Uranus in Taurus

This Uranus-in-Taurus page and the entire website are excerpted from You and the Universe, a handmade, individualized fine art book on astrology, mythology and astronomy through which the recipient's complete astrological reading is woven.

Uranus was in Taurus only eight years since the mid-1800s, from June through October of 1934, and then steadily from April 1935 through May 1942. During this period the United States went off the gold standard, the banks closed and the depression set in. The values in materialism (Taurus) were challenged (Uranus) as never before. If Venus and Uranus are well aspected in your chart you're charming, magnetic, and have the potential of a love union that will bring a great deal of happiness. If, on the other hand, they're afflicted, you may have separations and upsets in your personal relationships, and your eccentric attitudes can bring sorrow in marriage. (Uranus transiting natal Venus can bring unexpected upsets in this regard). Your perspective towards possessions and financial independence is highly individualistic, and novel ways to earn money are attractive. Uranus returns to each sign once every 84 years, and won’t return to Taurus again until March 2018.

Since Uranus stays about seven years in each sign, its effect in Taurus is collective and global, rather than individual. Every planet, however, including Neptune, is in a different house every two hours due to the earth’s daily rotation on its axis. Therefore Uranus' position by house (see "The Houses" section) is very individual.