Saturn Return Can Bite Me

Uranus in Taurus

Uranus in Taurus May 2018 - The Commencement of A New Era Pt. 1

"Uranus brings revolutionary conditions in the sectors it transits. We had our initial “direct revolution” involving the first three degrees of Taurus between mid-May and early August 2018, and a second “retrograde awakening” between early August and early November when it retrograded back over the first three degrees of Taurus. That was a period of initial and/or radical awakenings and spiritual transformations for those with planets or angles in early Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius.

As it will transit the first three degrees of Taurus through the end of April, it means we’re about to have a third revolution and/or awakening in the sector where we have early Taurus! It will go stationary retrograde at 7 Taurus in August, and then retrograde back to 3 Taurus where it will go direct in January 2020. That puts the first 7 degrees of Taurus (and all the fixed signs) in a revolutionary period which will last this year and next!

Uranus individualizes us according to the Higher Law of our Being. It shows us our creative uniqueness, and can bring forth radical changes that move us into new directions we've never known, or bring forth specialized manifestations of individualizing patterns we've accepted. It is our genius, our specialized Self which sings its own unique song through space and time."

Uranus in Taurus 2018-2025 Pt. 2 - Uranus in Taurus Trigger Points 2019-2020

 "Any of these aspects made to or from Uranus will last a long time, and we enter a year which renews the focus on the first 3 degrees of Taurus, and then extends the experience to the span between 4-7 Taurus.

In 2020 it will move between 3 and 11 Taurus, and so this year and next Uranus will impact all planets and angles in the first decan of Taurus. At various points in 2019, Uranus will square planets in the first 7 degrees of Leo and Aquarius, and oppose anything in the first 7 degrees of Scorpio. As it then retrogrades back to 3 Taurus, going direct on that degree in January 2020, you can see that even given a tight orb, the first 9 degrees of the Fixed signs will be under spiritual-transformational pressure for another two years.

Add that semisquares and sesquisquares will be made to/from planets and points around 18-26 Gemini, Virgo, Sag, and Pisces, and you can see there are powerful upheavals, revolutions, and individualizing experiences spurring us all on to bring forth elements of our genius, and fulfill our unique purpose for being on Earth. It’s obvious that we’ll all be impacted in profound ways, since very few charts don't have at least one planet somewhere in the early degrees of the Fixed signs and the middle to late degrees of the Mutable signs.

Besides profoundly impacting those with planets in the first seven degrees of Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius, Uranus will also make aspects and be aspected by the other planets. These indicate generic times of upheaval, radical change, breakthroughs, and unexpected forces beyond individual control preempting the playing field.

Remember too that just because Uranus makes a hard aspect to any one planet, whether in your chart or transit to transit, is not indicator of doom or gloom, since it no doubt also makes other aspects that indicate mitigating circumstances or even unexpected fortuitous events. We can use the energy of the “Divine Awakener” as our personality planets are trained to do; there is no transit which automatically spells failure or a lack of an ability to respond constructively to any event."

Uranus in seventh conjunct my sun report

So that exact aspect has finally happened... and yeah, something's kicked in a little bit. I have this going on exactly right now and well, finally admitted I have just a little crush on someone. It has been creeping on for a bit of time but I finally declared it as such to myself. (Then Buzzfeed said I did based on my craving for McDonald's crispy chicken. Whaaat?)

This sadly will most likely not amount to anything, as the person does not appear to be interested in that way. Which is fine.  Lord knows I'm not most people's taste and I can't say I blame them, and I don't know what they go for anyway but presumably not me! There are a few unusual aspects to this which might make things a little awkward/not work out anyway, and I would rather keep them around long-term rather than have relationship crap ruin that in the long run, I suppose.

Let me stand next to your fire. "Here's what I do: I play loose." I am relating to this song as well, though. I'm happy not knowing. 

On the one hand, it's nice to know I'm not totally dead inside. I pretty much have been for years. I'm pleased to see that something unusual for me (i.e. being dead inside) has actually happened during this transit. On the other hand, kinda wish this could have happened with someone who might be interested back, so that's a little disappointing. Maybe later, I dunno. There's seven years for that to happen, I guess. 

I find myself doing dumb shit like taking Buzzfeed quizzes ("he's 40% into you!") ("there's a 50% chance") ("yes") ("have you ever written your names together on some public fixture?" and then realized that actually sorta did happen...okay, I came out pretty minor, I got 17 on that but a good chunk of that is circumstantial/based on "group hangs.".) (does he like you back? "You got: With a little effort, it could happen! You like each other, but it will require a little effort on both of your parts to get to that next level." Legit accurate!)

"For those who are unattached, this can bring unexpected relationships with unusual partners that show up out of the blue like a bolt of lightening to shake up your sense of identity! In some cases, this transit may bring unusual love affairs and relationships that challenge social norms! These relationships may feel exciting at first, and there is a chance they could last (especially if a committed relationship is a drastic change from the status quo)"

Well, one hopes sometime. I'm way more into the idea of this transit because I have nothing to lose and actually being with anyone at all would be super unusual. 

I like this website:

"Unpredictable, unstable relationships are in order when Uranus is in the 7th, because the people you attract are usually unpredictable and unstable (i.e. Uranian). I find that the guys I meet are usually going through some sort of Uranus transit when they meet me, since Uranus is so strong in my chart.  One man was was having transiting Uranus sextile his natal Venus, and another had transiting Uranus conjunct his natal Venus at the time of our meetings. I was going through a Uranus sextile Venus transit when I met an Aquarian man, and Uranus square my seventh house ruler when I met yet another Aquarian man.
The nature of the planet affecting the love sector reflects the kind of relationship/partner you’ll have during that time. The person doesn’t necessarily have to be a Scorpio (for a Pluto transit), an Aquarius (for an Uranus transit), etc., but the synastry chart or composite chart will usually have the flavor of that planet, or the other person will be going through a similar transit.

Okay, I had to check...all I will say is that they do have an Aquarius moon.

Uranus crossing the DC (cusp of the 7th house) usually manifests by meeting someone new, out of the blue, or suddenly breaking up with your partner/your partner suddenly leaving you. Either way, there’s usually a sudden change in your relationship status.

Well, more or less, yes, that's how it came about by meeting!

People are in and out of your life during this transit, and it’s really hard to find stability in relationships for as long as Uranus is transiting that house. Uranian relationships are often “out of the norm”; you partner with people you wouldn’t have considered before the transit began.

...Well, weird is usual for me, but yeah, this is someone I sort of think is out of my range in some respects. Of course, what would be really unusual for me would be like, a dentist or a military man, because I'd be horrible in those relationships.

Uranian relationships can include long-distance arrangements, too; anything non-traditional, really.

How the person handles this transit depends on the nature of the person. Individuals with heavy water or earth influences would have a more difficult time with a transit like this, as security, stability, and co-dependency are the kinds of relationships they usually seek. Fire and Air signs are generally more free-spirited and non-committal, which would make Uranus transits much easier on them. A friend of mine had a very hard time with this transit, as she is a Taurus Venus. She would meet a man (out of the blue- in true Uranus fashion), fall really hard for him, then they’d break up because he could not commit. She’d be devastated, but then she’d meet someone new in a flash, and the same thing would happen all over again.  And my friend with Venus conjunct Uranus in her natal chart? She had the time of her life."

Okay, so that part sucks. If it ever gets there. Oh well, I knew I'd never have anyone last with me anyway. I have divorce aspects and too much independence (along with codependency) in my chart at the same time. Sigh.

Taurus season

"Being a Taurus is rad. I feel like there’s a certain stability that is assumed in Taurus people. They’re supposed to be grounded and understanding and see eye to eye with people. They’re known to be stubborn, but I feel like the way that I encounter that in my life is just that I’m not susceptible to peer pressure. I kind of know what I think is right and wrong for myself, and I’m willing to change it. It doesn’t mean that you’re structured past what’s reasonable. I think everyone should be willing to change. I also value my home and my community and my family and chosen family. I feel like I’m a Taurus. And my mother that raised me is a Taurus too. I feel like we really get in a feedback of our attributes and reinforce each other’s tendencies. I feel like I don’t know what it’s like to be any other sign, so it could just be me resonating with what people have told me. Jacob, our guitarist, says the best thing. ‘It’s not real but I believe in it.’ It’s not a religion, but it’s definitely helpful as a Rorschach test to see what you see. Anything you resonate with, it comes from you. You don’t have to act like a Taurus because you are one. You already act how you are and maybe you can just put words to it through this paradigm."

Uranus in Taurus and Michael Lutin

"Normally if you ask someone what’s the first thing that comes into mind when they hear the word Taurus mentioned, they might say loyal, stubborn, money, and high cholesterol foods. Don’t be so sure anymore about that Taurus in your life. He or she is no longer the arm chair a lump of Protoplasm so often wrongly attributed to the members of this noble sign. Besides, unless the Tauruses in your life are 87 years old or older, they have not ever experienced rising every morning with the planet Uranus before.

What does that mean?

Their whole life has been changed and is in the process of changing in a flash. They are learning how to live spontaneously. Nothing is as it was and the predictability that defined them? Out the window.

It may seem as if they are choking on a fish bone, when actually what has gotten stuck in their throat’s is the response they feel like gagging  to unexpected change thrust upon them.

Although sometimes a shock, this marks a re-animation of your life if you are a Taurus or Taurus rising. In some cases this appears in the form of a near disaster and yet  is also transformation miracle. Like you walk away from a plane crash without a scratch, or find out if that dear old uncle Herman has left you a bundle you didn’t expect.

In any case it’s what next? For this new phase of self discovery and personal adventure. But it is a hurricane, so don’t stand barefoot in a pan of water during the thunderstorm.

And if you’re not  NOT  A Taurus this hits All of us anyway, mainly because the New Moon  is zapping  everybody on a high electric charge. We all have Taurus somewhere along the horoscope wheel. It’s tricky, too, because as wild and free as we all may want to be, Saturn in Capricorn is still kicking our royal butts and forcing us to stay within the lines, jobs, relationships and other commitments we’d rather skip over than submit to."

TAURUS AND RISING

We could call This Your personal PhD program in living in the world, mainly because the May chart is ruled strongly by the ninth house now. This is what School is about and it’s not an elective subject but a mandatory one. Ethics and education take precedence over all of the distractions now. Ironically, however, you cannot absolutely behave and politely and humbly look at your shoes. Your life has been turned upside down by the entrance of the seven-year transit of the planet Uranus. So it’s hard to control anything or stick to anybody’s rules. When events in  your life moves unpredictably faster than your mind,The only way you can keep up is to stretch your consciousness and learn from this whole screwed up experience.

SCORPIO AND RISING

Set an extra place at the table. New people are coming into your life unexpectedly. (Of course some are leaving also to make room) . But the new contacts are fascinating as well as fascinated with you, so it’s not going to be boring. You’re opening up whether you like it. Do be a little discriminating in your choices, however. If you’re too open, you’ll attract escapees  from the funny farm. You can thank a fifth house Neptune for that. So heavy, deep and real communications make light conversation an absurd waste of time now. Then again, nobody wants to hear somebody’s grim projection and outlook. Real communication deepens and heals all bonds."

I totally think that last one is accurate. You should see the folks I am hanging out with these days :) 

2019 birthday post

• canoe.com: "Happy Birthday: Share your adventures, thoughts and plans with the people you love. Turn this into a productive year personally and professionally. Mix business with pleasure, and bring unity and stabilization into focus. Fine-tune your life to encourage less stress and more progress. Plan trips or educational pursuits that will be enlightening and push you in a positive direction. Your numbers are 4, 12, 20, 24, 33, 38, 45. Birthday Baby: You are excitable, caring and industrious. You are stylish and proactive."
• Georgia Nichols: "Actor Aidan Gillen (1968) shares your birthday today. You have a relaxed attitude and a firm will. You dislike clutter; and seek noise-free, peaceful environments. This year your hard work will begin to pay off! Therefore, start to simplify your life and focus on how to build solid foundations. Work with purpose. Physical exercise will be important, which is why you should explore any physical discipline that you enjoy."
• horoscope.com: "The lone wolf life might appeal, but let others in your den sometimes. You'll know who really cares. In fact, no one is able to fool you for long about much of anything. Old favorite things and people will bring the most pleasure. Your attention span may be short in the springtime, but nothing financially important should fall through the cracks. There's a brief risk of being your own worst enemy in September, but this is what true friends and a lover (or two) are for. Trust yourself, but listen to others, too, especially as the year ends in inspiration and love!"
• chron.com: "TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (April 24). A juicy business opportunity practically comes with a cosmic birthday card signed, "Love, The Universe." Next month brings worthy creative partners. Bounce around ideas until they come out smooth and improved. Summer months are a blur. Remember to get still so the butterfly of happiness has a chance to alight on your shoulder. Virgo and Cancer adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 8, 2, 22, 19 and 30.

  TAURUS SOLAR CHECK-IN: With the sun and Uranus still nuzzled together and amplifying the agenda of the solar journey through the sign of the bull, this is a good time to review the advantages of the transit to be utilized in the weeks to come. For instance, virtues like patience, humility and diligence will be well-rewarded.

  Patience is a good one to start with. If you aren't a naturally patient person, learning the habits of patience will be the next best thing. This starts by identifying the source of your impatience. At the heart of it, there is a reality you are not accepting. What is it? Naming it might not be easy. Some digging might be required before you can get at the thought that is causing you to lose your cool. In this case, it helps to ask yourself leading questions: Why do you want to rush? Is there too much on your to-do list? Is there an expectation to be managed? A task to be delegated? A trigger to be aware of? Write about what makes you feel frustrated and anxious. When you are more conscious of your thought patterns, you will know when to stop and relax.

  CELEBRITY PROFILES: Kelly Clarkson has figured out a few things along the way, so much in fact that she's named her current tour "Meaning of Life." America's first idol was born when the sun, moon and Mercury were all in Taurus, the sign of the voice. Taurus singers have the advantage of strong vocal chords, excellent rhythm and endless tenacity. Clarkson's birthday is the same day as Barbra Streisand's."

• cafeastrology.com "Born April 24 - You can feel both inspired and ready to put in the effort to achieve your goals. It's a potentially excellent year for turning a dream into a reality or for productivity in the arts. It's likely to be a rewarding period overall, especially with creative pursuits. This is a powerful time for enjoying new experiences and pleasures. Learning and sharing are likely to be more satisfying than usual... more

  If You Were Born Today, April 24

  You are a determined person and you intuitively know that with patience, you can accomplish anything you set out to do. You easily earn respect from others around you, due in part to your regal manner. Your family is extremely important to you, and many of your values are quite traditional, which keeps you grounded and responsible. However, you are unafraid of embracing the new, even if you do so slowly. Famous people born today: Shirley MacLaine, Barbara Streisand, Kelly Clarkson."

• Forecast for April 2019 to April 2020:

If You Were Born Today, April 24:

You are a determined person and you intuitively know that with patience, you can accomplish anything you set out to do. You easily earn respect from others around you, due in part to your regal manner. Your family is extremely important to you, and many of your values are quite traditional, which keeps you grounded and responsible. However, you are unafraid of embracing the new, even if you do so slowly. Famous people born today: Shirley MacLaine, Barbara Streisand, Kelly Clarkson.

Your Birthday Year Forecast:

With the Sun and Moon in harmony in your Solar Return chart, the year ahead should be satisfying and balanced overall. You are in comfortable demand and personally popular, and you are able to achieve a decent balance between work and play; personal and professional life. For the most part, you are on top of your game this year, and positive connections with others can be made fairly easily. With the ability to handle your emotions successfully, there is less stress on both your mind and body. Your self-confidence and positive attitude will reward you!

With Uranus electrifying your Sun this year and next, you can expect a liberating and interesting period ahead. Changes are in store for you, and they’re likely to be very positive if you recognize and honor your need for newness in your life. This influence brings about big changes, sudden events, unanticipated disruptions, and surprising situations into your life which can certainly have a major impact on your character, vitality, and individuality. This energy can often be felt as an urge to break out and embrace new and exciting things or to innovate and pioneer something fresh.

With this stimulating transit, life will be exciting–and the changes positive–if you go with the flow. If you deny your urge for change, feelings of restlessness and rebelliousness will unexpectedly erupt, prompting sudden lunges for freedom that can have surprising results and reactions. This influence stimulates your creativity, excitability, self-will, and originality. Sudden flashes of insight increase your spiritual awareness. You may become more outspoken, even rebellious. Career breaks or changes are possible. Alternatively, you might change the direction of your life path to suit the “new you.” Unexpected events may cause you to rethink some of your goals and ambitions. With relationships, there could be sudden attachments, breakups, or fluctuations, depending on the impact that these internal changes have on your connections.

However, you need to be aware of a tendency to be attracted to impractical ventures with a Mars-Neptune square in your Solar Return this year. You may experience passive-aggressiveness in others, which impacts your life in frustrating ways, or you could find relationships with others confusing and hard to define. Although you may enjoy an increase in your intuitive capabilities, you could also be too open to influence so that fears or delusions impact your ability to see your life clearly. Take an objective look also at how your dreams and visions fit into the lives of others and the world in general. As well, your energy can vary greatly from one period to the next, so take advantage of the “high” periods in order to offset the possible loss in productivity during the low-energy stages. This could also be a year in which you are considerably more creative.

Mercury and Venus align with one another and with Chiron in your Solar Return chart this year, adding special charm to the way you present your ideas, certainly helping to smooth over differences in your personal relationships and perhaps to open up new opportunities for warm connections as well. This influence also helps you to express yourself in likable, helpful, and even healing ways. This can be an excellent period for opening up communications with others, as you are more sensitive than usual and more willing to listen. Getting your point across is easier, as it’s not only about what specific words you choose to communicate, you intuitively express the meaning and intention behind the words. You can effectively use words to soothe, heal, and teach this year. You are also more open to new ways of looking at problems, thus it’s considerably easier to find solutions.

You can quite bravely stand your ground while not making waves. In fact, this is a time of wonderfully improved communications. Channels for communicating might open up that are rewarding. This is a year for feeling energized and inspired creatively. You’re ready to fight for something you believe in, and you find it easier to assert yourself and your desires.

With Venus conjunct Chiron in your Return chart, something big is in the works regarding your love life. You’ll have a chance to heal old wounds with regards to love this year. You’re also bound to find new ways of making money.

It’s easier than usual for you to turn difficult situations into winning ones. Expressing yourself more creatively can figure strongly, and you can find that you’re more popular than usual during this period of your life. Loving or pleasing communications and channels for self-expression are in focus. It’s a good time for cultural events or satisfying personal interests, and excellent for studies and learning.

You’re likely to feel that your spiritual and material goals harmonize and that circumstances facilitate following through on making your dreams a reality. You enjoy stronger faith and a feeling that your dreams are realizable.

The year ahead places special emphasis on relationships and connections. You can find yourself in high demand! It’s an imaginative year, and one in which your social life can be particularly interesting, warm, and lively. You can feel both inspired and ready to put in the effort to achieve your goals. It’s a potentially excellent year for productivity in the arts. Learning and sharing are likely to be more satisfying than usual.

2019 is a Number Four year for you. Ruled by Uranus. This is a year of work and development. It's "nose to the grindstone" time. It's a time to pay special attention to practical matters, and it's not a time to be lazy or especially gregarious. Sometimes, it can be a year that feels hard, monotonous and routine, and/or lonely. Positive new relationships are often not formed in a Four personal year. However, it can be a wonderful year for building, development, and laying a solid foundation for future successes. Advice - get yourself organized, work to build your resources, keep busy.

2020 will be a Number Five year for you. Ruled by Mercury. This is a year of discovery and freedom. It's a time when exploration and reaching out to others brings opportunities. It's a good time to advertise, promote, and sell. Surprises are in store, and the routine is broken for the better. This is a year when exciting relationships can be formed; or, if you are already in a partnership, new life is breathed into the relationship. Advice - explore, look for adventure, keep your eyes open for opportunities, diversify, mingle.

In a weird way, I've been looking forward to the 41st for a long time just to see what this Uranus in the 7th house brings. (Also am darned tired of my work being chaotic in not-fun ways.) It can't make things worse, right? So on with the unusual relationships! 

The alien is you

"For those of you born in late April, it’s like relaxing in a feather bed eating ice cream, only to look over and see an alien laying next to you. Hint? That alien is you. Take a good look, because by the time Uranus is done with you, you’ll be completely transformed."

Why astrologers study politicians’ birth times

On getting the times in the first place: “Obviously you have to be kind of careful because this personal information is a very strange piece of information,” he says. “It’s difficult to ask for that without sounding like a terrible creeper.” 

For Watson, the motivation to study them is pretty much the same as any political wonk’s — he’s interested in predicting elections as well as finding out what might happen once a person takes office. (As for Kaine and Ryan, according to their birth charts, their greatest careers are still ahead of them.)

One political character who has foiled astrologers is Hillary Clinton, whose birth time is still unconfirmed. “I was able to make [an election] prediction in 2012,” says Watson (he correctly predicted that Obama would win), “but like most other astrologists in 2016, we didn’t have an accurate birth time for Hillary.”

That’s because we know Hillary Clinton was born at 8 o’clock, but it’s unclear whether in the morning or evening, a debate that has caused serious drama among astrologers for decades. “On the one hand, the 8 am chart seems to describe someone who is very ambitious and driven, versus the 8 pm chart, which is kind of a daft chart,” Watson laughs. “It’s not what I would expect for someone of her stature.”

But not even professional astrologers claim that natal charts are all-knowing documents. “Nobody’s chart necessarily spells doom,” says Lipp-Bonewits. “The chart shows the hand you’re dealt, but you choose how you play that hand. The main significance is that astrologers do research and study largely through the charts of public figures, whether politicians, entertainers, scientists, or athletes. Collecting birth data of public figures is a service astrologers do to help out the astrological community, so we can all study and learn from publicly available data.”

Uranus in Taurus: Reversal In Fortune & Commitment-Phobics Marry

“Expect the unexpected” when it comes to love and money and vanity, for as long as Uranus is in Taurus. What we don’t know is who or what or when or how!

This also means the perennially partnered may find themselves alone, while the consistently single experiment with, err… marriage!   If you’re into things wickedly quirky, like I am, should be fun to watch."

I am really, really curious as to how this is going to play out with me, since I am so utterly immune to love at this point and have become aromantic and possibly asexual. Will anything happen or am I that immune?

Gorgeous photo of Mercury in the NYT

On a related note, the New York Times and famous astrologers are tell you to to chill about Mercury retrograde already. Yeah, that happened. 

I absolutely love this. This is a PARTY PLANET OF PRETTY.

Back to the article:

"Susan Miller, the force behind the popular site Astrology Zone, finds the alarmist headlines about “surviving” retrogade to be a bit much.

“It’s not tragic,” she said. “It’s annoying.”

Chani Nicholas, whose writing is infused with political and social commentary, agreed. “It’s given way too much emphasis generally,” she said.

 

Time to repot

From Michael Lutin:

"Forgive me for bringing up the glaringly obvious, but certain people We could mention have been clinging to a life style that once brought them security and satisfaction but has now become a colorless, hollow ritual.
More than ever ever ever in their whole lives, right this minute they need faith in a completely unknown and I-can-understand-what-seems- a-scaryass-future. If we Don’t cling to what was and we’ll see quite clearly that life is just a dream, so yeah, be calm, let go and be free.

The next chapter? There is one, so it may be time to Re-pot plants if you know what I mean.. Question is, when should I repot?"