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 Capricorn in the Natal Chart
Overview
Uranus was in Capricorn from 1988-1996. Capricorn is a cardinal Earth sign ruled by Saturn. Capricorn’s desire to build and affinity with authority is in direct opposition to Uranus’s disruptive, freedom-seeking energy. Uranus in Capricorn has a high ambition to improve structures, but lives with a lot of inner tension.
Gifts
- tangible & practical reform
- tearing down what’s broken to build something stronger (calculated upheaval)
- disciplined implementation of change
- deep moral compass
- desire to modernize established institutions
- enduring and far-reaching contributions
- strong leadership
- commitment to inner vision
- focused and leveraged approach
Challenges
- conflicting desires for stability and revolution
- rigidity
- being controlling
- potential extremism
- instigating change but hating the chaos that follows
- conflict between wanting authority while also resisting hierarchies
- impatience with the slow pace of change when trying to reform structures
Lessons
- embracing the inherent tension in applying discipline to revolutionary energy
- avoiding rigidity and extremism
- cultivating patience alongside urgency for reform
- organizing your life to give you both the freedom and structure you need on a daily basis
- finding ways to relax & unwind tension
Potential
- channeling revolutionary spirit into enduring change
- building disruptive industries
- overhauling systems
- transforming traditional institutions
- creating sustainable and morally guided business practices
- modeling how to challenge power & fight the good fight
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.
