Uranus may have been calling the shots in last week’s new
moon on January 24, 2020 but now it is Neptune’s turn to be ruling the
astrological landscape. On January 27,
2020, Venus in Pisces conjuncted Neptune in Pisces, inspiring me to tweet:
Compassion is the name of the game today with Venus and Neptune conjunct in Pisces. It’s a very dreamy vibe but be aware of the rose colored glasses effect. #astrology— Linda Simons (@danceofphoenix) January 27, 2020
On the following day, January 28, 2020 Mars in Sagittarius
squared Neptune in Pisces and I tweeted:
Mars in Sagittarius squaring Neptune in Pisces today has a very low energy vibe and may be accompanied by feelings of guilt and shame. Try to lay low if possible. #astrology— Linda Simons (@danceofphoenix) January 28, 2020
Neptune is a very complicated planet and its influence is
very strong these days. It rules the sign
of Pisces so it really was a big deal when Venus and Neptune were conjunct in
the sign of Pisces. And it was not so pleasant for most people when Mars in
Sagittarius squared Neptune in Pisces. Neptune
is associated with the qualities of spirituality, compassion, redemption,
inspiration, transcendence, and visionary experiences, but it has a shadow side
of addiction, lying, escapism, chaos and confusion.
I was watching Penny Thornton’s latest YouTube astrology
video a few days ago on Neptune’s Way when a certain amount of clarity
descended upon me and helped to dissolve that Neptunian fog. Did I mention that Neptune is also associated
with smoke and mirrors? She spoke about
the general theme of people feeling lost, confused, fearful and hopeless. It certainly resonated for me and I have been
hearing the same thing from my clients as well.
The prevailing sentiment these days seems to be what Penny was
addressing: the feeling that I should be doing something but I don’t know what it
should be. Almost everyone feels that something
has to change (after all, 2020 is earmarked to be year of massive change), but
most of us are still in a fog (pardon the pun) as to what we should be done. Penny assured us in her video that when the
Neptune transit is over, we will know where we should be on our path.
I suspect that this is exacerbated in my case because I
have a very strong natal Neptune. I am a
quintessential Neptunian. Neptune is in my 1st house of self
conjunct my Libra ascendant, Juno in Libra and Mercury in Scorpio. My Neptune
also squares my natal Jupiter and Uranus in Cancer in the 10th house
of career and public standing. I have been
undergoing a difficult Neptune square transit to my natal moon in Gemini for
nearly two years and its orb is fading but I am still not totally unclear as to
where I should be on my path. I know
that I need to make some changes in my work (my moon is also in the 8th
house which certainly contributes to my psychic abilities) but I may need to
wait until that aspect really has faded for the clarity to emerge. But I am also under the influence of transiting
Neptune in Pisces trining my Scorpio sun which is forming now and perhaps that
one will be kinder due to its trine influence.
Trines are definitely much easier to deal with than squares. Time will tell, as I will be undergoing this transit
for another two years.
On February 3, 2020, Mercury enters the sign of
Pisces. Mercury will have an extended
stay in the sign of Pisces because we are gearing up for the first Mercury
Retrograde of 2020. Mercury stations
retrograde on February 16, 2020 in 12 degrees of Pisces, but it enters the
shadow period on February 2, 2020 in 28 degrees of Aquarius. Mercury will station direct on March 9, 2020
in 28 degrees of Aquarius and will re-enter Pisces on March 16, 2020. Mercury remains in the sign of Pisces until
April 11, 2020, so I’m not kidding when I say Mercury in Pisces is a long
transit, with a brief stint in the sign of Aquarius.
What can we expect when Mercury is in Pisces? Well, our thinking and communications are
more intuitive and imaginative. Our
decisions are more likely to be made on the basis of intuition than logic. Our
dreams will undoubtedly be more vivid and we may find ourselves knowing things
we can’t explain because our subconscious is being triggered more when Mercury
is in Pisces. Imagination is heightened
with Mercury in Pisces but we are dealing with a combination of intuition and
delusion. Don’t forget the shadow side
of Mercury in Pisces: miscommunication and deception are just as likely. And if you have a prominent Neptune in your
chart like, me, it’s a good idea to set some mental boundaries because
otherwise you might have some trouble discerning the difference between your
thoughts and those of others. Mercury in
Pisces can definitely cast some of that Neptunian fog on our lives.
If you are curious as to how all of these planetary changes
will be affecting you, please consider getting an astrological reading. I have recently revised my menu of services
and am now offering a Saturn Pluto Conjunction reading for $25 which will offer
you some insight and guidance into how this major astrological event that
occurred on January 12, 2020 in 22 degrees of Capricorn will impact you. It’s not too late to purchase this reading
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family members and business associates. Additionally, I have also decided to
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I have been doing more work with tarot readings, which I
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Recently I undertook an intensive life purpose coaching
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that changed my life as it caused me to reflect on the story of my life. But I left it with feelings of hope and light
for the future that I want to share with others. To that end, I am now offering Life Purpose
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difficulty traveling, I have also recently begun doing distance Reiki sessions
for them. I have a conversation with
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session to take place when they will be in a state to receive healing energy
and I follow up with a telephone conversation to discuss their experience and
my perception of their blockages. I have
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was also featured in the July 3, 2017 edition of Boston Voyager, an online
publication that runs a section called Inspiring Stories about local
entrepreneurs on its home page. The
Scorpio moon was trining the Cancer sun and Neptune in Pisces on that day, so
my story certainly debuted under fitting aspects. Please feel free to check it out:
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