Life may get a little foggy today as Neptune stations and turns retrograde until December.

Knowing what to expect is an exciting prospect. Neptune, the God of the Sea, Poseidon ……….. the Ruler of Pisces, the wishy-washy dreamer, building castles in the air, believing everything you hear, horribly intuitive dreams and waking experiences …………… these are all aspects of Neptune.

You can find Neptune’s house in your natal chart if you know your Ascendant. You must also find the house occupied by the sign Pisces, since Neptune will also rule that house.

In my chart, oh that bedraggled chart, Neptune sits in my 12th house within 8 degrees of my natal Saturn and 1 degree of my natal Mars and Ascendant. Back in the day when I first figured out that I’d best see WTF was going on in my life ……….. I found these 3 planets having a field day rising in my chart. That was ALL THE EXCUSE I NEEDED FOR WHY LIFE WAS SUCKING.

After the Universe got it through my pitiful little brain that IT DIDN’T MATTER WHAT WAS SITTING THERE BECAUSE YOU ARE THE BOSS LADY AND JUST GET ON WITH IT, I started paying attention to my actions, my thoughts, my plans, myself. Still, it took years for me to find my center, and the center is where it all comes from …………… Everything begins at the beginning and goes to the end …………..

This week, well, this next 7 months, you may be surprised to find out that you’ve been lying to yourself about something or many somethings. You may start questioning the actions of someone in your life who seems not to be all you thought. You may see cracks in logic. You may have incredible flashes of truth …………… hold onto those ……………. explore them. Go deep.

Meditation at this time, during these months, will be imperative. I say that like I always take time to meditate. I don’t. I have SO MANY EXCUSES for why I don’t, but they won’t fool me now. Meditate, find your Silent Witness, breathe into your heart, and see what’s there. Quit lying to yourself. If you sense you are pursuing someone or something that is not good for you, find a different path ……………. stop. Just stop and listen and look, for this is a street we’re crossing and we do not want to get hit by a Universal brick wall flying down the road. Or, as my husband says, a piano falling out of the sky that you must duck.

All is not negative with the retrograde of Neptune. Think of it as a breather from reality. I raise my hand for being the queen of ignoring the world. I am proud of myself every time I decide the world is driving me nuts and I can no longer take the world chaos.

Read everything you can about “how to live.” Whatever your belief system, find the texts in your chosen spiritual path that will inform your life. I gravitate to Eastern thought in my spiritual practice, although I was born and raised in the Christian faith. It took me years, at least 30 of them, to find my center in Bhakti Yoga, the yoga of devotion. I adore my god and I sing his praises. It would be nice to have a place in which to do this without someone’s husband complaining that she can’t sing ………………….

Anyway, during Neptune retrograde, keep your feet on the ground and your head in your heart. Think with your heart and feel with your head! Namaste!