{"id":57226,"date":"2012-05-22T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=57226"},"modified":"2012-05-21T22:36:31","modified_gmt":"2012-05-22T02:36:31","slug":"sun-and-mercury-square-neptune-remember-your-integrity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/astro-daily\/sun-and-mercury-square-neptune-remember-your-integrity\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun and Mercury square Neptune: Remember your integrity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that Sunday\u2019s Gemini eclipse has us embracing our dark inner twin, and Mercury\u2019s overnight conjunction to Jupiter in Taurus has us \u2018thinking big\u2019<\/a>, the sky is reminding us to \u2018keep it real\u2019. Tomorrow at 4:55 pm EDT, the Gemini Sun squares Neptune in Pisces. On Friday, Mercury does the same.<\/p>\n

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Simplified chart section showing the Gemini Sun (yellow circle) square Neptune in Pisces (blue trident). Mercury (green glyph with horns) is also moving in to square Neptune. Both Sun and Mercury are also applying to square Chiron (orange key): the inner tension to align with your integrity will find healing through honest words and actions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since this is Neptune we\u2019re talking about \u2013 planet of the fuzzy dreamtime and porous boundaries that let the water seep through \u2013 both squares are in effect now. As it is, this two-week period between eclipses we\u2019re in now is likely to be marked by a sense of time moving quickly and depositing us someplace further along the trail than usual. Eclipse periods can feel a little surreal even without Neptune involved. So the idea this week is to track any eclipse revelations you received carefully. Keep them front and center so you can integrate them consciously, rather than letting them slip back into the shadows. <\/p>\n

Especially with the Mercury-Jupiter influence last night, you\u2019ll want to check that any \u2018thinking big\u2019 you do is still in integrity with your larger goals. Fantasy has its place; acting on them takes clarity and clear boundaries.<\/p>\n

Again, sometimes even without Neptune in the game things can get a little slippery. Consider that a few years ago, a survey titled \u201cThe Day America Told the Truth\u201d revealed that 93% of Americans admit to lying \u201cregularly and habitually\u201d at work; 35% admitted they have had or were currently having an affair, which they were keeping secret from their mates.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re a culture of white liars. It feels harsh to hear; we all want to believe we are good, honest people. Most of the time, for the most part, we are. Some of the time, most of us aren\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Brad Blanton<\/a> has addressed this in his book Radical Honesty<\/a><\/em> \u2013 which is, as you might guess, pretty radical. He advocates for telling the truth to your parents decades after ‘borrowing’ the car without permission \u2013 or decades after they stopped abusing you. The affair you had, the fact that you think your coworker is ugly \u2013 or that you\u2019re attracted to him \u2013 are all on the table in a process intended to be therapeutic, even if it sounds harrowing and barbaric at first. <\/p>\n

Really? I\u2019m supposed to tell someone something hurtful, just for the sake of honesty?<\/em><\/p>\n

Really. Here is some of Blanton\u2019s rational for the process \u2013 and he emphasizes that this is a process; this is not hit-and-run honesty. In answer to the question, \u201cIs it possible to be completely honest without hurting a person\u2019s feelings?\u201d He writes:<\/p>\n

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\u201cProbably not. … I recommend you hurt people\u2019s feelings and stay with them past the hurt. I also recommend that you offend people. We can all get over having our feelings hurt and we can get over being offended. These are not permanent conditions; they are feelings that come and go. On the other side of that reaction is a conversation in which your mutual honesty creates an intimacy not possible if you are hiding something for the sake of someone\u2019s feelings.\u201d<\/p>\n

He notes that when you are hurt or offended \u2013 and speak your resentment out loud, specifically addressing what was actually said or done \u2013 you get real dialogue going. And you\u2019ll likely get over the anger you feel in 20 minutes \u2013 as opposed to 20 years of avoiding that anger, or holding back a lie.<\/p>\n

Dishonesty, says Blanton, eats up a huge<\/em> amount of energy \u2013 energy that could be better spent on creativity, better productivity at work, more fun in personal relationships, hotter sex. It\u2019s energy we\u2019ll need to have at our disposal in this ever-quickening world in general, and through the astrological events of the next few months especially. <\/p>\n

Most of us aren\u2019t going to suddenly walk around spouting truths we\u2019ve been keeping secret for years any more than we might lob Molotov truth cocktails at strangers in the grocery store. We can, however, take this opportunity of the Sun and Mercury squaring Neptune to keep one eye on our integrity, and to practice. Forget laying a guilt trip on yourself. This isn\u2019t about being moral or \u2018good\u2019. According to Blanton, this is strictly practical: \u201cIf you go out and tell each other the truth you\u2019ll be happier. You\u2019re better nurtured in a world in which you\u2019re telling the truth than you are in a world in which you\u2019re cowering, hiding and lying.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now that Sunday\u2019s Gemini eclipse has us embracing our dark inner twin, and Mercury\u2019s overnight conjunction to Jupiter in Taurus has us \u2018thinking big\u2019, the sky is reminding us to \u2018keep it real\u2019. Tomorrow at 4:55 pm EDT, the Gemini Sun squares Neptune in Pisces. On Friday, Mercury does the same. Since this is Neptune … 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\/57226"}],"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=57226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57226\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}