URANEOUS-GLYPH

Let's start with the name  --  Uraneous.

I know it's commonly spelled 'Uranus'. However, I liken this spelling to a nickname. 'Uraneous' seems to me to be more of an Esoteric, Proper Planet-Sounding spelling, so that's what I use.

The Glyph often used to symbolize Uraneous is:

 I think this looks like a Bird rising up in flight from his perch on an egg. (Gender is not an issue here, because of the symbolism  --  read on...)

This seems like it should be the symbol for Scorpio or Pluto  --  representing the Phoenix rising from the ashes and being born anew.

However, this bird has already hatched, so its death and rebirth (symbolized by Scorpio and Pluto) is already complete; and it's now preparing to fly  --  taking the egg with it, as the egg is fastened securly to the Bird's talons. 

 I believe this represents the struggle we all have with maturing and 'leaving the nest' of our past experiences and associations. We must reconcile our heritage (our past environment) with the new environment we are about to enter, as we create new lives. Our 'new lives' can be as children becoming adults; as parents with now-grown children; as workers nearing retirement; as any transition we face in which we release the old for the new.

However, in making our transitions into the future, we can't just 'let go' of the egg  --  that is, our parents, our child homes, etc. We are in some ways still in need of the nourishment and Self-Identification provided by our Roots. So we must in some form take these things along with us, and adapt to our new environments (college, jobs, new houses, new families, etc.) while integrating our past associatiions with the new.

As each person is always integrating the old with the new, this makes for complicated relationships  --  whether those are personal, business, or work relationships!

Uraneous is the Planet most associated with Independence. Yet it's Zodiac Sign  --  Aquarius  --  is most associated with the Brotherhood of Man, groups uniting to better the world, and so forth. While this at first seems like a contradiction, the above interpretation of the Uraneous Glyph explains this, as the ultimate aim of Uraneous  --  and Aquarius  --  is 'Intradependence'. That is, taking care of one's Self while at the same time helping those in Society  --  who in turn help the Individual function independently.

In today's Society, few people can survive without Society's help. We need Society to obtain food, water, housing, etc. The population is too great for very many people to live apart from Society any more, so we are all dependent on each other. However, at the same time, we are alone  --  as Society does not automatically provide for an Individual's survival  --  each person must take care of himself, and actively provide for his own needs. Thus, we do not live in a Dependent Society or an Independent/Isolated Society. We live in a Society of Intradependence.

The reason I use the word 'Intradependence'  --  as opposed to 'Interdependence'  --  is because I see 'Interdependence' as leaning more toward Dependence, while 'Intradependence' leans more toward Independence. As our USA Society does not automatically provide for our survival, each individual must be more proactive in caring for himself, than not. So we are, as individuals, slightly more independent than dependent.

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SO IT'S A STRUGGLE.

TO FLY OFF INTO THE FUTURE, WHILST BEING SECURELY ANCHORED TO OUR PAST.

OF SUCH, WE CREATE OUR PRESENT.

THUS, LIFE IS ONE LONG TRANSITION -- FROM THE OLD TO THE NEW.

IT TRULY IS THE 'JOURNEY' THAT MATTERS MOST, AND NOT THE DESTINATION.

FOR WITHOUT THE JOURNEY, WE HAVE NOT ARRIVED.