posted February 02, 2018 10:24 AM            

Why is Neptune considered a feminine planet when it's named after... a god?

I see why Venus and Moon are feminine planets. But why Neptune?

And also, why does Neptune mean the way it does? Saturn, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Moon, Sun, and Venus all have meanings that relate to their god/goddesses meaning but.. what's going on with Neptune, and even Uranus or Pluto?

posted February 02, 2018 11:58 AM            

Don't know if there is a specific person to credit for this, but generally modern astrology has a lineage of concepts through the esotericists, theosophists, Dane Rudhyar, Alan Leo, and more recently Liz Greene and Robert Hand.

Astrology has come to us in the west through a Greek rendering of Egyptian and Arabian astrology -- not always accurately. So there are occasionally some adjustments that have to be made in the notion of gods/goddesses, masculine/feminine associations with the planets. For millennia there has been a steady male bias through virtually all areas of society. Literature, history, mythology are no exceptions.

posted February 02, 2018 05:26 PM            

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Originally posted by diamondbaby:
Because it is related to Pisces and the 12th house.

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where was that relation found?

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Originally posted by Lalafortunaea:
Just think of it (the God/Neptune) as Poseidon's twin sister, Poseida, the mermaid. :P

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or Amphitrite haha

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Originally posted by Kannon McAfee:
This is a modern development, because after its discovery modern astrologers noticed that it holds a more feminine energy as the higher octave of Venus, both resonating to the blue part of the color spectrum. Just as Uranus is the higher octave of Mercury (in spite both being described as male in the mythology), both being neuter (androgenous) in their energies, so planets can be either masculine or feminine. Pluto is the higher octave of Mars, both masculine, and both resonating to the red part of the color spectrum.

Don't know if there is a specific person to credit for this, but generally modern astrology has a lineage of concepts through the esotericists, theosophists, Dane Rudhyar, Alan Leo, and more recently Liz Greene and Robert Hand.

Astrology has come to us in the west through a Greek rendering of Egyptian and Arabian astrology -- not always accurately. So there are occasionally some adjustments that have to be made in the notion of gods/goddesses, masculine/feminine associations with the planets. For millennia there has been a steady male bias through virtually all areas of society. Literature, history, mythology are no exceptions.

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How did they see that?