Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto: The Impact of the Astrological Outer Planets

by James Burgess, Julia Sophia

Overview

Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto proposes that the three outer planets may be understood as three facets of one consciousness—a Holy Trinity of spiritual qualities: freedom (Uranus), creativity (Neptune), and evolution (Pluto). This teaching is underpinned by the authors’ central innovation: a new midpoint calculation in astrological analysis that encourages a novel way of looking at the outer planets’ transpersonal functions, serving as guidance for individual spiritual practices and self-realization.
 
Providing relevant case studies, the book draws upon Sufi cosmology, as well as Sabian symbols, to broaden and deepen the analysis of the Trinity Point. This is accompanied by a comprehensive transit analysis, listing all major transits of Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, relating to the luminaries and angles. Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto constitutes a practical guide that studies the diversity of life expression at the highest level of sacredness and encourages a novel way of looking at the planet’s transpersonal function.
 
By engaging with these energies consciously, readers can realize their highest spiritual potential.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781633414112
Publisher:	Red Wheel/Weiser
Publication date:	07/06/2026
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208

About the Author

James Burgess is the founder and leader of Sabian Mysteries, a modern training platform for students of the seminal Sabian Symbols work of influential astrologers Marc Edmund Jones and Dane Rudhyar. Currently his work is expressed mostly within his Sabian Alchemy trainings, including teaching videos of contemporary astrological transits. Since 1990, he has led workshops, trainings, and retreats internationally, especially in the Baltic states where he served as the representative of the Sufi Order of the West. He has introduced to various countries such techniques as astrodrama, planetary walks, pathworkings, and Sabian Symbols, using his own innovative teaching methods—which include the Elven Star, a profound study of septiles, and the 7 Words System, a practical cosmology based on Sufism’s 7 Planes of Consciousness. He has self-published Sabian Alchemy, a handbook for students of Sabian Symbols, and Path to Happiness, a Sufi-based approach to life management. He is the founder of the Sacred 7 Academy, an online school teaching astrology, tarot, Sabian Symbols, and Holy Trinity wisdom that launched in September 2024.
 
His nuanced approach to astrology reflects his long-term involvement with the Sufi teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan, which emphasizes a spiritual approach to esoteric studies and the importance of balancing intellect, intuition, and common sense in any legitimate use of astrology. He lives in Ireland. Find him at jamesburgess.com and on YouTube @JamesBurgess.

Julia Sophia is an astrologer, tarot card reader, spiritual teacher, writer, and artist. She holds a BA in liberal arts from Maastricht University and an MSc in medical anthropology, recently graduating with First Class Honors from the University of Oxford. A long-term student of esoteric studies, Julia’s humanistic academic training informs her merged intellectual and intuitive approach to astrology and spirituality. She received her astrology certification from the London Faculty of Astrological Studies, whose alumni have become the world’s leading astrologers (Liz Greene, Melanie Reinhart, and Howard Sasportas), and works at ZenPass, a London-based practitioner community for holistic health and wellbeing. She is the coordinator and a teacher at the Sacred 7 Academy, an online school for astrology, tarot, and magick. She lives in Oxford. Find her at julia-sophia.com and follow her on Instagram @julia_sophia_com.