Uranus is our natal chart is a planet of inspiration but can also cause anxiety. It gives us a vision of what possibilities exist outside of what is considered normal, conventional, comfortable, and safe. Its electric energy can be exciting & motivating, but it can also manifest as disruption or instability that shakes our foundations and disrupts our security. If we work with the energy consciously, we can use it to undo the conditioning we have grown up with, think outside the box, and become a channel for creativity, innovation, and positive change.
We have a page about Uranus if you want to learn more. I also highly recommend Liz Greene’s book on Uranus, The Art of Stealing Fire.
Uranus in the 4th House in the Natal Chart
Overview
In water houses (4th, 8th, 12th) Uranus forces us to let go of emotional attachments in order to develop a relationship with the broader cosmos. The 4th is the hardest house to have Uranus in, as it is where we seek the comfort of the familiar.
Gifts
- resilience and resourcefulness in the face of change
- understanding and empathy toward outsiders or marginalized people
- a vision of a world that is fair and supportive for everyone
- intuitive sense of divine harmony and cosmic interconnectedness
Challenges
- anxiety stemming from unstable childhood home
- a father who was absent
- demanding
- or ambivalent about parenthood
- unconscious resistance to a stable home & family as an adult
- moving far from home or living a nomadic existence
- subsuming the self to the worldview or beliefs of the family or upbringing
- feeling the need to live out the unlived dreams of the parent
- alienation from the family
- being scapegoated
Lessons
- healing childhood trauma or neglect
- creating a family & home life that suits your unique needs
- differentiating your dreams from your parents
- broadening your vision beyond your upbringing
- building a broader sense of belonging and security not based in instinct and blood family
- accepting unfairness that is out of your control
- overcoming victim mentality
Potential
- becoming a citizen of the world who feels belonging everywhere and with everyone
- building deep authentic bonds with found family
- spiritual homecoming
The Uranus Growth Journey
The Uranus growth journey involves coming to terms with a degree of instability. This is going to be hardest for the Moon and its corresponding sign (Cancer) and house (4th), because the Moon is all about security and comfort.
The growth journey involves detachment, which sometimes is very difficult. Sometimes Uranus shows up in our lives through other people or outside events that rip away our security. Sometimes it is just an inner fear that we have to work through.
What Uranus wants from us is to lift our vision higher, to see the bigger picture, that is beyond our human life and the attachments we have. It wants us to rely on our connection to a higher truth or wider perspective. The price of Uranian inspiration is that it brings us to some extent away from ordinary human life. We might feel lonely or alienated as we come to realize what makes us different.
The other risk of Uranus is losing ourselves in its collective energy. To hold Uranian energy well, we must develop our Saturn discipline and Solar individuality. In other words, we must have a strong ego and clear personal goals we want to achieve. Otherwise, our individuality may get lost in the spirit of Uranus prompting us to enact its vision of a better world.
If we can manage to weather these challenges and develop oureselves to be able to handle Uranian energy in a sustainable way, the reward is genius and liberation.
