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Uranus As Singleton
Chaos, illumined by flashes of lightening. . . . for I have known the lightnings hour, . . . the certainty of power.
We often find Uranus as a singleton in the charts of highly charismatic personalities. As we go through the
examples of famous people, we see a kind of brightness or radiance about Uranians. There is a quality about
them that makes others sit up and take notice. Along with charisma is a trickster quality. These people tend to do
and say the unexpected; they are surprising and sometimes astonishing. Sometimes they even trick themselves.
The Uranian energy pulls the rug out from under all the other planets in the chart. This is especially true when the
singleton Uranus is aspected by a personal planet.
Many with this singleton have a great talent or genius within a specific area. Working with
symbol systems is one of these areas. They can manipulate symbols quantitatively and at
speeds far faster than Mercury. This allows rapid assembly of wholes out of parts. Albert
Einstein did this with mathematical and physics symbols. There is a positive and negative
side to this. Einstein changed physics, but he had difficulty with common everyday thinking.
He said, What normal people can do, I cannot do. But I can do what no normal person ever
could. It has been said he could get lost just taking a walk around the block from his home!
Einsteins Uranus is twice a singleton in the third house of mind and thinking. He also has
both Sun and Jupiter as singletons, which no doubt added to his extraordinarily unique
genius.
Another potential with Uranus is the iconoclast. Uranus is anti-Saturn (ruler of the sign behind Aquarius), and antiSun (ruler of Leo, Aquarius opposite). It likes to shatter egos and to tear down structures. It is anti-establishment.
The Uranus singleton person seems to have a highly, or overly, developed nervous system. There is a tendency
toward wild mood swings. The enjoy pulling the rug out from under other peoples sense of self-importance. They
also may take pleasure in destroying anything resembling structure. A friend who has a Uranus singleton in the
first house calls himself St. John the Iconoclast. And he does not know a thing about astrology! He works in
construction, doing remodeling. When he rips out an old wall or some other structure, an expression of manic glee
comes over his face.
These people tend to have ideas twenty (or more), years ahead of the times. They tend to be futuristic. One
woman said she felt as though she had come back in a time machine and got stuck; everything in the world is so
slow and primitive!
Uranus can see the whole picture, and does not understand others slowness. So, there is a quality of impatience
and exasperation about them. This leads them to appear to be authoritarian or totalitarian. Because they see the
whole and understand it, they are very impatient and not willing to go back to slow step-by-step explanations. Do
as I say because I know this is the right way! The other asks, But why is it? Just shut up and do it my way!
Along with this is a kind of tenseness and hyperactive quality. There is a tendency to communicate in odd ways;
so others misunderstand them. They may go from point A to point D without bothering to explain points B and C. In
childhood; they may be classified as learning disabled. When the Uranian urge is denied or repressed, it comes
as jolting kinds of awareness, shocking revelations and shattering events.
The ladies with Uranus singletons seem to have earned their name and fame and place in history on the basis of
that singleton. Their careers, their life-styles and choices bear the stamp of Uranus.
Linda Tripp, with Uranus twice a singleton (only Water, only Personal sign), in the 7th house of significant others,
public relations, and legal matters, certainly has earned her place in history as the girl-friend from hell. The
relationship with Monica during the months of taping telephone conversations would be considered a seventh
house relationship, a very close confidante. The seventh house is also the house of open enemies. Linda may
have thought she had enemies; she certainly was one. And Linda certainly did pull the rug out from under her

friend Monica, and brought shocking revelations to the rest of the country! Who knows what stories her exhusband might have to tell! Linda came to public attention in 1993 because she was the last person to have seen
Vincent Foster alive before his mysterious death by suicide. That year her progressed Mercury in Aquarius
(disposed of by the natal Uranus singleton), went on station retrograde and two years later her progressed Venus
in Aquarius did the same! Progressed Venus was opposite the natal Pluto singleton (more on that in a later
chapter). Those were the years when the jolts and shocks began.
The infamous Tokyo Rose, a.k.a. Iva Toguri DAquino, found herself stuck in Japan when war broke out in
1941. Considered an enemy alien, she was not allowed to leave. To support herself, she took a job broadcasting
in English to the allied forces. Basically, she was a disc jockey; her introductions to musical numbers were
Japanese propaganda. After the war she was tried and convicted for treason; in 1977 she received a presidential
pardon. The Uranus singleton is the focal point of a Yod including Mars in Virgo in the 2nd house sextile Saturn in
Cancer in the 12th. The Yod symbolizes a paradoxical situation, in this case a damned if you do, damned if you
dont. She had to earn a living (Mars in the second), in Japan; they would not allow her to leave. She was forced
to broadcast propaganda which got her imprisoned (Saturn in Cancer in the 12th), when she returned home at
wars end. Uranus, in the house of open enemies, signifies the Japanese and symbolizes her unusual
collaboration with them.
A bright and enterprising peasant girl, Jeanne Bcu, a.k.a. Mme. Du Barry , rose to a position of great power and
influence in the years before the Dluge, the French Revolution. She became the mistress of King Louis XV of
France in 1768 following the death of his other favorite, the equally famous Mme. De Pompadour. Jeanne was 33
years the Kings junior, but she managed to influence him in such a way as to secure herself a position of power in
the French Royal Court even after his death. However, even her renowned social genius (Uranus in the 5th),
could not save her from suffering the same fate as Queen Marie Antoinette. Both lost their heads under the
guillotine.
Our own Zipporah Dobyns has immortalized herself in the annals of Astrology. Her Uranus (the Astrologers
planet), singleton is the only planet in a Universal sign and house. It resides in its own 11th house of like-minded
others. For many years she has taught and networked in the field of Astrology. She has a perfect background for
an Astrologer. She holds a B.A. degree in Anthropology and a Ph.D. in Psychology. Her Virgo stellium can most
likely be credited for the degrees.
Another man, who like Albert Einstein has both Sun and Uranus as singletons, is Paramahansa Yogananda. He
was a lifelong celibate mystic from Calcutta, India. He was a world traveler from a young age in his spiritual quest.
He taught, lectured and carried eastern philosophy to the West. He founded the Self-Realization Fellowship that
still teaches his techniques of Kriya Yoga meditation. During his lifetime, he was known for his amazing charisma
and friendliness toward everyone. Einstein, too, associated in a friendly egalitarian way with people. Neither man
was a stranger anywhere! There are disciples still learning and practicing Yoganandas teachings throughout the
world today. His books and lessons are still popular. He passed away (mahasamadhi), in 1952 at age 59. Uranus
rules his 7th house of public relations and is posited in the 3rd house of communication. The house of public
reputation and posthumous fame, the 10th, contains his two other generational, transpersonal planets, the
Neptune-Pluto conjunction in Gemini. He communicated (Gemini), and publicized the power (Pluto), of the
spiritual life (Neptune).
One of the late Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Earl Warren, was three times elected governor of
California. Although a Republican, he was a liberal and influential officer in a time when that was possible. The
only shadow on his brilliant career were the findings, or non-findings, of the suspect Warren Commission that was
intended to put to rest the J.F.K. assassination.
Another political personality, George Wallace, has a Uranus singleton in the 8th house of transformation through
life-and-death crisis. He was a virulent segregationist in the 1960s when he, too, was a three-time governor of
Alabama. After a bullet wound from an assassination attempt paralyzed him, his attitudes gradually shifted toward
a more compassionate outlook.
Finally, we have Alice Cooper, an American rock star famed for his flamboyant make-up and the weird stage
effects in his entertainment productions. He is our archetypal poster boy for the Uranus singleton! Uranus is the

only planet in a personal sign, Gemini, placed in the 9th house of philosophy and advertising. He advertised all
things Uranian.
In next article we will look at the traits, charts, and lives of mystical, magical, Neptune singletons. Though some
may be illumined and many are deluded, there is always something romantic and gothic about a personality with
a Neptune singleton.
Example Charts Used in the Article

About the author:

Eleanor Buckwalter has studied, practiced and taught astrology in Los Altos, CA for more than twenty-five years,
including three years with the late Richard Idemon, a psychological astrologer. Her primary astrological focus of
interest is parent-child relationships and family dynamics.