Uranus begins its 7-year sojourn through Taurus this year. Like geological formations, the earth signs seem to have complex and distinct layers of stories within them, one covering the next across time. The mythic stratigraphy of the bull tells of fertility and wildness, but also of their burial and confinement. The transit of Uranus is an opportunity to break through layers of avoidance of discomfort and insistence on security to un-bury an often-hidden and labyrinthine Taurean world of desire, dread, hybridity, and organicity that is described in stories from the Ravishing of Europa to the Slaying of the Minotaur.

This talk will offer a more complex view of Taurus through a psychological approach to the old stories and their less-discussed details, and then let loose some Uranian invention and reinvention with these tales. For example, the Greeks said that Theseus killed the Minotaur, but what if the Minotaur were freed instead? These have radically different psychological implications. To flesh them out, we will juxtapose some therapeutic journeys of individuals who have experienced Uranus/Taurus engagements firsthand to see how Uranus will break new ground (perhaps literally!) both collectively and individually.

Jason Holley is an astrologer and psychotherapist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His orientation is relational and archetypal – focusing on embodiment of soul, and ensouling of body. He has practiced astrology for just under 30 years and has taught widely on psychotherapy, astrology, and myth. He teaches a graduate-level continuing education program for psychotherapists drawing on the astrological tradition in their work, using experiential methods including psychodrama and astrodrama. He has written for The Mountain Astrologer and several online venues. Email jason@jasonholley.net or jasonholley.net on the web.