Ruler: Uranus
Nature: masculine, positive
Quality: fixed
Element: air, mental
Symbol: the water carrier
Keywords: independent, humane, rebellious
Principle: distribution
Destiny: through sacrifice, Aquarius discovers humanity

Sign Tarot: The Star
Planet Tarot: The Fool

Expectation: freedom
Imperative: to be heard
Gift: idealism, story
Challenge: riding chaos
Difficulty: spanning the gap
Need: reference points

Body parts: legs, ankles, circulation
Foods: citrus, apples, dried fruit, preserved and frozen foods
Colours: turquoise, electric blue
Flowers: orchid, golden rain
Herbs: chillies, pepper
Metal: aluminium
Gem: aquamarine
Animals: emu, the bird kingdom
Countries: Sweden, Poland, Israel
Cities: Moscow, Salzburg, Hamburg

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Personification of Heaven, the sky god, son and incestuous consort of Gaia, earth goddess. Their passion was so great that Ouranos, "eager for love, enveloped the earth in all directions" (Hesoid).

Such obsessive passion was completely constrictive of Gaia, and acted to confine Ouranos' children to her body.

Kronos (Saturn), the youngest, determined to overthrow his hated father, used a sickle made by Gaia to cut off Ouranos' phallus buried deep in the earth. "Emasculated sky was thus separated from earth" (Arthur Cotterell) and Gaia conceived the "strong ones", the Titans and Cyclopes, from his blood.

In simple terms: Uranus is the ancient Greek deity of the Heavens, the earliest supreme god. Uranus was the son and mate of Gaia the father of Cronos (Saturn) and of the Cyclopes and Titans (predecessors of the Olympian gods).
Uranus' influence on the world is about to come into its own, as the Age of Aquarius succeeds the fading Age of Pisces. The Christian fish is about to be replaced by the water-carrier, and an age of group consciousness has already begun to develop.
Know for sexual excess and deviation, Uranus is associated with technology and science fiction. Original, versatile, independent, but can be eccentric, perverse and rebellious.