Jupiter/Neptune
The Jupiter/Neptune influence was in effect from 9/2/02 to 6/3/03... An important new influence is softly sliding into place. As different from Saturn/Pluto as you can get, Jupiter/Neptune is about Spirit, faith and compassion. It's about the place outside of time where we are all One. It's the source of transcendent vision, where all religions have their beginning, the place we are born from and where we return after death. Neptune represents Spirit and Jupiter's expansive influence evokes its highest potential. A Jupiter/Neptune alignment in a birth chart suggests someone with a strong connection to transpersonal forces, someone who has a natural ability to connect with something beyond the narrow confines of the individual ego. Opening one to dreams, intuition and mystical experience, Jupiter/Neptune can bring the most ethereal and purest states of awareness. It is the mark of mystics, poets, philanthropists, musicians and saints. But because Neptune's higher states don't translate very well into the density and separateness of the material plane, it can also represent alcoholism, addiction, insanity and illusion. From this perspective all addictions are a desire for Spirit, a desire to escape from the confines and loneliness of individual experience to a half remembered place of bliss and unity. Many deemed insane are experiencing other realities. They have an inadequate anchor into our physical world and these other planes seem just as, or more, real to them. Contemplate the difference between psycho and psychic. (Yes, there is one). It's the ability to differentiate where you are, to understand which world you're walking in, to be anchored in your physical form so that you can function in this world as well as others. To walk this fine line its necessary to retain enough ego and sense of self that you're not fragmented by psychic experience. But if you retain too much ego and experience the mystical, you run the risk of developing a megalomania, a god complex, an inflated, distorted sense of self. Jupiter/Neptune can be a hard influence to live up to. There are many criminals and con men with this alignment in their charts, particularly the conjunction. They have relegated all the darker aspects of their psyche to some subconscious basement while they show the world a bright, angelic face. They seem brilliant because they've divorced themselves from their negativity, meanwhile their demons fester in the darkness. I have the charts of several sex criminals with Jupiter and Neptune conjunct. They were addicts to a certain type of sexual experience but seemed so innocent, so charming that it was hard to suspect them until the evidence became overwhelming. Jupiter/Neptune folks can be wonderful con men because they actually (almost) believe their own lies. Another example of Jupiter/Neptune aberration would be the preacher or guru who charms his congregation while sexually abusing certain members of his flock. An inflated sense of self engenders a belief that due to ones specialness the rules don't apply to them. Neptune is said to rule the most exalted and the most debased states. It is so antithetical to ego that it can be a difficult energy to balance. It demands a renunciation of selfish motives and in return it gives an experience of the highest, the bliss states that saints and mystics know. Politically Jupiter/Neptune brings out a humanitarian idealism in people, galvanizing them to stand up for their beliefs. The peace movement will gain a lot of momentum under Jupiter's opposition to Neptune. This is more of a nonviolent pacifism than an armed revolutionary spirit. Neptune will be in Aquarius for several more years. And Aquarius has a special importance in the chart of the USA. This Jupiter/Neptune idealism strikes a chord deep in the heart of the American people and, though it starts quietly, it may indicate a real turning of the tide of public opinion. Among other things, Neptune has been associated with the invisible world of microbes and Jupiter's expansion of Neptune indicates an increase in disease. As Jupiter approached its opposition to Neptune West Nile virus became more prevalent and will probably grow in proportion over the next year. On the positive side for the drought stricken West, Jupiter/Neptune should bring relief. Expect a wet winter with lots of precipitation during the periods that Jupiter/Neptune is active. The first Jupiter/Neptune opposition occurs Sept 7-16th, exact on 9/11/02. Then on Dec. 5th Jupiter goes retrograde, moving backward to oppose Neptune once again from Feb 10-22nd, exact on 2/16/03. Finishing up with a final pass May 27-Jun 9th, exact on 6/03. So the Jupiter/Neptune influence is in effect from Sept. 2nd, 2002 to June 3rd, 2003, about 10 months. For some it will be a retreat into emotionalism and cheap sentimentality, many others will be inspired to act on their beliefs and transform their lives in the process.

Jupiter/Neptune

The Jupiter/Neptune influence was in effect from 9/2/02 to 6/3/03...

An important new influence is softly sliding into place. As different from Saturn/Pluto as you can get, Jupiter/Neptune is about Spirit, faith and compassion. It's about the place outside of time where we are all One. It's the source of transcendent vision, where all religions have their beginning, the place we are born from and where we return after death. Neptune represents Spirit and Jupiter's expansive influence evokes its highest potential.

A Jupiter/Neptune alignment in a birth chart suggests someone with a strong connection to transpersonal forces, someone who has a natural ability to connect with something beyond the narrow confines of the individual ego. Opening one to dreams, intuition and mystical experience, Jupiter/Neptune can bring the most ethereal and purest states of awareness. It is the mark of mystics, poets, philanthropists, musicians and saints.

But because Neptune's higher states don't translate very well into the density and separateness of the material plane, it can also represent alcoholism, addiction, insanity and illusion. From this perspective all addictions are a desire for Spirit, a desire to escape from the confines and loneliness of individual experience to a half remembered place of bliss and unity. Many deemed insane are experiencing other realities. They have an inadequate anchor into our physical world and these other planes seem just as, or more, real to them.

Contemplate the difference between psycho and psychic. (Yes, there is one). It's the ability to differentiate where you are, to understand which world you're walking in, to be anchored in your physical form so that you can function in this world as well as others. To walk this fine line its necessary to retain enough ego and sense of self that you're not fragmented by psychic experience. But if you retain too much ego and experience the mystical, you run the risk of developing a megalomania, a god complex, an inflated, distorted sense of self.

Jupiter/Neptune can be a hard influence to live up to. There are many criminals and con men with this alignment in their charts, particularly the conjunction. They have relegated all the darker aspects of their psyche to some subconscious basement while they show the world a bright, angelic face. They seem brilliant because they've divorced themselves from their negativity, meanwhile their demons fester in the darkness. I have the charts of several sex criminals with Jupiter and Neptune conjunct. They were addicts to a certain type of sexual experience but seemed so innocent, so charming that it was hard to suspect them until the evidence became overwhelming.

Jupiter/Neptune folks can be wonderful con men because they actually (almost) believe their own lies. Another example of Jupiter/Neptune aberration would be the preacher or guru who charms his congregation while sexually abusing certain members of his flock. An inflated sense of self engenders a belief that due to ones specialness the rules don't apply to them.

Neptune is said to rule the most exalted and the most debased states. It is so antithetical to ego that it can be a difficult energy to balance. It demands a renunciation of selfish motives and in return it gives an experience of the highest, the bliss states that saints and mystics know.

Politically Jupiter/Neptune brings out a humanitarian idealism in people, galvanizing them to stand up for their beliefs. The peace movement will gain a lot of momentum under Jupiter's opposition to Neptune. This is more of a nonviolent pacifism than an armed revolutionary spirit.

Neptune will be in Aquarius for several more years. And Aquarius has a special importance in the chart of the USA. This Jupiter/Neptune idealism strikes a chord deep in the heart of the American people and, though it starts quietly, it may indicate a real turning of the tide of public opinion.

Among other things, Neptune has been associated with the invisible world of microbes and Jupiter's expansion of Neptune indicates an increase in disease. As Jupiter approached its opposition to Neptune West Nile virus became more prevalent and will probably grow in proportion over the next year.

On the positive side for the drought stricken West, Jupiter/Neptune should bring relief. Expect a wet winter with lots of precipitation during the periods that Jupiter/Neptune is active.

The first Jupiter/Neptune opposition occurs Sept 7-16th, exact on 9/11/02. Then on Dec. 5th Jupiter goes retrograde, moving backward to oppose Neptune once again from Feb 10-22nd, exact on 2/16/03. Finishing up with a final pass May 27-Jun 9th, exact on 6/03. So the Jupiter/Neptune influence is in effect from Sept. 2nd, 2002 to June 3rd, 2003, about 10 months. For some it will be a retreat into emotionalism and cheap sentimentality, many others will be inspired to act on their beliefs and transform their lives in the process.

Jupiter/Neptune

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