mars late 2026/27. That is followed by tr Uranus will square his Mars in 2027/28 for much the same jolting shocks and insecurity as well as rash over-reactions. Tr Neptune will oppose his Uranus in 2028/9 – so a long running Neptunian droop for him over the next few years. En passant tr Uranus will also oppose his Neptune for the final time this April for a nerve-stretching run of three weeks. I can’t see him progressing up the ladder.
His brother David, who resigned from Westminster in 2013 to seek his satisfaction elsewhere is now CEO of the International Rescue Committee in New York City. Born 15 July 1965, he is a Sun Cancer trine Saturn in Pisces. His Uranus Pluto oppose Saturn and square Jupiter so he will also have reforming zeal along with a dollop of good luck and a mellower feel than his brother. His Moon is in Aquarius.
The brothers have an explosive chemistry with David’s Mars conjunct Ed’s inflated Uranus. Their relationship chart has a hostile, power struggling composite Mars square Pluto Uranus which tr Uranus was in hard aspect to when the 2010 split occurred.
Father Ralph, 17 January 1924, was a bleak Capricorn Sun square Saturn in Scorpio; with a dogmatic Mercury opposition Pluto; a revolutionary Uranus trine Pluto and a never-say-die Mars in Scorpio.
I was listening to a podcast that thought if Starmer goes a section of the labour party might want Ed instead of Wes….
Are there any astro signs that David could make a return to British politics?
If memory serves, David Miliband’s move to the US was also partially fuelled by his wife who is American, was a respected musician, had plenty of work over there and had come to dislike living here as there was now bad feeling between the brothers.