Uranus in Taurus
And loving my body
Today, Uranus retrogrades back into Taurus. This is the last time it will be there for the next 80 years. Uranus first entered Taurus (in this current cycle) on May 15, 2018. It left Taurus and moved into Gemini on July 8, 2025. It started retrograding (moving backwards) in early September and is going back into Taurus today. It will be there until April 2026 before it moves back into Gemini for the next few years—at which point it will be leaving Taurus for good until about 80 years from now.
What does this mean? Why is it important? How does it apply to you, the reader? How does it apply to me, the author of this piece who writes a lot of personal essays?
What does this mean?
Taurus represents the body, comfort, security, material things, food, financial security, relationships/connection, stability, physical pleasures, and feeling good.
Uranus is innovative, inventive, turbulent, erratic, and rebellious. It is the planet of breakthroughs, change, and revolution.
Uranus in Taurus is a period of a combination of their energies:
Uranus wants you to live in the moment, embrace the future, welcome big change, and break the status quo. It is not satisfied with what worked in the past. It sends exciting, unpredictable, unsettling, and magical bursts of transformative energy forcing change. It asks you to let go, be open and go with the flow, and trust the unknown process of this dramatic change. It feels uncomfortable and risky, but it keeps things from being stuck and stagnant. It propels growth through change in the status quo.
Taurus wants to keep things the same. Be secure, stable, and comfortable. It loves pleasure and tries to avoid change at all costs. It follows what feels good in the body. Taurus wants real intimacy and safety in relationships—it is very relationship-oriented. Additionally, it really craves financial and material security.
Basically, Taurus wants to lay on the couch at home, under a soft blanket, all warm and cuddly with their romantic partner, eating yummy snacks, and watching its favorite TV show for the millionth time.
Uranus is the tornado that forces the Taurus to get up and go down to the basement and sit in fear as the tornado levels its comfy house to the ground and forces it to rebuild.
Ok, that may be a little drastic. However, in some people’s lives, this transit could have felt like that. The degree of change and upheaval that Uranus forced/is forcing will land differently for everyone. The point is that Taurus’ stubborn ability to cling to comfort, security, and the way things have always been done is no match for the fierce energy of Uranus’ forceful thrust of breakthroughs and revolution.
This energy lands on us as a collective, and as individuals.
Why is this important?
Well, that’s mostly for you to decide I think. But, in general, because uncomfortable change is needed for growth. And growth is needed because, well, because growth is needed. I really don’t know how else to say that. We need to grow.
Uranus in Taurus has challenged our traditional systems, provided innovation, and shook up our personal sense of security. It has been forcing us to rethink our stability, money, and self-worth.
As a collective, let’s look at the ways our stability has been challenged, the economic and financial disruption, the revolution of resources, and the embrace of change since May 2018. The economy and tradition have been receiving a mass overhaul during this period of time. And it has been freaking uncomfortable as all get out.
Do you need some examples of how we have experienced this energy since 2018? Ok, let’s do it. Here is what a quick Google search* provided in terms of some events during this time period that are heavily tied to Uranus in Taurus themes:
*COVID-19 pandemic: How about a global shutdown and its economic fallout bringing unprecedented bombshells not only to the world economy, but also to public health on a major platform? Taurus isn’t just about financial and material security, but also our physical bodies and their comfort level. Physical health ties in very solidly with Taurus’ pursuit of stability.
Following pandemic-related stimulus measures and supply chain disruptions, many countries experienced rapid inflation and a significant increase in the cost of living, challenging traditional financial stability. This has led to global inflation and a cost of living crisis. Taurus themes include financial stability and our home base.
This also led to a huge disconnect about public health and how we take care of our bodies and government involvement in that. Vaccines were more controversial than one could have ever imagined. Many people started taking care of, and looking at, their bodies and health in a whole new way. Taurus themes are very concerned with the physical body.
Economic Instability: The global economy has experienced unpredictability, including trade wars, US tariffs starting in 2018, cost of living increases, supply chain issues, and rapid inflation. In fact, the supply chain disruption really exposed and fucked up our global food supply chains. This period of time really forced us to reevaluate how we produce and distribute food. Taurus themes always include food! LOL!
US-China Trade War (2018 onwards): The Trump administration initiated a series of tariffs on Chinese goods in 2018, leading to a trade war with global economic ramifications, disrupting supply chains and challenging established trade relationships. Which, as we know, has only gotten worse in this last year.
Rise of Plant-Based Alternatives: There has been a remarkable surge in the plant-based food industry. By the end of 2020, plant-based milk accounted for 15% of all milk sales in the US, indicating a significant shift away from traditional animal agriculture towards more sustainable options. To me, this is an example of the positive innovation and inventiveness that came out of the disruption and upheaval. Covid led to food supply chain issues which led to inventiveness that provided new alternatives. A big disruption that led to growth and change.
Rise of Cryptocurrencies and its Volatility: The humungous boom of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, which represent an innovative, alternative, revolutionary, and disruptive approach to traditional money and banking. Taurus definitely rules the money and material resources slice of pie in the astrological wheel.
Bitcoin’s price surges and crashes: This period of time has seen huge price surge peaks and and massive crashes and valleys for these digital currency platforms. Values have skyrocketed and then plummeted over these years. Truly disrupting financial stability.
Collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX: The high-profile bankruptcy and subsequent fraud charges against FTX and its founder Sam Bankman-Fried highlighted the volatile and unregulated nature of the crypto market, leading to significant financial losses for many investors.
Challenging the Status Quo: This Uranus in Taurus period has seen a re-evaluation of traditional values, consumption patterns, notions of wealth, and financial security, prompting individuals and institutions to explore new models for wealth and resources as well as personal and societal values.
The Israel-Palestine conflict during the Uranus in Taurus transit: This has strongly reflected the core themes of disruptions related to land, territory, security, values, and sudden, shocking events.
Taurus rules land and physical territory. Since 2018, the Israeli government has actively pursued plans to expand settlements in the West Bank, areas considered illegal under international law. This has been a continuous source of conflict and a disruption to the established (though fragile) status quo of potential land-for-peace negotiations.
The conflict has highlighted critical issues regarding essential resources (a Taurus domain). The ongoing war in Gaza has led to severe humanitarian crises, including blockages of aid and energy supplies, resulting in dire living conditions and a focus on the fundamental human need for security and sustenance.
The current phase of the conflict, with its extensive destruction and loss of life, has forced a global re-evaluation of values, human rights, and international law, leading to worldwide protests and intense debates about the path forward.*
Heck, even the current US government shutdown is causing massive disruptions in SNAP benefits to this country, which is a huge shock to our food security and physical health. The list goes on and on. The nuances of it all are far too vast to cover. However, I think highlighting a quick summary of some specific examples helps to portray how this energy plays out for the collective.
Overall, Uranus in Taurus has shaken the foundations of what humanity considers stable and secure. It has forced a radical re-evaluation of our values and a pushed us toward innovative and disruptive solutions that challenge the status quo. Sometimes these are for the better. Sometimes they are for the worse. It depends on who you ask. Also, the true results of these highly revolutionary times are often not seen for years to come. Without a doubt, the effects of this transit will be felt long into our future.
How does it apply to you, the reader?
All of the above-mentioned combined Taurus/Uranus energy has been taking place in your personal life in whatever house Taurus falls in for you. So, the dramatic, unpredictable, revolutionary, chaotic, change and growth of Uranus has been shaking up Taurus’ proclivity for stability, security, and comfort in the themes of the specific house Taurus falls in when you look at your personal birth chart.
It also has probably brought about change in terms of your relationships, finances, and body themes in general—since Taurus is all about those things. But, it has specifically and personally impacted you in a certain area. So get online, plug your birth info into a birth chart calculator, and look up what house Taurus is in for you. Then use this list below to see what that house represents:
1st house - Self - the self/sense of self, your body and relationship to it, self-awareness, your personality, identity, self-image, self-expression, appearance, beginnings, approach to life.
2nd house - Value - assets, resources, livelihood, money, energy, self-esteem, values, valuables, possessions and attitude towards then, finances, material security, priorities, habits, work ethic.
3rd house - Communication - communication, learning, thinking, speaking and writing style, mindset, interactions with siblings, daily rituals, extended family, technology, the news and journalism, any form of communication, neighbors, early education, socializing and interests.
4th house - Home & Family - home, where you live, house, neighborhood, family, ancestors, roots, heritage, foundation, psychological foundation, subconscious patterns, private life, emotions, self-care.
5th house - Pleasure - self-expression, creativity, entertainment, recreations, pleasures, romance (sex and intimacy, as well), procreation, children, play, hobbies, joy, fame, drama, social activity.
6th house - Work & Health - work/employment, health, daily life and tasks, chores, self-improvement, service, daily routines, work routines, health and nutrition, duty, fitness, analytics, organization, pets.
7th house - Partnerships - long-term partnerships and relationships (romantic, friendship, or business), commitment, marriage, making things official, alliances, legal matters, contracts, sharing.
8th house - Transformation - renewal, death/rebirth, sex, taboos, transformation, mental health, intensely felt experiences, deep interactions, growth and change, merging, intimacy, shared finances, debts, other people’s resources, property, joint ventures, mystery.
9th house - Higher Learning - travel, higher education, deeper and new perspectives, the search for meaning, mind expansion, philosophy, astrology, journeying, religion, spirituality, wisdom, law, cross cultural relations.
10th house - Reputation - career, public life, recognition, reputation, achievement in the world, authorities, long term goals, purpose.
11th house - Friendships - community, activism, clubs, group involvement, collective endeavors, friendships, volunteering, global awareness, humanitarian ideals, the future, hopes and wishes.
12th house - Subconscious - subconscious, self-transcendence, hidden life, sorrow, loss, service to humanity, self-sacrifice, after life, intuition, dreams, ascension, higher spirituality, solitude, institutions, seeing beneath the surface and things others don’t see, behind-the-scenes, endings, healing, closure, karma.
Once you have looked at the house this has been happening in for you, then think back (or look back in emails, pictures, FB messages, texts, journals, etc) to May 2018 through early July 2025. Check and see if you can find anything that matches the criteria of the house Taurus is in for you. Then see how it relates to what you are encountering with those themes now through April 2026. How have you grown in that area of your life? What hurdles are you still encountering there? How can you use the last of this energy for the next few months to jump over those hurdles and experience the growth this transit has been trying to provide for you? This retrograde period is great for reflection and mindfulness.
How does it apply to me, the writer?
Unfortunately, in 2018 I wasn’t astrology journaling every day like I am now. In fact, I didn’t start doing that until this year. However, I can recall some of the things going on at (and since) that time. And, I was able to track down a few important emails, texts, etc to help me gain some understanding on this path.
I love looking back in the past at this stuff for a few reasons:
1 - It affirms my belief in astrology because it always matches up so fucking well LOL!
2 - It reminds me how far I have come in a particular journey and I can really reflect on the growth I have experienced there. We often forget to look back at these cycles and see just how far we have come, and we don’t celebrate that growth enough.
3 - It really helps me put into perspective the work I have done in certain areas, what I have accomplished, and where I still have growth to experience. This is an excellent wellness journey tool. And when you can align with the astrological energies that are trying to work with you, rather than fight them, the process is a lot more successful.
Of course, I can’t really get into the full extent of the past seven years, but I will sum up a couple of prime examples of how well the astrology landed for me.
Taurus is in my first house of the self/sense of self, my body and relationship to it, self-awareness, my personality, identity, self-image, self-expression, appearance, beginnings, approach to life.
Again, Taurus as a sign is all about the body, comfort, security, material things, luxury, food, financial security, relationships/connection/commitment, and feeling good.
Many of my long-term readers are very aware of the body positivity, self-love, and acceptance journey I went on. I wrote about it a lot, had articles professionally published about it, shared very vulnerably about it on many of my platforms, spoke about it a ton, and was very public in general about all of this. I shared my wins and fails, and all of the wisdom I gained.
Well, I looked back and it turns out I started seeing the therapist who specialized in this, and helped me with it, just a few months before May 2018. However, my original intention when I first started seeing her was to have her help me lose weight. Period. I was not thinking along the lines of a treatment that was mostly based on loving and accepting myself. I was thinking we would work through habits and emotions that caused me to eat, and she would help me lose weight when I addressed those. And, additionally, that she could help with the nutrition counseling side of it, too.
However, after a few months of encountering a lot of frustration with my inability to lose weight, she suggested I try loving and accepting myself and my body instead. I imagine that ended up coinciding pretty closely with May 2018. Now mind you, we still also worked on the emotions and habits behind my eating, and nutritional counseling too. But we did it with different goals in mind, and a different starting point than what I had originally envisioned. And it ended up being incredibly groundbreaking for me in a multitude of ways.
It’s hard to fully convey the hugeness of that theme in my life in this article. You really would’ve had to have personally known me during this time and/or have been reading and following all the stuff I have written and shared about it. But, just know, it fundamentally changed a very large and important part of who I am as a person. The amount of miserable I was with my self-image, self-worth, self-love, and just myself on the whole was astronomical.
The way I used to talk to myself was so awful. I would catch my reflection and just insult the shit out of myself. I would say things to myself that I wouldn’t even say to my worst enemy. Several nights a week I would sit in a McDonald’s parking lot eating triple cheeseburgers. I was binge eating in general. I was starting to dress really dowdy (which is incredibly unlike me—I am a fashionista at heart) because I just didn’t feel good about myself and figured “why bother?”
Things didn’t change overnight by any means whatsoever. It was a long, slow, painstaking process with peaks and valleys. But, I started dressing up more again, I started speaking much more kindly to myself, over time I stopped binge eating, and for the first time in my life I was on the true path to having a healthy and stable relationship with food, my body, self-image, and appearance.
By mid-2019 I was in a decent enough place to feel good about dating again, and was able to have what ended up being a very meaningful connection with someone that led to very pivotal moments of growth for me. I worked through the issues I had about feeling like people wouldn’t be attracted to me because of my body, I tackled some strong intimacy issues, I learned how to make better decisions for myself in relationships from a place of self-worth, and a lot of other things that match these themes.
I did all of this soooo far from perfectly. That relationship was definitely full of learning curves and parts of it were really hard for me to deal with. It also ended in a way that was very painful for me. However, every bit of it was sooooo necessary in this journey. I look back and realize how important it was for me to go through all of that. It shook up my sense of security and comfort, but ultimately strengthened my stability with my self-worth.
By mid-2020 I was starting to experience enough success with the self-love and body acceptance path I was on in therapy, that I started to write and share very vulnerably about it with anyone and everyone. And I was beyond surprised to realize just how much it resonated with so many people, and how many special connections I made with people as a result. This continued for the next few years.
Throughout this whole experience I have had highs and lows, backslides and forward momentum, stagnancy, and all of the stuff. Healing isn’t linear. But the general trajectory has been upwards, and I look back to where I was prior to 2018 compared to where I am at with it now—and boy oh boy do I need to celebrate how far I have come.
Not even just with my body image and acceptance, but also with my overall sense of self, sense of worth, my self-expression, coming into my own with the full extent of my personality, and my overall approach to life. I started learning more about, and more closely following, astrology during this time. And that all led to all of the woo woo things that are such a big part of my life and sense of self now. Things that I literally make money writing about and creating videos and content about.
Taurus is an Earth sign that is very grounded and earthy, as well as romantic and relationship/connection-oriented. My mom frequently says I am so much different than I used to be, and she would have never expected me to change this much. The fact that I am so into nature and trees and outdoorsy things now is something that NO ONE saw coming. And that led me to outdoor excursions that introduced me to new people and important connections and relationships.
And, at the beginning of July 2025 (right before Uranus moved out of Taurus) I forged a strong connection with someone that I met on one of these nature excursions that was highly out-of-character for old Krista, but is an integral part of new Krista. And I am bringing all of the wisdom and tools from this journey I’ve been on with my sense self-worth, self-love, and overall approach to life—and I am using them to approach this connection in a way that has been very different and healthy for me. It has been much more healthy, secure, stable, and comfortable.
I am not doing it perfectly. But I am doing it authentically, vulnerably, and mindfully in a way I never have before. I’m still scared and I still fuck up, but I am doing it much better than all previous relationships, and I’m proud of myself.
I’m going to use this last Uranus retrograde through Taurus to reflect on these themes of the past 7 years, to celebrate how far I’ve come, and to figure out where I still need to implement things to continue to grow and prosper in this area of my life.
This article isn’t even taking into account the themes of me getting the chronic illness Long COVID during all of this, which plays a huge role in these ideas and this astrology. And I haven’t even mentioned the journey my financial health went through, and is currently going through with these themes. The money spent on food and clothes and luxury—trying to buy self-worth and self-love, etc. Heck, the money I still spend on that shit.
And so many other experiences, moments, and events during this time that fit into all of this. The examples are too numerous to list. But, it is pretty unbelievable when you sit down and actually map out the trajectory—to see how well it all fits into the astrology forecast. And to see how you grew through those experiences that the astrology was providing.
I will leave you with one more quick example I found pretty amusing when I started digging through old pics, emails, etc. When preparing to write this, and racking my memory, I realized how on point the timing was with the therapist I started seeing right before this transit started. So I looked back at emails with her from May 2018 specifically to see if there was anything that matched up. Most of my communication with her was in appointments. However, I found this gem from mid-May 2018 that sums up another Uranus in Taurus theme pretty darn well LOL!
Subject: Credit card
Just a heads up for our next appt. The credit card stuff is going very badly and I’m in tears at work and very frustrated. Mostly because the customer service rep I just spoke with was so frustrating and I kept asking for a manager and he kept laughing at me and telling me it wouldn’t help and then wouldn’t take me off hold when I was waiting to speak to one.
No one wants to approve me because of my FICO score but my score is bad because I can’t get anywhere on this debt. So I’m in a vicious cycle. The current cc lowered only a couple of percentage points for just 7 months. I understand that’s better than nothing, but unfortunately I can’t get anywhere with that. I feel very trapped. I can’t keep applying for cards and getting declined because that will make my score worse and I will keep getting declined. I’m not sure how else to proceed with this.
1- possibly a new job where I make more money which I’m already considering but that’s a whole other game in and of itself. Not something I can just jump into or take lightly and will be a very stressful situation if I do proceed with that due to my love (mostly) of my current company and the current stability and structure I finally have with it
2- a raise at work which as you know is going very poorly and is really out of my hands. Hence my consideration of number 1
3- try to get another part time job to make more money but I feel strongly that doing that on top of my current one will stress me out as much as this debt and will make me tired beyond belief
4- the only one that seems somewhat feasible and reasonable right now, is to look into a third party debt relief situation. Did this along time ago with my ex before the bankruptcy when we had bad problems. It will hurt my credit score and make it hard for me to get another credit card. I’m ok with not having another credit card. And I’m not thrilled about lowering my score, but over time it can help it I think. Initially will hurt. But long term it will be better.
What are your thoughts? Do you have any other possible reasonable solutions? This can wait til our next appt. Just wanted it to be on your radar and at the forefront of our discussion.
Heck, that financial stuff is a whole other facet of my Uranus in Taurus expedition that would take up a whole other blog post. So, I won’t get into it. I think I made my point with everything else I shared.
Suffice it to say, all of these above-mentioned circumstances were major parts of the experience I had with Uranus in Taurus. What was the experience you had?
In summation, Taurus is the archetype that most enjoys comfort and security. Uranus is the planet that forces us out of that comfort and security in order to promote growth, albeit uncomfortable growth. The intention of this current Uranus in Taurus retrograde is for us to go inwards and reflect on these themes. Then we think about how to move forward with them and grow.
What we do with that energy as a collective, and on an individual level, is up to us. How can we disrupt the status quo in a way that leads to some of the more lovely and helpful Taurus traits—intimacy, love, safe and secure relationships, healthy relationships with our bodies (food, health, and self-love), healthy relationships with our finances and wealth, etc? How can we use the unpredictable and erratic energy of the Uranus upheaval for a more positive growth, rather than continuing down the path of torture we’ve been on as of late?
Then, once we have sufficiently thought through this, how do we take action and make the most of the growth Uranus in Taurus has laid out for us?
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*My thoughts and words peppered in through a copy and paste from Google AI. Only in the section citing examples of world-wide event facts.
The bit about 'trust the unknown process' is intriguing, but how do we reconcile that with our collective responsibility for actively driving democratic progres, you know?