Stephen Miller: Cruelty for Purity
Stephen Miller as a policy adviser to Donald Trump is credited for the Muslim ban and for the policy of separating migrant children from their parents. As a Trump speech writer he can be credited for the memorable inaugural address with the phrase "American carnage". It painted a bleak dystopian picture of America which Trump has promised to fix. Miller is closely allied with Steve Bannon and previously with Richard Spencer, two people who promote white nationalism. Above all else, Miller seems obsessively focused on protecting America from invasions of non-white immigrants. Stephen Miller's uncle, David Glosser, recently wrote: "I have watched with dismay and increasing horror as my nephew, an educated man who is well aware of our heritage [Jewish], has become the architect of immigration policies that repudiate the very foundation of our family's life in this country."
What can spur a man of Stephen Miller's background to adopt such cruel tactics against non-white immigrants? Can Astrology shed some light? Miller's natal chart is shown below.
The first ominous sign in Miller's chart is Pluto in its own sign of Scorpio in conjunction to MC (Tenth House). This is a man who will exercise power and ruthlessness in the world. Pluto is strengthened by the sextiles of Sun and Neptune and enhanced by the Jupiter square to Pluto. He will find ways to have power.
What is the nature and purpose of this power? The involvement of Neptune with Mercury-Mars (sesquiquadrate) indicates that Miller will be fighting for some kind of ideal, which is likely to be misguided. With Sun in puritanical Virgo in the 8th House and Pluto in 10th, Miller is hell bent on transforming society into his "ideal". Saturn in Scorpio is square his Virgo Sun and Square the Mercury-Mars conjunction, indicating that he will be rigid, ruthless and cruel in order to exact this transformation.
So where is humanity in Stephen Miller? Is there no empathy? Traditional psychology would examine his family background and trauma, but he came from a privileged and caring family. In Astrology we focus on his emotional planets, Moon and Venus. Miller's Moon is in conjunction to Uranus. This shows a need for emotional independence and rebellion against what is perceived as restrictive in the home. Miller went against his liberal upbringing and appeared on conservative talk shows while still in high school. Uranus is a very powerful force in Miller's chart. In addition to affecting his Moon, it is in exact semisextile to his Ascendant, in exact opposition to his Chiron, trine his Mercury-Mars conjunction, sesquiquadrate to Venus and quincunx his North Node.
The British Astrologer Sue Tompkins describes the Uranus effect as follows: "The Moon-Uranus person often spends a good deal of their life trying to break away from the past. And often rebelling from it too, and more especially rebelling from the mother or other caretaker and all those things that that person stood for. Shocking mother can be a life-time goal." It is very poignant that Stephen Miller singles out and targets migrant children as his pawns. In place of softness and empathy Miller inserts his own rebellion against childhood dependence and need. He will force these children into early emotional independence and damage them for life.
Stephen Miller has a Mercury-Mars conjunction in fiery Leo and opposite Jupiter. He is verbally sharp and aggressive. The Moon-Uranus conjunction trines Mercury-Mars conjunction, indicating easy flow between these energies. Both these conjunctions trine Eris in Aries, creating a Fire Grand Trine. Miller will project all these energies very emphatically. In addition, with many planets in aspect to Eris, Miller is a powerful agent of discord and shock in the world. He thrives in this age of Pluto and Saturn in the restrictive patriarchal sign of Capricorn.
What can spur a man of Stephen Miller's background to adopt such cruel tactics against non-white immigrants? Can Astrology shed some light? Miller's natal chart is shown below.
The first ominous sign in Miller's chart is Pluto in its own sign of Scorpio in conjunction to MC (Tenth House). This is a man who will exercise power and ruthlessness in the world. Pluto is strengthened by the sextiles of Sun and Neptune and enhanced by the Jupiter square to Pluto. He will find ways to have power.
What is the nature and purpose of this power? The involvement of Neptune with Mercury-Mars (sesquiquadrate) indicates that Miller will be fighting for some kind of ideal, which is likely to be misguided. With Sun in puritanical Virgo in the 8th House and Pluto in 10th, Miller is hell bent on transforming society into his "ideal". Saturn in Scorpio is square his Virgo Sun and Square the Mercury-Mars conjunction, indicating that he will be rigid, ruthless and cruel in order to exact this transformation.
So where is humanity in Stephen Miller? Is there no empathy? Traditional psychology would examine his family background and trauma, but he came from a privileged and caring family. In Astrology we focus on his emotional planets, Moon and Venus. Miller's Moon is in conjunction to Uranus. This shows a need for emotional independence and rebellion against what is perceived as restrictive in the home. Miller went against his liberal upbringing and appeared on conservative talk shows while still in high school. Uranus is a very powerful force in Miller's chart. In addition to affecting his Moon, it is in exact semisextile to his Ascendant, in exact opposition to his Chiron, trine his Mercury-Mars conjunction, sesquiquadrate to Venus and quincunx his North Node.
The British Astrologer Sue Tompkins describes the Uranus effect as follows: "The Moon-Uranus person often spends a good deal of their life trying to break away from the past. And often rebelling from it too, and more especially rebelling from the mother or other caretaker and all those things that that person stood for. Shocking mother can be a life-time goal." It is very poignant that Stephen Miller singles out and targets migrant children as his pawns. In place of softness and empathy Miller inserts his own rebellion against childhood dependence and need. He will force these children into early emotional independence and damage them for life.
Stephen Miller has a Mercury-Mars conjunction in fiery Leo and opposite Jupiter. He is verbally sharp and aggressive. The Moon-Uranus conjunction trines Mercury-Mars conjunction, indicating easy flow between these energies. Both these conjunctions trine Eris in Aries, creating a Fire Grand Trine. Miller will project all these energies very emphatically. In addition, with many planets in aspect to Eris, Miller is a powerful agent of discord and shock in the world. He thrives in this age of Pluto and Saturn in the restrictive patriarchal sign of Capricorn.
