Neptunia in Retrograde

As a planet moves closest to earth in its orbit, proximity shifts perspective and its apparent reverse warps our vision. Outer planet retrogrades are slower, longer and deeper. Their effect is a regular revision turning us inwards to reconsider and reinvent.

Neptune now rx ruptures the clouds of illusion that are swirling. Their dissolution - and ours - over the months long period of Neptunia's review will aid the overriding imperative of this year. We must see deeper into the whole truth of our world and our transforming selves, else illusion continues unchallenged.

Precisely because perception is reality, spin masters and hardy narcissists hang on to ill gotten gains hiding behind smokescreens built to confound. Confusion is a tactic. This transit often spells a slow mo reveal of showmen, charlatans and one trick ponies, aiding and abetting this heaving revolution.

With our delusions rattled and our illusions clearer, the toxic game is up. Flip the board and turn inwards. Abandon the jig and reclaim your pieces. Muse on any porous boundaries, the kind that let in disrespect or weaken personal power. If you cannot stand up to ill behaviour for fear of consequence or loss, it ain't what it has dressed itself up as.

That's not all that is dissolved by our cosmic shaman and the strange enchantment of the blue planet. Surreal invitations will materialise on repeat to move beyond posturing, stubborn resistance or the same old delusional black magics. Conjure new pathways from deep within.

To truly inhabit our soul skin, we must shed the ill fitting and frankly flaky scales we have glued to keep others placated. Reject their limits. Push beyond yours through dreams, journeys and untramelled explorations of a vaster inner space.

Neptunia in reverse gear tips regular perception on its head and tickles our magical and visionary underbellies. Dreaming is therapy and medicine. Intuition is your personal compass. Imagination is a superpower. The depth charges that arise from your soul self become discernably clearer in the absence of sound and fury. Listen to your equal music and let it carry you beyond.

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Art by Paul Bond, an allegory on the illusion of time.
Words c. Kerrie Basha 2022