The bull relief fresco – original – in the archaeological museum of Heraklion. From Knossos palace (West bastion of the North Entrance Passage where one can see a copy nowadays, Neopalatial period (1600 – 1450 BCE) Photo By the wonderful Jebulon, who releases all his excellent photos of antiquities under CC0. Thanks, Jebulon!
Uranus enters Taurus in the AM on 15 May 2018 Pacific time, and it may feel like the world slips, just a little; we had our footing with Uranus in Aries, we’d even managed to grit our teeth and show off a little: ‘Look at me! I’m not afraid of going it alone, doing it all myself (no choice)!’ We came to feel that the only way to deal with the presence of Uranus in Aries overall (when it wasn’t bouncing off another transiting body or surprising one of our natal ones) was to exhibit the tenacity of a bighorn ram, persisting even when the climb was dizzying or the cliff falling away beneath us. It was a lonely period, no matter how much support we enjoyed from the group, and no matter how sound our theories and reasoning, with every ‘earthquake’ Uranus presented a challenge: hold on! And we did, even as the Universe seemed to split and split again into infinite and uniquely individual forms of aggression, ‘accident’ (though we know there are none, right?) and Self-promotion (because if we didn’t innovate, invent, and then promote our unique contribution, who would?)
Just a day after Uranus moves into Taurus, Mars enters Aquarius and squares the planet of anarchy, shocks, and the intellect–and we may find that our actions, choices, and sense of autonomy through individual rights may act to stabilize the Uranian influence, in spite of the way Uranus in Taurus has the upper hand (through its rulership of Aquarius). Things steady as the ancient ruler of Aquarius, Saturn, funnels those choices and actions into real-world, or at least blatantly apparent, manifestations, likely initially presented as conflict, a ‘problem’, or a delay or denial. Once we get over the shock of what comes, we see how to think of it in the most effective way; it’s a true case of changing our way of thinking, and so changing what lies before us, and eliminating, or at least seeing in a new light, the problem.
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Though this square of Mars to Uranus usually creates a bit of mayhem, this time because of sign placements it offers a new way of acting and reacting, via the intellect, to material ‘surprises’ that, when we think about them, aren’t really surprises at all; once they show themselves, we can easily draw the line from what occurs to the unique circumstances under which it originated–and that means our reactions can be grounded in (Taurean) reality, rather than forcing Self-reliance and a ‘fight it with your mind’ Arian stance.
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Julie Demboski's ASTROLOGY 
I have Uranus at 22′ Mars at 26′ Leo, (& north node at 29′) so in range of a conjunction, thus a very firey impassioned “Lioness” it has been hard work to learn to manage such intensity, without becoming enraged & vengeful, or spontaneously combust, while not ignoring that negative potential nor giving up on my aim (North node) or becoming public, attracting attention, or professing to be an authority (10th house), to use it as wisely as possible to power my walking my talk, in privacy, while remaining publicly reasonably mild mannered, yet firm. It isn’t easy being given to be a radical thinker, or a Cancerian, in a world where we are constantly being over regulated to be the same or rained to “get rid of the free radicals which cause cancer” because of both fear & use of our own compassion.. .A strong sense of irony & sadly mockery of both change/free thinking & the nature of mothers tries to prevail, but that same passion to live & love as a motherly influence, ever philosophical (9th house sun) & remain passionate to be my highly eccentric creative self, in order to help, rather than harm or become synical, has helped me return to middle ground from breaking point more times than I care to remember, of course that to me is the power of the mother nature that my son (mars) & my actual son (Aries) reminds me of the blessing & privilege to be, female, a mother and a creative/romantic (maiden) one at that. Just offering in case it adds encouragement alongside your inspiration to aid others to help them, help themselves, to be able to help others, because there will be a way to manage it, yet not always easy to see or find in troubled times, but I have found it worth the effort, at least at heart. So I hope you wont mind & that I havent overstepped the mark, with this long winded comment.
Your comment is not too long at all. Debbie, I’m always impressed by the way you’ve sorted through your own energies and made active efforts to apply what you learn in real life. Few people are so persistent to improve and understand, or so good at it. Always feel free to vent and express here–I and others can learn from it.
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Thank you Julie, much appreciated.
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nicely concise: the planet of anarchy, shocks, and the intellect
really helpful post – thank you.
You’re welcome, and thank you, 1–glad it helped.
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