All the outer planets relate to the collective (un)conscience ~ Uranus ~ global conscience, Neptune ~ the global psyche , and Pluto ~ global transformation. They play a large role in mundane events, especially terrorism ~Uranus is the sudden, unexpected aspect of it, Neptune is the deceptive aspect and Pluto is the violence and total destruction.
The Outer planets are generational. Because they stay in a sign for so many years, they say a lot about the people born in those times.
While Jupiter expands the mind, Uranus, Neptune & Pluto emphasize the area/experience. Natally, they can define innate behaviors: Uranus ~ instability, Neptune ~ escapism, and Pluto ~ crisis/obsession. However, when they transit your natal chart, they bring about significant events depending on the sign & house, and watch out when they hit a natal planet!
Mercury, Uranus and Neptune also contribute to the Media ~ Mercury being communication & transportation (airwaves); Uranus, the inventive side of technology and Neptune the glamorous side ~ movies, and film ~ creating illusions/fantasy ~ not actual reality.
Uranus ~ The higher Octave of Mercury
The Unexpected
Uranus rotates on its equator giving it an irregular orbit. It turns the opposite direction of the other planets, therefore it rules unpredictability, erratic and sporadic behavior. Uranus is considered the revolutionary, the maverick, the rebel of the Zodiac. It represents the unique and different, the unusual, the unconventional/outer fringe, eccentricity. It’s interesting, exciting, independent, enterprising, uninhibited, inventive, and illuminating as in mental break through ( Mercury) ~ Lightening! and the lightening mind.
Uranus rules technology (computers) & governs electricity, alchemy and inventiveness ~ the mad scientist!
Uranus is also new age (astrology); mental intuition ~ suddenly revelations. The Universal mind lends itself to humanitarianism, politics, global ideas & social reform.
Mercury is neutral, Uranus is platonic, friendly ~ tolerates all walks of life.
Uranus represents the unusual/unordinary ~ phenomena’s ~ UFO’s.
It can be exciting, thrilling, spontaneous & liberating, but also prone to sudden change & disruption. It rules Earthquakes and Explosions.
Uranus is abrupt & can create uneasiness, anxiety, irritability, and insanity.
It can be ‘love at 1st sight, magnetism or infatuation.
Uranus was discovered in 1781, coinciding with the Industrial Revolution of the late 1700s & early 1800s; the American (1776) & French (1789-1799) Revolutions; 1775 The Revolutionary War; Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790 ~ his kite / electrical experiments around 1752. ( He also invented bifocals).
Thomas Edison was an Aquarian-2/11/1847. Of all things he invented the light bulb!
84-90 yr cycle; approximately 7-10 yrs in each sign.
NEPTUNE ~ The higher octave of Venus
The Nebulous
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