“cowboy core” through the lens of uranus in gemini
transit: uranus in gemini
timing: july 7 - november 7, 2025;
then again april 2026 - may 2033
themes: disruption, sudden events, revolution, upheavals especially regarding communication, intellect, questioning known patterns or approaches + getting to the why
we're living through extremely uncertain times, ruled by chaos and conflict;
and as americans find themselves at deepening odds over a shared vision of the perfect future for their country, perhaps there becomes a romanticization of the idea of the "cowboy," a singularly + universally accepted symbol of americana.
what we know as "western wear" is evocative of the style of dressing that first popularized in post-civil war expansion, during a previous epoch of a uranus in gemini transit that happens every 84 years.
at that time, the practicality + uniformality of “cowboy” garments served not just looks, but purpose; durability meant to hold up through western frontier exploration.
as of july 7, uranus, the planet of rebellion, has re-entered the zodiac sign of gemini, ruler of the mind;
a transit symbolized by sudden societal shifts, change, and reformations of individuality and freedom.
the return of this transit in 2025 is actively re-shaping a seasons-long western wear trend.
iterations of this trend starting in 2021 were shaped by post-lockdown domestic road trip adventure married with a desire for shine, glitz, + i’m finally out of the house, look at me!, for years focused on novel + kitschy go-west dressing.
however, the evolution of this cycle has certainly come to carry a decidedly more serious tone.
uranus in gemini 2025 has brought a reclamation to holding a shared vision of nationality through a not-so-subtle fashion “trend;”
if a cowboy is what we all know to be as “american,” a universal truth,then what identity does that figure hold?
what does a cowboy look like? who gets to be one? maybe most importantly: who gets to decide?
if we think of cowboy dressing in its origin as an iteration of uniform meant for exploration, practical in its nature, durable, protection as a purpose, while also signaling an identity of who that purpose was in favor of, what they were meant to do...
ahem, “manifest destiny”
then we can expect as we watch this “trend” continue to evolve, to ground + anchor itself in the most traditional expression of aesthetic;
then it is less about the dressing itself + more about the diversity of who is claiming that as uniform.
to question an unfulfilled promise of a national identity by reclamation in dressing, with our borders as the frontiers we must explore, to understand, to participate in a cultural exchange; that somehow through by adopting uniformity we are also expressing resistance.
consider that as beyoncé headlined a tour as "cowboy carter," herself exploring new frontiers while disrupting the paradigm of the "cowboy" and becoming the first Black woman to win a best country album award at the grammys.
rumors continue that her anticipated act iii release will potentially see her challenge another trope of americana: rock n roll.
(should any of this feel like a reach, it is not lost on this forecaster that beyoncé’s july 7 tour date just happened to land her in washington, dc;
mrs. carter certainly has an astrologer on the payroll.)
