by Robert Wilkinson
Neptune represents the Divine Power of eternal and infinite connectedness, and rules the waves of life and the feelings we all learn to navigate through the fogs and uncertainties of life. It is the “Sea of Relatedness” we all swim in with each other. It goes stationary direct November 28. What does this hold for us?
Neptune’s exact direct station occurs at 4:36 pm PST November 28, 12:36 am GMT November 29. As is the case with all the outer planets when they turn stationary direct or retrograde, it marks a major “sea change” in those invisible Spiritual transpersonal energies. We are all about to have a different but familiar Neptunian experience where we are shown anew the span Neptune has traversed since May 2019, where we took our inspiration into our spiritual community and then deepened our connection to our Wisdom and/or our Spiritual Teacher, whoever or whatever that is.
The first part of the 2017, it moved from 10 Pisces to 15 Pisces and went stationary RX in June. It then retrograded back to 12 Pisces, where it went stationary direct. It remained in its “shadow zone” through early April 2018, after which it transited 16 and 17 Pisces. In late 2018 it retrograded back to 14 Pisces. In 2019 it moved forward to 19, retrograded back to 16, where it went direct. It moved up to 21 Pisces by June 2020, and now goes stationary direct at 19 Pisces. I offer a more detailed look at the various themes of this period in the section below on the long term shifts.
As Neptune has not been in this part of Pisces since 1856-1857, it would seem the collective consciousness is in a “Pre-civil war” state of mind. It was certainly a time of rampant imperialism and heavy handed rule of the wealthy. As most of that mental and emotional pollution was never cleaned up, no doubt some are experiencing that very strange collective field in its current form.
The span from 10-15 Pisces is where our sense of connectedness in Pisces is merged on an individual, intellectual, and spiritual level. Neptune fulfilled its transit of the first half of Pisces by March 2018, and then entered the second half of Pisces, shifting one keyword from “Federation” to “Perpetuation.” It’s been moving through the second decan of Pisces these past several years, and just entered the third decan between late April and late August 2020.Once it re-enters the third decan in late February 2021, it will stay there until it enters Aries in late March 2025.
The second decan of Pisces has a Cancerian influence with a powerful Jupiter presence. This sector gives a sense of personal connection and caring to the Neptune in Pisces expression. The third part of Pisces has a Scorpionic influence with a powerful Mars presence. It is the last sector of the Whole Cycle of 360 degrees, where we eliminate and complete “the end of the end before the beginning.” Once Neptune enters Aries, many ghosts, superstitions, and confusions of the past 2000 years will quickly give way to a sense of emergence into a new collective consciousness.
Neptune’s Stationary Direct Sabian Symbol
The symbol for the 19th degree of Pisces is "A master instructing his pupil.” In his masterwork The Astrology of Personality, where Rudhyar uses the original Dr. Jones' class notes on the symbols, 19 Pisces is said to symbolize “Release from race karma,” and “transmutation of everyday facts into intelligence.”
In his Astrological Mandala he states this is a degree of “the transfer of power and knowledge which keeps the original spiritual and creative Impulse of the cycle active and undeviated.” He says this is “the supreme technique necessary for the continuation of all manifestations of power and spiritual understanding. The transmission is from person to person; it follows a general, unchanging pattern, yet it operates in terms of particular and individual circumstances.” He offers us the keyword of Investiture, and says this degree falls in the Span of Protection, Act of Capitalization, and Scene of Perpetuation on the Actional-Physical level.
Dr. Jones, creator of the Sabian Symbols, says this is a degree of "the unlimited potentiality of existence in any larger dimension,” where our intelligence demands “self-refinement and self-orientation” to find a greater understanding. Here life encourages our “initiative of spirit” by which we find life’s bounty.
He goes on to say that our "personality comes into its own as it is able to direct its own destiny.” He offers the keyword ELUCIDATION, and states that when operating positively, the degree is "high executive ability through patient investigation and genuine psychological insight.”
So we now begin to move forward, secure in the wisdom we began to receive in the Summer of 2019 within that vast “feeling field” known as Neptune. Neptune now moves forward through its shadow zone until the March 2021 Equinox, when it will move into 22 Pisces. Between now and March we will demonstrate the wisdom we know within our spiritual community, and then move into unknown zones of collective awareness by Spring.
Long Terms Shifts In Collective Consciousness
Neptune shows us the tides of collective lessons, and the themes coming forth from the collective unconscious. Where Neptune is transiting in our charts is where we’re tuned into the collective, for better or worse. Apart from these larger shades of the sea, the Sabian Symbol themes can be excellent clues about humanity’s larger issues and themes of ultimate relatedness. Try to imagine the collective “in-breathing and outbreathing” these larger themes across the years. We hit a threshold state at the SRX forward station each year in the Summer, then review the themes of the previous degrees between the SRX and SD points from Summer through late Autumn. The SD point becomes a platform from which we move forward within collective consciousness.
The November 2016 SD 10 Pisces theme was “Mastery Moving Into A Testing Period.” This implies we were within the themes of the beginning of the second decan of Pisces which involved our entry “into the sanctuary,” accepting our role within a new group energy and testing our skills and courage to get out of our own way so a higher Will could be focused within us.
The June 2017 SRX 15 Pisces threshold theme was “Rehearsal Before the Battle Where Appearances Give Way to Necessities.” We then re-traced the “atmospheres” of 15, 14, 13, and 12 Pisces, giving us a new look at how skilled we are in getting out of our way to focus a higher Will in a period of testing. So we were immersed in moving back and forth around 12-13 Pisces. (Neptune went SRX at 14 Pisces in June 1853).
The November 2017 12 Pisces SD theme was “We Have All Proved What We’re Qualified to Do in the Spiritual Field.” This grounded the testing in the collective field as a platform all of us have dealt with since 2016. (Neptune went SD at 11 Pisces in Nov 1853).
The June 2018 SRX 17 Pisces theme was “Participation in a Rebirth of Groups Assembling.” Early 2018 introduced us to the themes of 16 and 17 Pisces, while late 2018 we reviewed the themes of 17, 16, 15, and 14. So 2018 was about a “first look” at a new inspiration and our willingness to participate in some sort of group rebirth, presenting our best to our society. (Neptune went SRX at 16 Pisces in June 1854).
The November 2018 SD 14 Pisces theme was “Those Who Are Consecrated to a Sacred Work in the Spiritual Field Need Protective Shielding.” This anchored our protective “shields” to do our work in the world, and gave us yet another look at the themes of 14-17 Pisces, before entering into the unknown zone of 18-19, which became the new themes for 2019. (Neptune went SD at 13 Pisces in Jan 1855).
The June 2019 SRX 19 Pisces theme of “Taking A Walk With Our Wisdom” was the threshold of the Summer of 2019, after which we reviewed the themes of 16, 17, 18, and 19 Pisces. So 2019 was about our first experience of being invested with a deeper, vaster wisdom, with the second half of the year a review of our spiritual renewal within our group, along with revising some ideas “back to source.” (Neptune went SRX at 19 Pisces in June 1855).
The November 2019 SD 16 Pisces theme was “Finding a New Inspiration By Retreating From the World.” This grounded our ability to reference our inner inspiration as we participated in our spiritual group renewal and put ourselves and our skills out into the public realm trusting our wisdom as it again transited 17, 18, and 19 Pisces before entering into the unknown zone of 20-21 Pisces, which became the new themes for 2020 (Neptune went SD at 16 Pisces in December 1855).
The June 2020 SRX 21 Pisces theme of “Finding New Faith in Learning To Touch and Be Touched” was the threshold of the Summer of 2020, after which we reviewed the themes of 19, 20, and 21 Pisces. So 2020 was about our first experience of finding what we need at “the end of our day of labor,” as well as a discovery about touch (material and/or metaphorical), with the second half of the year a review of these, as well as the wisdom which was first given to us in the Summer of 2019. (Neptune went SRX at 21 Pisces in June 1856)
From here we again move through this span of 19-21 Pisces from now through April 2021, when Neptune again moves into unknown zones of 22, 23, and 24 Pisces. If you want to go back to see the future, please check out Astrology Sea Changes in June 2020 - Neptune is Stationary Retrograde at 21 Pisces. As Neptune went SD at 18 Pisces in Dec 1856, it would seem like the collective is partying like it’s 1856-1857 all over again!
Summing Up
So the tide has turned one more time as we prepare to sail familiar seas for a third time! We now move forward with a platform of having “an investiture in wisdom” which allows us to know how to keep “source understanding” perpetuated into the future in active ways. In the past year we’ve found a newer, deeper, “vibrant inspiration” and a greater faith in ourselves as we met “critical issues.” We now more forward, knowing we’ve found what we need in the way of material and social sustainment, preparing to demonstrate a new level of life and power.
From now through March 2021, we’ll again revisit the themes of 19, 20, and 21 Pisces which were discussed above. As noted, at the March Equinox Neptune will leave its shadow zone and move into the unknown zones of 22, 23, and 24 Pisces, where it will go SRX in June. So for the next few weeks, continue to go inward to keep your wisdom clear about who and what sustains you. By January-February you will again understand who your spiritual community is, and then understand you’ve attained a new way of living spiritually by late March and a new understanding of spiritual power by April-May 2021.
As Uranus is still in a wide waxing semisquare with Neptune and will be until it again makes a septile in June 2021, keep learning navigational skills to move through the storms of the gear grind in the collective consciousness. We’ve been dealing with this “cutting, grinding, and polishing” energy in recent years, and it’s now on the wane.
However, we will have Jupiter and Saturn both semisquare Neptune in January 2021, dealing a death blow to the old Jupiter/Neptune and Saturn/Neptune cycles, even as Neptune again begins to septile Pluto for many years to come. The good news is that all the outer planet frictional aspects with Neptune are pretty much done for many years to come, which should bring less disturbance and more productivity to the collective consciousness.
As all the inner planets are now closing their year cycles to Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, regard this period as a time of spiritual harvest for the year, preparing for another major transformational period coming over the next few months with the Great Compression in Aquarius in January and February 2021. By February-March Mars will have been sextile or quintile Neptune the entire time, with the inner planets all conjunct Neptune, opening new year cycles for all of us wherever we have 21-22 Pisces.
If you want to know more about this long wave Neptune in Pisces seascape, please take a new look at Neptune in Pisces – What to Expect. That article explores the nature of Neptune, what the Piscean field experience is all about, and has a lot of information you won’t find anywhere else.
Copyright © 2020 Robert Wilkinson
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