NEPTUNE

Neptune's is the second sphere or step in the process of going beyond Saturn. While Uranus may represent an opportunity to go beyond convention, Neptune refers to the almost bewildering array of new possibilities we encounter once we have. The new circumstances Neptune symbolizes are those of a realm of universality, where all forces, things and acts are interrelated and interconnected.

Neptune's is thus the sphere where what to us is non-ordinary consciousness operates, a realm of psychic phenomena or of 'altered states.' These may be spontaneous, sought after by years of preparation, or merely drug-induced. In contrast to daily reality, the realm of Neptune may seem either unreal and illusionary or 'realer than real.' This is the source of Neptune's association with confusion and deception. Of course one may be confused when experiencing an utterly new and unfamiliar realm in which things may not be what they seem...

But the real danger with Neptune is self-deception, of seeing and believing what we desperately want to be so, rather than accepting as valid - at least for ourselves and for the time being - whatever our deepest feelings and intuition honestly know.

Neptune operates most positively when we allow the experiences it brings to de-condition our minds and habitual responses from taking things for granted. Then, in a new light, we may intuit a more compelling, transcendent set of truths, and experience ourselves more fully as manifestations of universal love.

 

Leyla Rael
 
NEPTUNE IN LEO 

Neptune, the second of the “modern planets, takes 146 years to complete its journey around the Sun and through all 12 signs of the zodiac, staying in each for about 14 years. Neptune works on two levels. Its influence as it travels through the sky is on everyday life, but it also emerges as a mass influence on the lifestyles of people born into each of its generations.

While Neptune was traveling through Leo the accent was on the development and power of the movies. The great silent films were being made and, especially as times were hard (this period includes the misery of the First World War and its economic aftermath, plus the financial depression beginning in 1929), the masses sought and enjoyed escape into this wonderful make-believe world, which lifted them straight out of the grim reality they were experiencing in their daily lives.

This placing of Neptune confers glamour and a sense of drama, and also enhances creative work. The emotional flow is positive and spiced with a lively enthusiasm.

If the planet is personalized and positively aspected, the subject is well blessed, and will probably have imaginative and creative potential. An interest in art is quite a common attribute, and the individual may also have an above-average talent and particular flair for photography.

 

Astrology, the Divine Science

 

Mindfire