Sun Conjunct Uranus in Taurus: Uproot Your Sense of Self

Who would you be if you didn’t know who you are?

When I was in college, I majored in communication and marketing. I wanted to go into television production or advertising. Maybe a career in journalism. During my summers, I worked for a magazine and in television news.

The wide spectrum of potential career paths was like a mirage. Although I could see opportunities, I clearly understood that those were not options for me. I was “too smart” for many of those; they didn’t fit the station I was expected to hold in life.

So after college, I did what I was expected to do: I went to law school so I could have a “profession” and not just a “job.”

Who Told You Who You Are?

It all comes down to Identity.

Identity is the driver of everything we believe, think, say, and do. It drives our (unconscious) habits and (intentional) rituals, our assumptions about others and the world. Our outlook, perspective, vision.

But what drives identity?

How do you know who you are?

Unless you’ve done the intense and significant work of formulating this for yourself, you know because people told you.

Your understanding of your strengths, weaknesses, how you are meant to show up in the world, what careers are suitable for you, who you should love or marry, where you should live, what hobbies you should engage in, what interests you should pursue.

All of these elements, and more, are factors in your identity.

Your perspective of yourself and your life’s path has been deeply conditioned.

Even if you’ve done some of the inner work required to be able to recognize the source of your assumptions, beliefs, and stories, it’s likely that your sense of identity is still shaped in part by this conditioning, in this way:

Who you believe you are is tied to who you’ve always believed yourself to be. Even if you’re not conscious of this.

This dynamic is at the root of how we stay stuck in self-sabotaging patterns and how we hold ourselves back.

It’s not easy to change thoughts, beliefs and behaviors without changing your identity.

Who would you be if you didn’t remember any of this conditioning, if you were a complete blank slate?

If you find it hard to even imagine this, it’s because the conditioning we have received about who we are and who were are supposed to be is so deeply embedded.

Sun Conjunct Uranus in Taurus: Liberate Your Roots

This is the question to contemplate today as the Sun has its annual meet-up with Uranus at 18º56’ of Taurus.

Uranus in Taurus: An Earthquake

Uranus has been transiting slowly through Taurus since 2018 and will be in the earth sign until 2026.

Uranus in Taurus is not the most comfortable transit.

Taurus is the most fixed of the fixed signs. As an earth sign, it represents our grounding, our stability, the land we live on.

Uranus is often called the planet of revolution, although it’s perhaps more accurate to say it’s the planet of unexpected surprises.

Uranus in Taurus is an earthquake, and its effects can bring the type of destruction to structures and stability that this metaphor implies.

Unlike Pluto, however, the aim of Uranus is not to destroy for the sake of destruction. Rather, this destruction is a byproduct of the true aim: liberation.

Sun Conjunct Uranus

The Sun is the focal point of the solar system, the thing that all other planets revolve around. It represents our identity, our ego, our sense of who we are.

Our sense of self can be a point of confidence and stability as we navigate the world. But, as astrologer April Kent observes, sometimes it can feel like a prison — as though we aren’t allowed to try to be anything else.

Enter Uranus, here to liberate us from our deepest sense of who we are.

Kent calls this transit an “astrological ‘get-out-of-jail-free card’” — a chance to challenge assumptions and narratives we have about ourselves and who we are.

Pulling Up the Roots

Taurus is a sign that aims for grounding and comfort. We want to feel rooted and safe.

And our identities, even if they feel like prisons sometimes, also feel like safe places.

There’s no greater comfort than to know who you are, no greater sense of safety than to know what’s expected of you, no greater security than to feel you are well-planted in your life.

Uranus conjunct the Sun in Taurus is the earthquake that exposes the fault lines beneath our sense of self. It causes us to question the stories we’ve been told about who we are and what is possible for us in this life.

It’s not just deeply uncomfortable. It’s destabilizing.

But if we can embrace it, it may indeed be liberating.