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 Uranus
Rebel Without a Clue
(with affinities to Aquarius and the 11th house)
BTW - It's Pronounced: Your -Ron - Us
Astrological
Uranus represents a shockingly different and unique way of
looking at things. Named for the greek god, Ouranos... Ouranos
was the first of the Greek sky gods and the grand-daddy of
the thundergod Zeus. He (Ouranos) was created out of his mother
Gaea (the great Earth goddess, sometimes known as Mother Nature).
Ouranos later married his mother, Gaea (try to relax... the
gods did a lot of that stuff).
The
union of Ouranos and Gaea produced the Titans, the Hekatoncheires,
and the Kyklopes (must be what happens when you marry your own
mother). There were 12 Titans, created in couples (boy meets
girl kind of thing). The Titan children didn’t like Ouranos'
heavy-handed rule and so they rose up in a great rebellion. Kids
will be kids... but Ouranos easily quashed their youthful rebellion
and threw all them into Tartaros (sort of a Greek hell).
Meanwhile,
mother/wife Gaea - unhappy with the harsh treatment of her Titan
children - arranged for the death of Ouranos at the hands of
their youngest son, Kronus (Kronus was known to the Romans as
Saturn). Gaea showed Kronus how to irremediably "wound" (castrate)
his father, Ouranos, with a curved knife (or a sickle) that she'd
made just for the special occasion.
I’d
vote for this being a seriously dysfunctional family! This
story also explains why: "it's not nice
to fool Mother Nature...."
Prometheus?
Some astrologers who like associating the differing planets
with the mythology of their namesakes are a wee bit:
- unhappy
- uncomfortable
- disquieted
with the naming of Uranus.
Richard
Tarnas, one of the current "big dogs" of archetypal astrology,
seemingly long ago abandoned the crotchety,
cantankerous Greek god, Ouranos, for the rebellious Greek god,
Prometheus, the "bringer of fire" and friend of humanity. Maybe
a campaign should be started to officially rename Uranus to Prometheus
(it might, at least, get more respect that way).
Anyway,
I can't resist taking this idea just a wee bit further. You see...
Prometheus (son of the Titan god, Japetos) had three brothers:
Epimetheus, Atlas, and Menoitios. And each of the brothers also
appear to have an affinity with the rebellious, independent energies
of Uranus, Aquarius, and the 11th house.
- Prometheus
- Epimetheus
- Atlas
- Menoitios
- little is known of Menoitios, other than he was reportedly
an "evil doer" whom Zeus struck down for his foolhardiness
and lustful aggression.
The
Great Awakener
My best guess is that the archetypal "Great Awakener" associated
with this planet is both pleased and amused there’s controversy
surrounding its very naming (as well as its pronunciation). This
is because Uranus enjoys and absolutely revels in being different
and unique! For instance... had you ever noticed, that of all the
major planets in our solar system, only Uranus was given the name
of a Greek god (having no Roman counterpart)? Yep, all the other
planets were given names of Roman gods.
The
Inventor
Neptune and Uranus being compensatory to each other, the two "personifying" archetypes
of these two outer planets are the Magician (Neptune) and the Inventor
(Uranus). The
process of Uranus has to do with freedom and invisible energy. The
process of Uranus is "electric" and is balanced out by magnetic
and trendy Neptune.
Uranus
questions every status quo. And cries out, "Why not?" Uranus
cries out, "Give me liberty or give me death!" Uranus
cries out, "CHANGE!"
Change!
Distinguised author Alice O. Howell reminds us that when Uranus
travels through a new sign, the effects of that particular
sign will show a marked change:
"When
in Libra, art and marriage customs changed; when in Scorpio,
sexual mores changed; when in Sagittarius, religious outlooks;
and so forth. Neptune ushers in trends, but Uranus brings
abrupt changes."
Well
guess what, folks? In April of 1995 Uranus entered the sign that
it rules, Aquarius. It then remained in the sign of Aquarius
(off and on) until the very end (Dec 30th) of 2003.
Did
humanity's hopes, beliefs, dreams and aspirations drastically
change during the long Uranus journey (1995-2003) through Aquarius?
While
it's pretty much a no-brainer that Uranus' journey through
Aquarius didn't usher in a time of peace and harmony throughout
the world - it's difficult to say (with any authority) what
the long term effects of the Uranus journey through the sign
of Aquarius will be. Much of the time we can only somewhat
objectively judge such things when having the advantage of
retrospect and hindsight; being able to look back in time at
least 10 to 20 years.
And,
of course, currently up is the long Uranus journey through the
Zodiac sign of Pisces.
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