Trailblazing, sky-ruler Uranus has been moving through earthy, rooted Taurus since 2018 and will exit in April. Past experience of this hybrid mix which recurs every 84 years has been a focus on trade and money, climate and natural disasters and inventions.
During this recent phase there has been an escalation in high-impact climate disasters from drought, severe storms, and floods. Key events included massive floods in Pakistan and China, record heatwaves in Europe and Asia, and intense wildfires in California.
Trade has been highlighted recently with Trump’s cavalier tactics over tariffs and also covers the UK exiting from the EU.
Inventions: Two Taurus areas of food and money feature with weight loss jabs widespread, allowing people to change their physical size; giving them freedom from overindulgence. Developments in reproductive research, growing a human embryo without an egg or sperm, and human skin fertilised to make an embryo.
The global disruption of the Covid pandemic leading to upsets of Taurean stability, finances, relationships and the use of technology for personal connections, wfh, and business meetings. Both Zoom and Teams are Aquarian/Uranian.
mRNA was discovered in the 60s and vaccine experiments have been around since the 90s. Not new conceptually – but technical improvements plus an impending crisis… So pre-Uranus in Taurus we have an idea that exists. Then during Uranus in Taurus we get tool maturity + crisis accelerating scale.
The volatility of bitcoins and crypto currencies in an increasingly cashless economy is part of the story of Uranus in Taurus.
Retail apocalypse, shut down of bricks and mortar stores and collapse of retail stores and big historical brands. The rise of ecommerce.
Renewable energy technology.
Taurus and music: Spotify had public listing in April 2018 -caused financial disruptions for musicians and the music business during Uranus in Taurus.
The other Taurean area of interest is sex and the body. Uranus, the castrated sky god, deemed as the astrological ruler of what goes against the biology, brought the trans issue to the fore.
Free availability of pornography in the tech age.
The rise in populism/fascism in recent years also has echoes of the Uranus in Taurus of the 1930s.
Past Uranus in Taurus:
New discoveries. In the later 1930s there were major advances in technology in aviation, radio, and film. On a previous occasion, in the late 17th Century, street lighting was introduced in London. There was also widespread exploration across the globe and major advances in astronomy, including the first sighting of Uranus. Sewage systems and toilets came to the fore.
Trade: In 1600 England starts trade with Asia; two Uranus in Taurus later it moves into Bengal with catastrophic results for the population; 2 million die in a famine and the East India Company raises their taxes and ships the revenues out of the country. The Same Brit company then takes over the North American tea trade, which leads, due to their punitive taxation, into the American Revolution.
Climate/disasters: The Bengal famine narrative repeated in a different location during the mid 19th Century Uranus in Taurus in Ireland. The potato crop failed, which starved a million to death and a million emigrated, with the British overlords, who were partly the cause of the population’s reliance on one crop, continuing to send foodstuffs to the UK.
Inventions: 1767 Uranus in Taurus James Watts’ steam-engine inventions drove the Industrial Revolution into being; and the first mechanical spinning frame for fabric weaving also appeared.
Politics: The previous 1935 to 1941 Uranus in Taurus came on the back of the Great Depression of the decade following 1929, with widespread poverty and unemployment leading to authoritarian regimes emerging in several countries, most notably German with Hitler rising to power from 1933; and Stalin’s Great Purge of 1936-38 with 600,000 being executed in Russia by the state.
Territorial greed is one of its manifestations; as well as inhumane methods in the pursuit of power.
In the UK: Queen Elizabeth 1 and Elizabeth 11 both die under Uranus in Taurus.
From Hugh in previous post for extended version see 2018 post in search: Key to the UK. Uranus in Taurus between 1515 and 1523 was the start of the Reformation and had huge global significance not just for the UK but also for the entire planet. The Stuart dynasty united the thrones of England and Scotland. Roll the clock forward to the late 1680s and Uranus was in Taurus when the Glorious Revolution occurred. It was there again in the early 1770s in the run up to the American War of Independence and the loss of the American colonies.
Each of the outer planets will influence any sign more than the inner planets. Taurus rules the second house – individual monies and self worth. Uranus in Taurus coincided with the impact of Brexit beginning to take shape. In the 1801 Chart it is opposite its natural home – the second house – and is situated in the eight house – Scorpio’s domain. Politics ruling our own wealth? Poliricians playing with the country wealth; using their power to shape our wealth? . One could argue the break this time was from Europe – our natural habitat for creating our wealth? A rupture of possibly two thousands years of trading or more! As the Brexit deal was signed when Uranus was is the early stages of Taurus- possibly sextile Pluto? . Also sexual proclivities has dominated discussion in Britain over the past five years. It is leaving us with the old adage Money, Politics and Sex in our hierarchy rulers?
I have enjoyed reading all the examples!
In the 1930s the viability/production of antibiotics accelerated. It wasn’t a new discovery conceptually, but it became unlocked due to advances in biochemistry techniques and a crisis in the impending Second World War.
mRNA itself was discovered in the 60s and vaccine experiments have been around since the 90s. Again, not new conceptually – but technical improvements plus an impending crisis…
So pre-Uranus in Taurus we have an idea that exists. Then during Uranus in Taurus we get tool maturity + crisis accelerating scale. (WW2 penicillin mass production. Covid-19 mRNA mass rollout).
Researchers referred to “Sleeping Beauties”, their name for scientific papers that suddenly became highly cited again during the pandemic, old research awakened.
Retail apocalypse, shut down of bricks and mortar stores and collapse of retail stores and big historical brands. Some have just move to pure online sale like Asos. And the rise of ecommerce Shein.
So interesting to look back over this Uranus in Taurus time, which covers the global disruption of the Covid pandemic. That unsettled Taurean stability, finances, relationships and the use of technology for personal connections, wfh, and business meetings. Both Zoom and Teams sound Aquarian/Uranian.
Taurus and music might be another theme? Spotify was founded in 2006. But its public listing is April 2018. Uranus enters Taurus mid-May 2018 for its first dip. Spotify has caused many financial disruptions for musicians and the music business during Uranus in Taurus. Its official founding date in October 2008 had Neptune in Aquarius, Uranus in Pisces in mutual reception. Pisces is I think another musical sign, Aquarius obviously links with technology.
I’ve also wondered about the ‘tiny homes’ movement, the increase in people living in camper vans, tents, and so on. The housing situation in many countries is in crisis, and Taurus does like to say ‘no place like home’, while Uranus might say ‘wherever I hang my hat is home’.
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Televising of women’s sport has taken a big step forward in the UK with football, rugby, cricket teams getting more coverage. Also more presenter roles and including women as part of the broadcast team on men’s matches.
The volatility of bitcoins and crypto currencies in general is part of the story of our contemporary Uranus in Taurus as well as Pluto in Aquarius (speculation). Also the free availability of pornography in the tech age, since Taurus is highly sensual and Venus-ruled, as well as food technology and weight loss pharmaceuticals as Sarah K said above. Renewable energy technology too, which is racing ahead in especially China which as of 2024 to 2025, has 80-90% of the world’s solar panels and 80% of wind turbines.
Let’s remember NFTs – classic Uranus flash in the pan
I’d say the world has significantly increased its use of cashless / online banking during this period too.
I very rarely use cash now. Landlines too are becoming obsolete.
Cryptocurrency seems very Uranus in Taurus to me, as does DEI – particularly in relation to earnings and the workplace
There have been interesting developments in reproductive research, like growing a human embryo without an egg or sperm, and human skin fertilised to make an embryo. Early stages and no doubt that Uranus in Gemini will bring the ethical debate, but I do associate Taurus with fertility.
The weight loss jabs seem to tie in with Uranus in Taurus, allowing people to drastically change their physical size; giving them freedom and liberation from overindulgence. As an example, Oprah Winfrey says she no longer thinks constantly about food.
Interestingly according to Google, Keto diet is the most search term in 2020. Taurus and food and Uranus introducing something drastic.
From what I understand, once you start with GLP1 meds, you’re on them for the rest of your life or you will regain the weight.