Uranus in Leo

Somebody in your family had to do a thing just because it made them happy, and it was you, and you have not apologised since.

Hidden rings

In 1977 astronomers watching a faint star pass behind Uranus saw it blink, several times, before the planet itself reached it, and again afterwards. Uranus had rings, dark and thin, invisible until a star shone through them. Leo, where the Sun rules, stands for display and for the stage, and here Uranus gives the individual a new kind of shine, one that only shows when light passes through.

Rock and roll

It arrived with rock and roll, the teenager, colour television and the first wave of mass pop culture. Its young grew up believing that who you are is something you create, and that creating it is nobody else’s business. Fashion, music, performance and personal style all changed in its hands.

Being yourself

Expressing who you are, your own way, is not optional for you. Memorable beats approved of, for you. Your wardrobe has at least one thing in it nobody else would wear, and you wear it on ordinary days. At family gatherings the music gets louder when you arrive. Creative risk thrills you, and you have strong opinions about how things should look, sound and feel.

Your timing when you tell a story is perfect, and people ask for the same one again at the next gathering, and the one after. Children, play and romance are places where you break the rules. You parent differently from your own parents, and you love in ways the older generation found surprising.

Ego and rebellion

Rebellion can turn into a performance. You can insist on your freedom so loudly that nobody else’s gets heard, and pride can make it hard to change once you have made your stand.

Loud in the car

Their children remember them singing too loudly in the car, dressing in a way that embarrassed everyone at the school gate, and saying, over and over, be exactly who you are.

That advice has outlived the embarrassment, and it is being handed down again, to someone younger.