Notes on Neptune and More!

 
Happy New Year, Everyone!

I am so grateful to have had a beautiful journey in India with a few days side trip to Sri Lanka - ahhhhh. This trip lasted about 3 weeks - very short time in the Motherland for me, but I'm learning to make the most of shorter dips back Om. In my previous life, 3 months was short - and that was appropriate for a hermit-pilgrim-spiritual ashramite. But now, I have a fulfilling and cozy base in the San Francisco Bay Area, serving clients all over the world…

2019 Readings
Would you like a New Year’s intuitive reading or spiritual consultation? I have lots of January appointments available! Simply reply and we’ll set up a time that works for you. These readings also make great gifts if a friend or family member could use support. And, I always appreciate your referrals!

Visual Travel Joy
I made a few short video snippets you might enjoy here – click to view on YouTube!
(I really love the Sri Lanka morning frogs and birds sounds... turn it up!)

1.     World’s best masala dosa maker, Mumbai

2.     Street bracelet artist and her kids selling balloons, Mumbai

3.     Waking up with the frogs and birds, Sri Lanka

Neptune in Pisces: Nearing the Halfway Point
An important note on Neptune: The planet of spiritual dissolving, Oneness, unconditional Love is about midway (14-15 degrees) through his journey through Pisces, where he will remain until January 2026. Neptune is the natural ruler of the non-dual sign of the Fishes. You might be feeling this nebulousness deepening, settling into your own soul. If you are sensitive, or an empath or healer type, or have been on a spiritual journey for a long time, you might be noticing how it’s increasingly difficult, if not impossible to “hold onto” anything – any belief system, concept, illusion of the future, expectation of what “should” be. You might be experiencing this as disorienting. You might need more rest, time off, time out of time.

Mata Kali and her Devoted One

You might be so sensitive to foods or substances that your whole entire intake habits may have to be adjusted. You might have to make a greater sacrifice for several months, or years, in order to allow the spiritual transformation to be fully embodied. Many folks have had to give up certain grains, or fruits, sugar, or animal products, etc. Some people must relinquish alcohol, or wines, cannabis, tobacco, caffeine etc. just because Neptune has made the physical body unable to process these things for the time being. You may not be able to spend time with certain toxic individuals. Whereas before you were more tolerant of challenging environments or people, you may now notice you become physically ill even when having a conversation with these folks on the phone or by email.

Neptune’s waters are purifying the body-mind-soul. We are no longer able to pretend we are separate from our environment, from the Whole, from Each Other. Increased sensitivity is helping us to understand this on an embodied level. If you’re being called to make a sacrifice in order to allow this dissolving process, know that you are on the right track. It may not be forever – that which is given up may be brought back into your life again in the future. But for now, it is what your body-mind-soul need. Take heed. Neptune is bringing us renewal. Feel the support of Divine Presence in this process. You are not alone.

With love and blessings,
Erin

Dancing with Shiva, Rishikesh

Erin Reese is an author, spiritual guide, astrologer, and modern psychic reader based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She works with clients all over the world. For readings and spiritual counseling by Skype, phone or email, contact her directly. She can be reached at erin@erinreese.com. 

New Moon in Sagittarius: Harness Your Fire

Shiva Mafakheri, Iranian archer

Today, we have a New Moon in the mutable sign of the fiery archer, Sagittarius. The New Beginning tone of today is significant in that the Moon makes a t-square to the North Node in Virgo and the South Node conjunct Neptune in Pisces. The passion and wisdom of Sagittarius is asking us to reconnect to Higher Law, the truth of our personal vision. But this must be balanced with reason and discrimination (Virgo North Node), as well as discipline and focus, in order to put that truth into practice.

Flaming Arrow, David Lee Thompson

The South Node conjunct Neptune in Pisces says yes, at times you must give in to the soul, cruise the river of memories into the past and daydream, sleep in and be accepting of all that is, a perfect blissful oneness. You may feel like bailing on the project, like letting go and floating downstream into the South Node and Neptune Pisces axis, saying “Who Cares?” But the Sagittarius creative tension you feel inside says: you must balance Virgo reason with Piscean vision and dreaminess.

New Moons are always seed-planting times. The scope of today’s lunation is so strong, so karmic, with the tight axis to the Nodes, that I predict whatever we set in place over the next two to four weeks, will come to fruition in June 2017, when the Moon is Full in Sagittarius. You know that goal, about six months out? The time is now to break ground, or take it to a new level.

Sagittarius is a sign of generosity. The ruler of Sagittarius, Jupiter aka Zeus, wants to give you a gift now. You are nudged toward the adventurous, the optimistic, the exuberant. Be open-minded, without being careless or uncommitted. I believe that those who get on the horse, take the lead and cultivate discipline will be rewarded quickly with a rush of fun and freedom into their lives. Think of that carrot at the end of the stick. You cannot avoid the big task at hand anyway – it’s your soul calling. Keep in mind that when you finish, you will feel a mile high. Think about that feeling to come, basking in that glow, that rush of accomplishment.

Remember, Sagittarius knows how to harvest the big picture passion and long-term goals into a blazing arrow that will definitely meet the mark. Yes, Archer energy wants to get down and party all night long with the best of ‘em (I know, I have five planets in Sag, and I definitely love me a good-time hootenanny). If it's not all-night dancing, Sag will have a marathon intellectual salon, or political-philosophical showdown. Still, the Archer at its wisest knows that if it doesn’t practice temperance, that chutzpah will only turn to hot air and, well, gas.

Did I say that blunt ‘n frisky Sag likes to tell jokes, sometimes off color? Jokes aside, the fire needs to go somewhere, so it must be harnessed, and directed.

Keep the creative tension of the nodal square in mind. Sure, lean into Pisces and Neptune sometimes, chill out and watch a movie, float in a hot tub, be a little lazy. You will need rest breaks. That’s part of pacing, and trained discipline. After a chunk of downtime, you’ll be chomping at the bit again. So reel it in, get focused, and you’re off! You will come out of the starting gate on race day, stronger than ever, crossing the finish line like a champ, leaving your competition in the dust.

That’s our beloved Sagittarius at its wisest and strongest. That’s harnessed fire.

Erin Reese is an author, spiritual guide, astrologer, and modern psychic reader based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She works with clients all over the world. For readings and spiritual counseling by Skype, phone or email, contact her directly. She can be reached at erin@erinreese.com.







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Full Moon in Gemini: The Saturn-Neptune Square

 

Today is the full moon in the mutable air sign of Gemini, the Twins. Mercurial Gemini is the sign of duality,‘the other,’ and the power of a versatile, flexible, curious mind. Unfettered, hopped-up Gemini energy is so buzzy that it can feel incredibly ungrounded, disorienting when left to its own devices. This mentalizing lunation arises in the atmosphere like an agitated nervous system. It is hard to focus, it is hard to decide, it is hard to complete tasks. An untrained Gemini mind is a mischievous monkey mind.

“The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.” ~ C.G. Jung

The beauty of a voluminous Gemini moon is that we are incredibly stimulated and have a lot of mental energy. But what to do, what's a priority? It can feel like scrambled airwaves, a bunch of static. How do we handle this when the holiday season is just starting its ramp-up? We have places to go, people to see, and things to do. Some of us are finishing up end-of-year projects, school semesters, business deals. Because it is a full moon, we are hyper-aware of what has to be finished up, cleaned up, and cooked up for the next two weeks. It can feel like, “Oh me! Oh my! I’m so disorganized!” Where do we start?

Saturnine Sobriety vs. Neptunian Drifting

Part of the problem might be the current influence of the Saturn-Neptune square, exact at this Full Moon. Saturn wants us to stick to a structure, make a plan, build for the future, and be practical. Neptune, on the other hand, tempts us to check out, pop open the Prosecco, watch another movie, and wistfully dream of what could be. How in Heaven’s name do we reconcile these two major influences? The aspect is a 90-degree square, so it is filled with maximum power, albeit hidden in challenge. We only have to find the exact right key to unlock the potential.

Ideally, we look to our birth charts to see which houses contain the two transiting planets. Therein lie clues to your personal solution. For instance, perhaps Saturn is transiting your Sixth House of health and discipline, while Neptune squares from the Tenth House of career. Well, you might need to reel in your eating and exercise habits (or splurges, as it were), in order to benefit from a period of high creativity in your profession. Just one example of how one planet's discipline can open up another planet's potential. (Contact Erin for a personal consultation to look at your influences more deeply.)

Even if we don’t know where the planets are pricking our personal charts, we can be honest with ourselves enough to know where we need reining in, vs. loosening up and trusting the Divine Order of things. Saturn is probably poking you to grow up and become more realistic in some area that you’ve let go for too long. It’s gotten messy, disorganized, dusty, or vague. Go there. Whether it’s an internal or external discipline that’s called for, tend to it and you’ll feel a whole lot better, stat. Think of Saturn as an anchor to ground nebulous Neptunian influences, to bring Heaven to Earth, imagination into form.

This Saturn-Neptune square influence will continue through September 2016, so now’s a good time to take this structure-v.-dissolving lesson to heart. Here are the exact dates: November 26, 2015; June 17, 2016; and September 10, 2016.

We must keep in mind the Ultimate Oneness of Neptune, the nothingness and everythingness of non-duality, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, acknowledging that Life Happens in Duality, the Saturnine realm of this and that, yin-and-yang, self and other, you and me reality. Just like Gemini, consistently seeing both sides of the equation, it is both being and becoming, everything and nothing, form and formless. Such is the challenge, the awakening, and the potential hidden in the Saturn Neptune square. May you find the key to unlock its power NOW.

Erin Reese is an author, spiritual guide, astrologer, and modern psychic reader based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She works with clients all over the world. For readings and spiritual counseling by Skype, phone or email, contact her directly. She can be reached at erin@erinreese.com.