I wrote the fol­low­ing about this event in the overview for 2011 on Jan­u­ary 17 :

Just as with Jupiter, we have already had a taste of Uranus in Aries in 2010. Now the plan­et of inde­pen­dence, orig­i­nal­i­ty and inven­tive­ness moves into the first sign to stay for 7 years. The pre­vi­ous swing through Aries occurred from 1928 to 1934. Now that may look a lit­tle omi­nous to some, but there were many oth­er fac­tors con­tribut­ing to the social and eco­nom­ic dis­rup­tions that took place then. 

Uranus in Aries brings about sig­nif­i­cant advances in sci­ence and tech­nol­o­gy. There is an urgency and eager­ness to make new begin­nings in many aspects of life. The pace of life quick­ens, but impa­tience will also be stoked. The rise of pro­gres­sive lead­ers and move­ments advo­cat­ing change will go head to head with the old order as Uranus and Plu­to line up with one anoth­er from 2012–2015.

What I would like to add is:

Aries is about begin­nings, ini­ti­a­tion and what I call the art of “pres­ence” in your life. You have devel­oped masks (per­sonas) to inter­act with the var­i­ous realms of your life. You are always who you are, but you cer­tain­ly call upon and express dif­fer­ent qual­i­ties and tem­pera­ments depend­ing upon whom you are inter­act­ing with at any one time.

Uranus in Aries is the her­ald of a new world era. It calls upon you to re-exam­ine, revise and renew your personas/masks. You can no longer rely upon, or rest upon the old way of being in the world. You are at the thresh­old of a new world and you must meet it with eager­ness, alert­ness and renewed pur­pose­ful­ness. This is the gift of Uranus in Aries, the gift of new beginnings.

An age is end­ing.… An age is begin­ning.… Spir­it moves to pro­vide a way, remind­ing you of your pow­er to re-imag­ine your­self and your world.

Now remem­ber.… Beat­en Paths are for Beat­en Souls. Now is the Time for Trailblazers!