posted January 31, 2016 09:09 PM            

I'm terrible with this type of thing, because my artistic expression has been hampered for a number of years now, and is sporadic at best.

But, well...I mean...Neptune, and stuff.

posted January 31, 2016 09:19 PM            

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Originally posted by Violets:
Man, no one has responded yet!

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Except for yoooouuu!!

I have found that Neptune transits lately have helped me to enjoy certain things more. Like now, I appreciate reading and music a lot more. But for some reason, I found that when Saturn first shifted from Scorpio to Sag, I had lost that love and spark a little.

What type of creative things do you do?

posted January 31, 2016 09:40 PM            

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Originally posted by cchampliss2:

What type of creative things do you do?

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I *do* all kinds of things, lol.
What I'm reasonably good at is photography (not as good as many people I know, but I'm tolerable).

I paint occasionally, but I'm easily frustrated with it.
If I took up writing again it would probably be therapeutic. But for now, mostly just photography when I have time.

Edit.
There are some ridiculous things that I'm really good at, that don't have much use other than being kind of therapeutic, heh.

Calligraphy and cross-stitching, lol.

And, if I didn't have a family and stuff, this would probably be hanging on my wall already (not that the people I know do coke, but because I find it ridiculously hilarious).

posted January 31, 2016 09:45 PM            

What kind of photography "do" you "do"?

LOL.

posted January 31, 2016 10:05 PM            

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Originally posted by Violets:

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posted January 31, 2016 10:06 PM            

Photography is cool for me, because I can do nature or abstract.

A couple of my favorites are one of the Yo-Yo ride at a carnival, and the center was a clown head. When I took the picture, all of the lights blurred together a bit, and the sky was twilight. It turned out really cool in a way that I hadn't intended, and my husband later had it blown up and framed as a Christmas present.

Another one was taken at what I am guessing was an abandoned farm worker's cabin, in the middle of an empty field.
The screen door had come off, and the wooden frame for it was just laying in the tall grass. The grass had grown up around it and inside of it, so it looked rather surreal.

I couldn't get a great angle on that picture, but I still like it.

posted January 31, 2016 10:08 PM            

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Originally posted by cchampliss2:
This is gold right here.

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I'm glad I'm not the only person with an absurd sense of humor. It's difficult to pull something like that off when you have kids, and family coming over for Christmas, and stuff.

posted January 31, 2016 10:14 PM            

I'd love to see these photos someday, if you're willing to share.

I used to do photography as well. I did both 35mm and medium format film for a long time and of course moved over to digital. I haven't had the time lately but more and more, I look at my camera sitting on the shelf. Just winking at me.

posted January 31, 2016 10:18 PM            

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Originally posted by cchampliss2:

Do you have any favorite photographers?

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William Eggleston is definitely my favorite. What about you?

And I know what you mean, about time. I haven't had time to take any decent pictures for at least a year, so the past year or so is all on my phone.

posted January 31, 2016 10:24 PM            

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Originally posted by Violets:
William Eggleston is definitely my favorite. What about you?

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Man, I love Eggleston.

Keith Carter. He's very Neptunian to me.
You gotta check him out Violets!

posted January 31, 2016 10:30 PM            

I think it'd be helpful to pinpoint the "source" of your creativity. Like what makes you tick? For me, it comes out when I'm very emotionally charged. In my chart, the moon is a sensitive spot, so from my experience, transits that involve my moon often bring very dramatic emotions that spill out and take shape in my works.

Tr uranus going back and forth on my moon. Tr jupiter trine my moon. These two have been very inspiring.

posted January 31, 2016 11:00 PM            

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Originally posted by cchampliss2:
Man, I love Eggleston.

Keith Carter. He's very Neptunian to me.
You gotta check him out Violets!

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posted January 31, 2016 11:10 PM            

Makes me sort of wary. When saturn goes into capricorn it probably will shake up my entire chart.

posted January 31, 2016 11:30 PM            

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Originally posted by 12muddy:
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Oh and mars is also in scorpio now. If it aspects your NN, it could also be part of the reason why you've been feeling it lately.

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posted February 01, 2016 09:42 AM            

Moon in Leo, conjunct Saturn (flair for acting, onstage performance with that moon; Saturn gives the ability to make creative ideas concrete in the real world)

Sun-moon midpoint in late Libra (Libra being ruled by Venus and also associated with the arts).

Venus conjunct midheaven (prominent Venus - the arts, again)

posted February 01, 2016 11:52 AM            

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Originally posted by Electro DGX:
I'm not entirely sure on what aspects add to creative/artistic expression, but since I'm an electronic musician, I thought I might drop off some of my personal planetary aspects.

I have a Mars-Neptune Square
Jupiter in Pisces in the 5th
Leo N.N. in the 10th
Aquarius Stellium (if that somehow contributes)(Merc, Neptune, Sun, Uranus and Venus)
Mercury-Neptune Conjunction
Moon Trine Sun, Mercury, Uranus and Neptune
Mars in Scorpio
Leo Midheaven

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posted February 01, 2016 12:16 PM            

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Originally posted by cchampliss2:

Whoa! That's quite the list there. So, have you ever felt stifled at all creatively and looked at any transits that may be affecting that?

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I don't look at transits too often, but I know that the transit Neptune in Pisces is squaring my Gemini Moon

It doesn't really stifle my creativity though. Usually I'll go into patterns where I'm super productive and then there's a long period of silence, until my next track comes out and I'm shooting stuff out again. Jupiter is also in an Opposition to my natal Jupiter, so things may be a bit screwy.

If I do become stifled, I usually take a break and do something entirely unrelated, such as playing video games or writing. I haven't really looked at any transits that might be affecting these stifles however, so I'm uninformed lol.

I do know that my natal Neptune is at the end of a T-Square with Mars and Saturn opposing each other. This probably causes a lot of creative tension, since I always feel like I can be more creative than I currently am.