{"id":44338,"date":"2011-08-19T00:01:56","date_gmt":"2011-08-19T04:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=44338"},"modified":"2011-08-21T20:36:41","modified_gmt":"2011-08-22T00:36:41","slug":"venus-and-the-sun-opposite-neptune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/astro-daily\/venus-and-the-sun-opposite-neptune\/","title":{"rendered":"The love drug"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today is Friday, Aug. 19, 2011.<\/strong><\/a> The Moon enters Taurus at 8:36 am EDT and stays there until late Sunday. The Sun, for its part, is at the end of a cycle through a sign. This can have the feeling of ‘enough already’, but please resist the temptation to rush the moment as this phase of the Sun draws to a close and a new one begins. <\/p>\n

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We currently have four bodies in Leo and four in Aries, so there\u2019s a lot of fire in the sky \u2013 stay aware of sparks, both the emotional and literal types. When you combine this with Mercury retrograde, exercise technical caution around fires and all things electrical. When it comes to emotions, notice if you\u2019ve been internalizing passion \u2013 that\u2019s Mercury retrograde in Leo.<\/p>\n

Venus and the Sun in Leo are opposing Neptune in Aquarius. Sun opposite Neptune can feel like a big Full Moon, but subtler. There is a dreamy mystical quality, but because the opposition happens in the last degrees of Leo\/Aquarius, so it has a feeling of being near the edge of something \u2013 like a dream you’re trying to remember. The dream might have the message of ‘why do I feel so self-limited?’ (Transpluto is also conjunct the Sun.) Or, \u2018where is my power going?\u2019 See if you can turn that to a positive. Self-limitation is indeed a thought form. Sun-Neptune is not an aspect that supports building much that\u2019s solid \u2013 but it\u2019s a great time to mellow out and observe the world from within yourself.<\/p>\n

Add Venus and the opposition gets even slipperier: one option looks good (Venus) and the other can\u2019t be seen (Neptune). There\u2019s a caution to be careful around the beginnings of relationships. A romance begun now may seem amazing, with a strong fantasy element — great while it lasts, but perhaps not one to go the distance. Venus opposite Neptune is the closest thing that astrology offers to a drug. This one feels like opium, or plum wine. <\/p>\n

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Venus-Neptune is also a reminder to be careful with money, since value or its lack (Venus by way of Taurus) may fall by the wayside of fantasy. In both romance and financial transactions, the details emerge when Venus changes signs into Virgo Sunday at 6:11 pm EDT. Don\u2019t be surprised if your hot new crush from Friday night turns our to be married with kids or have bad breath on Monday. More positively, the Meo\/Leo feeling of Venus in Leo can take a more devoted, serious or healing-oriented feeling under the influence of Virgo.<\/p>\n

With Sun opposite Neptune, we have the persistent question: Is this [whatever] true? With any aspect to Neptune, look for something you might be missing: perhaps a vulnerability, a need, your sense of presence. You may be underestimating how much you’re noticed, since Neptune has a sensation of invisibility. There is a theme of creative evolution, and the breakthrough after a challenging choke point (Transpluto).<\/p>\n

That said, when planets are opposed, it often means there\u2019s a challenge to develop awareness, especially in external relationships. Persist in your quest for honesty. It\u2019s worth it.<\/p>\n

The opposition, by nature, is an aspect of tension. It asks us to notice and negotiate first with one side and then the other, meaning that we can only be open to one side at a time. This can be stressful, though the early purpose of an opposition is to bring a person to a state of disorientation. Only from that space may we be initiated into new levels of awareness.<\/p>\n


\nAmanda Painter, Eric Francis and Gary Caton<\/em><\/p>\n

Notice and choose: in fresh horoscopes weekly and twice monthly, the current sky speaks through your Sun and rising signs. Eric unfolds the themes in Planet Waves subscriber edition<\/strong><\/a> and Planet Waves Light<\/strong><\/a> so you can notice your patterns and choose consciously.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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