When the Sun is semisextile Uranus in the Natal Chart
Sun semi-sextile Uranus
It takes extra effort to integrate your independent and unique side into your personality consistently, which can lead to erratic or unnatural displays and bursts of independence or autonomy. With your Sun forming a semi-sextile to Uranus, rebellious urges can be strong, and the desire to go your own way and stand out as unique is in place, but hard to express or embrace fully.
As you mature and grow, and after much trial and error, you learn how to work with these needs more smoothly.
The Semi-Sextile Aspect
The semi-sextile aspect combines planets that are often in side-by-side signs with not very much in common, and attempting to blend the energies can be a bit of a struggle. The discrepancy can be a nagging problem in your life until you find ways to heal the issue.
In other words, with the semi-sextile (30 degrees), two planets or points in your chart that don’t have much in common as they express themselves differently, instead of having no real relationship, are attempting to get along. The friction can be minor but persistent.
However, the semi-sextile aspect offers a person a nice level of resilience. The positive side to difficulties blending energies is the potential to draw on one energy or the other when needed. The ability to manage stress during difficult periods and moderate expectations or excitement during highs is remarkable. This strength–the ability to bounce back–is largely due to flexibility and the power to temporarily turn on or off sides of the personality.
Transits to one of the planets or luminaries, in this case, the Sun, hit the other planet (Uranus in this example), in a different and contrasting way. For example, whenever you receive a harmonious trine transit to your Sun, you also receive a square or quincunx to Uranus. Similarly, when you receive a difficult transiting square to the Sun, you might enjoy a pleasant sextile or trine from that same transiting planet to Uranus.
This reality is both protective and undermining in that you don’t feel the force of either a harmonious or disharmonious transit full-on. In essence, the good times have an edge or down side, but the bad times have a distinctly beneficial side and can’t be labeled as horrible.
As such, very often, when a transiting planet is boosting your Sun, it’s challenging your Uranus, and when it’s boosting your Uranus, it’s challenging your Sun.
Some Examples
Some famous people with the Sun and Uranus forming a semi-sextile in their natal charts are here. The Sun sign is listed first and the Uranus sign is listed second.
Aries/Taurus: Warren Beatty, Francis Ford Coppola, Pete Rose
Gemini/Taurus: Morgan Freeman, Sally Kellerman
Taurus/Gemini: Tony Esposito
Cancer/Gemini: Cheech Marin, Cat Stevens
Gemini/Cancer: Laurie Metcalf
Cancer/Leo: Jessica Hahn, Forest Whitaker
Virgo/Leo: Gloria Estefan
Virgo/Libra: Dolores O’Riordan
Sagittarius/Scorpio: Christina Aguilera, Jake Gyllenhaal
Aquarius/Capricorn: Megan Thee Stallion
Aries/Pisces: Julia Butters
Gemini/Taurus: Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor
Alternate Interpretation:
You build a fabric of self expression slowly over a long number of years. Your erratic impulses add color to your personality. There is a nurturing quality to your urges for freedom, but this unfolds in a useful manner only after you become comfortable with its occasional and inconsistent way of appearing. — Interpretation sample from the In-Depth Profile.
General discussion of Sun-Uranus aspects.
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Interpretations written by Annie unless otherwise noted.
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