{"id":68861,"date":"2013-07-25T00:01:24","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T04:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=68861"},"modified":"2013-07-24T23:37:42","modified_gmt":"2013-07-25T03:37:42","slug":"venus-opposite-neptune-loving-beyond-projection-and-delusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/astro-daily\/venus-opposite-neptune-loving-beyond-projection-and-delusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Venus opposite Neptune: Loving beyond projection"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday, just before 8:08 am EDT, Venus in Virgo will be exactly opposite Neptune in Pisces. Aspects to Neptune are notoriously slippery and tricky to work with; Venus aspecting Neptune tends to bring that slipperiness and some of Neptune\u2019s more challenging qualities into the realm of love and attraction. What does it take to get a little traction with Venus and Neptune?
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Traditionally, an opposition between Venus and Neptune is described as being a caution against self-delusion and wearing rose-colored glasses. It can seem to offer a choice: satisfy your desire for personal love, or serve the higher vibration of love through sacrificing your personal interests. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s not very encouraging for most mere mortals.<\/p>\n

So let\u2019s try re-framing it. What would it take to love beyond delusion and projection?<\/p>\n

Delusion could be defined as wanting to see things as we wish them to be, rather than as they are. What happens when we see things as they truly are? <\/p>\n

It means that we have to admit we were wrong, and allow ourselves some grace for being human. That alone can be difficult.<\/p>\n

In a relationship situation, allowing the other person that same grace for being human could lead to loving them more wholly for who they really are — or you could realize that it\u2019s time to find a partner who is truly on the same page with you. You might have to find a situation that doesn\u2019t require lots of rationalization to keep it going.<\/p>\n

We can define projection as taking our own desires, fears, and baggage — our entire subjective experience — and assuming it is true for another person. What happens when we own all of our \u2018stuff\u2019 and allow another person to own all of their \u2018stuff\u2019? Can you stand the potential momentary jolt of feeling alone and individual, and hang with it long enough to feel a powerful clarity, or something like the two poles on a battery making a charge? <\/p>\n

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You could call it frisson via fission. The trick is to brave the thought of standing alone with yourself long enough and solidly enough to feel your own boundaries and that of the other person. It\u2019s letting love come from a place of awe and joy — rather than \u2018loving\u2019 out of need or lack, and then looking to another to fill those areas.<\/p>\n

So what do we have in the sky to help us move into a more enlightened take on Venus opposite Neptune? Well, Venus is in Virgo, where she\u2019s a little cooler and has her feet on the ground and a keen mind. Neptune is swimming in the cosmic, creative, loving bath of Pisces. <\/p>\n

But Venus is also sextile Saturn in Scorpio, and Saturn is still early in its process of dredging out a lot emotional gunk in the sign of sex, secrets and transformation. (Neptune is still trine Saturn, part of the evolving grand water trine.) Think of that channel that Saturn is clearing as being a space where Venus can set things in order — a safe container where you can get your hands a little muddy while you take responsibility for your projections, cut any delusions down to size, and let your heart flow with a clear current. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Friday, just before 8:08 am EDT, Venus in Virgo will be exactly opposite Neptune in Pisces. Aspects to Neptune are notoriously slippery and tricky to work with; Venus aspecting Neptune tends to bring that slipperiness and some of Neptune\u2019s more challenging qualities into the realm of love and attraction. What does it take to … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191,"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\/68861"}],"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\/191"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}