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 SAGITTARIUS 

Neptune, the second of the "modern" planets, takes 146 years to complete its journey round 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.

Due to the powerful relationship between Neptune and Jupiter (through Neptune's rulership of Pisces, over which Jupiter traditionally ruled), and because this is heightened by Neptune's journey through the Jupiter sign of Sagittarius, we can expect much that is idealistic, hopeful and positive from this generation. Neptune works well here, and there is a natural ability to distinguish right from wrong.

While these younger people will have to be tough to cope with the demands of life in the early part of the twenty-first century, they have a kind, sympathetic, idealistic, hopeful side which is both optimistic and enthusiastic. 

One emerging indication which could relate to this placing is a growing inclination to vegetarianism. This can be equated with a general love and sympathy for animals - a common Sagittarian characteristic.

If Sagittarius is prominent there may very well be leadership potential.

 

Astrology, the Divine Science

 

Mindfire