Uranus goes direct today.  Due to its retrograde since summer,  it’s been bouncing around in my 12th house, aspecting my Pluto. My astrology reads “This transit sparks your urge for self- transformation and regeneration. Conflicts and drastic changes may come up for you. You are likely to have new spiritual insights during this period, or find that your will to be different and to find your own unique pathway forward is more powerful than usual. You are undergoing an important transition in your life, entering an entire new phase of existence, in which the habitual patterns and concerns of the old way of your world may vanish entirely or diminish in their importance.” ### end of mine

For a friend, the transit reads, ” Transiting Uranus in Aries (4° Ari 37′)  Transiting Uranus in the Twelfth House.

During this transit, lasting about seven years, you may suddenly be forced into confrontation with secret and mysterious parts of your psyche that have been acting all along to influence your life. This transit can be an important time of testing how well you have integrated these areas into your reality.  You may experience some sort of transformation in the secret places inside yourself that symbolize the mystical urge for union with a higher power. It may be that these important although subtle aspects of your unconscious motivation have not been fully brought to your conscious awareness until now. During this period, you may therefore have the opportunity to access these hidden parts of your psyche and integrate them into your overall consciousness.

Transiting Uranus in trine with natal Neptune

This transit electrifies your sense of spirituality, and your ideals. Feelings of confusion may come up for you during this time. You will undoubtedly have new spiritual insights in the coming weeks, as your will to become more uniquely yourself, more powerful during this period, connects you to your higher self. You are likely to undergo a transformation of your ideals during this transit. You may have the feeling that humanitarian goals are more possible to be achieved, or you may experience glimpses of cosmic unity with all creation. You may also have powerful psychic experiences at this time, or become interested in the occult arts. It is a very good time to explore these spiritual issues in your life.

Transiting Uranus in square with natal Jupiter

Feelings of restlessness may come up for you in a big way during this transit. Sudden departures could become the norm. You may decide to leave on a trip, or your plans for the future could change rather rapidly at any point during this period, or a planned educational experience may suddenly alter. Existing travel plans are also subject to changes and increased energy during the course of this transit. Jupiter also symbolizes your faith and your aspirations, and your spiritual or religious feelings, and these are subject to sudden enlightenment or at the very least, abrupt changes in perspective. You have a real need to express your individuality and your independence at this time, and renewed positive energy toward your own uniquely personal goals. The essence of this transit is that you are coming into powerful spiritual insights that will help to change your basic beliefs over the course of time.

Transiting Uranus in semi-square with natal Ascendant

Transits to the Ascendant affect self-expression, including your creative potential and your sense of well-being. Your physical vitality is also affected, and your attitude to life in general. The disruptive and unsettling energy of Uranus comes into your conscious awareness as a result of this transit, leading to a radically new level of understanding. Calmness is required.”