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| Combined color and near-infrared image of Neptune by the Hubble Space Telescope. |
As the Sun approaches Neptune proceeding its ingress into
Pisces, we may be feeling a strong urge to drift in more ethereal realms. Artistic
and creative inspiration is highlighted alongside a pronounced psychic and
intuitive sensitivity. It's easy to feel overwhelmed, to feel the urge to
withdraw into your own intimate chasm. Neptune is a beacon of inspiration but
can equally tempt us to "check out" through drug or alcohol
consumption. As always, moderation is the key.
Drift into this Solar/Neptunian conjunction with a certain
level of consciousness. Exact on Sunday, February 23, the Sun and Neptune
conjunction will be felt in the days before and after their precise rendezvous.
Gather from these freely flowing wells of imagination and creative vision,
quench your spiritual and visionary thirst. Neptune is a transcendental force
that takes us beyond the mundane, crystallizing ideals into concrete and
palpable constructs.
When Neptune touches us, we can become a vessel of higher
energies--a mediator of physical and spiritual realities. But its presence is
often confusing, mysterious and difficult to fully grasp consciously. When
working with Neptune, it’s important to have a firm handle of reality, to stay
grounded and centered within yourself. The next several days are far more conducive
for abstract and subjective pursuits. Trying to pin down facts or attempting to
deal with purely mundane material will prove difficult.
Our mind is elsewhere, floating in ethereal space. With
Neptune so active in the collective psyche, we’re looking for larger and all-encompassing
experiences or universal truths. Pisces, the end of the tropical zodiac cycle,
symbolizes the apotheosis of conscious experience. At the end of the journey
through the 12 signs we've reached a reflective state and a sense of having
seen it all. In Pisces, we’re looking for something more, something often undefinable.
Mercury’s retrograde cycle, still going strong yet winding
down, pulls us backward in time. Creative projects we may have put aside may
suddenly reemerge, inviting us to bring them to completion or a more perceptible
state. Familiar spiritual encounters with the unknown may break through the
cracks of the veil separating dimensions. This is a moment calling for more
awareness and sensitivity to the external and internal environment.
Use this time to connect with something just beyond your
reach. It’s not every day that we experience such openness and fluidity with
the world around us. As the Sun and Neptune meet, we’re encouraged to drift
softly and freely through each passing moment. Subtle sense impressions are
stronger and more ubiquitous than usual. As the barriers between each of us
momentarily melt into a Piscean/Neptunian glaze, see reality with a renewed
sense of vision; but keep at least one foot on the group, lest you float away,
carried by the ethereal stream.