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Astro-Spotlight: Uranus Enters Aquarius 1912 and 1996

by Jude Cowell

Astronomer and musician William Herschel, born November 15, 1738 in Hanover, Germany, discovered planet Uranus the evening of March 13, 1781 in Bath, England (10:30 pm LMT) with Uranus @24Gem27:15, as history records.

With the planet's discovery occurring between them, Uranus is associated with both the American and the French Revolutions, and has become known as the erratic "sky god" planet related to revolts, uprisings, protests, separations, changes, crises, assaults, and disruptions on Planet Earth, along with lightening, electricity, and shocks in general. Radical reactionary politics and upsetting reforms in society are also within the province of game-changing Uranus but those topics are beyond the scope of this post.

Then another astrological association applies via the realms of eclipses and eclipse cycles for their intrusions disrupt events on Earth and are said to be "Uranian" circuit disruptors, aka, "wild cards of the Universe", or "cosmic blinks" from above.

Uranus in Mercury-ruled Gemini: Scientific Aspirations, Quick Comprehension, Futurism, Circumspection, Convincing Oration; Restlessness, and/or a Scattering Of Energies

Now lurching through Taurus, quirky Uranus will soon jut its way into Gemini once again (July 7, 2025) but not for a permanent stay, not just yet. However, its 84-year cycle is somewhat predictable, so if need be, drop by Cafe Astrology for a list of Uranus Through the Signs.

And if you wish, check out the Discovery of Uranus Horoscope at astro.com with its double water, broadly intellectual Sun Pisces-Moon Scorpio blend of conscious and unconscious energies most succinctly described as, "the agony and the ecstasy" (The Harveys).

Uranus in Aquarius: The Progressive Spirit, Collective and Cooperative Work, Knowledge of Human Nature, Manifold Aspirations, Rebellion, Exaggeration, Magnification

So for the sake of comparison, above, you see a dual image of the two horoscopes of transit Uranus at the very the moments it entered its modern sign of Aquarius on January 30, 1912 (lower left) and January 12, 1996 (upper right). A few astro-notes are penned on but only a partial few. Uranus is highlighted in blue, while Sun, Moon, and Eclipses are highlighted in orange. Naturally multiple events of 1912 (ex: Sinking of the Titanic) and 1996 (numerous crashes, quakes, storms, crises) resonate with the sudden, surprising, unpredicatable, disruptive qualities of astrological Uranus. Of course, events of 1911 and 1995 are informative as well as transit Uranus completed its erratic sojourn through the 30 degrees of Saturn-ruled Capricorn.

As for Uranian Futurism, transit Uranus will enter Aquarius three times all though year 2079 with form-ruler Saturn, its nemesis, acting as the sky god's traveling companion.

Their conjunction announces the planetary pair's association with concepts such as old order vs new order, potentials for the limitation of freedom for some folks, while for others, progressive ideas (Uranus) can be worked into the established order (Saturn) with an acceptable level of bother as their approximately 45-year cycle begins all over again.

Uranus in Gemini and Aquarius notes from The Combination of Stellar Influences, Reinhold Ebertin #ad.