Tesla Stock Astrology | Part 1: Rectifying the True TSLA Chart

Leo or Virgo Rising? Decoding Tesla’s True Chart and Financial Astrology

Tesla Stock: The Great Chart Debate

Tesla is one of the most popular and closely watched stocks on the market, yet financial astrologers debate which natal chart to use. Two charts stand out for the first trade of Tesla (TSLA) on its IPO day, and both tell different stories. Traditionally, many astrologers reference June 29th, 2010, at 9:30 AM ET in New York City as the stock’s birth chart.

But there’s an important nuance that’s often overlooked: the first trade of Tesla was delayed, which is common for IPOs. The stock actually began trading at 11:30 AM ET (15:30 UTC) on June 29, 2010, opening at $19.00, above the IPO price of $17.00. This intraday record is crucial for building a precise financial astrology chart, and it raises the question: which chart better represents Tesla’s technological and transport-driven essence? Which correlates $TSLA stock price moves more? Leo Rising or Virgo Rising?

Leo Rising Chart (9:30 AM, NYC)

This is the classic IPO chart used by most financial astrologers. Leo ascendant conveys leadership, confidence, creativity, and ‘solar’ power. Yet the Sun, ruler of the ascendant, sits in the 12th house in Cancer, which is a house associated with loss, hidden activity, and behind-the-scenes influence. For a company like Tesla, famous for its technological boldness and market disruption, this at first seems a mismatch.

The Midheaven in Taurus emphasises the public perception of the company’s resources, money, and material stability, rather than its innovation in transport. Meanwhile, the Moon in Aquarius signals innovation, technology, and eccentricity - perfectly aligned with Tesla’s brand of boundary-pushing, idealistic tech. Adding to this, the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction in Aries amplifies revolutionary energy, highlighting sudden breakthroughs, disruptive innovations, and bold moves - qualities Tesla embodies to the letter.

Virgo Rising Chart (11:30 AM, NYC)

Archetypally, a Virgo rising may actually suit Tesla’s tech and transport focus better. Virgo is ruled by Mercury, the planet of information, trade, logic, and technology - and historically, Mercury has been linked to lithium, a key element in Tesla’s batteries. The 3rd house ruler, associated with transit and transport, sits close to the ascendant degree in this chart, emphasising Tesla’s core function.

Here, the Midheaven in Gemini aligns with fast-moving trade, transport, and communication, which is ideal for a car company whose innovation moves quickly and reaches globally. The 10th house ruler, Mercury in the 11th, emphasises networks, alliances, and long-term financial gains, tying the launch to investor networks and broader market connections. The Moon remains in Aquarius, now in the 6th house of everyday work, reinforcing Tesla’s technological and operational focus rather than purely its public image.

The Nakshatra Test

To get a sense of which chart better captures Tesla’s “quality of time,” or “Kāla”, we can examine the Ascendant and Moon Nakshatras.

Leo Rising Chart

Ascendant in Magha Nakshatra, the kingly nakshatra, associated with royal authority, rulership, and proud lineage. Think of leaders like Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, who share this ascendant. Magha embodies the aura of prestige and market dominance, perfectly aligned with Tesla’s market mythos.

Moon in Shravana Nakshatra; Shravana is linked to sound, communication, and the transmission of knowledge. Symbolised by the ear, it represents the flow of information through the air, which to some extent metaphorically aligns with transport and Tesla’s innovative messaging. Ruled by the Moon, Shravana Nakshatra enhances receptivity, memory, and deep learning, all vital for a tech-driven, knowledge-intensive company. Shravana’s secondary symbol, the three footprints, echoes the expansive journey of Vamana, the avatar of Jupiter, hinting at Tesla’s positive trajectory.

Sun in Ardra Nakshatra; Ardra, “the storm,” symbolises emotional turbulence, cleansing through challenges, and transformation, which is apt for a disruptive company constantly shaking up industries.

Virgo Rising Chart

Ascendant in Purva Phalguni is associated with pleasures, sociability, luxury, and artistic pursuits. It projects charm and warmth, aligning with Tesla’s luxury appeal, though arguably less aligned with its technological intensity.

The Moon is in Shravana Nakshatra as above, due to the short time difference between charts.

The Sun in Ardra Nakshatra is identical, emphasising stormy, transformative energy in both charts.

At this level, both charts have merits, but Leo Rising’s Magha Ascendant arguably better reflects Tesla’s market authority and public prominence.

D10 Dasamsa Chart: Career Insights

The D10 Dasamsa is the Vedic divisional chart that zooms into career dynamics, revealing how each chart expresses Tesla’s professional identity and career

Leo Rising D10:

We see Jupiter and Uranus in the 1st house. This embodies revolutionary, boundary-breaking innovation, perfectly describing Tesla’s disruptive technology. Rahu and Venus are in Capricorn in the 10th house. This indicates wealth, stability, and a long-lasting, influential career. The Moon in Gemini is in the natural 3rd house of transit and transport. This is a literal nod to cars, mobility, and Tesla’s operational focus. The ruler of that 3rd house of transport is Mercury, or Budh in Vedic Astrology - placed in the 2nd house of money, wealth and resources. The focus on travel and transport is going to generate this stock a lot of money, especially with the sun in the 2nd house in Taurus, emphasising this material abundance. The 10th house ruler is Saturn in its own sign in the 11th. This signals stable and strong career gains through networks and alliances, a clear metaphor for investors and dedication to a cause.

Virgo Rising D10:

Scorpio Ascendant is associated with depth, intensity, and strategic power. Mars, the ruler of Scorpio, sits strongly in Virgo in the 11th house, emphasising precision, engineering, and bold technological initiatives. The 10th house ruler is in Taurus in the 7th house, which means the expression of the career comes through financial partnerships and investor relations, which is true for Tesla, but it’s less aligned with the tech/transport theme. Jupiter and Uranus in the 6th house of daily work highlight effort and toil over immediate innovation. The ruler of the 3rd house in the 4th suggests transport and engineering efforts are more private or behind-the-scenes.

At this stage, the Leo Rising chart appears stronger in expressing Tesla’s visible, innovation-driven identity, though Virgo Rising is not without merit.

D9 Navamsa Chart: Strategic Depth

The D9 Navamsa reveals subtler, long-term Karmic tendencies:

Leo Rising D9:

A Scorpio Ascendant with Mars in Aries in the 6th house reinforces strategic drive and bold execution. Mercury, Saturn, Sun, and Venus are in Virgo in the 11th house, emphasising investor networks, technologically oriented partnerships and alliances and strong career support through alliances and investors. The Moon is again in the 3rd house of transport, with ruler Saturn in the 11th, which underscores steady, reliable engagement with transport technology. The 10th house ruler, Sun in Virgo, conjunct Venus, strengthens the career narrative of innovative tech with social and financial support.

Virgo Rising D9:

In this chart, Gemini Ascendant emphasises technology, transport, and communication themes even more strongly. Mercury, the Ascendant ruler, sits in Virgo in the homely 4th house, doubling down on logic, engineering, and technological precision, but with perhaps less of an ambitious career-driven bent than the Leo rising D9. However, Jupiter and Uranus in the 11th in Aries reinforce the innovation energy tied to career, networking, and bold visionary goals.

Comparing Nakshatras, D9, and D10

Both charts capture aspects of Tesla’s identity, but in different ways. The Leo Rising chart has Jupiter and Uranus in the 1st house in the D10, instantly projecting the career energy of a disruptive, innovative company. The Moon in the 3rd house of transport, along with its ruler Mercury in the 2nd house of wealth, highlights Tesla’s ability to convert technological innovation into financial gain. By contrast, the Virgo Rising D10 chart, while strong, does not carry the same immediate, market-facing signature. For the D10 chart, the Leo Rising chart feels more representative of Tesla’s outward persona and pioneering edge.

When examining the D9 Navamsa, the picture shifts. Leo Rising places Mercury, Saturn, Sun, and Venus in Virgo in the 11th house, emphasising networks, partnerships, and technological investor connections, while the Moon in the 3rd house and Saturn ruling it in Virgo reinforce stable, practical engagement with transport technology. Virgo Rising’s D9, however, gives a Gemini Ascendant with Mercury in its own sign in the 4th house, supported by Jupiter and Uranus in Aries in the 11th. This configuration emphasises technological precision, transport, and communication, aligning closely with Tesla’s operational and car focus. But the D9 ruler of the ascendant is in the 4th house of home, family and roots, rather than the 6th house as per the Leo rising chart relating to daily work. In the D9, Virgo Rising arguably captures Tesla’s core technological identity more effectively.

Ultimately, the Magha Ascendant of the Leo Rising chart projects the market-leader dominant brand image and mythos that Tesla has cultivated. For these reasons, I am about 70% confident that the Leo Rising chart is the more accurate natal chart, though we will further test these charts to ensure accuracy.

Backtesting the Leo and Virgo Rising Charts

From mid-December 2024 to March 31, 2025, $TSLA stock fell roughly 50%, from about $430 to $220. That was the largest decline in years, a crisis point for Tesla.

For the Leo Rising chart, this period fell within a 3rd house profection year, emphasising transport, transit, education, and short trips. At first glance, the transits didn’t seem catastrophic. Yet, as financial astrologer Bill Meridian notes, retrogrades of outer planets like Jupiter and Uranus often coincide with market corrections. Jupiter governs growth and optimism, Uranus governs innovation and sudden change. Retrograde Jupiter debilitated in Gemini, even in the favourable 11th house of gains, and retrograde Uranus transiting Tesla’s 10th house of career and status, coincided with sharp price revisions. Saturn opposed the natal Mars in the 2nd house of money, compounding financial pressure, and by March, Moon, Venus, Mars, Neptune, and Rahu clustered in the 8th house of loss. Still, a nearly 50% drop seems extreme given these signals.

Examining the Virgo Rising chart during the same period clarifies some of this. Ketu entered Virgo, the 1st house, on January 26, 2026, signalling reduction and anti-materialistic forces. Retrograde Mars debilitated in the 11th house of gains, and Saturn squared the Midheaven, indicating structural restriction.

The subsequent recovery from April 14 to May 12, 2025, coincided with Jupiter’s resumption of direct motion, conjunct the Virgo Rising Midheaven, sextiling natal Venus. Mercury and Neptune conjuncted natal Uranus, suggesting a “price healing” or surprise market reevaluation.

The Leo Rising chart also reflected a rebound: Mars moved from debilitated Cancer in the 12th to Leo in the 1st house, while the Sun entered the 10th house of career, timing neatly with Tesla’s price recovery.

From August through September 2025, the stock climbed from $302 to roughly $428. In the Virgo Rising chart, this occurred during a 4th house profection year, with Venus transiting the 11th house of gains, Jupiter exalted in Cancer in the 11th, and Pluto aspecting natal Jupiter, which are strong signals. In the Leo Rising chart, Uranus’ ingress into Gemini sextiled the natal Uranus, and Venus and Jupiter transited less favourable houses, with Ketu impacting the 2nd house. The net result: both charts can account for this price rise, though through different mechanisms.

From August 25 onward, for the Virgo rising chart, the main price surge occurred as the ascendant ruler transited the 12th house but conjoined natal Venus in Leo. The Sun entered the 1st house in Virgo in trine to Pluto, while a Moon-Mars conjunction in the 2nd house of Libra indicated a boost in monetary resources.

In the Leo Rising chart during the same period, Uranus moved into Gemini in the 11th house, where it thrives, sextiling natal Uranus. Venus and Jupiter were well-dignified, though still transiting the house of loss, while Ketu transited the 2nd house of money. From August 25 onward, Venus entered the 1st house alongside Mercury, with the Sun transiting Tesla’s 2nd house, coinciding with the real price surge.

Notably, August 26 was exceptionally positive across both charts, making it difficult to separate their predictive power. This makes for a very difficult case to separate the two charts, because both can work, even predicting the decent gains that have occurred since 26th August. So, we need a further test to separate these charts.

The Eclipse Test

Eclipses reveal where the deepest stress points really are in a chart because they act like karmic pressure tests. This test should quickly reveal which rising sign absorbs the eclipses in a way that matches Tesla’s real-world volatility.

Eclipse 1 – November 8, 2022 | Total Lunar Eclipse in Taurus

• Leo Rising: Impacts the 10th house of career and status

• Virgo Rising: Impacts the 9th house of worldview, philosophy, and higher education

• Market impact: TSLA fell 40% from Nov 4 to Dec 30, 2022 → favours the Leo Rising Chart

Eclipse 2 – June 10, 2021 | Annular Solar Eclipse in Gemini (19° Gemini)

• Leo Rising: 11th house of networks, alliances, and career-related windfalls

• Virgo Rising: 10th house of career

• Market impact: TSLA gained 15% from June 4–30, 2021 → mixed signals, Virgo Rising aligns with career focus

Eclipse 3 – September 13, 2015 | Partial Solar Eclipse in Virgo (20° Virgo)

• Market impact: 28-day period around the eclipse saw a broad downward trend, mirroring negative market sentiment → both charts affected

Eclipse 4 – March 14, 2025 | Total Lunar Eclipse at 23° Virgo

• Virgo Rising: 5° from Ascendant

• Market impact: TSLA dropped 11% from March 1–30, 2025 → strongly aligns with Virgo Rising

Eclipse 5 – April 20, 2023 | Hybrid Solar Eclipse in Aries (29° Aries)

• Leo Rising: 9th house

• Virgo Rising: 8th house

• Market impact: TSLA down 9.2% from April 14–May 12, 2023, following Q1 earnings report → favours Virgo Rising

Eclipse 6 – March 14, 2025 | Total Lunar Eclipse at 23° Virgo

• Market context: Trump Tariffs shock

• Market impact: TSLA fell 23% from Feb 28–Mar 18, 2025 → within 10° of Virgo Rising Ascendant, but also TSLA’s 2nd house of money in the Leo rising chart.

Summary:

The eclipse test remains inconclusive. Both charts show strong alignment with Tesla’s stock movements, making it difficult to definitively separate them.

Finding Synestry: Tesla & Musk

To further refine which chart is most appropriate, we can use a synastry chart between the Leo Rising Tesla Chart and Elon Musk’s own Birth Chart. By casting a synastry chart using the Tesla Leo Rising Chart, we get the following:

What you see on the inner ring is the Leo Rising Tesla Stock chart. On the outer ring is Elon Musk’s chart relative to the Tesla stock Chart. For example, we can see;

• Musk’s Pluto is Conjunct Tesla’s Saturn - This indicates that Musk’s wealth and power come from the hard work and discipline of Tesla.

• Musk’s Sun is interestingly conjunct the Sun of the Tesla Stock chart within 1 degree at 7 degrees Cancer and 5 degrees Cancer respectively in the 12th house.

• Musk’s Moon is conjunct Tesla’s Mars - indicating Musk’s mind and emotions are related to the engineering and aggressive ambition of Tesla’s expansion.

Let’s compare these synastry aspects to Tesla’s Virgo Rising Chart.

There are a few interesting things I see here:

• Musk’s part of fortune is conjunct Tesla’s Ascendant within 3 degrees

• Musk’s Pluto is again conjunct Tesla’s Saturn

• Tesla’s Midheaven is Conjunct Musk’s Venus - the peak of Tesla’s success is linked to Musk’s Venus (Money, Luxury, Wealth)

• Musk’s Sun is conjunct Tesla’s Sun in the 11th house of Gains

Which chart has more synastry? A (Leo Rising) or B (Virgo Rising)?

Chart A - Leo Rising

• Sun Conjunction Sun → strong connection of life force and ego

• Sun Sextile Moon → emotional harmony

• Mercury Sextile Moon → mental/emotional alignment

• Mars Sextile Mercury & Ascendant → action aligns with communication and personality

• Moon Trine Venus & Uranus → emotional satisfaction, excitement, and attraction

• Venus Sextile Venus → romantic, aesthetic, and value alignment

• Jupiter Trine Jupiter & Neptune → optimism, growth, spiritual/ideals alignment

• Saturn Sextile Jupiter & Neptune, Trine Saturn → constructive support, mutual discipline

• Uranus Trine Jupiter & Neptune, Sextile Saturn → innovative cooperation

• Neptune Sextile MC → intuitive career/fate connection

• Pluto Trine Moon & MC → transformative emotional/goal alignment

• Ascendant Trine MC → smooth interaction and mutual recognition

Chart B - Virgo Rising

• Sun Trine Moon → emotional/ego harmony

• Mercury Trine Moon → mental/emotional alignment

• Mars Trine Mercury & Ascendant → action aligns with communication and persona

• Venus Trine Venus → romantic/value alignment

• Jupiter Trine Saturn & Neptune → constructive and spiritual alignment

• Saturn Conjunction Pluto → strong structural support (can be positive if cooperative)

• Uranus Trine Saturn & Neptune → innovation and support

• Neptune Trine MC → intuitive connection with career/fate

Overall, Chart A (Leo Rising) has more positive synastry aspects, especially across personal planets, outer planets, and angles. Chart B (Virgo Rising) is cleaner but lighter in positive synastry; it has good harmony but fewer overall positive connections. Chart A (Leo Rising) wins for overall positive relational energy between Tesla and Musk. All this to say that the Leo rising chart seems more karmically linked to Musk than the Virgo rising chart.

The Varshaphala Chart Test

One final killer blow test. I will create a Varshaphala or “Fruit of the Year” chart using the Virgo Rising and Leo Rising charts. June 29 2024, to June 29 2025, has been excellent for TSLA stock, having increased 63% in that time frame, but not without facing the crisis of a 50% drop in between.

The following chart is the solar return chart for the Leo Rising Tesla Stock from June 29 2024, showing the results of June 29, 2024, to June 29, 2025.

We start with an expansive and positive Sagittarius ascendant, ruled by Jupiter in the 7th house of business, partnerships, relationships and transactions. The Sun, Venus and Mercury are doing fine in Cancer but in a pressurised position in the 8th house of crisis, change and transformation. The ruler of the 10th house is in the 8th house. 8th house action means intense volatility and crisis, which can sometimes be rewarded. It’s the sense that “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”.

From November 2024 to February 2025 we did see that intense crisis of reduction in price by 50%, alongside the crisis inducing trump tariffs, a very 8th house topic, but the stock eventually recovered in the 2nd half of 2025 and has led to a 70% gain in the year to date, fulfilling the promise of the ascendant lord Juputer in the 7th house of partnerships, transactions and business deals. This really tells the story of this “Fruit of the Year” chart.

Let’s cast the Varshaphala for the Virgo Ascendant chart.

We have a hard and heavy Capricorn ascendant chart with the ruler of the ascendant being in the 3rd house in Pisces. In this chart, the focus of the year is on 3rd house themes - education, desires, communication, learning, short trips, perhaps even the location of the business headquarters. Ketu, the planet of loss, reduction and anti-materialism, is in the 10th house of career and status, which is not auspicious at all. Expansive Jupiter is debilitated in Gemini and placed in the 6th house of daily grind and health matters. This does not explain the 70% year-to-date gain at all.

Overall, the Varshaphala chart for the Leo ascendant chart gives a much more accurate and clear indicator of the turbulent yet successful year that Tesla had from June 2024 to June 2025. I believe this is the final piece of data needed in my analysis to officially confirm the 09:30 AM Leo rising chart to be accurate and workable.

Conclusion: Leo Rising as Tesla’s True Chart

After a detailed comparison of the Leo Rising (9:30 AM) and Virgo Rising (11:30 AM) charts, including D9 and D10 divisional analysis, Nakshatra considerations, eclipse cycles, key corporate dates, synastry with Elon Musk, and most critically, the Solar Return (Varshaphala) for 2024–2025, the evidence strongly favors the Leo Rising chart as Tesla’s true natal chart. That is, 29th June 2010 at 09:30AM, New York, USA.

While Virgo Rising aligns well with Tesla’s technological archetype and operational identity, and can even work for some price forecasting, it consistently underrepresents the stock’s market-leading, high-visibility dynamics and dramatic swings in price. The Leo Rising chart, by contrast, captures the company’s mythos, market dominance, and innovation-driven volatility, while the Solar Return demonstrates a clear correlation between chart indicators and real-world price action with both the mid-year 50% drawdown and subsequent recovery in late 2025. Taken together, this multi-layered astrological analysis settles the case in favour of 9:30 AM, Leo Rising Chart, providing a robust framework for understanding Tesla’s identity, market behaviour, and future financial cycles. In Part 2, exclusive for paid members, we’ll explore Tesla’s future price movements using this rectified chart.

Om Shanti,

Rowan

Disclaimer: This is not financial advice. The author is not a financial advisor. This astrological analysis is for educational purposes only. Cryptocurrency investments are highly risky and speculative. Always do your own research and consult qualified professionals before making investment decisions.