Uranus Opposition

When we think of prominent astrological cycles during a lifetime, a couple main transits come to mind. The Saturn Return at age 29, and that wild and disruptive time of midlife in our early 40s - the Uranus Opposition.

The Uranus Opposition is thought of as that period between ages 40-42, but anecdotally, it seems to be felt more often than not, from ages ~38-44.

Although Saturn's transit feels different than Uranus, both have an underlying urge for a “call to action”. Saturn wants us to have a life plan, structure our adulthood, and crystalize who we’re becoming. The Saturn return pushes many people to lock down that relationship, have a baby, go to graduate school, buy a house, formalize that creative project, start a business, and “adult”. 

Uranus wants us to awaken, free ourselves, and generally forge a path of alignment for ourselves, shedding those things that restrict. Old ways of being come to the surface for review and rejuvenation. That job, that relationship, that particular dimension in life that just isn't working anymore.

Uranus takes 84 years to transit or make one orbit around the sun, all the while seeking freedom on this path. It examines previous commitments from the Saturn years, and questions their authenticity. If we’d hoped that at age 30 our partner, career, house, kid, and white picket fence would allow us to find our formula and ride it out inevitably - Uranus is here to question that routine. Where are we being complacent? Where are we settling? What areas need a dose of creativity? Uranus is here to shake things up.

As the great awakener, and the great disrupter, Uranus requests we no longer put up with that which is not serving us. If you ignore its nudges, it stops nudging and starts demanding. Those demands look like deep dissatisfaction in your current situation, financial events, health events, work disruption, relationship issues, and existential questions. Often something that was once tolerable is no longer tolerable.

Many people in their Uranus Opposition phase shed outdated societal expectations during this time and become highly aware of how family and cultural programming may have informed previous decisions. They become more aware of their soul’s callings, and life becomes far less about fitting in, and more about finding one’s own truth. 

If we treat this disruption as a sacred phase of human development and engage with it, we can stay in relationship with the transformation. Negotiate with it, and be in conversation with the growth and with ourselves. We can re-define where we are in life and co-create out of a place of alignment.

Success has an entirely different meaning during this transit, and many people shift their focus to authenticity as it relates to their role in the greater expression of life. Expansion of consciousness, heart-centered empowerment, and connection with the soul are common themes. After discussing this time with clients, I often hear that ideas emerge that would not have occurred to them a decade ago.

Understanding that this is a common phase of life can ease the accompanying discomfort. To discuss which dimension of life Uranus is transiting, please reach out.