posted March 28, 2009 10:46 PM         

It's the planet that puts rose colored glasses on you and makes you more susceptible to being deceived as it transits and aspects your personal planets. Then when it's over, I think hopefully clarity comes back. So what is it supposed to teach you exactly. Not to be so unrealistic and subject to duped, when it's the one that made us vulnerable in the first place?

posted March 28, 2009 11:22 PM         

The positive way to use Neptune is inspiration,compassion,selfless service,healing

The negative way to use Neptune is being drunk,using drugs,deception,confusion

it really depends on what a person chooses to do with the Neptune energy

Neptune energy is very strong in me
Moon in Pisces
Moon square Neptune
Mercury parallel Neptune
Venus parallel Neptune
Mars square Neptune
Jupiter conjunct Neptune
Saturn oppose/contraparallel Neptune
Uranus semisquare Neptune
Neptune sextile Pluto
Mercury conjunct Sun/Neptune midpoint
Moon oppose Saturn/Neptune midpoint
Sun conjunct Neptune/Pluto midpoint in Right Ascension
Moon oppose Neptune/Midheaven midpoint in Right Ascension

so I am always getting Neptune's life lessons. I choose to swim and not to sink.
I believe that it fits with my neurodivergence(Dyslexia,Dyspraxia,ADHD) in regards to my ultrasensitivity,my rightbrained strengths which interferes with my leftbrained functioning,being rightbrained in a leftbrained society. Of course, being so hard to pin down that I get misunderstood by a lot of neurotypicals (normal neurological processing)which include misdiagnoses.

right now, transiting Neptune is conjuncting my Mars and paralleling my Sun. In Right Ascension,transiting Neptune is squaring my Neptune.

I am getting more and more into a spiritual path. I see a shaman weekly for healing,and I go to Spiritual Life Center every Wednesday and Sunday. I am also getting more into the healing arts including going to Essential Oils meetups.

Neptune's transits can manifest in all kinds of ways that fit with the Neptune symbolism.

Raymond

posted March 29, 2009 12:44 PM         

Neptune: Spiritual Awakening
Learn the lessons of the planet
by Cortney Litwin

Neptune can be your greatest source of enlightenment or your greatest personal challenge. It all depends on how you respond to this mystical (and mystifying) planet. Neptune is your spiritual connection to your Higher Power, but it also rules drugs, escapism, denial and deception. How confounding! Let's delve into Neptune's watery depths to clarify the planet's role in our lives.

With its subtle, ethereal energy, Neptune bestows great empathy, psychic ability and the desire to merge with the Divine. Psychics, ministers, medical professionals, artists (and con artists) often have Neptune strongly placed in their charts.

If you are in-sync with Neptune, you probably sense unseen forces around you. These forces may be spirits in the afterlife, negative vibes from someone you just met, or your relationship with your Higher Power. Additionally, compassion is probably one of your strongest values.

At its most powerful, Neptune can send you to the heights of spiritual bliss - or artistic inspiration. That's right, Neptune is also the planet of divine inspiration. Great artists have Neptune prominent in their charts, which gives them the ability to "channel" spiritual energies from other dimensions for their work.

This brings up something you may have wondered about - why do artists often suffer from chaotic personal lives and substance abuse? It's no coincidence that the planet of artistic inspiration also rules drugs, delusions and disillusionment. These Neptunian elements are often bound together with disastrous results (think Vincent van Gogh cutting off part of his ear and, finally, committing suicide). Neptune can make you exquisitely sensitive. As such, the desire to escape the challenges of everyday life can be a seductive temptation. Denial and a lack of boundaries is often part of the problem as well. Simply put, it's not easy living on the material plane with such an ethereal planet guiding your life. Still, Neptune offers tremendous gifts.

One compelling example of someone with a strong Neptune is President Barack Obama. He has a Sun-Neptune affliction, actually. Since the Sun is a masculine influence, and Neptune dissolves boundaries, Obama's challenge growing up was establishing his identity as a man without having a father in his life. What's more, having a mixed racial heritage meant he had to find his racial identity as well. More recently, Neptune can be seen in his efforts to dissolve the boundaries that keep people apart, like striving for a bipartisan agreement for the stimulus package. Not an easy task, to be sure, but a worthy Neptune goal nonetheless.

So how does one work with this illusive planet? The best way to handle Neptune is to embrace your spiritual life while staying grounded. Balance is the key. After all, most of us have to work and pay the bills. On the other hand, if you get too caught up in the material world, Neptune may come knocking on your door in the form of an illness or job lay-off to remind you that nothing is permanent - and to remind you to look inward for answers. Neptune may rule denial, but its energy won't be denied, either.

Developing your spirituality through meditation and dream analysis can promote a healthy relationship with Neptune. You can also take some quiet time each day to strengthen the connection to your HIgher Power. Also, staying in touch with your feelings, facing problems head-on and limiting your substance intake (no surprise there!) will help with clarity. Neptune is also associated with therapy, another excellent tool for living a healthy life.

Perhaps most importantly, Neptune helps us realize that we're all connected, and that the material plane is just a stepping stone on our spiritual path.
http://www.californiapsychics.com/articles/Newsletter/3233/Neptune_Spiritual_Awaken ing.aspx

I can relate to President Barack Obama in regards being son of white woman and black man, growing up without my biological father,and having to find my racial identity(choosing to identify as multiracial and reject the one drop rule). I feel that my multiracial ancestry and my neurodivergence are actually the main factors in my idealism,my belief that there should be unity and universal love.

My progressed Sun was conjunct my natal Neptune in Sagittarius in 3rd at the time of my maternal grandfather's suicide that was a spiritual catalyst for me and got me into New Age,started believing in reincarnation,believed in God again but in pantheistic way,metaphysical stuff,Astrology

posted March 29, 2009 02:26 PM         

Neptune is part of a stellium in my 2nd house in Scorpio (Sun, Mercury & Neptune).

Aspects to Neptune in my chart:

Neptune sextile Pluto orb +1°29'
Uranus sextile Neptune orb +1°00'
Mercury conjunction Neptune orb +8°08'
Neptune semi-square Ascendant orb -0°14'
Neptune semi-square Midheaven orb -0°57'
Mars semi-sextile Neptune orb +0°17'

I am very sensitive to negative vibes more often than not I try to counter those feelings by projecting a positive vibe and getting to the root cause of the negative energy that I am sensing. I have also embraced astrology more so in the past year, as a away to lay a foundation to higher sense of self and others that I interact with.

I do wonder though if Neptune’s lessons are meant to be realized in the later years of our lives as we gain more sense of self and life experience/lessons? This could perhaps explain why some have yet to see Neptune’s meaning. Just my thoughts on the topic.

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Sun: Scorpio
Moon: Capricorn
Ascendant: Libra

posted April 01, 2009 10:38 AM         

Neptune is going to transit through my 7th house for the next 12 years! Aiyyaaaa! Can anyone give any advice for keeping grounded, and clear during this transit, so I don't end up with someone thinking he's the perfect man, meanwhile he's really some con artist or even worse....

posted April 01, 2009 10:44 AM         

the main thing about Neptune is that it's an outerplanet, and so it's metaphysically oriented and transpersonal. It's more about the collective,and so not focus on personal things. in the 7th house, the focus on
others.

Robert Hand says that Neptune has an ego denying effect.

posted April 01, 2009 01:30 PM         

I have Neptune in the 7th natally, so I have definitely experienced the effects of this although for me it's like a permanent transit.

My experience of it has been falling in love with men who have Neptune conjunct their Ascendants (and one with a Pisces Ascendant). I often projected on to them who I wished they would be and they, in turn, tried to become that person for me. Very much an illusion vs. reality experience.

I think the best way to move through a transit like this one is to be clear on what your 'other' values are: What are you looking for in a partner? What are your deal-breakers? And most importantly, know who you are. Also, use Neptune energy to become more in touch with your intuition which will help you to determine if someone is truly right for you or if you are projecting on to them.

posted April 02, 2009 11:46 AM         

I have just been through a ton of Saturn transits the past few years, teaching me discipline, and the importance of being grounded and solid in the practical and tangible. It has made me look at life more seriously, and has geared my focus towards creating some stability, something I haven't had for a long time.
Then here comes Neptune....trying to show me about the mystical, and intangible in this world, and teach me to trust my feelings and intuition??? Talk about a 180 turn!

Thank you Glaucus, for putting my mind at ease about Neptune in the 7th House. I keep reading things like "You will get involved with a con artist, or fraud who will lie and deceive you..." etc, etc.. And all the information out there about self deceit as well. This scares me quite a bit as I am really naive and can be stupid enough as it is without all these Neptune transits.. (my natal moon is in tight opposition to my natal Neptune)

MVM, I do keep a dream dictionary, but have never really used it to gain any insight. Do you find that your dreams predict, or have the ability to tell you something?

Amowls, "the beauty of feeling" what's that? Honestly speaking, other than the obvious feelings of sadness, anger, loneliness, laughter, etc...I don't really know how to sit there and just "feel". I don't know if that's attributed to having absolutely no water in my chart, or it stems from all my Saturn, that I don't trust in things that are not solid, and tangible. To me, feelings are fleeting, ethereal things that can change at any moment. I don't trust them. I do believe in intuition though, but I have trouble discerning whether the intuition is based on reality, or just paranoia. How do you just sit there and "feel". It's an alien concept to me. LOL!

Love, thank you for putting Neptune transits and energies in "Saturn" terms for me, so I can understand it better! LOL! You make a great point, as to how Saturn and Neptune can be used together, so that I can enjoy romance, and the wonderful qualities of Neptune, but keep grounded using Saturns principles and holding onto my values as a "touch base" point, so I don't get carried off into Neverland.
I just want to make sure I can keep my feet on the ground during this transit and not get manipulated, or deceived, whether by myself or some other person.

posted April 03, 2009 12:43 AM         

TNeptune was in my 2nd, opp my natal 8th house Sun.

For the first time, I was attracted to someone who did not return my feelings. I mean, and I REALLY thought we would be together. I genuinely believed that, like some unattractive, mentally ill, deluded stalker. In the past, whenever I had the sense I would connect with someone that way, we did. Other weird stuff happened in terms of how I perceived how other people perceived me too...really strange, hard-to-read stuff.

posted April 03, 2009 01:07 AM         

The only major neptune transit I can remember though is the soft one that trined my venus; definitely had unrealistic romantic hopes back then ( I was a teenager though so go figure).

posted April 03, 2009 01:30 PM         

Last couple of years it has conjuncted my sun and venus, now it,s conjunct sun/moon midpoint while jupiter is on top of my sun. And I feel jupiters luck is wasted because I can't snap myself out of this fog. I'm so mad at myself!

posted April 03, 2009 01:43 PM         

I'm having Neptune conj my Asc; I feel so lost, so weak, so hopeless; the little ambition I had is gone. even my body is frail; and so is my will; my life energy.

And I can't help feeling that this is going to ruin everything for me; this is a very imp year, I need to 'prove myself' in ways that will have a lot of weight on my future career and life!

I'm finaly doing something I'm good at and finaly doing something that fits with my natal Neptune conj MC - and all of a sudden I can't do it anymore. I;m tired all the time. Confused. Weak. And all my work for the past 3 years will go down the drain. And why? what's the gain?

I was already ashamed of how much money I made while others starve. How will it serve anyone if I starve too? Ambition is quite useful cos even spiritiual things or helping others requires some.