Uranus in Taurus: What Is the Price of Freedom?

Someone told me a story once about a rich business man who struck up a conversation with a woman on a plane.

They talked about money. He impressed her with his wealth, and he asked her, "Would you sleep with me for a million dollars?"

She thought about it for a minute and said, “Yes.”

He smirked, "Would you sleep with me for fifteen dollars?"

Offended, she refused and said, "Do you really think I can be bought?"

"I know you can be bought," he said. "We're just haggling over the price."

How Much Is Your Time Worth?

Recently, I've been reading the book Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki.

It is not my usual reading. At all. I went to a business-focused school for undergrad and had to take two economics classes, and I hated every minute of it.

I have always had a thing with money. Deep down, I know that I hate money because I've never really learned how to think about it properly.

After reading John Beckett's blog post about Pagans and money, I wanted to do something about it.

Rich Dad, Poor Dad was recommended by a successful businesswoman as a good starter book, so I got a copy. I’m not interested in becoming a “rich man” like the book claims you should, but I wanted to know how a wealthy investor raised by middle class parents thinks about money.

The book uses personal stories from Kiyosaki’s life to illustrate the concepts he's trying to teach. Most of the stories come from when he was a child, learning about money from his friend's rich dad. The rich dad teaches experientially, so he puts the two boys to work in his store for ten cents an hour.

Eventually, Kiyosaki gets irritated and insists on being treated better, and the rich dad tells him that his anger is teaching him a valuable lesson. His time is precious beyond value. No amount of money is really fair compensation for his time.

Uranus in Taurus: How Much Do You Have to Be Paid to Give Up Your Values?

In the June 2021 Forecast Episode of the Astrology Podcast, Austin Coppock talked about the labor issues that have come up because of the pandemic. Astrologically, Uranus the planet of freedom is in Taurus the sign of value, so the time is right for people to ask themselves how much they value their freedom.

People have had a year at home with their families, either working from home or because they're out of work, and that time has given them the opportunity to reflect on what's most important for them. Having had the experience of having things they value, they are thinking carefully about how much giving that up is worth to them.

Some are refusing to go back to work. Some are quitting their jobs instead of going back into the office.

It is like society is having the conversation the man and woman on the plane had. How much are your values and your freedom worth to you? How much do you have to be paid to give them up?

Kiyosaki argues that most people have a price for which they'll give up their freedom, and so the obvious prediction is that society will eventually settle on a new answer to the question of what a person's time is worth. This will become the new de facto (or actual) minimum wage.

The truth is that most people are making choices with competing values:

Is your freedom worth more than the opportunity to give your children a good education?

Is your freedom worth more than your ability to pay your hospital bills?

Is your freedom worth more than the ability to buy a home in a safe neighborhood?

One of the keys to creating a just society is building a world in which those questions are irrelevant, where people don't have to choose between freedom and education, healthcare, or basic safety.

Until then, we are left with Uranus’s question: What is your price?

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