TRANSITING NEPTUNE RETROGRADE
While Neptune is retrograde, it signals a time when we are being guided to distinguish between genuine vision and self-deception. Of course, once we do, we will find ourselves faced with a critical choice. We can either acknowledge and accept responsibility for our mistakes, character flaws, and misguided beliefs, or we can continue to deny their existence.
If we choose clarity, we must embrace our bad judgment, self-delusions and misplaced faith and own them so that we can release them along with any associated feelings of regret, shame and inadequacy that have been inhabiting, inhibiting and diminishing our psyche.
On the other hand, if we choose to continue drawing our strength from the murky depths of Neptune’s intoxicating waters, we will continue to be shielded by its haze. However, even Neptunian illusions can’t last forever, and sooner or later Saturn, Uranus or Pluto will come along and destroy the fantasy.
And that's when we realize that we aren't just wandering; we're actually lost.
Fortunately, despite its nebulous energy this period offers a clear path, but it takes courage to find it. As the natural ruler of the 12th house, Neptune doesn’t give up its secrets easily. It shrouds them in its mysterious, misleading fog and insists that we look beyond our ego and into our soul before it will allow us even a glimpse of its coveted, and highly classified, illumination.
The choices we make while Neptune is retrograde will determine whether we’ll experience it as a visionary or as a fraud when it goes direct.
As always, the decision is ours to make.
Getting Personal
So where might you have vision or be telling yourself a fairy tale? If you don't know which house transiting Neptune is visiting in your horoscope, you can use the list below to find out which house it's visiting in your solar (sun-sign) based chart.
If your Sun sign is:
Aries, Neptune is retrograding in your solar 12th house of secrets, past lives, healing and psychic abilities.
Taurus, Neptune is retrograding in your solar 11th house of goals, casual friends, colleagues and group relationships.
Gemini, Neptune is retrograding in your solar 10th house of career, status and fame.
Cancer, Neptune is retrograding in your solar 9th house of foreign travel, higher education, legal matters and publishing.
Leo, Neptune is retrograding in your solar 8th house of intimacy, other people's money and support, jointly-held assets and transformation.
Virgo, Neptune is retrograding in your solar 7th house of marriage, lawsuits, and one-to-one relationships.
Libra, Neptune is retrograding in your solar 6th house of work, health, service and pets.
Scorpio, Neptune is retrograding in your solar 5th house of romance, children, creativity.
Sagittarius, Neptune is retrograding in your solar 4th house of home, family, real estate, parents and intuition.
Capricorn, Neptune is retrograding in your solar 3rd house of siblings, short trips, transportation and all types of communications.
Aquarius, the Neptune is retrograding in your solar 2nd house of money, income, values and self-worth.
Pisces, Neptune is retrograding in your solar 1st house: it's all about you, including your approach to life and physical appearance.