Jupiter-Uranus
Overview: Jupiter-Uranus in tense alignments combines the leaps of Jupiter with the unexpected nature of Uranus, and the expansiveness of Jupiter with the innovation of Uranus.
The challenges: an overblown sense (jupiter) of possible freedom (uranus). a tendency to overinflate (Jupiter) the thrill associated with rebellion and innovation (uranus).
The strengths: This combination is often referred to as the big leap of freedom, or the breakthrough combination, connoting Jupiter’s association with success and expansion, with Uranus association with emancipation and resolution. Another term used for this combination is the “get out of jail free card.” Those born with this combination may experience episodes in which they easily experience happy endings and resolutions. Another way this combination may show up in life involves sudden unexpected (Uranus) openings to larger vistas (Jupiter) of understanding, abundance, and growth (Jupiter).
Below are examples of well-known individuals born with this combination in their “birth charts” (otherwise known as a “natal chart,” a birth chart is a symbolic map of the sky at the moment of birth). Observing how this combination appears in their lives can help us recognize it in our own. The more consciously we engage with these astrological alignments—or “aspects”—the more their underlying tensions can be integrated, allowing their strengths to emerge.
Please note: the expression of this archetypal tension, as seen in the lives and work of the people below, may reflect varying levels of integration.
The Jupiter-Uranus combination is associated with fortuitous (Jupiter) escapes (Uranus). The fortuitous escape is a trope often seen the James Bond movie franchise. Actor Roger Moore, born with the Jupiter-Uranus combination in his birth chart, can be seen enacting the fortuitous escape as James Bond here and here. Similarly actor Sean Connery, who was also born with the Jupiter-Uranus combination in his birth chart, can be seen enacting a fortuitous escape here. Similarly, the Jupiter-Uranus combination in the birth chart of author Lord Edward Bulwer-Lytton can be seen in his novel “Paul Clifford.” The main character in the novel is sentenced to death. Yet in the end he experiences the fortuitous (Jupiter) escape (Uranus) and finds freedom (Uranus) abroad (Jupiter) in America with his cousin. Rapper Ice Cube, also born with this combination in his natal chart, is known for his song “It Was a Good Day,” in which he narrates in the following lines a fortuitous day which was free from violence, including the final two lines he is known for, which refer to an AK assault rifle:
“Today was like one of those fly dreams
Didn't even see a berry flashin' those high beams
No helicopter lookin' for a murder
Two in the mornin', got the Fatburger
Even saw the lights of the Goodyear Blimp
And it read, "Ice Cube's a Pimp!"
Drunk as hell, but no throwin' up
Halfway home, and my pager's still blowin' up
Today, I didn't even have to use my AK
I gotta say it was a good day”
The Jupiter-Uranus combination often shows up as the big (Jupiter) leap of innovation or freedom (Uranus). We can see this quality in the life of Albert Einstein, born with the Jupiter/Uranus combination in his natal chart. When he postulated the theory of relativity, he allowed the human race to take a huge leap in the way we perceive of time, space, light, and gravity, by perceiving how gravity is due to curvature in the time/space continuum. Similarly Orville Wright, born with the Jupiter-Uranus combination in his birth chart, created flight, which was a huge leap of innovation that released the human race from the limitation of only being able to move about on the surface of the planet. In the field of technology, we can see the Jupiter-Uranus combination present in the life of Steve Jobs, born with this combination in his natal chart, who pushed the field of technology and personal computing by making big leaps of innovation.
The Jupiter-Uranus combination can be symbolized as the big (Jupiter) rebel (Uranus), the lucky (Jupiter) rebel (Uranus), or the just (Jupiter) rebel (Uranus). We can see such a characteristic demonstrated in the life of actor James Dean, who was born with this combination in his natal chart. Similary, whistle blower Edward Snowden, also born with this combination in his natal chart, represents a rebelliousness (Uranus) on the side of what he perceives to be the just and fair (Jupiter).
As fortuitous and exciting as the Jupiter-Uanus combination can be, a challenging side can involve an inflationary aspect in which the exciting Uranian rebel energy becomes associated with the ego in an overblown Jupiterian style, as humorously demonstrated here by actor Jack Black, who was born with this combination in his natal chart: https://youtu.be/D_lDW7mnLO8?t=69
A great example of the Jupiter-Uranus combination can be seen in two particular songs by Creedence Clearwater Revival, as sung by John Fogarty, who was born with the Jupiter-Uranus combination in his birth chart. The first example is the song Penthouse Pauper, which brilliantly captures the thrilling and even reckless (Uranus) luck, wealth and expansivity associated with Jupiter. The lyrics are as follows:
Now, if I were a bricklayer
I wouldn't build just anything
And if I were a ball player
I wouldn't play no second string
And if I were some jewelry, baby
Lord, I'd have to be a diamond ring
If I were a secret
Lord, I never would be told
And if I were a jug of wine
Lord, my flavor would be old
I could be most anything
But it got to be 24 karat solid gold
If I were a gambler
You know, I'd never lose
If I were a guitar player
Lord, I'd have to play the blues
If I were a hacksaw
My blade be razor sharp
And if I were a politician
I could prove that monkey talk
You can find the tallest buildin'
Lord, I'd have me the house on top
Oh, let's go
Alright
I'm the penthouse pauper
I got nothing to my name
I'm the penthouse pauper, baby
I got nothing to my name
I can be most anything
Oh, when you got nothin', it's all the same
Oh, let's move, move, oh
Lord, look at my penthouse
The second song is called It Came Out of the Sky and showcases the amazement associated with combining the unexpected, revelatory, exciting nature of Uranus with the expansive celebratory quality of Jupiter. The lyrics are as follows:
Oh, it came out of the sky, landed just a little south of Moline
Jody fell out of his tractor, couldn't believe what he seen
Laid on the ground and shook, fearin' for his life
Then he ran all the way to town screamin' "It came out of the sky."
Well, a crowd gathered 'round and a scientist said it was marsh gas
Spiro came and made a speech about raising the Mars tax
The Vatican said, "Woe, the Lord has come"
Hollywood rushed out an epic film
And Ronnie the Popular said it was a communist plot, yeah
Oh, the newspaper came and made Jody a national hero
Walter and Eric said they'd put him on a network T.V. show
The White House said, "Put the thing in the Blue Room"
The Vatican said, "No, it belongs to Rome."
And Jody said, "It's mine, but you can have it for seventeen million."
Oh, it came out of the sky, landed just a little south of Moline
Jody fell out of his tractor, couldn't believe what he seen
Laid on the ground a-shakin', fearin' for his life
Then he ran all the way to town screamin' "It came out of the sky."