10/01/2024
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Neptune in Pisces
Neptune rules Pisces. Both have to do with smoke and mirrors, the unconscious and the field of consciousness. It's imagination, ideals, dreams, drugs and illusions. Neptune is the veil and the spirit. The visual that comes to mind when describing this transit is a picture hanging on the wall of Robin Williams' office in the movie Good Will Hunting. The painting is of a churning ocean rocking a little rowboat with one passenger rowing. - alone in the vastness
We have been several years now experiencing neptune in Pisces. Everything, especially beliefs, faith, religion, understanding of the nature of reality - has come into question. Many new ideas and concepts have come into our field of consciousness. Many have gone out with the bath water. Neptune entered Pisces in 2012. The Mayan calendar came to an end that year. Indeed, we might say that it was the end of the world as we knew it then.
That same year, Jupiter was in Gemini, as it is now; saturn and uranus both changed signs, as will happen soon. So there was a similar "things will never be the same" feeling that resonates with current configurations. The extreme Pisces "all at sea" experience struggles with nailing things down, feels uncertain about what is true or who can be trusted. Neptune casts a shroud, causes doubt, deceives, dissolves boundaries, creates rot and dissemination, makes us sleepy, wanting to escape. The higher octave of Neptune is spirit, imagination, dreams - Divine Love, compassion and mysticism. I am inspired to write about neptune in pisces because it has been a long and confusing journey since 2012. There have been many lies, betrayals, mysteries, secrets that have come to the surface. In our little rowboat we see something in the corner of our eye. Is that a whale or a shark? Should we be afraid or thrilled? How do we know what to believe? Wait for it, wait for it...
As neptune traverses the final degrees and minutes of it's home sign, we might want to review this illusory chunk of time and take note of the lessons and realizations it has afforded us. Because, not only is neptune ending its sojourn on home turf, but it is the end of the line on the zodiac wheel. In march 2025, partnered with saturn, neptune will enter the sign of Aries, arriving at the Aries Point. Degree 1 of the zodiac represents the world at large. Aries is the head, the ego, the beginning. It is fire, inspiration, movement and initiation - also conflict and war. Hisorically war, particularly civil, has broken out over a lie, an ideal or belief, often resulting in rebellion, reform, dissolution and new agreements. It doesn't have to be like that. Neptune's teaching is meant to wake us up so that we will initiate a more evolved way of life without fisty-cuffs..
As each planet travels through the houses of our chart, it reveals to us certain aspects of ourselves and our relationship with reality. For example, this transit of neptune in Pisces has occured in my 6th house of health, daily routine and work, including co-workers. I experienced many different versions of neptunian employees. One gave a false name, one suffered from mental illness, one was a drug addict, one was stealing, one was a dreamer,... I'm sure you can think of some recent deceptions in the health department. You might have this transit occuring in your 11th house. That would affect your team/group/community, social media, network, online experience. It would be like a cloud passing over the screen, team members leaving or dying, perhaps misunderstandings, betrayal or deceptions. It could also represent the ultimate Dream Team, granting of wishes, group meditation or putting imaginations together. Isn't Free Will great?
I think that this journey since 2012 has been a journey inward. Our ability to trust has been shaken, established truths and norms turned upside-down. Neptune, like the ocean, can be very, very good or very, very bad. It is hardly ever calm, still, reliable or unchanging. Hopefully, as this long, dreamy transit comes to a close, we can take stock and answer the question: Where is the lighthouse? Where is your port in the storm? Who do you turn to? Who, what or where is your True North? I will tell you some conclusions that i have drawn. In my experience, the universe has demonstrated to me that i create my own reality. Even if we are living in The Truman Show, I can have a good day or a bad day - it's my choice. Nobody knows like my nose.
There is a strong impulse in the collective to go with the flow. AI, the Media and social mores urge us to conform. The individual is asked to sacrifice or compromise. I am hoping that the collective conscious (neptune) in Aries will bring back strong convictions, integrity, leadership, new beginnings that encourage self-awareness, sovereignty and Simplicity. If I haven't made my point, I'm saying trust your gut. Most of what's going through your mind is not you. You are nature. She is your best reflection.
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