URANUS STATIONS RETROGRADE …… can we cope with surprises? Uranus starts his yearly, five-month retrograde period at 23°04’ Taurus on 28-29 August (antiscion 06°56’ Leo) which lasts until 24 January when it stations direct at 19°05’ Taurus. When planets station, they usually manifest all their power. Uranus represents revolution and change as well as the need to be free and independent, above all from responsibility. The planet governs science and technology as well as astrology it also lends an “aloof” feeling or impression to any planet it aspects. Some keywords [...]
Shake, rattle and roll….. Uranus moves into Taurus at 8.28 GMT on the 6th of March only 8 hours before the New Moon in Pisces. Uranus has an 84-year orbit and spends roughly 7 years in each sign. It was discovered in 1781 by an amateur astronomer named William Herschel and, in more modern times, was given joint ruler-ship of the sign of Aquarius together with traditional ruler Saturn. Astrologer Bil Tierney* has the following to say: “Uranus with its equatorial plane at right angles to its orbital plane is an odd-ball in our solar system and appears to roll on its side as it [...]