Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest man and all round genius and whackjob has been elevated to Time magazine’s Person of the Year. It has attracted a raft of criticism, given his attitude to paying tax, opposition to unions and playing down the dangers of Covid. He was described as a “clown, genius, edgelord, visionary, industrialist, showman” which covers all bases and hedged with the caveat that his influence was bad as well as good. His businesses are undoubtedly leading edge and super-successful ranging from Tesla cars, to the space exploration SpaceX and the alternative energy company SolarCity.
Born 28 June 1971, he had a much-married South African father, whom he describes in vitriolic terms and a fashion model mother.
He arrived on planet earth only a few days before Julian Assange and has the same rebellious Cancer Sun square inventive Uranus; a creative though neurotic, paranoid and head-in-the-clouds Saturn opposition Neptune Jupiter; and Mars in determined, scientific Aquarius conjunct his North Node.
His mother, Maye Musk, 19 April 1948, has the formidable Mars, Saturn, Pluto in Leo conjunct Elon’s South Node and opposition his Mars which arguably suggests his flight into scientific-fantasies-made-real came from a desire to escape her dark energies. After his parents’ divorce aged 10 Elon opted to live with his father which he later said was a terrible mistake.
There’s no solid birth data for Errol Musk, though one site has 25 May 1946, which would out his Gemini Sun conjunct Elon’s Saturn opposition his Neptune for a confusing crossover; and Errol’s Mars is exactly conjunct Elon’s South Node with his Pluto nearby.
Intriguing to speculate that it was the negative effect of both parents in different ways which ran so much against Elon’s grain that it motivated him to become a phenomenon in his own right. The demons that drive him could have destroyed him but instead he went the other way. Though at some cost to his mental stability it would have to be admitted.
Pic Maye: Luan Luu
He’s not perfect for sure, but it can’t be denied that he has accomplished something that few people have at great personal cost. He sleeps at his factory and seems to have a hard time maintaining a permanent relationship with his son’s mothers which, as a Cancer Sun must hurt.
same could be said for bill gates. billionaires are a different breed of cat. i worked at microsoft in 1988 as a contractor. boy, did I hear stories of his eccentric behaviors !
Newly publicised reports of racial and sexual harassment have surfaced. “SpaceX faces sexual harassment allegations from five former employees” posted on space.com “https://www.space.com/spacex-sexual-harassment-allegations-lawsuits”
“… I simply could not find a way to navigate the conditions at SpaceX — a workplace I consider to be in a state of disrepair and dysfunction so great that the only remedy, finally, was to leave.”
And, “Elon makes promises he doesn’t hold himself accountable to, shifts the goalpost constantly, unnecessarily strips resources from people who are working themselves to the brink of burnout, and then sends threatening messages to remind them that their efforts will never be adequate.”
Birds coming home to roost after the New Year?
Hmmm. I will be relieved when he finally fulfills his promise to permanently live on Mars.
The Martian IRS will still chase him… 😉
😀 — there’s an ‘Outer Limits’ episode somewhere in that scenario, larry.
i think i know of that episode…used to be a great follower of their youtube reruns.
esp “Soldier”
Mark Rylance plays a emotionally stunted high tech billionaire who appears to be a composite of Bezos, Musk, Zuckerberg, and Gates in the movie Don’t Look Up. It is pure genius. Streep and DiCaprio were very excited that McKay recruited him.
He is a no 1 grifter and would be nothing without govt bailouts and subsidies.
Called a guy who saved children in the in the Thai cave episode a pedo because he couldn’t do nuts.
White entitled family with a blood emerald mine in S Africa and a son born to the bone corrupt unsurprisingly.
Just wish his permanent downfall as in he pays all his financial dues and disappears into jail, along with Bezos and the ultra exploitative capitalistic rich and the govts in cahoots with them. The world is burning because of these evil maniacs.