when uranus went over my ascendent and conjunct my sun i moved to california.
big changes.

i don't know about the sextile - i don't remember anything in particular about it that stood out. it will be coming up to square the sun next year. that should be interesting.

sextiles are usually a more gentle easier transit, offering opportunities and excitement.

I was born with a Sun/Uranus conjunction, which sort of makes me an honorary Aquarian even though I'm a Gemini. The standard cookbook definition of Uranus transiting the Sun is almost always change of some kind. It's important to figure out how many times it will be in conjunction to your Sun, and to use that to time what can be a significant time of your life. For example, if someone has the Sun in 18 Pisces, they have Uranis transiting their Sun this month, but should relate it back to July August of 2007, when not only was Uranus transiting that degree, but the degree was being opposed by the eclipse that occurred at 18 Virgo on Sept. 11.

It should also be related to what was going on in your life the last time Uranus SQUARED the Sun, which, if you have an 18 Pisces Sun, would have been in December of 1985.

Occasionally, Uranus on the Sun means change in the life of a male figure you are close to.

Equally as powerful (in my opinion) as a transiting Uranus on the Sun is a solar eclipse on a natal Uranus.

As for Uranus sextiling the Sun, Uranus tends to define your self-expression, or your need for it. Sextiles frequently manifest on a mental or mutable plane--new ideas, new ways of seeing things that influence larger arenas of your life. Uranus being the higher octave of Mercury, this is probably more noticeable in a student's chart. However, as we are all students of life, it does not need to literally manifest as a new study. As the Sun rules the male principle, you may find yourself gaining greater understanding of either a man in your life, or your own animus.

Michele Adler
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