It’s rather Neptunian out there right now. To an astrologer, this is akin to saying ‘It’s pouring!’, or ‘The snow is really coming down’.
Planet Profiles
Each planet has unique qualities that contribute to the prevailing mood, much like the weather influences mindset and possibilities. If it’s wet or snowing heavily, you might stay closer to home, cook warmer foods or bundle up.
When it’s all Neptunian out there – usually when other planets aspect or trigger Neptune in Pisces – it’s time to feel or intuit your way forward. You might need time in a bath or the ocean, as water is so helpful for soothing the emotional and energetic overwhelm that Neptune can create. Having the water on your skin can help you come back into your body, and acts to ground you in the physical world.
Key Concepts
This is the planet of the oceans, of floods and of passion. It’s not the planet of reality or responsibility, so making hard and fast decisions may be tricky today, similar to how going for a run becomes a slippery affair in a thunderstorm.
Your Neptune survival tips includes exposure to:
– water
– music
Both help soothe the soul and calm the spirit. Each, in its own way, helps cleanse your energy, which can operate in a hyper or OTT way under Neptune’s intuitive influence. Meditation, and other quiet, alone reflective practices also help.
Why Use Them
You may need these Neptune survival tips simply because the cosmos is all about this planet right now, or you may be born with a dominant Neptune and will benefit by making them part of your regular self care. In addition, you might be in a Neptune transit or progression, and need to incorporate more for a certain time.
Neptune is dominant in your chart if:
– you have the Sun, Moon or Asc conjunct or in square/opposition aspect to Neptune
– your ascendant ruling planet is conjunct or in square/opposition aspect to Neptune
– Neptune is conjunct an angle in your birth chart
You are in a Neptune transit if:
– you have planets or chart points near the middle of the mutable signs, from 16 – 18 degrees of Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius or Pisces, which means you will be receiving a Neptune transit in 2019.
You are in a Neptune progression if: (for advanced readers!)
– your progressed ascendant, MC, Sun, Moon or ascendant ruling planet are making an aspect to your natal Neptune
How do you handle Neptune?