{"id":55056,"date":"2012-03-28T00:01:11","date_gmt":"2012-03-28T04:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=55056"},"modified":"2012-03-28T13:57:32","modified_gmt":"2012-03-28T17:57:32","slug":"mars-neptune-chiron-teaching-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/astro-daily\/mars-neptune-chiron-teaching-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"Mars Rx opposite Neptune: A Teaching Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note — here is the Wednesday edition of Planet Waves FM, covering the charts in the Trayvon Martin case. The charts themselves are linked from this edition’s homepage<\/a>.<\/em>
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One of the planetary influences we have not yet considered this week is retrograde Mars in Virgo opposite Neptune in Pisces. It\u2019s easy for astrologers to get a little fixated on when an aspect is \u2018exact\u2019, but most aspects can be effective long before that moment \u2013 especially those involving the slower moving planets like Neptune. So even though Mars does not quite oppose Neptune when it goes retrograde, this is a situation where exact aspects don’t matter — Neptune has a wide field of influence (15 ot 20 degrees, at least), so this entire Mars retrograde in Virgo is happening opposite Neptune in Pisces. <\/p>\n

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Simplified chart showing Mars retrograde in Virgo (red circle with the arrow) opposite Chiron (orange key) and Neptune (blue trident) in Pisces. Faster-moving Mars is nearing the end of its retrograde (on April 13) in a close opposition to two slow-moving outer planets. The theme: be real with yourself, and be real with others. Bending the rules is not a good idea now -- keep your focus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mars-Neptune in a tense aspect can have a self-destructive quality, and often this brings out the worst of Neptune — deception, denial, drink, drugs, delusion. This is not predictive astrology — all you need to do is observe. <\/p>\n

Even those with Mars and Neptune in an easier angle (sextile, trine) must be careful and conscious of their integrity, and direct their creative energy consciously in positive directions. That’s not easy when so many factors in the world encourage us to be negative and to emphasize the negative properties of Neptune. This comes at the expense of the creative and transcendent qualities of Neptune — empathy, transparency, the love of beauty and the expression of beauty.<\/p>\n

Said another way, it’s considered cool to drive ‘buzzed’ and tell ‘white’ lies and bend the truth and exaggerate and gossip — and then it’s normal to ponder why there’s so much drama around us. One of the biggest disconnects of our world is the way we divorce words from what they’re supposed to mean. Then we wonder how it’s possible that people who claim to be our leaders open their mouths and say anything they can to persuade us, evoke an emotional reaction or manipulate whomever they can. But this would not work, were it not considered ‘normal’.<\/p>\n

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Since Mars is opposite Chiron in Pisces as well, there is an opportunity here, what you might call a teaching moment. Chiron demands integrity, plain and simple. When Chiron is present and there is not integrity, attention to detail, and a focus on what is necessary, there will be a breakdown of some kind. Yet as soon as the message is received, the healing and reparative properties of Chiron come to the forefront. Yes, this can have the feeling of ‘the truth hurts’, but if it does, it’s the sting of disinfectant.<\/p>\n

The current sky is blazing with caution to focus on correct speech and correct action. Know what’s yours and take responsibility for it. Know what belongs to others and let them take responsibility for it, without letting yourself get sucked into the drama. Remember that the Sun is approaching a square to Pluto right now, and that aspect — which we’ll describe more tonight — can be the essence of power-driven misjudgment, egotism and authority trips. You don’t need any of that to be happy, which will work fine as long as happiness is what you’re into.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Note — here is the Wednesday edition of Planet Waves FM, covering the charts in the Trayvon Martin case. The charts themselves are linked from this edition’s homepage. http:\/\/planetwaves.fm\/podcast\/120328-podcast.mp3 One of the planetary influences we have not yet considered this week is retrograde Mars in Virgo opposite Neptune in Pisces. It\u2019s easy for astrologers to … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7221,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1734],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55056"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55056\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}