The effects of Uranus Retrograde

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Conference given on March 22, 1997 during the September Hermès congress by Anna Vigliengo
Posted on February 1, 2016 by Yves LENOBLE
http://www.yveslenoble.com/2016/02/01/tion/
As Uranus is turning Direct tomorrow January 19, 2022, I wanted to share with you a conference given by Anne Vigliengo in 1997 and posted by Yves Lenoble in 2016.
Google and free translation.
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Anne Vigliengo has just left us.
As a tribute, here is the text of one of her first public appearance. It dates from March 1997 and deals with the effects of the retrogradation of Uranus.
(Yves Lenoble)
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I would like to offer you today the fruit of a reflection on the effects of the retrogradation of Uranus . This reflection is of course only a point of view, which I was partly inspired by the work of Marcelle Senard, work which constitutes one of my main lines of research currently.

I suggest you return for a few moments to the mythological aspect of Uranus, Ouranos among the Greeks, king of the Atlanteans, born from Gaia the Earth, without the intervention of a male principle.

Ouranos was constantly creating, and from his brilliant ideas were born all forms of Life, because he alone had access to the Sacred Number of Life and the unlimited outpourings of its manifestation.

By analogy, the place in the chart where Uranus is located is where the native will feel the most original, in the true sense of the term, where he will also have the most possibility of an authentic link with himself, without intermediary.

It is a sort of direct and vertical link with knowledge.
Also in Greek mythology, Ouranos is castrated by Cronos (Saturn) who envies him his capacity for creation and who also prides himself on knowing the Sacred Number. The last seed of Ouranos falls into the sea and from it is born Venus Aphrodite , without the intervention of the feminine principle. she remains the last link, the last receptacle of the purest inspiration of Ouranos , but also the least directed by his will.

Where Uranus is inscribed in Aries, the first sign of the zodiac.

In Sanskrit, Aries is called Uranah , which means original fire , and this is why it could have a privileged link between Uranus and the esoteric rulership of Aries, the exoteric one being that of Mars of course.
Uranus represents here this constant and uncontrolled outpouring of creative thought, which is projected in Libra on Venus, but which can be intercepted, cut off by Saturn, whose symbolic place is located at the square of the two signs.

If Uranus is retrograde in the natal, the Saturnian cut seems to me to have every chance of being manifested, and on closer examination it will be more effective if there is an aspect between Venus and Saturn , something be it.
The native who has retrograde Uranus at birth may feel cut off from their original source, and their whole journey will be to find a sense of their personal creativity.

But to do this inner path as the retrograde suggests, because retrograde is also R like R eparing, to do this inner path, it will be difficult to lean on Uranus .

Because it is a transaturnian planet, whose 84-year cycle is only experienced at most once entirely. There is no going back.
So my proposal is therefore that to find the source, to "go up the river", it is possible to do so starting from the last creation of Uranus, Venus, the one that manifests its purest potential.

Concretely, the study of Venus and the way in which the native defines his values ​and especially his value, is of primary importance, because if there is an aspect between Venus and Saturn , the person will speak of a system of values ​​modeled on external criteria which do not belong to it as such.
I include of course the Keplerian aspects (by Keplerian I mean for example, the novile (40°), the septile (51°25), the quintile (72°) and their multiples or sub-multiples).

These aspects which very often represent the tip of the iceberg and which are, in my view, of fundamental importance. So if there is a link between Saturn and Venus, we will be able to better judge this cutting effect, and the orientation of the work which will restore access to its own source of creativity, once the external models have been overcome.

Saturn, equidistant between Venus and Uranus, plays a very interesting guardian role here. It is as if his role were to propose a less direct path than the opposition, and thus to contain the Uranian potential for as long as possible by limiting its expression, and that is his role!

Because like all guardians, it is used to warn. Simply the correctness of his opinion concerns only his domain, that of the framework, the structure and especially that of the extension of the models.
And this field of action is much narrower than the Uranian field of action, but it makes it possible to keep a form, therefore a security, and therein lies the whole paradox.

Saturn has, it seems to me, easier to contain the call of Uranus when it is retrograde, because it tends to limit its expression in time and by time.
The work on retrograde Uranus can therefore be done from Venus , that is to say, first of all find a path that has heart , and abandon the one that has too much reason.
The return to free and personal expression therefore goes through the quest for its own value at first.

Venus represents the place with the most heart in the chart, because Venus represents the ability to love. But you can only give what you have: recognizing your value, giving yourself to yourself is the certainty of being able to give to others. It is therefore through the ability to develop the sense of beauty and harmony as well as the sense of true gift for oneself and for others, that the native will rediscover the sense of his value and his autonomy in relation to the models.

The healing of this cut, which had installed the lack of spontaneity, and especially the doubt on its own capacities of autonomy and creativity, the healing of this cut starts from the beginning of the personal work on the Venusian dimension.

I was also able to note an interesting phenomenon at the time of the annual retrogradation of Uranus: there is sometimes an aspect between Venus and exact Saturn (Keplerians included).
If Uranus is retrograde in a natal, there is also nothing to prevent seeing if there was a Venus-Saturn aspect at the time Uranus entered retrograde , shortly before birth.
There will also be a precious clue, a track concerning the path to be followed, in comparison with the native positions which will embody the project.

To continue, I would like to tell you about the three phases of the retrograde of Uranus .
The duration of the retrograde of Uranus is approximately 155 days, and we can distinguish 3 precise phases:
1- from the 1st day of the Retrograde motion to the opposition: from 75 to 77 days
2- the opposition phase itself: 3 days (1 day before, during and after)
3- past the opposition to direct Uranus (75 to 77 days)

1- the retrograde of Uranus at its approach to opposition to the Sun. (75 to 77 days)

A person born in this phase is in a very intensive energy of deconditioning in its relations with the community.
That is to say that this phase is more marked by the spirit of revolt against any form of social model, but with a certain difficulty at the beginning of demotion, to propose something else personal.
All the work will also lead to not exhausting yourself in too external steps, thinking of finding your secret arcana outside of yourself.
In this case, the line of least resistance consists in cutting oneself off from one's feelings and seeking a mental, intellectual solution, in fact playing Saturn 's game rather than seeking the path of Venus , the one with the heart.
The change will actually come from a slow inner transformation.
This phase is quite spectacular in secondary progressions, (one day of life = one year of life) when Uranus becomes retrograde during life.
The person is stopped with more or less force in his outward movement, towards the future, and he goes through two or three years of deep questioning about the meaning he wishes to give to his life, and to what prevents you from being free to make your choices in the community.

If she chooses the path of conflict, she will start to run into everything that seems to keep her from being herself, but without offering anything personal. In short, she's going to throw anything that closely or remotely resembles Saturn , but without realizing that she's only taking a counter model that isn't at all creative.
If she chooses the path of inner change, she will gradually attack her securities, and question a very well-honed way of functioning, but no longer at all buoyant. She slowly and internally detaches herself from certain ordinary social demands and she goes in search of her autonomy and her personal value.

Phase 2- Uranus Sun opposition: mid point of retrograde.

This is the essential tipping point of the retrograde cycle, around the 75th day of retrograde.
Initiatory point, because the native passes in another stage, passage which lasts from 3 years to 5 years and which can prove to be very destabilizing according to the individuals.
Everything depends on the experience of the last 15 years of the previous phase and the degree of inner autonomy that has been developed.
In opposition , the native will find himself confronted with the result of this period, because he is equidistant from the past (the entry into Retrogradation) and the future (the lifting of Retrogradation). Many of the situations where his inner freedom was at stake in the previous phase may indeed come back to him boomerang, for better or for worse. This will have to be analyzed case by case, following the axis of the signs and the houses, as well as the aspects at the time of the progression.
The event aspect would only seem to come into play if the native has not let go of his outdated social models, and still claims "against".
A series of events could occur that the native will take at face value, further fueling his revolt or, finally, leading him to ask himself fundamental questions.
For those who have already taken the risk of personal questioning, there is a good chance that everything happens internally, through an awareness, the event aspect revealing itself much less.

Phase 3: Uranus retrogrades after opposition to the Sun, until retrograde ends. (75 to 77 days)
Note: The one we are entering tomorrow on the mundane level.

The external claim, for oneself only is no longer appropriate in this phase, and this may seem destabilizing depending on the social environment where this person lives, because this native does not necessarily have a personal claim on the outside world. It is naturally focused on sharing knowledge, openness to the world and can very well in the best cases feel this direct link again, re-established with the creative principle, thanks to a whole journey of openness and personal research.

It is as if creative expression no longer knew any barriers, and one can say that in this case, Uranus has regained its field of action, and the action of Saturn has simply returned to its role . of origin, organization and structuring, but without excessive limitation.
In cases where the degree of consciousness is less, we are witnessing desperate attempts by the Ego which always tries to secure itself in fits and starts, through a constant search for Saturnian models which have long since disappeared. And as soon as he finds the shadow of a single model, here he is who persists in overthrowing it like an old fallen king who is beheaded for a cause already lost.

We are witnessing here an exhaustion of the Uranian planetary principle, which having failed to renew itself, is moving somehow towards the end of the retrograde.
And when Uranus becomes direct, there is a lapse of a few years, which varies according to the individual, which gradually restores the idea that the world can offer other possibilities, and that finally there will be something to learn from it.
But for those who have lived a real personal journey, it is a time to communicate it little by little to the world, and to make others benefit from an experience, which although unique and personal, will help other travelers. of consciousness to mark out their path somewhat.
Blessings!