On April 4, 2011, Neptune quietly slipped into Pisces for the first time in a century and a half. I say quietly because Neptune’s arrival didn’t pack the punch of Pluto’s entry into Capricorn nor Uranus’s into Aries. No, gossamer Neptune transitioned into Pisces like a gentle breeze announcing a shift in the direction of the weather. You’d be forgiven for not noticing.
Don’t be fooled by Neptune’s hazy nature; this transit is a big deal not only because of the length of its 14-year trip through Pisces, but because no one alive has experienced Neptune in Pisces. You’d have to go back to 1847 to 1862, when Neptune was last there, a time that correlated with the rise of photography and spiritualism as well as deeper social awareness around substance abuse via the temperance movement and the introduction of opium and other narcotics. These are all Neptunian concepts — an image snatched from the ether and fixed into form via a chemical process; and a peering beyond the veil via mediums and seances; the use or abstinence of alcohol and drugs.
So what can we expect during this transit? Well, one of the main concepts behind Neptune is a dissolving of boundaries. When Neptune was in Aquarius, we saw a dissolving of boundaries between individuals in the collective via the likes of Facebook and other social media. Now with Neptune in Pisces we can expect a dissolving of boundaries between individuals and spirit, the physical world and the non physical world. As more and more people potentially experience awakenings, psychic phenomena may become less fringe. Neptune also teaches compassion and we are learning lessons over this period on what it truly means to open our hearts.
One can’t explore the high minded, rose colored glasses side of Neptune without acknowledging the darker side of Neptune, a planet that can speak to drunkenness and illusions as much as it does spiritual visions. With Neptune in Pisces, we have to look at where we are not in reality, where we’re disengaging, hiding, or even numbing ourselves. If fact we may be struggling with a world that, at times, feels like it’s living in a fantasy.
Ultimately, Neptune is the planet of universality, which is to say, it helps us understand experiences and emotions that are part of the experience of living. Neptune opens us up and makes us feeling everything. And the world doesn’t feel so small when we realize that someone on the other side of the world is feeling the exact same thing we are.
More Neptunian/Piscean Concepts
Anesthesia • The Subconscious • Hypnosis • Altered States • Photography • Movies • Glamour • Cults • Psychics • Hospitals • Things that Literally and Figuratively Imprison Us • Mediums and Channels • Spirituality • Deception • Con Artists • Illusions • Poisons and Toxins • Alcohol and Drugs • Oil • Oceans • Divine Oneness • Compassion • Unconditional Love • Martyrs • Meditation • Selfless Service • Devotion • The Etheric • Viral • Redemption
I certainly hope you are correct: I hope humanity embraces all of the positive aspects of Neptune and minimizes the shadowy elements. I would love for us to all be aligned with our spiritual nature and finally release the toxic ways we’ve been living it. A Golden Age of Enlightenment would be amazing! ASCENSION! Let’s get real though: I think we can expect to see more than a few train wrecks coming through.
I hope so too, Prolific Pisces. But the Scorpio in me knows that we can’t have the light without the dark. Still, let’s hold an intention for the best serving expressions of Neptune’s energy.
I can feel the vibe of Neptune in Piscis already… Many people around me are awakening. A bit worried though, because it is transiting my 7th. Hope not having any romantic delusion.