Uranus will be the fourth outer planet to change sign this coming July which will bring new advances and innovations.
Uranus, the lightning god, promoter of freedom, independence, revolutions, scientific inventions, as well as anarchic chaos. Wary of emotional intimacy, at a personal level it can seem cold, unco-operative, belligerent about compromise which Uranus equates with loss of individuality. Uranus was the sky god married to Gaia the earth mother. He was ultimately castrated by his son Saturn after expressing disgust for his earthy, ugly brood of children. Thus he is deemed to be against the biology – of the mind and not of the body.
Uranus fosters intellectual creativity, shines a light on hidden places, acts as a torchbearer into the unknown. But left to run amok can be destructive, collapsing old structures and lacking the inclination to reconstruct better on the far side.
Looking back over the past century plus of Uranus through the signs, which it changes every seven years, year it enters a new sign has coincided with a tranche of firsts in technical and scientific advances which altered the face of our culture – television demonstrations and transmissions, airplane development from the first 40 minute flight to plane bombing, first parachute jumps, and first set-up of commercial airlines, then space travel. In more recent times the internet moved from early computing in the 1955/6 Uranus into Leo, further advances in 1962, Microsoft being founded in 1974 with Uranus just into Scorpio, first computer virus on the next in 1981 when moving into Sagittarius, then 1989 into Capricorn the first commercial internet providers and the WWW.
Delightfully Albert Einstein published his seminal papers which led to a century’s study of theoretical physics the year Uranus moved into Capricorn in 1902.
What is also noticeable skipping down events is how many iconic performers, novels, films emerged/exploded onto the scene in the year Uranus changed sign.
1949 into Cancer: Billy Graham.
1955/56 into Leo: Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, Rogers and Hammerstein at their peak, Doris Day’s most famous hit. First Eurovision Song Contest.
1962 into Virgo: Johnny Carson debut, Rolling Stones debut, Beatles firsts, first ever Bond movie Dr No, Bob Dylan, David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia.
1974 into Scorpio: Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody.
1981 into Sagittarius: film ET
1989 into Capricorn: Salman Rushdie’s Satanic Verse controversy.
1995 into Aquarius: Toy Story – first computer generated animated feature.
In the century before as Uranus moved into Gemini Darwin published his Origin of the Species; and Big Ben chimed for the first time in London.
There are also intriguing repeats. Bill Gates was born on the 1955 with Uranus just into Leo and founded Microsoft two later on Uranus just into Scorpio.
The Beatles burst onto the scene in 1962 as Uranus moved into Virgo and made their last public appearance next time round in 1968 when Uranus moved into Libra.
The Vietnam War started in 1955/56 in Leo and finished three Uranus cycles later as it moved into Scorpio in 1975.
The Guildford Four who were imprisoned in 1975 in the UK in a miscarriage of justice for alleged IRA bombings with Uranus just into Scorpio were freed fourteen years later as Uranus moved into Capricorn in 1989.
Revolutions are a key outcome of the Uranian push for freedom at all costs. The Eastern European uprisings of 1989 when the Berlin Wall was collapsed came with Uranus just moving into Capricorn. That year also apartheid in South Africa started to be dismantled. The Arab Spring coincided with Uranus moving into Aries in 2011. The 1968 Uranus into Libra brought the start of the Irish Troubles and the Stonewall riots fighting for gay rights.
The destructive side of Uranus comes out with brutal suppressions as in Tiananmen Square in 1989 (in Capricorn); the Holocaust in 1942/43 (in Gemini); Nazism on the rise and the Night of the Long Knives purge in Germany in 1934 with Uranus moving into Taurus. And the Titanic sank as Uranus moved into Aquarius in 1912.
Well, I shall be having my Uranus return next February when I will be 83years old – bring it on!
having just sold my business of 45 years on some excellent Jupiter transits. I started in 1978.
Jupiter in Gemini in the 9th opposite my 3rd Sag Moon, Sun, Mercury and Venus in the 5th in Aquarius
I feel very blessed knowing everything can be good with hard work and perseverence.
Why can’t we teach Astrology in schools then people would understand what makes us and why
people tick as no two charts are the same. People could benefit from knowing where their talents lie.
Marjorie your knowledge and insights are truly amazing, read daily!!
I am an outer planet person. Appearances are deceptive. I don’t look strange. Venus near my Ascendant sextile Mercury gives me an amiable disposition and my Water Grand Trine gives me a sensitive and compassionate outlook. In French, we have a saying. Attention aux eaux qui dorment. Beware of sleeping waters.
Uranus is my favorite planet next to Neptune. I feared Pluto greatly during its transit over my Sun but now see it as a friend also who breaks us down to make us better. I have learned to use the energies of Uranus and Neptune positively. Pluto uses me. The lesson of Pluto is that we must embrace the darkness within and in the outer world because it holds great treasures.
All three outer planets are in late degrees: Uranus at 25 Cancer opposite my Sun at 20 Capricorn, square Neptune at 28 Libra and octile Pluto at 26 Leo conjunct Moon at 28, sextile Neptune. Currently, transiting Uranus is sextile to the natal Jupiter-Uranus, square natal Pluto and inconjunct natal Neptune. Transiting Neptune is conjunct natal Mars in the third house. My Water Grand Trine includes Jupiter-Uranus, Mars at 27 Pisces and Saturn at 19 Scorpio conjunct the Black Moon at 23 and both being square Pluto-Moon.
The Water element is given greater emphasis by the fact that Uranus in Cancer and Pluto in Leo are both in my 8th house, and Neptune is the only planet in the 10th. I keep discovering my chart forever despite looking at it for decades.
Since my ASC is Sag, the Jupiter placement is important. Its strong connection to Uranus means that both planets have been deeply involved at all positive turning points in my life. Negative, but ultimately positive, turning points involve the Saturn-Pluto square. Natal Chiron at 28 Cap conjunct Mercury at 0 Aquarius is inconjunct Pluto and sextile Saturn. My Tibetan name is Karma Yeshe Rangdröl, which means self-arising wisdom.
As I grow older, the aspect that gives me greatest satisfaction is the persona of a social maverick provided by the opposition of the Sun to Jupiter-Uranus. I find that I have proudly remained an independent free spirit and creative social influencer who can act unpredictably for the greater good. That is Uranus at work. But Pluto-Moon square Saturn and sextile Neptune go deeper and are less sunny. I have with time learned to integrate these two aspects of my personality. Jupiter, Uranus and the Sun make me a light worker. Saturn, the Moon, the Dark Moon and Pluto give me an intimate knowledge of evil and a powerul awareness of the collective unconscious, which is now in cosmic spiritual conflict. The world is in crisis becaus the more primitive collective unconscious, now degenerate, must die in order to be reborn at a higher, healthier level. In this sense, the US stands for humanity.
Next year, at age 70, my Jupiter-Uranus by SA progression will be on my MC at 5 Libra while my Sun will be at 0 Aries conjunct transiting Saturn-Neptune and sextile transiting Pluto in Aquarius and Uranus in Gemini. In 2027, SA Mars will be conjunct transiting Uranus on my Descendant at 9 Gemini. I am beginning to speak and will have more to say.
Helli Marjorie. I just looked up your birthchart on astrodienst and with Sun, Mercury and Jupiter in your 11th house, ruler, Uranus home of Aquarius it’s no wonder you speak endlessly about astrology. Just thought I’d say that as a total amateur and I hope you having a good day.
I think if one was an astrologer, they would “speak endlessly about astrology” on an astrology website.
Just making an observation. I’m not as clever as you.
Peace.
I am very Uranian – 9th house Moon Uranus conjunction square my Sun and Mercury. Usually when an inclination is pointed up in a chart there are often/usually several indicators.
Funnily enough, I have a Moon-Uranus conjunction square Sun and Mercury, but the conjunction is in the 11th.