This page is about all Uranus-Neptune aspects, like Uranus Conjunct Neptune, Uranus Opposite Neptune, Uranus Trine Neptune, Uranus Square Neptune, Uranus Sextile Neptune, Uranus Inconjunct Neptune. Hard aspects like conjunctions, squares, and oppositions tend to be more difficult than soft aspects like trines or sextiles. The closer the orb, the more intense the aspect.
We have a page about Uranus. I also highly recommend Liz Greene’s book The Art of Stealing Fire.
About Uranus-Neptune Aspects
Overview
Neptune is a dreamy, mystical planet that blurs boundaries and seeks redemption. Both Uranus and Neptune are collective and generational planets, and when they form a major aspect it lasts roughly 10 years. In a natal chart, contacts can reflect a deep connection to the zeitgeist. Since these are generational aspects, they are less personally impactful if they don’t contact a personal planet or one of the four angles.
Gifts
- heightened sensitivity to collective emotions
- intuitive understanding of the interconnectedness of all things
- spiritual “downloads”
- deep imagination of a better world
- humanitarianism
Challenges
- confusion between reality and fantasy
- overwhelm from collective energy i.e. getting lost in social movements or global crisis
- intense idealism leading to disappointment or cynicism
Lessons
- staying grounded in your daily life & taking care of your human self
- letting go of ego-driven attachment
- developing a universal perspective
Potential
- channeling unique insights that contribute to collective evolution
- creative works that feel both futuristic and otherworldly
- introducing ideas or movements that dissolve old boundaries and usher in new paradigms
About 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.
