Billionaire Elon Musk made history this week when his SpaceX company sent Falcon Heavy, the most powerful rocket on Earth, up into space, with a Tesla car strapped on as payload. The intention is for Falcon Heavy to carry humans into space, though there are no plans at present for crewed missions to the Moon or Mars. The car, having been set free, is now drifting away from earth, having overshot the intended Mars orbit and will end up in the asteroid belt. Two out of the three rockets landed safely back on earth, the third malfunctioned and self-destructed as it hit the ocean at 500 mph.
The launch was at 3.45pm 6 February 2018 Merritt island, Florida, which puts innovative Uranus in the 10th. There’s nothing too remarkable about the chart, apart from an adventurous Mars in Sagittarius in the flamboyant 5th, but it’s blocked in a semi-square to Pluto and square the Uranus/Pluto midpoint, which Ebertin describes as fanatical and accident-prone. And the Sun is conjunct the Neptune/Pluto midpoint which can hint at confusion and strange ideas.
Back down on earth Musk’s electric car company Tesla has reported the largest losses to date as they struggle with production problems. He looks to be in a fairly discouraging year with tr Saturn opposition his Cancer Sun and square his Uranus; with a shocking-collision or setback Solar Arc Mars square his Sun as well. His luck will turn brighter in 2019 with tr Uranus opposition his Jupiter/Uranus midpoint though Neptune is trailing around until 2020 bringing a fair few disappointments. Where he kicks into a much better gear is around 2022/23 when tr Pluto is sextile his Jupiter and square his Jupiter/Pluto midpoint. So a ways to go.
Marjorie, the chart may not have significant aspects, but it does visually portray a historical rocket launch. The planets are past the IC, headed towards the midheaven, with only innovative Uranus past the MC, leading the way.
Glad this was mentioned on this website, as this appeals to people from different countries around the world, and the event itself was significant for humanity, and for Earth itself, given the reusable rockets. He looks like he is less nervous these days from the interviews that followed the launch.
Elon Musk, does seem like a good hearted person who really wants to advance human kind to a better future, and is using his intelligence to get there.
What’s unfortunate about Tesla motors is that last year they sold a few cars they still hadn’t made…that naturally didn’t go well with the buyers or investors when they didn’t receive a car on the promised date,…on the other hand I saw more Tesla’s on roads last year than I ever did before, so there is hope this company sorts its managing strategies soon.
anyway I do hope anyone in space near the roadster is enjoying the kind hearted vibes anyone could feel through David Bowies music…a very good representative of the better specimens of humankind!
You said what so many of us are feeling but couldn’t put into words, Seola.
Very kind of you Buckeye! On the other hand I do envy how you know how to get straight to the point, with just a few words at times, without missing any detail, I should take notes!
I also agree with you about Uranus being at the Midheaven, he, and this rocket launch are ahead of their time, even if just by a few years.
Though not sure if that 8th house sun, in the rocket launche chart is a good thing for this projects future budget, or contributed to news of Tesla motors losses…though not a surprise with the way the economy is swaying in many places these days…
Elon Musk is a SouthAfrican-born Canadian immigrant to the US. The car he sent into space is a gorgeous red Tesla convertible with a dummy astronaut driver. Its platform says “Made on Earth by humans”, and a plaque on the dash says “Don’t Panic”. The first 12 hours of the journey were recorded with several onboard cameras and were beamed back to earth (can be seen on YouTube). Elon Musk’s companies have advanced rocket science out of the NASA era and into the 21st century.