Uranus Return

Howl

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Uranus Opposition

Oops, I meant to say "Uranus opposition". Anyway, the following article is from the Llewellyn journal, http://www.llewellynjournal.com/article/787

People are going through their mid life crises earlier than in past decades. This is partly due to the fact that some planets have been moving a bit faster than usual in recent years. Normally, things start to heat up around age 40-42, but recently I have seen clients as young as thirty-six start to feel the pressure of what we astrologers call the Uranus opposition.

When the planet Uranus in our birth chart opposes transiting Uranus, it’s as if something “strange” begins in our lives. It's a period when people feel as if they only have one more chance to make something out of their lives. The Uranus opposition/mid-life crisis usually lasts a little over a year and in some cases up to two. But the effects can be felt even longer; sometimes for several years. It marks a period of major transition in our lives. Most of us come to terms with realizations that aren't always pleasant.

It's an awkward cycle to be in because we aren't old, but we ain’t getting any younger, either. People assess where they’re going and where they’ve been, and do so with an intensity like never before. Some people will feel as if they haven't lived up to their potential. Others may feel ambivalent about the future. Did they plan for old age? Will they be ready for retirement? Are they happy in their marriage? Should they get married?

We all have certain goals we set in our twenties that we expect to reach by our forties. Some of them are likely to be centered around a career, a beautiful home, or a happy marriage with children. The Uranus opposition is a time in which people are forced answer their own questions of self-worth. Many will feel as if time is running out and they have one last chance to make their dreams come true. Some will question the goals they set when they were younger and either change them, furiously pursue them, or just give up!

If you are one of the those folks who don't feel the usual effects of the mid-life crisis, then it is likely you've accomplished many goals you've set for yourself and at the same time fulfilled inner and spiritual needs. However, there are many other people that become overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, or an urgency need to do something NOW to make things happen.

I went through my mid-life crisis last winter. My friends couldn't believe it when I told them that I felt like a total failure in my own life, especially with my career. I had gone through a period of feeling total disgust with what I perceived to be a lack of accomplishment. This period lasted from last February through June. Yet my agent and my friends couldn't believe I was feeling like this. Llewellyn has just released by first book; I was making regular appearances on national television; I was in the middle of a successful lecture tour across the country; and business was booming. Still, I felt like a complete failure. No one could tell me different. When the Uranus opposition was over, it was like a dark cloud had lifted. Luckily for me, I know astrology and could ride this cycle out.

Unfortunately, many people in similar situations act without thinking. They’ll end a long-term marriage or quit a job. Many long for a much more exciting, new lifestyle. Some want to dress differently, act younger, hang out with a younger set of friends. Some will have an affair and, yes, many do buy that infamous expensive red sports car ... all hoping to hang onto the symbols of youth.

As I mentioned earlier, some people never make drastic changes, and many escape without feeling the negative effects of the Uranus opposition. If a person has taken advantage of opportunities and has not allowed life to become rigid, then the mid-life crisis may not be upsetting. It is possible for one to experience the true meaning of this astrological influence. The Uranus opposition can be a peak time in your life ... a climax to all you have worked for. It can also indicate a major change in life direction that coincides with issues you will deal with later on. Many of you will one begin to plan for retirement, the empty nest, and so on.

The spiritual lesson of the Uranus opposition is that you will come to terms with your perception of life and its true meaning. The outside world is not as important as it was in the past; accomplishments will have to mean something to you on the inside. You will no longer live for approval and applause from the outside, world but rather seek spiritual fulfillment. If you don't work toward spiritual fulfillment in the years following the mid-life crisis, life may grow empty and meaningless. But if you choose to work from your spiritual side, you will find the mid-life crisis to be a true blessing.

You can find out the exact times that your mid life crisis begins, peaks, and ends in your natal chart or by contacting an astrologer. We all experience some sort of change in our lives - but what the change is is different for everyone based on his or her birth chart. While some deal with marriage issues, others may deal with career questions. Still others may face past-life issues or family situations. The Uranus opposition is a major astrological cycle in our lives. It can turn our lives upside down and inside out. But knowledge is power, and learning the when’s, where’s, and what’s of your Uranus opposition can help you be prepared to make better choices when the time comes in your life to let go of the past to make way for your future.

Natally, Uranus opposes my Moon (chart ruler). I have discovered that this can result in, surprise surprise, huge impulsivity that threatens the very foundations of what I emotionally value!!

I have already experienced the sqaure of transiting Uranus to my natal Moon-Uranus opposition. About six months before perfection I broke up a committed relationship. To this day I can't answer you WHY I did that (for those of you who recognise this as familiar, yes, it was the same guy who is currently a close friend). I bolted overseas on an adventure, leaving him behind because the world was suddenly too big and exciting for me to remain "accountable" to this one person. Stupid thing is, I then returned to feel Uranus hurting my Moon, which turned truly hyperactive. I have an 11H Gemini Moon (trine 7H Venus) and suddenly craved closeness so strongly that I literally wanted to pile people ontop of me to emotionally pin me in place. I had to learn to see my ex with other people (5H Uranus!) as he is integral to my social circle. I didn't have the emotional space I had left behind, and it took me forever to become comfortable.

Soooo, I wonder if transiting Uranus conjunct my Natal Moon (and opposing natal Uranus) is going to knock the blocks out from under my emotional world all over again. Do you think, now being able to recognise the challenges of Uranus-Moon, I can deal with the opposition in a more balanced fashion?

Does anyone have a Uranus opposition tale to tell? I would be very interested to hear it! :)
 
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waterlilly

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Gosh...how emotive, I really felt your words.:eek:
from the sounds of it this was an experience

How are things now, if you don't mind me asking?
 

allie_b

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Re: Uranus Opposition

Please keep me informed of what this transit is like for you as I will be going through it myself in four years. I have natal Uranus(2 degrees Libra) opposite my natal Aries moon(7 degrees). And for me, Uranus hits my moon right after hitting my natal Sun at 28degrees Pisces. So it's a bit of a double whammy! Curious to know what will happen...good things I hope.

Oh, and when Uranus squared my natal Uranus(squaring natal moon), I dropped out of college AND fell in love for the first time. Good ol' Uranus.

Good luck with your transit!
 
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Howl

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Ooh, hi guys, it took me a while to see your responses, thank you :)

Waterlilly, things now are great. I am together with the young man I was talking about, the one that I left behind about five years ago in my Uranus inspired bolt for freedom, travel and adventure. In hindsight I am grateful for being shown my own love of travel and the wider world (I have Uranus in Sagittarius, along with three other planets), and while the emotional disruption and displacement was painful, I feel that I know myself far more fully for having gone when I did. My career, which is now finally kicking off, is founded in humanitarianism and overseas travel (yeehah!). I needed bigger horizons, I needed to know that I could do it, and that I would love it, or I wouldn't have had the courage and experience to have landed where I am now (and ****, I love where I am now!)

Allie b :) While our break up and my experience of 'losing' my emotional home was unexpectedly painful, I can now see that the crisis demanded balance between Uranus and Moon. I had become very comfortable in my emotional nest at home, was feeding my moon, and forgotten the full potential (and wanderlust, and super-optimism!) of what I wanted to do with my life and myself. I rediscovered it all in one hit, let go of the 'moon' side of things in order to experience it, and felt the pain of this afterwards.

Lucky for me, I know who my closest friends are and still have their love and support, and my partner is one of them. Although I wouldn't have chosen the break up as it was, in hindsight I can see that we are far better now than we would have been had I simply continued without my Uranian disruption. I would have traded in a part of my potential, and my person, for the emotional comfort of where I was, and never would have missed it until far later, perhaps too far later. In the time apart we have come to know ourselves better, and now choose to be together with that fuller understanding who we are and who we want to be for eachother. There is a sense of purposefulness and of consciously knowing and appreciating what is good about us, what held us toegther as friends and why we're committed to our relationship. I don't think it would be there had we wandered along, uninterrupted.

So, it worked out dramatically, inexplicably, and feels right in the end :) the scenic cross country 'long cut' to the intended destination.

I have to wait a while for the next opposition. At least this time around I will know the countours of what a hard Moon/Uranus transit feels like!

I am guessing yours will look quite different, with the Libran Uranus. Hmm, what houses are your Moon and Uranus living in?
 
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allie_b

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My moon is in the 7th house opposing Uranus in 12th conjunct my Asc.(and conjunct 12th house Jupiter in Libra, as well). Yes, it will be quite different from your transit, I believe.
 
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