Karma is the Guy on the Screen

“We make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and stars, as if we were villains on necessity, fools by heavenly compulsion; knaves, thieves, and treachers, by spherical predominance.”
(King Lear, Act 1, Scene 2)

“Now that you're out of my life, I'm so much better;
You thought that I'd be weak without you, but I'm stronger;
You thought that I'd be broke without you, but I'm richer;
You thought that I'd be sad without you, I laugh harder (...)
I'm not gonna diss you on the Internet, my mama taught me better than that.”
("Survivor," Destiny’s Child)

Until recently, the relationship between Donald Trump and Elon Musk was a public “bromance” for the ages. In February 2025, Musk took to his messaging platform, X, to proclaim: “I love @realDonaldTrump as much as a straight man can love another man.” Trump, for his part, returned Musk’s ardor with similarly effusive prose, declaring in his acceptance speech following the US presidential election in November 2024: “We have a new star. A star is born — Elon. He is an amazing guy.”

At the end of May 2025, as Musk prepared to step away from his role leading the Department of Governmental Efficiency (DOGE), Trump said Musk had “delivered a colossal change in the old ways of doing business in Washington.”

All that changed at the beginning of June, after Musk characterized the congressional spending bill as “a disgusting abomination.” Rather than heeding Beyoncé’s advice, the two began trading vitriolic barbs in a public battle that flared, flamed out, and then reignited again after the Fourth of July. Musk wrote on X, July 5: “Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom.” Trump responded the following day on his own internet platform: “I am saddened to watch Elon Musk go completely ‘off the rails,’ essentially becoming a train wreck over the past five weeks.”

Will these two ever reconcile? Or will this follow a Swiftian path — with these two “never ever, ever getting back together”?

The answer may be in the stars. In astrology, a synastry report (from the Greek for “with the stars”) is a comparison of the birth charts of two individuals, showing the planetary placements at the time and day of each of their births. A synastry report — which follows here for Trump and Musk — may offer insights into what attracts two individuals, how conflict may arise, and what form those feelings could take.

Donald J. Trump, Sr.
June 14, 1946, 10:54 AM, Queens, NY

• Sun: Gemini
• Moon: Sagittarius
• Rising: Leo
• Mars: Leo
• Mercury: Cancer
• Venus: Cancer

Trump’s Sun, Moon, and Rising signs are markers of a bold, expressive, free-spirited communicator with a love of variety. Meanwhile, his Mars in Leo (approach to conflict), Venus in Cancer (approach to love), and Mercury in Cancer (communication style) suggest someone naturally drawn to interpersonal drama, who communicates from a place of raw emotion, and who has an easily wounded, approval-seeking interior.

TL;DR – Any criticism is likely to be perceived as rejection, and affirmation/adulation will be sought elsewhere.

Elon Musk
June 28, 1971, 7:30 AM, Pretoria, South Africa

• Sun: Cancer
• Moon: Virgo
• Rising: Virgo
• Mars: Aquarius
• Mercury: Gemini
• Venus: Gemini

Musk’s Sun, Moon, and Rising signs are markers of an emotionally self-protective, analytically driven individual who can be highly critical of others. At the same time, his Mars in Aquarius (approach to conflict), Venus in Gemini (approach to love), and Mercury in Gemini (communication style) point to a somewhat detached, yet highly idealistic iconoclast attracted to big ideas and intellectual repartee.

TL;DR – Once intellectually disillusioned, any personal connection or loyalty likely fades.

To explore in the future: The numerous echoes between the planetary placements in these two birth charts suggest a considerable karmic past.