Remember the movie “Network”? The character Howard Beale shouted : “You’ve got to say, ‘I’m a HUMAN BEING, Goddamnit! My life has VALUE!’ So I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window. Open it, and stick your head out, and yell, ‘I’M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I’M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!’ (“Network” was written by Paddy Chayefsky, an Aquarius, ruled by Uranus).
It’s been 75 years since Uranus occupied the sign of Aries, and on May 27th 2010, the planet of freedom and individuality will enter the first sign of the zodiac again. Uranus’ passage through Aries will last about 8 years (plus 4 months in 2019). Zero degrees Aries is known as the “World Point” and is an extremely potent degree. On June 8th 2010, Uranus and Jupiter will be conjunct at 0º Aries. The is revolutionary energy on a large scale. It doesn’t necessarily imply Molotov cocktails flying around everywhere, but yes, fanatics will be acting out more than ever. Regular folks, or groups of like minded people, will be grabbing the world’s attention though sudden radical or “extremist” behavior. Computer hackers, suicide bombers, and militia groups are examples of the negative expression of this energy. Uranus in Aries is rebellion. On July 15th, 1927 with Jupiter conjunct Uranus (exactly, at 3º Aries) Black Friday took place in Austria involving a clash between right and left-wing factions (also called The July Revolt of 1927). In February, 1762, during another Jupiter / Uranus conjunction (7º Aries) the Great Holocaust of The Sikhs took place in Punjab, killing over 500,000 people.
On the positive side, there will be new “revolutionary” achievements in technology. Advancements in brain science are possible as well. People will demand government reforms, but in some places they will be punished for this. Also, I imagine in some secret room in the Pentagon, there is a new Manhattan Project, of sorts, perhaps some new military use of cutting edge technology (robo-soldiers? microwaves? or something I sure can’t imagine). Uranus’ last transit though Aries was from 3/31/1927 to early 1935. On May 20th 1927 at 7:52 am, less than 2 months after Uranus entered Aries, Charles Lindbergh flew his single-seat, single-engine, “Spirit of St. Louis” airplane 3,600 miles from New York to Paris. One man alone, for 33.5 hours, up to 10,000 feet in the air, though fog and using the stars to navigate when he could see them. Uranus rules aircraft and Aries is the individual. His was the first solo flight across the Atlantic. Uranus’ previous transit through Aries began in February 1844. On 5/24/1844 Samuel Morse transmitted the first telegraph message “What Hath God Wrought” (Numbers 23:23) from the B&O Railroad station in Baltimore to the US Capital in Washington D.C. Uranus rules wires and the telegraph. On Jan. 24th, 1848 James W. Marshall discovered gold at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California and the Gold Rush was on, attracting hundreds of thousands of prospectors, all trying to stake their claim. Aries is the Ram of course, but it is also symbolized by the seed sprouting and emerging from the soil. “Breakthrough” is a keyword. So who is the next pioneer, and where will he or she lead us?
There will be attempts to suppress this Uranian “revolution”. We have already seen how the Saturn / Uranus opposition has manifested in politics – Obama vs McCain, but more recently in Google vs China. The 21st Century tech behemoth vs the old revolutionary – turned oppressor, after all, Marx and Engels wrote “The Communist Manifesto” while Uranus was in Aries in 1848. That was a year of revolution across Europe, and the Taiping Rebellion was brewing in China (began in 1850). From 1846 to 1848, the US was at war with Mexico. All eyes may be on Iran, still reeling from the violence and suppression of the 2009 election protests.
Uranus in Aries also means that one individual with a radical, crazy, new idea can change society. It’s the kid in a garage playing with wires. A rogue scientist in a lab somewhere. Ascanio Sobrero created Nitroglycerin in 1947 while Uranus was in Aries. Or, it could be an author. In 1849, again with Uranus was in Aries, Henry David Thoreau published the essay entitled “Civil Disobedience”. This is where you’ll find the aphorism : “That government is best which governs least” (often attributed to Thomas Jefferson). So now it’s 2010 and we have the Tea Party movement in the U.S. (is there a Black Tea Party? A Green Tea Party? Chamomile?). We also have the DVD release of Michael Moore’s “Capitalism: A Love Story”. We’re angry at governments and corporations and individual freedoms are perceived to be at stake. What we’re going to see is the “T-square-party” and Uranus, Saturn and Pluto are the hosts. Uranus will station retrograde on July 5th 2010 at 0º Aries. There will certainly be some special fireworks in July this year, whether it’s the first ten days while Uranus stations, or the end of the month (7/31) when Mars in Libra conjoins Saturn, and the Moon in Aries conjoins Uranus and Jupiter. Pluto in Capricorn will square them all, so Big Brother won’t miss a beat.
As I wrote in a previous post (during the Woodstock 40th Anniversary) :
The culture shifting, revolutionary Uranus / Pluto conjunction in Virgo of the 1960s had already passed (with the ripples still being felt), but during the weekend of the Woodstock festival there was a Moon / Jupiter / Uranus conjunction in Libra. How perfect. Lots of hippies, music, peace & love!
What we have coming up in July 2010 is quite different. Jupiter and Uranus will conjoin in Aries – certainly not the sign of peace and love. They will be squared by Pluto in Capricorn and opposed by Saturn in Libra. Even Mars joins in on the fun 7/29/10. Ya say ya wanna revolution?
Uranus’ transits through Aries:
- April 20th 1843 – Oct. 1, 1843, Feb. 10, 1844 – Jul. 8, 1950, Sep. 3, 1850 – Apr. 15, 1851
- Mar. 31, 1927 – Nov. 4, 1927, Jan. 13, 1928 – Jun. 6, 1934, Oct. 10, 1934 – Mar. 28, 1935
- May 27, 2010 – Aug. 14, 2010, Mar. 12, 2011 – May 15, 2018, Nov. 6, 2018 – Mar. 6, 2019
- Again in 2094, in case you’re curious.
Here’s an interesting group of people – all were born with Uranus in Aries:
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- Wilhelm Roentgen (discovered the X-ray, had a Sun/Uranus exact conjunction @ 6º Aries, and a Scorpio Moon)
- George Westinghouse
- Thomas Edison
- Alexander Graham Bell
- Paul Von Hindenburg
- Luther Burbank
- Ivan Pavlov
- Fidel Castro
- Martin Luther King
- Ralph Nader
- Edward Kennedy
- Elvis Presley
Here’s where you may find the “nitro” in your life:
- Aries – An urge for freedom! As a rebel – with a cause.
- Taurus – Your shadow self.
- Gemini – The groups you belong to and your friends.
- Cancer – Your career and public life.
- Leo – Religion, philosophy, travel, people from other cultures.
- Virgo – Sex (if they only knew).
- Libra – Relationships, (alternative?) partnerships.
- Scorpio – Health and healing. (Electric acupuncture?)
- Sagittarius – Your creativity, and (unexpected?) children.
- Capricorn – Home, family.
- Aquarius – A new way of communicating, learning.
- Pisces – Money (a windfall?)
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