by Robert Wilkinson
Neptune represents the Divine Power of eternal and infinite connectedness, and rules the tides of life and the universal feelings we experience as we navigate the fogs and uncertainties of life. It is the “Sea of Relatedness” we all swim in with each other, and It goes stationary direct December 6. What does this hold for us?
Neptune’s exact direct station occurs at 5:20 am PST, 1:20 pm GMT on December 6. 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 April 2022, where we began to purify our personalities so our Soul could shine through without distortion or any sense of separateness within the whole.
We’ve been reviewing 28 through 25 Pisces since late June, and now stand on the threshold of being able to know “the absolute integrity of our spiritual or immortal insights,” having become the custodians of our “higher and invisible treasures.” Having learned to bless and be blessed, forgive and be forgiven, these past months, we continue to move through the end of the end of Neptune’s stay in its home sign of Pisces, with the final phase of our experience beginning NOW, as Neptune will transit between 30 and 28 Pisces in 2024, preparing for its entry into Aries at the end of March 2025!
How We Got Here
Neptune has not been in this part of Pisces since 1859-1860. As I’ve mentioned for several years, 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.
Remember Neptune represents both the collective consciousness, as well as the collective unconscious. The first is what it’s aware of, whether consciously or unconsciously. The second is what it is unaware of as a collective mentality. As there are many ghosts and echoes across time associated with the sign of Pisces, it’s safe to say we are all experiencing “the ghosts of all time” at this long wave “end of the end, beginning of the beginning” minor epoch of the transition out of the Age of Pisces into the Age of Aquarius.
Between 2016-2018, Neptune occupied 11-15 Pisces, 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 moved through 16-20 Pisces between April 2018 and February 2021, during which it initially entered the third decan in April 2020. It then re-entered the third decan in late February 2021, and will stay in the end phase of Pisces until it enters Aries in late March 2025.
The second decan of Pisces has a Cancerian influence with a powerful Jupiter presence. That 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 10 degree phase of the Whole Cycle of 360 degrees, where we eliminate and complete the end of the end as we prepare for a new long wave beginning. This is a witnessing of all that has come before, a final “coming together” on the collective feeling level before the advent of a new era.
The final part of Pisces is the Scorpionic karma of humanity’s past with an extra dose of Mars to keep things moving forward. Once Neptune enters Aries in March 2025, 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
Neptune represents what is “in fashion” in the collective. Different cultures and subcultures interpret this global pulse in different ways. The Sabian Symbol for 25 Pisces is “The purging of the priesthood.” In The Astrology of Personality, where Rudhyar uses the original Dr. Jones' class notes on the symbols, 25 Pisces is said to be a symbol of “ability periodically to cleanse from all selfish dross the channels for spiritual service,” “true vision,” and “Soul reformation.”
In The Astrological Mandala he offers that this degree is one of “the power of the Soul to intervene in the personal life and to induce necessary catharses.” He states this symbol is about eliminating negative ego attitudes and “dogmatic rules and habits which not only have become empty of inner meaning, but very often have been perverted by the demands of the … emotional nature, and by the … rationalizing intellect.”
He goes on to say that “a purging or catharsis is needed to restore not only fresh and creative spontaneity, but even more the contact with the Soul and the God-ordained dharma.” He tells us this is part of the “final consummation of the process” of actualizing some potential that requires “moments of crisis and purification.” He says it falls in the Span of Protection, and is the final degree in the emotional-cultural level of the Scene of Perpetuation in the Act of Capitalization.
Dr. Jones says this degree symbolizes “the penalties that await whatever may fail to prove its worth,” where we must demand “an absolute integrity for (our) spiritual or immortal insights,” and not tolerate those who fall short of our ideals “in those who elect to be custodians of (our) higher and invisible treasures.”
He states that we must “approach the problems of (our) own regeneration through a dramatization of potentials (we) recognize but cannot altogether instrument,” while not “tolerating their depreciation.” He offers us the keyword REFORMATION. We are told that when positive, the degree is "revolt against all superficial exaltation of human nature.”
So we now begin to move forward within that vast “feeling field” known as Neptune, secure in the purifications we’ve done and continue to do since the Summer of 2022 so our Soul can come forth unimpeded by personality and egoic considerations. This should help us renew our contact with our Higher Self, and eliminate old rules and habits that have no place in our future.
Neptune now moves forward through its shadow zone until early April 2024, when it will move into 29 Pisces. Between now and April we will find “final purifications,” experience “the poetry of our lives” even as we say goodbye to more than we know, practice our creative imagination to achieve mastery over circumstances, and revisit the abundance we’ve already received.
Then as Neptune finds itself in “unknown zones” of 29/30 Pisces beginning April, we’ll find ourselves seeing how the whole separates into the parts at the end of processes and https://www.aquariuspapers.com/astrology/2023/03/the-sun-on-the-30th-degree-of-pisces-the-power-of-dream-visualization-to-create-our-future.html how our dream visualizations set the patterns for future manifestation. Neptune will then go SRX in early July at 30 Pisces, setting up our final period of Neptune in its home sign.
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)
The November 2020 SD 19 Pisces theme was the same as the June 2019 SRX theme of “walking with our wisdom” as we moved forward through the span of 19-24 Pisces, getting at third look at 19-21 and a first look at 22-24 Pisces. (This begins the break in the pattern, as Neptune went SD at 18 Pisces in December 1856.)
The August 2021 SRX 24 Pisces theme of “Finding a new connection with others” was the threshold of the Summer of 2021, after which we reviewed the themes of 21, 22, 23, and 24 Pisces. So 2021 was about our first experience of total immersion in the social and emotional field of the vast collective. (This continues the break, as Neptune went SRX at 23 Pisces in June 1857.)
The December 2021 SD 21 Pisces theme was the same as the June 2020 SRX theme of becoming aware of new ways to touch and be touched, with more hope opened in the collective field based in all which had come forth related to 21 Pisces since June 2020. (Again, Neptune went SD at 20 Pisces in December 1857.)
The June 2022 SRX 26 Pisces theme of “Each gets to do their own thing in their own way, glimpsing the poetry of our lives” was the threshold of the Summer of 2022, after which we reviewed the themes of 23, 24, 25, and 26 Pisces. So the second half of 2022 was about moving from social and emotional immersion in collective consciousness to individual and spiritual levels of experience. (Neptune went SRX at 25 Pisces in June 1858).
The December 2022 SD 23 Pisces theme of hidden powers which come forth when we “give of our essence” to making something manifest was in play during early 2023, and led us through yet another crossing of collective themes before that time. (Neptune went SD at 23 Pisces in December 1858).
The June 2023 SRX 28 Pisces theme of “abundance suited to each individual” set the collective threshold since then, after which we reviewed 25, 26, 27 and 28 Pisces. So 2023 has mostly been about immersion in the individual and spiritual fields of the collective, and a review of using our creative imagination “to dominate circumstances,” seeing why we had to go our own way in the past, and have landed on our final period of purification. (Neptune went SRX at 28 Pisces in July 1859, so the current alignment is the same as then.)
From here we again move through this span of 25-28 Pisces from now through April 2024, when Neptune again moves into unknown zones of 29 and 30 Pisces. If you want to go back to see the future, please check out Astrology Sea Changes in June 2023 - Neptune is Stationary Retrograde at 28 Pisces. As Neptune went SD at 25 Pisces in Dec 1859, it would seem like the collective is partying like it’s 1859-1860 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 “a vaster feeling awareness” which allows us to know how to tap powers hidden deep within so we may play our part in the collective ocean. In the past year we’ve purified our lives and secured a greater faith in ourselves, and seen how each can only do what they do in their own unique way. We now more forward, knowing we are moving toward using creative imagination to “dominate circumstances” and find our ideal of abundance in some way in 2024, demonstrating a new level of life and power as individual units of spiritual awareness within the collective field..
From now through April 2024, we’ll again revisit the themes of 25, 26, 27, and 28 Pisces which were discussed above. As noted, in April Neptune will leave its shadow zone and move into the unknown zones of 29 and 30 Pisces, where it will go SRX in June. So for the next few weeks, continue to experience your connection to the collective as well as the depths of yourself.
At this point, Neptune has left its long term septile to Pluto and again brings us a forming sextile, showing invisible transformative energies working for productivity. Uranus has begun its approach to its sextile with Neptune and trine to Pluto in play for many years to come, indicating that as we slip into “The Spring of the 21st Century,” we’ll have an entirely different experience of the invisible Spiritual Triad.
Saturn makes nothing but favorable aspects to Neptune for many years. Jupiter is going direct and will race through Taurus between now and May. After the tension of Jupiter semisquare Neptune in early March, it will make nothing but favorable aspects to Neptune through April 2025, so make the most of it!
Mars makes very favorable aspects to Neptune in the near future with the exception of the square at the end of December. After that there are no difficult aspects from Mars to Neptune until late February’s semisquare, after which there are only favorable aspects until late April, when Mars closes an old cycle and opens a new one related to 29 Pisces at their next conjunction in late April 2024. This will activate Jupiter/Uranus conjunction themes and awakenings related to their conjunctions in late 2010 and early 2011.
As all the inner planets are now preparing to re-enter the outer planet occupied zone of Pluto in Capricorn, Saturn in early Pisces, Neptune in late Pisces, Jupiter in early Taurus, and Uranus in late Taurus, regard the next 5 months as a time of spiritual harvest for the year. We stand on the threshold of renewing the year cycles of each of these outer planet spiritual heavyweights between January and May, so prepare to pull the energies inward for the next few months.
If you want to know more about this long wave Neptune in Pisces seascape we’ve all been navivating, 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 © 2023 Robert Wilkinson
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