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Neptune is Retrograde in the natal chart.
Neptune is a reflection of the spiritual side of your nature. It tells us about your spiritual development up to this lifetime, and hints at the direction you are likely to go at this life’s close. It bespeaks your generational Karma with others born during your time period and helps to show the developmental direction being taken by this planetary evolution cycle. Neptune shows us how you express yourself on a subconscious level through your dreams, intuition and psychic flashes. Neptune can be, like Jupiter, quite inspirational, but the guidance comes from within the depths of your own higher self. With a retrograde Neptune, you are probably more sensitive to your environment, stress and outside pressures than those with a direct Neptune. You more easily “pick up” on the subtle outworking of energy and vibration taking place all around you. With Neptune retrograde, it is possible that in a past life you had to deal with the results of alcoholism, drug addiction or any of the other shadier sides of human existence. Take care in this lifetime, lest there be any residuals. Some people with Neptune retrograde are sensitive to medications, alcohol and smoking in this life. This can actually be, however, a blessing in disguise. In the early part of life, especially, you will also want to avoid negative psychicism. Keep a realistic perspective on your dreams, hopes, wishes and goals. Don’t become so spiritual that you are of no earthly good. Seek balance in all areas of your life. If you can be practical in all of your daily affairs, if you can avoid obsessive or possessive behaviors, if you can stay grounded to the reality of existence and if you can utilize your intuitive perceptions, then you will do well by this Neptune placement.
Sometimes you find it difficult to determine what is real and what is not. You have a vivid imagination and you find comfort in your daydreaming and fantasy. Although it may not be recognized as such, you have a psychic gift.
In a prior life, you may have used illusion and delusion to take undue advantage of others. You were attracted to things psychic and may have even represented yourself as a medium or even as a magician. In this lifetime, you are still drawn to psychic and occult matters.
Your lesson in this lifetime, is to develop your real spiritual side. You may decide to use your psychic gifts for personal gain. If you do so, use them honestly, avoiding deception of others at all costs.
The above is complicated by the fact that you had a prior lifetime or lifetimes in which you dissipated your energy, fell away from your disciplines, or were too passive or irresolute to go after the spiritual opportunities open to you at that time. This carries over as a vague yet persistent inner nagging that you should be further on than you are, or a fear of spiritual failure. You may also have been involved in mystical or magical practices that created distortions in your life. It is important for you to take a balanced, patient, well-grounded attitude toward life – nothing too otherworldly, ethereal, or glamorous. Indulging in any mood-altering substances is particularly deleterious for you.
There may have been influences in your childhood that taught you that you did not have musical ability or that your perceptions were incorrect. However, the people who taught you that were under illusions themselves, and you do not need to be held back by their limitations. Believe in your own ability to listen and to be sensitive. Believe that it is safe to do so. You are responsible only for yourself, and your main relationship is with the Divine. Do not accept blame for others, but rejoice in the fact that you are safe to grow.
Neptune is a reflection of the spiritual side of your nature. It tells us about your spiritual development up to this lifetime, and hints at the direction you are likely to go at this life’s close. It bespeaks your generational Karma with others born during your time period and helps to show the developmental direction being taken by this planetary evolution cycle. Neptune shows us how you express yourself on a subconscious level through your dreams, intuition and psychic flashes. Neptune can be, like Jupiter, quite inspirational, but the guidance comes from within the depths of your own higher self. With a retrograde Neptune, you are probably more sensitive to your environment, stress and outside pressures than those with a direct Neptune. You more easily “pick up” on the subtle outworking of energy and vibration taking place all around you. With Neptune retrograde, it is possible that in a past life you had to deal with the results of alcoholism, drug addiction or any of the other shadier sides of human existence. Take care in this lifetime, lest there be any residuals. Some people with Neptune retrograde are sensitive to medications, alcohol and smoking in this life. This can actually be, however, a blessing in disguise. In the early part of life, especially, you will also want to avoid negative psychicism. Keep a realistic perspective on your dreams, hopes, wishes and goals. Don’t become so spiritual that you are of no earthly good. Seek balance in all areas of your life. If you can be practical in all of your daily affairs, if you can avoid obsessive or possessive behaviors, if you can stay grounded to the reality of existence and if you can utilize your intuitive perceptions, then you will do well by this Neptune placement.