URANUS IN ARIES

URANUS in ARIES will provide a 7 year opportunity for you to change your focus and reorganize your thoughts. URANUS, Key 0, THE FOOL, represents your eternally youthful soul venturing forth into the Valley of 3-Dimensional Experience. In the left hand of the youth is a white rose of pure desire. The left side of the human body is governed by the right brain, the intuitive, creative aspect of consciousness. In the right hand the youth carries a knapsack thrown over his shoulder that contains all the essentials of past experience to assist him/her on a new adventure in the World of the Manifest.

The white dog in the card is a symbol of our playful intellect, the self-conscious mind that tends to quickly rush from one thought to another. The octagon (8) wheels on the the cloak of the youth represent the motion of the chakras and hint at the octave of sound (In the beginning was the WORD and the word was made flesh--Sound and motion create the Universe). Yellow is the color of Mercury, another symbol of the intellect. The light green is associated with springtime of Venus bringing forth new growth in terms of vegetation on the planet, the blossoming forth and fulfillment of desire.

The white Sun is the Spiritual Sun behind all outward manifestation. The snowcapped moutains in the distance represent past and future accomplishments for the journeying soul. Snow is the crystalized, or fixed water, of Scorpio, the sign of desire and the reproductive nature. Crystalization also has to do with spirit taking on form in the World of the Manifest. And interestingly enough, each snow flake is unique in it hexagonal, 6-pointed expression, as each soul is unique in self-expression. As above so below! The Six-pointed Star of David is the perfect blending of the masculine and feminine principles, which exist within all aspects of Nature.

Either the color orange or red is used in the cloak of The Fool. Red is MARS, desire, action, making an effot, as you must take action and make an effort to manifest your goals and desires. Orange is actually red modified with yellow, which is color of Mercury or intellect. In the Tarot, orange is also the color associated with the Sun, LEO, which rules the heart and spine. The SUN is exalted in the sign of ARIES where URANUS now transits. The SUN rules LEO, the next fire sign in the circle of the constellations. Aries is your brain and your ability to envision, to take charge. Leo is your heart. You cannot exist on the planet without your brain or the beating of your heart.

Consider the orange sky on Key 4, The Emperor, which is the sign of ARIES. The orange hints at the power of the Sun exalted in Aries. The rams head of Aries adorn the stone throne of the Emperor. (A hint: all higher forms of life rest or depend upon all previous forms for existence: mineral, vegetable, animal, human.) The mountains in the background are the Red of MARS, ruler of Aries. The cloak worn by the Emperor is the regal Purple associated with the last fire sign, Sagittarius, which rules Universal Law, or on a mundane level: religion, philosophy, long distance travel, courts of law, and higher learning. Each Tarot Key is loaded with so much meaning in terms of symbols that each Key warrants serious contemplation, meditation, and study. A picture is worth a thousand words, or perhaps much, much more!

The Emperor of Key 4, ARIES, wears the armor of a warrior or soldier. Bravery and courage are necessary qualities in facing, winning, or losing many of life's battles. Sometimes it is necessary to seemingly lose in order to know what winning really feels like or means. As has been noted, you can also lose a battle and still win the war. I'm afraid that many battles will be fought and won and lost during the transit of URANUS in ARIES, on a national,  international, and personal level in terms of each evolving soul. For instance, if you're on a diet and fall off the wagon one day, you can always climb right back on the next day. A passing failure is no excuse for giving up entirely. Please keep that in mind if you're trying to replace a bad habit with a better one during this transit. The Aries child in us takes many a tumble before he or she learns how to walk, then run, then climb and jump. Determination is an Aries trait we all need to cultivate at this time. Aries is known to be headstrong, but sometimes a fight is better than flight when dealing with the unruly and immature, which are negative Aries traits.

The Emperor represents REASON, SIGHT, INSIGHT where the mind governs. It is our ability to clearly envision our own future and goals. But be careful of what you wish for! If you want to become president of a country or corporation you will have to govern wisely and well, for the negative side of this is a dictator or despot. You will have to take RESPONSIBILITY for whatever you want, another word associated with this Tarot Key. This is the card of the FATHER, the Ancient of Days, and not all fathers seem to take the necessary responsibility in bringing up their offspring. Everything we think we want entails some level of responsibility. Think it over. Is there some aspect of your personality that is unwilling to assume full responsbility in the matter of the very thing you think you want the most: a person, family, job, fame, success, wealth, or some position? Some of us unconsciously get in our own way of what we think we want the most.

URANUS in ARIES is your opportunity to grow up and assume responsibility for your own life and face the future with courage and true determination. That doesn't mean walking over everyone else in your path to get your way or reach your goal, however. It means acting with maturity and wisdom and playing the wise parent with those in your charge. The Wisdom of Solomon is what you should seek. But don't be afraid to go after what you want. And don't be afraid of change, which is the only true constant upon our ever revolving planet.

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