Solunars by Aldebaran Sidereal Academy

The time has come to start anticipating the effects of Uranus in Taurus based on historic effects. This seems more pressing at the present because of a mixed message already in the air: Uranus entering Taurus crosses Donald Trumps MC (taken by many as a positive signal for him) while Uranus leaving Aries deflates the powerful worldwide attachment to authoritarian leaders that has dominated since 2017. Here is the primary interpretation of Uranus in Aries for the time we're still in: https://solunars.com/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=390#p2560

Moving forward, here are times Uranus has been in Taurus historically and in the near future. It includes the periods of America's biggest, most pivotal wars - perhaps Uranus in Taurus meaning among other things a disruption of peace. (But there is more to it than that!)

At least some of the themes are evident in the simple meanings we already associate with Uranus + Venus and Uranus + Moon in mundane astrology. Here are summaries of what we expect from these as aspects:

Uranus + Venus wrote:Substantial changes in relationships between nations (inaugurating war or peace). Childlike “ooh & ahh” wonder or excitement, as if for fireworks or wild rides. Shifting social values, including events of high social/cultural impact. Increased liberty in Venus matters.

Uranus + Moon wrote:Life shows that it still can surprise us beyond our expectations. Sudden, explosive, eruptive, shifting conditions, including surprise attacks, characterized by their sudden, explosive nature; but also surprisingly positive events in the news. Rapidly changing conditions require quick adaptation and reorientation, new learning, and new responses. New technology, strategic approaches, and scientific discoveries. Civil instability and demands for freedom: social change, populist arousal, riots, and reversals (inviting retaliatory suppression).

Settling Virginia
Jun 3 1604 to Nov 26 1604
Mar 23 1605 to Jul 6 1611
Dec 26 1611 to Apr 23 1612

The Glorious Revolution & The Nine Years War
Jun 6 1688 to Nov 23 1688
Mar 27 1689 to Jul 9 1695
Dec 23 1695 to Apr 26 1696

The American Revolution
Jun 9 1772 to Nov 22 1772
Mar 30 1773 to Jul 13 1779
Dec 22 1779 to Apr 30 1780

The Civil War
Jun 13 1856 to Nov 21 1856
Apr 3 1857 to Jul 17 1863
Dec 19 1863 to May 4 1864

Word War II
Jun 15 1940 to Nov 21 1940
Apr 6 1941 to Jul 20 1947
Dec 19 1947 to May 7 1948

Jun 17 2024 to Nov 20 2024
Apr 7 2025 to Jul 22 2031
Dec 18 2031 to May 10 2032

Jim Eshelman wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2023 2:55 pm Jun 3 1604 to Nov 26 1604
Mar 23 1605 to Jul 6 1611
Dec 26 1611 to Apr 23 1612

At the very beginning, the Treaty of London ended the Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604).

King James I, Rex Pacificus, was "sincerely devoted to peace... for Europe as a whole." There were also significant patronages to the arts. "The decorative arts - furniture, for example - became increasingly rich in color, detail, and design... Even familiar materials, such as wood and silver, were worked more deeply intricate and intensely three-dimensional designs." Architecture had little in new forms, essentially continuing the Elizabethan momentum. - The English language was in the time of Shakespeare and KJV.

Began just before the events that the first "Rosicrucian Manifesto," Fama Fraternitatis, documented. - Compilation of the central religious text of Sikhism (Guru Granth Sahib) was finished.

The Copernican revolution took several steps forward due to work by Kepler [laws of motion 1609], Galileo [sees Jupiter's moons 1610], and Bacon stepping science forward. "Bacon laid a foundation, and was a powerful and persuasive advocate for modern objective inquiry, predicated upon empiricism as a lens to study the natural world." [Contrast the prior Medieval scholastic authoritarianism.]

King James I began raising funds for a new, accurate translation of the Bible, what would come to be called the King James Version. KJV published in 1611.

Kepler's Supernova first observed 10/9/1604.

The "Gunpowder Plot" (Guy Fawkes etc.) 11/5/1605 is disclosed and fails to blow up Parliament.

Charter of Virginia issued by King James to authorize colonization of the U.S. east coast (4/10/1606). Colonists land there in April 1607. Jamestown established (first permanent English settlement in North America) 5/14/1607. (It's settlement becomes a significant part of the era's stories.)

Shakespearian age continues with such events as first productions of Macbeth, King Lear, and Hamlet.

National bankruptcy of Spain. Bank of Genoa falls when this is announced 1/13/1607. By November, King Philip III announces the government has run out of money and will suspend paying its foreign debts. (Most of the Spanish navy had been destroyed at the Battle of Gibraltar in April.)


I have not yet identified an underling theme or spirit of the time. I'm wondering if we will see themes of insemination, planting new seeds, though I haven't seen this clearly yet. I do notice a great deal of religious reorientation, some spirit of awakening perhaps, and movement in religious government (such as the "year of three popes") - much of which I haven't copied here.

Jim Eshelman wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2023 2:55 pm The Glorious Revolution & The Nine Years War
Jun 6 1688 to Nov 23 1688
Mar 27 1689 to Jul 9 1695
Dec 23 1695 to Apr 26 1696

The Glorious Revolution (1688-89) was the overthrow of King James II (Catholic), replacing him with a conjoint monarchy of James' daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William of Orange (Protestant). "The motives for the revolution were complex and included both political and religious concerns. The event ultimately changed how England was governed, giving Parliament more power over the monarchy and planting seeds for the beginnings of a political democracy." Also called the Bloodless Revolution (which was true in England, but not in Scotland or Ireland). The new monarchs signed a Bill of Rights (12/16/1689) that guaranteed many new, democratically-leaning constitutional principles. Britain's move toward a constitutional monarchy began with these moves. (Queen Mary died in the last year of this transit.)

The Nine-Years War lasted essentially this period, from 1688 (Sep 27) until 1697. It amounted to a world war - much of Europe (England, Dutch Republic, and the Hapsburg Monarchy, after the Glorious Revolution was sorted out between England and the Dutch) allied against France under Louis XIV. This also spread to colonized areas including America, but it was mostly concentrated in Europe.

March 1, 1692: Salem Witchcraft trials begin.

1/31/1696: Undertaker revolts in Amsterdam over funeral reforms.

Uranus is first sighted 12/13/1690 - by England's first Astronomer Royal, John Flamsteed. However, he doesn't realize it's a planet and records it as a star in Taurus (34 Tauri).

King Louis XIV outlaws gambling (games of chance) in France.

Jim Eshelman wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2023 2:55 pm The American Revolution
Jun 9 1772 to Nov 22 1772
Mar 30 1773 to Jul 13 1779
Dec 22 1779 to Apr 30 1780

It's difficult for me to separate this entire period from the eruption and early years of the American Revolution. I'm trying though, to find other particular themes. In particular, the stream of wars during this transit do seem especially wars of liberation - that might be a primary characteristic. I'm also curious whether there are actual "first sign of the zodiac" effects, especially in terms of insemination or new seeding. (I'll mention very few things related to the American Revolution as separate events since the war as a whole was a dominant event.)


A few days after Uranus first went into Taurus, James Cook began his second voyage from Plymouth, England, hoping to find a further uncharted continent farther south than New Zealand. Completing this, he started his third journey in July 1776, again from Plymouth (he discovers Hawaii and maps the Pacific Northwest from Oregan to the Bering Strait). He is killed on the Sandwich Islands 2/14/79.

A coup in Sweden by King Gustav III forced adoption of a new constitution that ended half a century of parliamentary rule.

King Louis XVI succeeded his father Louis XV 5/10/73.

British Parliament passed the Tea Act 4/27/1773 to save the British East India Company (establishing it as a monopoly). - Boston Tea Party 12/16/1773 as a critical protest and leadup to the later war. - Parliament passes the Intolerable Acts (Boston Port Act, Quartering Act) as punishment. - First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia 9/5/74 and passed a colony-wide boycott of British goods (10/20). Signs of defiance become more common.

1775 began open warfare in the Colonies: 4/18/75 Paul Revere's ride. 4/19/75 Battles of Lexington and Concord. 6/14 2nd Continental Congress convened (5/10), appointed Washington commander-in-chief, created a Continental Navy (10/13). 7/6/75 issues the Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms. King George III declares the colonies in rebellion (8/23).

1776 - Paine published Common Sense. Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations, on which primary economic theory rested for centuries. Adam Weishaupt founded the Illuminati in Bavaria. A spirit of enlightenment and new thinking widely infused the time. Continental Congress appoints a committee to draft a declaration of independence. Acts of defiance accelerate. Congress resolves that the colonies are "free and independent States" separate from the British Empire (Lee Resolution 7/2/76). Congress ratified the Declaration of Independence by vote just after noon 7/4/76. Congress formally named the union the United States (9/9).

1777 - The 6th Continental Congress, after 16 months of debate, approves the Articles of Confederation (11/1577), which went to the states for ratification. 1778 - U.S. and France sign a Treaty of Alliance and Treaty of Amity and Commerce (France begins war with England in June, then Louis XVI declares war on Great Britain 7/10). King George III appoints a committee to present peace terms to end the rebellion. 1779 - After a secret treaty between France and Spain, Spain declares war on Great Britain (6/16/79). 1780 - Lafayette arrives in Boston 4/28 announcing he has French men and ships to reinforce the U.S. in the war. (The war does not end under this transit - it took another year and a half - but the tide has completely turned.)

Thomas Paine's opening lines may be a theme of the transit: "These are the times that try men's souls."

America's first insane asylum opened in Williamsburg, VA.

It is the era of Mozart (in his early 20s). The Bolshoi Ballet is founded. La Scala Opera House opens.

Charles Messier discovered the Whirlpool Galaxy (10/13/1773). Herschel discovered Uranus and calculated the solar apex location.

Key developments in chemistry such as discovery of basic elements and compounds. James Watt built his steam engines. Smallpox epidemic in New England leads to development of a smallpox vaccine by Edward Jenner.

Jim Eshelman wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2023 2:55 pm The Civil War
Jun 13 1856 to Nov 21 1856
Apr 3 1857 to Jul 17 1863
Dec 19 1863 to May 4 1864

As with the prior section, this one is primarily identified with a single war, this time the American Civil War. It also includes, though, the onramp years (an entire earlier presidential term). As before, I am looking for fundamental themes that will clarify the core meaning of the transit.

Gregor Mendel began his research on genetics.
Indian Rebellion of 1857 (troops rebelled against the officers; escalation across the country followed).
Matrimonial Causes Act in England makes divorce legal (without having to get Parliament OK).
Lourdes apparitions of Virgin Mary begin.

Panic of 1857. (Over speculation in railroad shares, collapse of trust companies and banks, cascading collapses to follow which spread to Europe.)

1/14/1858: Orsini Affair: Piemonte revolutionaries try to kill Napoleon III in Paris. They fail but their bombs draw casualties. The leader is later executed.

Jim Eshelman wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2023 2:55 pm Word War II
Jun 15 1940 to Nov 21 1940
Apr 6 1941 to Jul 20 1947
Dec 19 1947 to May 7 1948

It's impossible for me to sort this out from World War II. (Don't miss that some earlier cycle had what, in effect, were also world wars, even if not called that.) Europe already started the war a little earlier. America joined the war early in this passage and helped bring it to a close over several years. There is then the aftermath.

I am reminded that all of these followed a Uranus in Aries passage, typified by authoritarianism and often dictatorial dominance. They do not all exactly register as wars of freedom, though that is close - freedom, enlightenment, with something of a "fresh new world" (it seems to me), though that came in the aftermath. Thee exact periods were shockingly violent.

Mostly I will treat this as WW II in the collective, but... are there any distinctive marks at the beginning and end that help us filter the symbols?

Start with the first, limited passage in 1940 (June 15 to November 21): The day before, the French government fell, fleeing to Bordeaux, as the German occupation of Paris began. (This was the new world people woke up to on June 15.) On June 15, the USSR occupied Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia. U.S. and U.K. leadership was rapidly reorganizing for an accelerated war effort (the U.S. in preparation - expanding the Navy size - even though we weren't yet in the war and were trying to stay out of it). All this in one day! Churchill's "finest hour" speech occurred that week as he declared the Battle of France over and the Battle of Britain about to begin. (It began July 10.) Allied bombing of Berlin began August 25. The 57-day Blitz began September 7.

And then it happens: The Axis powers are officially formed on September 27 when Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact. (The U.S. draft registration began within three weeks. FDR is elected to his third term immediately after.)

In the arts, the revolutionary Fantasia was released November 13 (a commercial failure at the time).


Anything after the summer of 1945 is the aftermath of WW II. However, with a little gap after Uranus slipped briefly into Gemini, Uranus was again in Taurus Dec 19 1947 to May 7 1948. This time seems worth close attention for themes.

As this second period approaches (with Uranus still in Gemini), the new United Nations has announced its plans to partition Palestine to create a Jewish homeland. This has already begun to draw Arab protests in the area. This Geminian "cut it in two" process overlapped the passages of Gemini and Taurus.

Then, in the first four-plus months of 1948 before Uranus left Taurus fully, the first big events (mid-January) were the publication of the first Kinsey Report (Sexual Behavior in the Human Male) and Gandhi's fast-unto-death to protest communal violence during the India partitioning (and, two week later, Gandhi's murder). Much post-war maneuvering is still occurring, including the formation, rearrangement, and dissolution of formal alliances and shifting of national borders and boundaries. Pres. Truman signed the Marshall Plan into law, perhaps the most symbolically important (and perhaps practically important) aftermath to the war.

So, higher % for types of major wars, yes?

Yes, but why? It has to be simpler than "Uranus in a Venus sign disrupts peace." The last five have been the Gunpowder Plot, Glorious Revolution, American Revolution, Civil War, and WW II, but I'm more interested in identifying that underlying motive - what the energies are - how Taurus specifically is unfolding through the time. Besides periods where the arts are strong (Shakespeare, Mozart, etc.), I'm not far enough along to understand it.

Yes, wars resembling the importance of the Revolution, Civil War, and WW II. But ware for what? What's the driving motive? Events are meaningless without understanding what they really mean.

I'm pretty poor when it comes to deep understanding of history, and maybe this is just generic to all wars, but these in particular were about self-determination - both against tyranny, and attempting to institute tyranny.

Or maybe: everyone wants to be in control of what they decide "home" is about.

I'd thought - to be really simplistic - that we might say the last three were about free the white people, free the slaves, and free the Jews.

Even then... What's the Taurus theme? I could make 9ne up, but 8d rather have it fall in my lap. Ideas?

Jim Eshelman wrote: Sun Dec 31, 2023 12:15 pm

Jim Eshelman wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2023 2:55 pm The Glorious Revolution & The Nine Years War
Jun 6 1688 to Nov 23 1688
Mar 27 1689 to Gem Jul 9 1695
Dec 23 1695 to Gem Apr 26 1696

The Glorious Revolution (1688-89) was the overthrow of King James II (Catholic), replacing him with a conjoint monarchy of James' daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William of Orange (Protestant). "The motives for the revolution were complex and included both political and religious concerns. The event ultimately changed how England was governed, giving Parliament more power over the monarchy and planting seeds for the beginnings of a political democracy." Also called the Bloodless Revolution (which was true in England, but not in Scotland or Ireland). The new monarchs signed a Bill of Rights (12/16/1689) that guaranteed many new, democratically-leaning constitutional principles. Britain's move toward a constitutional monarchy began with these moves.

The English Bill of Rights, 1689, was adopted almost verbatim in the US Eighth Amendment, 1791, specifically, ‘Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted’. This provision is now being invoked by Trump supporters in respect of his $350m fine in New York. Uranus in Taurus isn't so much anti- drawing and quartering, as preventing the Government from bankrupting their political enemies.

The last Uranus in Taurus was also Cyril Fagan's initial breakthrough? By late April 1944, Uranus approached 15° Taurus, not sure if this is symbolic.

Perhaps of Aldebaran - and of Taurian Fagan - and probably not of Uranus in Taurus per se.

Astrovedas wrote:

The last Uranus in Taurus was also Cyril Fagan's initial breakthrough? By late April 1944, Uranus approached 15° Taurus, not sure if this is symbolic.

Jim wrote:

Perhaps of Aldebaran - and of Taurian Fagan - and probably not of Uranus in Taurus per se.

I see Uranus to Aldebaran as bringing some type of new explosive technology into the world. I hope it is good improving our planet and not something like the new technology of the A bomb at the end of WW11, although the A -bomb officially ended WW11. We are living in very strange times.

Feel free to start a new thread on that. I'll delete all these soon.

I want to keep this thread 100% focused on identifying historic trends for the periods Uranus has been in Taurus. We're running out of time and I don't have much of this done. This thread is the only place I write down any research notes and it becomes very hard to review the historic content up and down the thread when there are digressions. (Thanks.)

And before I complain too much, I should get back to populating the posts above with more raw historic data.

"These are the times that try men's souls." - Thomas Paine, 1776

Uranus enters the constellation Taurus for five months (June 17 to November 20, 2024), then returns next April for its usual seven-year run 2025-2032. Based on past transits, we can expect a time of bloody war coexisting with erupting, flourishing, inseminating, liberating enlightenment.

WARS: For centuries, each time Uranus has passed through Taurus has brought a major, pivotal war, often of world scale. Astrologers, seeing that the American Revolution was followed at 84-year intervals by the Civil War and World War II - our most terrible wars - suggested these were "Uranus return" phenomena for the U.S. uniquely. Though this may be true to some extent, these effects reach beyond one nation's borders. Besides World War II, the American Civil War, and the American Revolution (which was part of a larger European war), one cycle earlier (1688-1696) was the Nine-Years War (1688-1697), a "world war" of its day unrelated to the North American continent. Even the unusually peaceful, artistic 1604-1612 included the Gunpowder Plot. Other wars marked earlier passages.

Uranus in Taurus, therefore, primarily signals disruption of peace, resembling Venus-Uranus aspects that mark substantial changes in relationships between nations, realignment (forming or dissolving) alliances, and war. We should expect these themes to saturate the character of the next seven years.

These wars were fruits of the preceding Uranus in Aries periods defined by authoritarianism if not monarchical autocracy. Uranus in Aries years were politically volatile with acute binary polarization and a persisting sense of emergency and threat. Personal choice had been surrendered for safety's sake. (Comparisons to our own times are obvious.) Historically, Uranus in Taurus has reacted against and expelled dictatorial dominance with a Uranus-Moon sort of spirit of rebellion. Though usually shockingly violent, Uranus in Taurus periods were periods of social enlightenment and demands for personal, democratic freedom. Emerging from Taurus times leaves a "fresh new world" sense (sometimes overwhelmed by the horror of what has been required).

SPIRIT OF ENLIGHTENMENT: Whether the period was called the Reformation or the Enlightenment, marked the rise of Rosicrucianism or the Illuminati, saw the birth of the first nation conceived in liberty and committed to human equality or the eventual outlawing of slavery, a spirit of enlightenment and new thought, especially involving the rejection of institutional domination, widely infuses these times.

THE ARTS: These have been times of remarkable flourishing and patronage of the arts. Especially was this characteristic of 1604-1612 during the reign of King James I, called Rex Pacificus and devoted to a peaceful Europe. Expanding even on the momentum of the Elizabethan era, decorative arts became richer in color, design, and detail. Intricate and richly elaborated works of wood and silver and in architecture flourished. Arguably the two greatest extraordinary bodies of writings in the English language - the works of Shakespeare (in the era of Macbeth, King Lear, and Hamlet) and the King James Bible - emerged from this time. A later passage of Uranus through Taurus marked the era of Mozart and the founding of the Bolshoi Ballet and La Scala Opera House. In the most recent transit were the revolutionary Fantasia and an explosion of avant-garde movements in the arts.

SEXUAL ENLIGHTENMENT: Increased liberty and understanding in matters of sex and reproduction have occurred with consequent shifting of social values. During the last months of Uranus' last pass, the first Kinsey Report, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, was published. From this trend, I make two predictions: First, the strong anti-sexual wave of the last decade or so will reverse, with increased sexual activity and sexual awareness - a refreshed sense of sexual liberty - and an increase in fertility. Second, we can hope for (and I now expect) a restoration of full empowerment of women regarding reproduction.

SCIENCE & NATURE: Besides Mendel's genetic research, Uranus in Taurus eras of enlightenment have brought the type of landmark scientific breakthroughs that cascade forward, permanently altering scientists' understanding of nature. In chemistry, the discovery of basic elements and compounds occurred during the American Revolution era. During Jacobean times, the so-called "Copernican revolution" leapt forward with the work of Kepler and Galileo (discovering the laws of motion and seeing moons about Jupiter, respectively). Bacon permanently altered the model of objective, empirical scientific inquiry (another example of overthrowing prior authoritarianism, this time in academic science). Later revolutionary science breakthroughs included Watt's invention of steam power and Jenner's invention of the first vaccine.

RELIGION: Parallel breakthroughs in science were reorientations in philosophy and institutional religion, often marked by a spirit of awakening and, often, movement in religious government (such as the "year of three popes"). The most significant, of course, were the Protestant Reformation (especially in Germany) and, one Uranus cycle later, the consequent appearance of the Rosicrucian manifestoes that spread inspirationally across Europe for decades. Guru Granth Sahib, the central religious text of Sikhism, was compiled at the same time. In another Taurus passage, the Lourdes apparitions of the Virgin Mary began. (It is unclear whether to include the religious extremism of the Salem Witchcraft Trials in the same bucket.) In our times, I anticipate a spirit of reason penetrating formal religion.

SUMMARY wrote:Pivotal, bloody war (likely of world scale) coexisting with erupting, flourishing, inseminating, liberating enlightenment. - Disruption of peace (perhaps shockingly violent). Changes in international relationships, realigning of alliances. - Spirit of rebellion rejects existing authoritarianism and autocracy. - An era of social, personal, and philosophical enlightenment that demands personal, democratic freedom. - Flourishing and patronage of the arts (crafted arts, architecture, literary and theatrical arts); a new avant-garde wave. - Increased liberty and understanding regarding sex and reproduction, shifting social values, increased sexual activity and awareness, refreshed sense of sexual liberty, increase in fertility, restoration of reproductive rights. - Landmark scientific breakthroughs that cascade forward, permanently altering scientists' understanding of (and process in exploring) nature. - Reorientations in philosophy and institutional religion marked by a spirit of awakening: a new spirit of reason penetrating formal religion. - Ends with a "fresh new world" sense.

I have finished compiling and editing my forecasts for Uranus in Taurus in the post immediately above.

Jim Eshelman wrote: Sun Jun 16, 2024 1:32 pm Increased liberty and understanding in matters of sex and reproduction have occurred with consequent shifting of social values. During the last months of Uranus' last pass, the first Kinsey Report, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, was published. From this trend... the strong anti-sexual wave of the last decade or so will reverse, with increased sexual activity and sexual awareness - a refreshed sense of sexual liberty - and an increase in fertility.

Well, this has certainly been coming about: New reports show this summer has had a spike in condom sales and significant increase in network traffic for dating apps and access to porn web sites. Every commercial measurement of interest in sex that i can find says that either people are having more of it, or at least preparing to have more of it, or at least thinking a whole lot more about it.

While this was predicted just from Uranus in Taurus (a glorious seven-year journey ahead of us), the presence of Jupiter and Mars ALSO in Taurus certainly doesn't hurt.