This article arises from a discussion on the Skyscript forum, which took place in December 2003. The original discussion can be found here
We are all told that Uranus 'rules' Aquarius. Doubtless we all know that this wasn't always so but that the markedly un-rebellious Saturn was once happy and settled in the job. At this point in time opinions vary, from those that believe Saturn resigned, collected his gold watch for long, very long, years of service and passed the honour to Uranus; to those that believe that the upstart Uranus has tried to jump in on his act.
The discovery of Uranus is attributed to Sir William Herschel on March 13 1781. Herschel was occupied in searching the skies for new celestial objects. On that particular evening his attention was caught by the new planet. He didn't realise at first that he had discovered the solar systems newest member, but he did know that he wasn't looking at a star.
It wasn't long before astronomers realised the significance of Herschel's discovery. Originally, Herschel chose to name the new planet Georgium Sidus, after King George III, who granted him a stipend and honoured him with a title for his work. Despite the interesting reflection that a planet known for its disruptive and divisive effects was well matched to a king ousted from power on account of his mental instability, it is perhaps not surprising that the name didn't catch on outside Britain. The German astrologer Johann Bode suggested the name Uranus after the sky god Urania. The new name took a while to become popular and occasionally appears in the form "Ouranus". Elsewhere on this site David McCann discusses the discovery of Uranus.
The 1780s were hardly a high point for astrological journalism. Little was published on the subject until the revival led by Raphael in the 1820s. So, it's hard to establish from this standpoint what astrologers at the time of its discovery made of the new planet. At some point though, we know that Uranus began to be used in astrology and that eventually it was assigned rulership of Aquarius. When did this happen? And who was responsible?
In an interview in 1996, Robert Hand states:
"At any rate, Raphael was the one who assigned Uranus to Aquarius. And the first thing that I understand about Raphael was that he was a terrible astrologer by any standards - traditional or modern. He was basically more interested in selling magical charms and amulets than in doing astrology really well". 
Perhaps that answers our question? No, not really. The problem being that there are several Raphaels, spanning the nineteenth century and we don't know here which particular Raphael Hand had in mind. 
But Hand's mention of charms and talismans suggests that he had in mind the first Raphael, Robert T Cross (1795-1832). Says Mr Hand in the same interview:
"And, his reasoning went like this- Mercury rules Virgo, Venus rules Libra, Mars rules Scorpio, Jupiter rules Sagittarius, Saturn rules Capricorn, therefore a new planet must rule Aquarius!" It's a neat solution.
Unfortunately, reality is more messy.
If we assume that the first Raphael attributed rulership of Uranus to Aquarius, then it suggests that later astrologers would share this view. Certainly this does not appear to be the case in the late nineteenth century. AJ Pearce's (Zadkiel) Text Book of Astrology was published in 1879. In this he states, rather petulantly:
Some modern authors have assigned Aquarius to Uranus, thus either robbing Saturn of his 'day house' or forcing upon him a partner. However until experience teaches us in what signs Uranus and Neptune are most powerful, I must decline to endorse so hasty an attempt to provide for one of the 'houseless wanderers'.
Almost a hundred years is seen as hasty here - compare that to today's eagerness to attribute rulerships to any lump of rock that happens to fly past your window.
Sepharial, in his Manual of Astrology 1898, didn't believe that Uranus ruled Aquarius:
The dominion of Uranus is indefinite, for he has no house of his own, though he is most successfully placed in the airy triplicity….
The last Raphael, Robert Cross, wrote in his Horary Astrology 1883, that Aquarius is the "house of Uranus". In his Key to Astrology 1891 p27/8, an extremely popular astrological text, and recommended wholeheartedly by Aleister Crowley, Raphael has started to become rather defensive about the matter:
There has been some demur to my apportioning Aquarius to the planet Uranus. I can find no reason to alter my opinion on this matter, for Aquarius is a scientific sign, fond of curiosities, and of dabbling in the occult sciences, and the nature of Uranus is very similar.
He gives Uranus' exaltation as Scorpio and joys as Libra and Scorpio and an accidental dignity in the 9th.
Simmonite's Horary Astrology 1896, also states that Uranus rules Aquarius.
Luke Broughton in 1899 was of a similar mind to Pearce. Although he kept one eye on Uranus, he wasn't prepared to start dismantling the old rulership system.
As late as 1909, Alan Leo wrote in Everybody's Astrology:
Uranus has been given no sign by astrologers, though Aquarius has often been suggested…
Although the concept of Uranus ruling Aquarius was clearly well known by the end of the nineteenth century, it was not universally accepted. Gradually, astrologers began to accept Uranus as the ruler of Aquarius until numerous astrologers forgot that it hadn't always been so.
However, someone must have suggested it first, and perhaps it was the first Raphael?
In his Manual of Astrology, published 1828, Raphael clearly states that Aquarius is governed by Saturn. He does write on Uranus, saying that because it was so recently discovered, no-one had witnessed more than its half-cycle. Raphael said that in his own experience and that of others it is noticeable in its 'evil' and 'unfortunate' effects. He describes its nature as extremely frigid, cold, dry and devoid of any cheering influence. He likens it to Saturn and Mercury and states that there is reason to believe it has a special affinity with the air signs.
Although he doesn't go so far as to suggest that Uranus actually rules Aquarius, he does state:
We have is reason to think (from several thousand observations) that the sign Aquarius is one wherein he much delights.
We can't help but wonder how he came to this conclusion. Uranus didn't enter Aquarius until a month after the publication of Raphael's Manual, where it remained until 1836. At the time of publication, no astrologer had observed first-hand the influence of Uranus as it travelled through the sign "in which it much delights".
So, perhaps Raphael didn't suggest that Uranus ruled Aquarius after all, but was simply noting an affinity, and being rather cagey about the whole matter. Maybe… except, Raphael wasn't always as consistent as we'd like to think. Three years earlier he managed to adopt both points of view in the same publication.
In The Astrologer of the Nineteenth Century, 1825, p134, he discusses the chart of a balloon crash. Referring to Uranus as Georgium Sidus, he points out that it is the ruler of the 4th house - which falls in Aquarius. The relevant passage reads:
Georgium Sidus and Mars being mutually in trine with one another, was a most lucky aspect for her as a female and foreshadowed her recovery...Venus, lady of the ascendant, and significator of the aeronaut, applying to the fatal conjunction of this baneful star, who also ruled the fourth house...
Yet in the same publication he later comments that Uranus "has no houses allotted him". Perhaps at this point he isn't totally convinced, or is willing to recognise an affinity in practice whilst remaining true to convention in his 'rules'.
If Raphael wasn't totally certain, a friend of his appeared to be. The often forgotten astrologer and friend of the artist William Blake, John Varley, wrote a little known book entitled A Treatise on Zoadiacal Physiognomy in 1828. In this he states:
Aries and Scorpio are the houses of Mars, Taurus and Libra are the houses of Venus, Gemini and Virgo are under the dominion of Mercury, Cancer is the house of the Moon, Sagittarius and Pisces are the houses of Jupiter, Capricorn is the house of Saturn; and Aquarius is governed by the Herschel planet.
Varley had no doubt about the matter. To emphasise the point further he wrote:
But as the dominion of the world was acquired by Saturn's trading people, who by virtue of his real and true dominion in the accumulating sign Capricorn, became the wealthy and powerful directors in the Commonwealth; they - still believing erroneously, while ignorant of the Herschel planets existence, that the sign Aquarius was Saturn's masculine and superior house...
Was Varley the first to definitively state that Uranus ruled Aquarius? There is little astrological literature available from the period immediately predating Varley's work. What do we find if we take a quick run through?
So it looks very much like Varley should be recognised as the first to claim that Uranus rules Aquarius. But why? What made him so convinced about the meaning and rulership of Uranus?
1791 - Sibly's Conjurer's Magazine points out the connection between Herschel in Leo and fires.
1792 - The same magazine points out a conjunction between the 'new star' (unamed) and Venus.
1794 - In the Astrologer's Magazine (was Conjurer's Magazine) 'Herschel' pops up occasionally, although no one seems too sure what to do with it.
1798 - John Worsedale in Genethliacal Astrology adds Uranus into some charts, but doesn't dwell on its interpretation.
1810 - Thomas White in The Beauties of Occult Science, says of Georgium Sidus
"He has no houses alloted him, but participates of the nature of the malevolent planet Saturn in the highest degree; and it is therefore equally unfortunate."
1819 - James Wilson's Dictionary has an entry on Ouranus. "...a new superior planet has been discovered and named Ouranus, from the father of Saturn, because its orbit includes that of Saturn...whatever its influence may be, we are unacquainted with it...it does not appear very malignant."
An article in the Occult Review of July 1916 entitled 'Some Astrological Predictions of the Late John Varley by his grandson, John Varley', offers a clue. The article gives the story of a number of predictions made by Varley and what actually transpired.
He was... in the habit of consulting his own horoscope each morning, and bringing up directions etc. On one particular morning... he was evidently ill at ease and though he had an appointment, he did not go out; and about 11 in the forenoon he gave his watch to my father, telling him to take it to a watchmaker in Regent Street and have it set to Greenwich time... he explained that there were some evil aspects in his horoscope, which would come into operation a few minutes to twelve that day. He was so certain as to the evil effects that he might not go out, fearing some street accident. He said, 'I might be run over, or a slate might fall on my head.', that he was uncertain whether his life or his property was menaced, but he saw in the figure that it would be sudden. The difficulty arose from the fact that the effects of the planet Uranus were not yet understood by astrologers, and his agitation increased as the time approached. He asked if my father was sure that his watch was put to Greenwich time and complained that he could not go on with his work. Sitting down, he said two or three times, 'I feel quite well, there is nothing wrong with me. I am not going to have a fit or anything of the sort.' Then, rising from his seat he came to my father saying, 'What is it to be? The time is passed. Could I have made some mistake in my calculations?' He took some paper and a pencil to go through the figures again - just then there was a cry of fire from the street. He rapidly made a note in his astrological book as to the effects of Uranus. The house was burned down, all his property was destroyed, and unfortunately he was uninsured...
Why, oh why do we not have Varley's notebooks? All our questions about Uranus would be answered. There were no dates given for when this event took place and I've not been able to find any earlier versions of the story.
Returning to our question of when Uranus began to assume rulership of Aquarius, the first tentative comment is in Raphael's Astrologer of the Nineteenth Century in 1825. But this is a little vague, and Raphael is clearly not totally convinced. The first categorical statement that Uranus rules Aquarius appears in Varley's book of 1828.
So there's the answer. John Varley decided that Uranus ruled Aquarius in 1828. And perhaps he took out insurance on his next home.
To pre-empt a question that generally follows the one I have just addressed, the award for being the first person to associate astrology with Uranus should go to Robert Cross, the last Raphael, who wrote in his Guide of 1879, "Astrologers, as a rule, have Herschel prominent in their nativities".
And John Varley put it there.
The forum discussion on the association between Uranus and Aquarius is ongoing, so if you have more light to shed on this issue submit your comments to the forum thread Assignation of Outer-Planet Rulerships
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Makala hii ni sehemu ya mazungumzo ya Skyscript, ambayo yalifanyika Desemba 2003. Mazungumzo ya awali yanaweza kupatikana hapa Sisi sote tunaambiwa kwamba Uranus 'hutawala' Aquarius. Bila shaka, sisi sote tunajua kwamba haikuwa hivyo sikuzote, lakini kwamba Saturn, ambaye hakuwa na uasi, wakati mmoja alikuwa na furaha na alikuwa amejitolea kufanya kazi hiyo. Katika hatua hii ya wakati maoni hutofautiana, kutoka kwa wale wanaoamini Saturn alijiuzulu, alikusanya saa yake ya dhahabu kwa miaka mingi, ya muda mrefu sana ya huduma na kupitisha heshima kwa Uranus; kwa wale wanaoamini kwamba Uranus amejaribu kuruka katika tendo lake. Uranus iligunduliwa na Sir William Herschel mnamo Machi 13, 1781. Herschel alikuwa akitafuta vitu vipya vya angani angani. Jioni hiyo hususa uangalifu wake ulivutwa na sayari hiyo mpya. Mwanzoni hakujua kwamba alikuwa amegundua mfumo wa jua mpya, lakini alijua kwamba hakuwa akitazama nyota. Haikuchukua muda mrefu kabla ya wataalamu wa nyota kutambua umuhimu wa ugunduzi wa Herschel. Herschel aliamua kumwita sayari hiyo Georgium Sidus, jina la Mfalme George III, ambaye alimpa mshahara na kumpa heshima kwa kazi yake. "Licha ya kutafakari kwa kuvutia kwamba sayari inayojulikana kwa athari zake za kuvuruga na kugawanya ilifanana vizuri na mfalme aliyeondolewa madarakani kwa sababu ya kutokuwa na utulivu wa akili, labda haishangazi kwamba jina hilo halikupata umaarufu nje ya Uingereza. """ Mtaalamu wa nyota Mjerumani Johann Bode alipendekeza jina Uranus kutokana na mungu wa anga Urania. Jina hilo jipya lilichukua muda kupata umaarufu na mara kwa mara linaonekana katika namna ya "Ouranus". Mahali pengine kwenye tovuti hii David McCann anazungumzia ugunduzi wa Uranus. Katika miaka ya 1780 na 1800, gazeti la Astrology lilijulikana sana. Maandishi mengi ya kihistoria yalichapishwa kabla ya uamsho ulioongozwa na Raphael katika miaka ya 1820. Kwa hiyo, ni vigumu kuamua kutoka kwa mtazamo huu kile ambacho wanajimu wakati wa ugunduzi wake walifanya juu ya sayari hiyo mpya. Hata hivyo, kuna wakati ambapo Uranus alianza kutumiwa katika unajimu na hatimaye akapewa mamlaka ya kutawala. Jambo hilo lilitukia lini? Na ni nani aliyekuwa na hatia? "Katika mahojiano ya mwaka 1996, Robert Hand alisema hivi: ""Kwa vyovyote vile, Raphael ndiye aliyempa Uranus nafasi ya Aquarius." Na jambo la kwanza nililoelewa kuhusu Raphael ni kwamba alikuwa mtaalamu mbaya wa nyota kwa viwango vyote - vya jadi au vya kisasa. Kwa kweli alipendezwa zaidi na kuuza vito na pambo la kichawi kuliko kufanya unajimu vizuri sana". Labda hilo linajibu swali letu? La, si kweli. "Kama ilivyoelezwa hapo juu, kuna ""Raphael"" kadhaa katika karne ya 19 na hatujui ni nani hasa aliyeandika." Hata hivyo, kwa kuwa Hand alitaja vitu vya kuvutia na vitu vya kuvutia, inaonekana kwamba alikuwa akimfikiria Raphael wa kwanza, Robert T. Cross (1795-1832). "Mwanamume huyo aliandika hivi: ""Mungu anaongoza Virgo, Venus anaongoza Libra, Mars anaongoza Scorpio, Jupiter anaongoza Sagittarius, Saturn anaongoza Capricorn, kwa hiyo lazima sayari mpya itawale Aquarius.""" Ni suluhisho zuri. Kwa kusikitisha, hali halisi ni mbaya zaidi. Raphael wa kwanza alidai kwamba Uranus alikuwa na uwezo wa kutawala, lakini baadaye wataalamu wa nyota walikubaliana na maoni hayo. Bila shaka hilo halionekani kuwa ndilo lililokuwa kweli mwishoni mwa karne ya kumi na tisa. Kitabu cha AJ Pearce cha Astrology kilichapishwa mwaka 1879. "Hata hivyo, katika kitabu chake cha The Uranus Encyclopedia, mwandishi mmoja wa kisasa anasema hivi: ""Watu fulani wa nyakati za kisasa wamempa Uranus jina la Aquarius, na hivyo kumnyang'anya Saturn 'nyumba yake ya siku,' au kumlazimisha apate mwenzi." Hata hivyo, mpaka uzoefu utatufundisha ni ishara zipi ambazo Uranus na Neptune zina nguvu zaidi, ni lazima nikatae kuunga mkono jaribio la haraka kama hilo la kumtunza mmoja wa 'watangatanga wasio na makao'. Karibu miaka mia moja inaonekana kuwa ya haraka hapa - linganisha hilo na shauku ya leo ya kumpa utawala kipande chochote cha mwamba ambacho hutokea kuruka karibu na dirisha lako. "Sepharia, katika kitabu chake cha ""Manual of Astrology"" cha mwaka 1898, alisema kwamba Uranus alikuwa ""mtawala wa Aquarius"" na kwamba ""Urania alikuwa na mamlaka ya muda usiojulikana, kwa kuwa hakuwa na nyumba yake mwenyewe, ingawa aliwekwa kwa mafanikio zaidi katika utatu wa hewa.""" "Robert Cross, mwandishi wa kwanza wa vitabu vya astrolojia, aliandika katika kitabu chake cha ""Horary Astrology"" cha mwaka 1883 kwamba ""Mto Aquarius ni nyumba ya Uranus.""" Katika kitabu chake cha Key to Astrology (1891), Raphael alitoa maoni ya kutilia shaka kuunganisha Aquarius na sayari ya Uranus. "Hakuna sababu ya kubadilisha maoni yangu juu ya jambo hili, kwa Aquarius ni ishara ya kisayansi, anapenda ""curiosities"" na ""dabble katika sayansi ya siri,"" na asili ya Uranus ni sawa sana." Uranus ni mnyama wa Scorpio, na furaha ni ya Libra na Scorpio, na heshima ni ya bahati mbaya katika 9th. "Simonite's Horary Astrology (1896) pia inasema kwamba Uranus anatawala Aquarius.""" Luke Broughton, ambaye aliishi miaka ya 19 na 20 iliyopita, alikuwa na maoni kama ya Pearce. Ingawa alisimamia Uranus kwa jicho moja, hakuwa tayari kuanza kuharibu mfumo wa zamani wa utawala. "Alan Leo aliandika katika kitabu chake cha Everybody's Astrology: ""Uranus haijawahi kupewa ishara yoyote na wanajimu, ingawa mara nyingi Aquarius imependekezwa... Ingawa dhana ya Uranus kutawala Aquarius ilikuwa wazi wazi mwishoni mwa karne ya kumi na tisa, haikukubaliwa ulimwenguni." Kwa muda, wanajimu walianza kukubali Uranus kuwa mtawala wa Aquarius, lakini wengi walipoteza wazo hilo. Hata hivyo, ni lazima mtu fulani awe alipendekeza jambo hilo kwanza, na labda alikuwa Raphael wa kwanza? Katika kitabu chake cha kwanza cha astrolojia, Raphael aliandika kwamba Saturn ndiye mtawala wa mnyama anayeitwa Aquarius. "Uranus ni ""mwamba wa kwanza"" na kwa sababu iligunduliwa hivi karibuni, hakuna mtu aliyewahi kuona zaidi ya nusu ya mzunguko wake." Raphael alisema kwamba katika uzoefu wake mwenyewe na ule wa wengine ni dhahiri katika athari zake'mbaya' na 'zenye kusikitisha'. Yeye hufafanua asili yake kuwa baridi sana, baridi, kavu na bila uvutano wowote wa kusisimua. "Alimfananisha na Saturn na Mercury na anasema kwamba kuna sababu ya kuamini kwamba ina uhusiano wa pekee na ishara za hewa. """ "Hata hivyo, ingawa haendelei kusema kwamba Uranus ndiye anayemtawala Aquarius, anasema: ""Tuna sababu ya kufikiri (kutokana na maelfu kadhaa ya uchunguzi) kwamba ishara ya Aquarius ni moja ambayo yeye hufurahia sana.""" Hatuwezi kujizuia kujiuliza jinsi alivyofikia mkataa huo. Uranus aliingia katika Aquarius mwezi mmoja baada ya Raphael kuchapishwa kwa kitabu chake cha Manual, na alikaa huko hadi mwaka 1836. Wakati wa kuchapishwa kwa kitabu hicho, hakuna mtaalamu yeyote wa nyota aliyekuwa amejionea kwa macho yake mwenyewe uvutano wa sayari ya Uranus wakati ilipokuwa ikisafiri kupitia ishara "ambayo hufurahia sana". "Kwa hiyo, labda Raphael hakusema kwamba Uranus alitawala Aquarius baada ya yote, lakini alikuwa tu akiona uhusiano, na kuwa badala cagey kuhusu jambo lote. """ Labda... isipokuwa, Raphael hakuwa daima kama thabiti kama tungependa kufikiri. Miaka mitatu mapema alifaulu kupitisha maoni yote mawili katika kichapo hichohicho. Katika kitabu chake The Astrologer of the Nineteenth Century, cha mwaka 1825, aliandika juu ya tukio la ndege ya angani kuanguka. "Uranus ni jina la kifalme la ""Georgius Sidus,"" na inaongoza nyumba ya nne ya Uranus, ambayo iko katika Aquarius." "Kama ilivyoelezwa hapo juu, ""Sidasi ya Georgium na Mars, wakiwa katika trine pamoja, ilikuwa sehemu ya bahati kubwa kwa ajili yake kama mwanamke na ilitangaza kupona kwake... Venus, mwanamke wa ascendant, na maana ya aeronaut, kutumika kwa conjunction mbaya ya nyota hii mbaya, ambaye pia alitawala nyumba ya nne.""" Hata hivyo, katika kichapo hichohicho baadaye yeye asema kwamba Uranus "hawana nyumba zilizowekwa wakfu kwake". Labda katika hatua hii yeye si kabisa ameshawishiwa, au ni tayari kutambua uhusiano katika mazoezi wakati kubaki kweli kwa mkataba katika'sheria' yake. Raphael alikuwa na uhakika wa kwamba alikuwa na rafiki. "Mwanasayansi na mchoraji wa picha William Blake, John Varley, aliandika kitabu cha ""A Treatise on Zoodiacal Physiognomy"" mwaka 1828." "Mwanamke wa Aries na Scorpio ni nyumba za Mars, Taurus na Libra ni nyumba za Venus, Gemini na Virgo ni chini ya utawala wa Mercury, Cancer ni nyumba ya Mwezi, Sagittarius na Pisces ni nyumba za Jupiter, Capricorn ni nyumba ya Saturn, na Aquarius inaongozwa na sayari ya Herschel. """ Varley hakuwa na shaka kuhusu jambo hilo. "Kwa hivyo, kwa sababu ya kuwa na nguvu za kipekee, watu wa Saturn walipata udhibiti wa ulimwengu, ambao kwa sababu ya udhibiti wake halisi na wa kweli katika ishara ya mkusanyiko wa Capricorn, wakawa wakurugenzi matajiri na wenye nguvu katika Jumuiya ya Madola; bado waliamini kimakosa, wakati wakijifunza juu ya kuwepo kwa sayari za Herschel, kwamba ishara ya Aquarius ilikuwa nyumba ya kiume na ya juu ya Saturn. """ Kuna fasihi kidogo ya unajimu inayopatikana kutoka kipindi kilichotangulia kazi ya Varley. Tutapata nini ikiwa tutafanya uchunguzi wa haraka? "Kwa hivyo, kuna uwezekano mkubwa kwamba Varley ndiye wa kwanza kudai kwamba ""Uranus anaongoza Aquarius.""" Lakini kwa nini? Ni nini kilichomfanya asadiki sana kuhusu maana na utawala wa Uranus? "Mwaka wa 1791 gazeti la Sibylle's Conjurer's Magazine lilitoa taarifa kuhusu uhusiano kati ya ""Herschel"" katika Leo na moto." 1792 - Gazeti hilohilo laonyesha kuunganishwa kati ya 'nyota mpya' (isiyo na jina) na Venus. "Mwaka 1794 gazeti la ""Astrologer's Magazine"" lilitoka na jina la ""Herschel"" na likaanza kuonekana mara kwa mara, ingawa hakuna mtu aliye na uhakika wa kile ambacho angefanya." "John Worsdale, katika kitabu chake cha 1798 ""Genetic Astrology,"" aliongeza Uranus katika baadhi ya chati, lakini hakuzungumzia tafsiri yake." "Thomas White, katika kitabu chake The Beauties of Occult Science, anasema hivi kuhusu Georgius Sidus: ""Hakuna nyumba yoyote iliyotengwa kwa ajili yake, lakini anashiriki katika asili ya sayari ya Saturn yenye uovu kwa kiwango cha juu zaidi; na kwa hiyo ni bahati mbaya sawa.""" "Katika mwaka wa 1819 kamusi ya James Wilson ilitoa maelezo kuhusu ""Uranus.""" """Planeti mpya ya juu imegunduliwa na kuitwa Uranus, kutoka kwa baba ya Saturn, kwa sababu mzunguko wake unajumuisha ule wa Saturn, hata athari yake iwe nini, hatujui juu yake, haionekani kuwa mbaya sana.""" "Mwanzoni mwa mwaka wa 1916, gazeti la Occult Review lilichapisha makala yenye kichwa ""Some Astrological Predictions of the Late John Varley by his Grandson John Varley"" (Utabiri wa Kiroho wa John Varley aliyefariki na mjukuu wake John Varley) na kueleza jinsi ya kutabiri wakati ujao." Makala hiyo inatoa hadithi ya utabiri kadhaa uliofanywa na Varley na kile kilichotokea kwa kweli. Alikuwa... katika tabia ya kushauriana horoscope yake mwenyewe kila asubuhi, na kuleta juu ya mwelekeo nk. "Siku moja asubuhi, alikuwa na wasiwasi sana, na ingawa alikuwa na mkutano, hakuenda nje, na karibu saa kumi na moja alitoa saa yake kwa baba yangu, akimwambia ampeleke kwa mtengenezaji wa saa katika Regent Street na kuifanya iwe na wakati wa Greenwich, na kumweleza kwamba kulikuwa na mambo mabaya katika horoscope yake, ambayo ingeanza kufanya kazi dakika chache kabla ya saa kumi na mbili mchana.""" Alikuwa na uhakika sana kuhusu athari mbaya kwamba angeweza si kwenda nje, kuogopa baadhi ya ajali mitaani. Akasema: Huenda nikapigwa na gari, au kamba ya mawe ikaanguka kichwani mwangu. """Hakuwa na uhakika kama maisha yake au mali yake ilikuwa hatarini, lakini aliona katika takwimu kwamba itakuwa ghafla." Tatizo hilo lilitokana na ukweli kwamba athari za sayari Uranus hazikuwa zimeleweka na wanajimu, na msisimko wake uliongezeka wakati ulipokaribia. "Akauliza kama baba alikuwa na uhakika kwamba saa yake ilikuwa imewekwa kwa wakati wa Greenwich na akaomboleza kwamba hakuweza kuendelea na kazi yake.""" Kuketi chini, alisema mara mbili au tatu, 'Mimi kujisikia vizuri kabisa, hakuna kitu kibaya na mimi. Mimi si kwenda kuwa na fit au kitu chochote cha aina hiyo. ' "Basi, akaondoka mahali pake, akamwendea baba yangu, akasema, ""Ni nini hiki?" Wakati umepita. Je, huenda nilifanya kosa fulani katika mahesabu yangu?' Alichukua karatasi na kalamu ya kupitia takwimu tena - wakati huo huo kulikuwa na kilio cha moto kutoka barabarani. Upesi akaandika katika kitabu chake cha unajimu kuhusu athari za Uranus. Nyumba yake ilichomwa moto, mali yake yote iliharibiwa, na kwa bahati mbaya hakuwa na bima... kwa nini, oh kwa nini hatuna vitabu vya Varley? Maswali yetu yote kuhusu Uranus yangejibiwa. Hakuna tarehe iliyotolewa kwa wakati tukio hili lilipotokea na sijaweza kupata matoleo yoyote ya awali ya hadithi hiyo. "Kama tunavyoona, wakati Uranus alianza kuchukua utawala wa Aquarius, maoni ya kwanza ya makubaliano ni katika Raphael "" Astrologer ya karne ya kumi na tisa "" katika 1825. """ Lakini hii ni kidogo vague, na Raphael ni wazi si kabisa kuamini. "Utaalam wa Uranus juu ya Aquarius unaonekana katika kitabu cha Varley cha 1828.""" Kwa hiyo kuna jibu. John Varley aliamua kwamba Uranus alitawala Aquarius mwaka wa 1828. Na labda alichukua bima ya nyumba yake inayofuata. "Kama ni kweli, kwa sababu ya kuonekana kwa njia ya kawaida, ni muhimu sana kuamua kwamba ni nani aliyeweka alama ya kwanza ya Uranus katika astrology, na kwa nini Robert Cross, mwandishi wa mwisho wa Raphael, aliandika katika kitabu chake cha ""Mwongozo wa 1879: Wataalamu wa Astrology, kama sheria, wana Herschel maarufu katika kuzaliwa kwao.""" John Varley aliweka alama hiyo. "Mtazamo wa ""Uranus na Aquarius"" ni muhimu sana kwa sababu ya kuonekana kwa mstari wa juu, lakini kwa sababu ya kuonekana kwa mstari wa chini, unaweza kuamua kuamua kwa njia ya mstari wa chini, kama vile ""Uranus na Aquarius"" au ""Uranus na Aquarius"" (kwa Kiingereza)." Kim inapatikana kwa ajili ya kazi ya maandishi, TV na redio. Tembelea tovuti ya Kimfarnell au barua pepe kwa jina la kwanza.