Also called Ouranos, Caelus (Roman).
Their story
Gaia bore Uranus, the starry sky, to cover her on every side. Together they had the Titans, the Cyclopes and the Hundred-Handers, but Uranus hated his children and pushed them back into the earth. Gaia made a sickle and Kronos cut off his father, and from the drops of blood came the Erinyes, Giants and ash-tree nymphs, and from the sea foam rose Aphrodite.
Best times to give to them
- On clear nights under the open sky
- When contemplating the order of the cosmos
What they like being given
- Incense rising into the open air
- A few words spoken aloud to the sky
How to honour them
- Spend time looking at the night sky, the body of Uranus in myth.
- Reflect on the story's warning: holding children down leads to rebellion.
How they can help you
- A sense of wonder
- Reflecting on fathers and power
Symbols
- starry dome
- sickle (of his downfall)
Uranus had almost no cult; he was a figure of cosmology rather than worship.
Sources
- Hesiod, Theogony 126-210