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Uranus ✧

Welcome to my page dedicated to Uranus! Here you will find information about Uranus in a planetary magic sense, along with their Orphic Hymn.

Disclaimer: The notes on this page are an amalgation of notes from books and blogs, some of which are straight up copy/pasted without proper citation. Sources are listed at the bottom of each page. Information may or may not be accurate.
Uranus goes through all of the signs approximately every 30,589 days (~83.8 years), spending approximately 7 years in each sign.

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NASA image of Uranus

Uranus Keyword Correspondences and Associations

Uranus was found in 1781 and it is the only planet that does not spin in its orbit. For all of the other planets, what is north to us on Earth is pretty much also north on those planets, but on Uranus, north is almost perpendicular to our north. As such, Uranus is the planet of individuality and non-conformity. Individuality is something wild that is inherent to the structure of our minds and it’s the part that rebels and changes things, it starts revolutions because it respects no authority. “Uranus challenges us to be free. […] It symbolizes an area in which our essence makes war on the constraints imposed on us by our culture. To be true to ourselves, we must break the rules” (Inner Sky).

Beyond the conformity of Saturn, Uranus brings out our inner genius and spiritual transformation. Uranus breaks down the barriers that Saturn created and shakes up the status quo to bring in a new order. Uranus was found during a time of global consciousness where the American Revolution just occurred, the French Revolution was imminent, and the Age of Enlightenment was just beginning.

The negative aspects of Uranus include contrariness, stubbornness, inflexibility, touchiness, quirkiness, unreliability, irresponsibility, selfishness, insensitive to others’ feelings, inability to learn from others, and eccentricity for its own sake.

NASA closeup image of Uranus

Uranus in the Chart

You usually feel stimulated and awakened by someone whose natal Uranus connects with the personal planets in your birth chart. Whether you experience this as exciting and inspiring or upsetting and stressful depends on the planets and people involved. It’s hard to predict the ramifications of a Uranus contact, but one thing is certain: you won’t be the same after the experience.

The Uranian Symbol

planetary symbol for uranus

The symbol of Uranus is a circle representing the Sun below a cross representing the Earth and with two crescents (representing the Moon) facing outward, connected to the arms of the cross. This shows a balance of the cross with change (the two crescents) and dominating the circle. Meaning that it represents the manifestation and radiation of ideas into reality.

Uranian Magic

Uranus electrifies, personalizes, or disturbs what it touches.

Uranus is the first of the outer planets, which are more concerned with cosmic and universal conditions than personal ones. Therefore, it is nearly impossible to control Uranus’s energy. All we can do is guide our responses to its effects in our lives. Uranus can help you create change – but you might not be able to control how that change occurs or what the outcome will be.

This planet is powerful and its force is often destructive; it corresponds to The Tower in tarot. Uranus can be an asset when you are working in the higher realms because it serves as a link to the astral world. Uranus often acts as a catalyst to action, pushing you to make necessary changes in your life. Tap into its energy when you want to get out of a rut, be inventive or daring, stand up to authority, break though boundaries, or seek higher truths.

Uranus will help you to improve your intuition and promote higher thinking.

Ways to Connect with Uranus

  • Use botanicals associated with Uranus, such as fennel, nutmeg, chamomile, coffee, ginger, eucalyptus, garlic, cinnamon, or lime
  • Add gemstones associated with Uranus to talismans, such as amethyst, labradorite, quartz, aventurine, tourmaline, or snowflake obsidian
  • Carve the astrological symbol for Uranus on a purple, blue, cyan, or white colored candle and burn it in a spell
  • Draw the symbol on paper and put it in a talisman
  • Divine with music
  • Do spells on a Wednesday (check for retrogrades!)
  • Light incense associated with Uranus, such as eucalyptus, coffee, or chamomile
  • Burn incense to send messages to the spirit realm
  • Do something new and different that encourages personal growth and increased knowledge
  • Declutter your home to instigate change
  • Display The Tower card in a place where you’ll see it often

Orphic Hymn 3: To Heaven [Ouranos]

Great Heav'n [Ouranos], whose mighty frame no respite knows, father of all, from whom the world arose:
Hear, bounteous parent, source and end of all, forever whirling round this earthly ball;
Abode of Gods, whose guardian pow'r surrounds th' eternal World with ever during bounds;
Whose ample bosom and encircling folds the dire necessity of nature holds.
Ætherial, earthly, whose all-various frame azure and full of forms, no power can tame.
All-seeing Heav'n, progenitor of Time [Kronos], forever blessed, deity sublime,
Propitious on a novel mystic shine, and crown his wishes with a life divine.

Uranus Facts

  • Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun and the solar system's first ice giant.
  • Uranus tilts at about 98 degrees.
  • Uranus is visible to the naked eye in dark areas, but ancient astronomers never recognized it as a planet due to its dim light and slow orbit. It was officially discovered by William Herschel in 1781.
  • Uranus takes 17 hours to complete a day and 84 years to revolve around the Sun.
  • Methane makes up a large portion of Uranus’s atmosphere, and its ability to absorb red light gives the planet its cyan color.
  • Uranus’s moons are named after characters in Shakespeare plays.
  • Some scientists believe beneath its atmosphere, Uranus could hold an ocean of liquid diamonds.
NASA closeup image of Uranus

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Page last updated: March 25, 2026