Mark Zuckerberg: Trouble Child
On the matter of unchecked power, narcissistic hunger pangs and last week's Uranian checkmate that left the tiny tech titan in tears.
“Once we have surrendered our senses and nervous systems to the private manipulation of those who would try to benefit by taking a lease on our eyes and ears and nerves, we don't really have any rights left.” —Marshall McLuhan
“Move fast and break things.” —Facebook’s motto.
“People in a hurry cannot feel.”—Alan Watts
THERE’S AN OLD ADAGE WRITTEN BY SOME OLD PERSON that goes something like: “People have the rulers or emperors or presidents that they deserve.”
This bromide is troubling when you consider Mark Zuckerberg as the supreme ruler of the largest social network on the planet.
A social network that you—and 2 billion other people—are perhaps a member of.
And so it follows: What does his rulership say about you?
I’ll answer that question by launching a salvo at Zuckerberg’s horoscope. You can then poke through the shards to see which reflection best mirrors your own desire for attention.
Hungry Hole
Zuckerberg’s is one hell of a thirsty horoscope.
The definition of ‘thirst’ has undergone a distinct transformation in the age of social media, and it’s that interpretation that I’m using while considering the tech mogul’s birth chart.
An example: Have you ever encountered one of those Instagram feeds where the 7,548 photos posted are all selfies of the same person?
That would be one example of modern ‘thirst’.
On its own, that such a collection of images exists is disturbing. But that the owner of the account is incapable of registering their desperation is the more alarming revelation.
Social media has allowed (and fostered) this sort of mental derangement.
There’s no birth time available for Zuckerberg, but no matter, his complex arrangement of planets offers endless hours of analysis.
Glowing in the throb of a red alert is his horoscope’s cluster of Scorpio planets in opposition to a Taurus Sun/Venus conjunction.
This polarity calls to mind a beautifully wrapped birthday present (Venus/Sun/Taurus) that, once opened, reveals black empty space (Moon/Saturn/Scorpio).
This void is an effect not unlike Zuckerberg’s weird untenanted physical presence.
I can’t think of a public personage in recent history that generates such a visceral thud of impenetrability whenever I’ve viewed his or her photograph.
But Zuckerberg’s shields are up for sound psychological reasons.
I mean, as relates to his interiority, or ‘soul’—there doesn’t seem to be much there.
And what little remains would logically be guarded with the fierce intensity of a cornered beast. And so he does.
A conventional translation of Zuckerberg’s particular Taurus/Scorpio polarity would indicate an insatiable appetite for iron-grip control (Taurus) and a compulsion for Machiavellian power plays (Scorpio). This we’ve seen. No big news there.