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 LIBRA 

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 these children were being born much of the civilized world was at war, and everyone was longing for peace. (Think of the popular songs of the period.) When these children grew up they became the "flower power" generation of the late sixties and early seventies. "All you need is love" speaks volumes about the prevailing attitude at this time.

Many people were opting out of society and experimenting with drugs and a totally relaxed lifestyle, unrealistic, easy, all very beautiful, all very harmonious and peaceful, but also all entirely impractical! One does not have to be a very advanced astrologer to couple the influence of peace-loving Libra with the self-deception and illusory influences of Neptune.

This is a very critical placing and influence. Those with Libra rising are most vulnerable to Neptune. Consider closely whether Neptune is in the first or twelfth house. Reread Neptune through the Houses, and if Neptune conjuncts the Ascendant make careful note of that influence also.

If Libra is not a prominent sign, however, and Neptune isn't personalized, its influence will not be very strong in the chart, but it does give additional sympathy and kindness. In a chart that indicates the individual is rather laidback and perhaps slightly lazy or lacking in self-confidence, the influence will strengthen these attitudes - sometimes causing the subject to slip into a sybaritic lifestyle.

 

Astrology, the Divine Science

 

Mindfire