Uranus in the signs
Uranus is the planet of sudden change, and its sign marks what your generation was born wanting to overturn. Here is what each of the twelve placements means, and how to tell whether it is loud in your own chart.
The twelve Uranus signs
- Uranus in Ariesacts before asking · impatient with permission
- Uranus in Taurusrethinks what security means · stubborn about its own changes
- Uranus in Geminirestless, quick mind · changes opinions fast
- Uranus in Cancerredraws the idea of family · restless at home
- Uranus in Leorebels with flair · insists on individuality
- Uranus in Virgoimproves systems quietly · sceptical of tradition
- Uranus in Librawants equal partnerships · questions social rules
- Uranus in Scorpioexposes hidden things · intense need for autonomy
- Uranus in Sagittariusquestions inherited beliefs · restless traveller
- Uranus in Capricornreforms from within · ambitious and unconventional
- Uranus in Aquariusthinks in networks · fiercely independent
- Uranus in Piscesimaginative rebel · blurs boundaries
What Uranus means
Uranus is the planet of sudden change. In a natal chart it shows where you need freedom, where you break with what you were taught, and where flashes of insight or invention arrive without warning. It was the first planet found with a telescope, and astrologers have linked it ever since with revolution, technology and the urge to be different. In modern astrology it rules Aquarius.
Uranus takes about 84 years to circle the zodiac and spends about seven years in each sign. Everyone born in those seven years shares the placement, so its sign describes a generation more than an individual: what a cohort rebelled against, which new tools and ideas it grew up with, and which freedoms it fought for. Because the orbit is so long, most signs have had two Uranus cohorts within living memory, born roughly a lifetime apart, and comparing them is often revealing.
What makes Uranus personal is its position in your chart: the house it falls in, its aspects to your Sun, Moon, Ascendant and personal planets, and whether it sits close to one of the angles. A Uranus on the Ascendant or Midheaven can colour a whole personality. To find your Uranus sign you only need your birth date; to place it in a house or on an angle, you also need your birth time and place.
| Placement | Years |
|---|---|
1927–1935, 2010–2019 | |
1934–1942, 2018–2026 | |
1941–1949, 2025–2033 | |
1948–1956, 2032–2040 | |
1955–1962, 2039–2046 | |
1961–1969, 2045–2052 | |
1968–1975 | |
1974–1981 | |
1897–1904, 1981–1988 | |
1904–1912, 1988–1996 | |
1912–1920, 1995–2003 | |
1919–1928, 2003–2011 |
Calculated by Lunonis with the same ephemeris code as our charts (built on astronomy-engine, tested against Swiss Ephemeris): geocentric, tropical zodiac, true equinox of date. Dates are in UTC.
Find your Uranus sign
Uranus stays in a sign for about 7 years, so your birthday alone doesn’t settle it. Enter your date, time and city and the free calculator shows the sign and degree of Uranus and the other nine planets, with houses and aspects.
The other planets
- Sun in the signsAbout 30 days
- Moon in the signsAbout 2½ days
- Mercury in the signs2–3 weeks, longer when retrograde
- Venus in the signs4–5 weeks, up to 4 months around a retrograde
- Mars in the signs6–7 weeks, up to 7 months around a retrograde
- Jupiter in the signsAbout a year
- Saturn in the signsAbout 2½ years
- Neptune in the signsAbout 14 years
- Pluto in the signs12–31 years
- All planets in the signsTen planets, twelve signs: the full guide