{"id":12712,"date":"2016-08-01T01:10:19","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T06:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=13354"},"modified":"2016-07-31T01:47:52","modified_gmt":"2016-07-31T06:47:52","slug":"seeing-the-signs-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2016\/08\/01\/seeing-the-signs-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeing the Signs"},"content":{"rendered":"

divination during a neptune retrograde<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

If you spend any kind of time on Facebook or Twitter, you will no doubt have seen all the minacious memes preceding a Mercury Retrograde \u2013 back up your files! Cross your T\u2019s and dot your I\u2019s! Beware of long-distance travel! \u2013 and so on. While fear-mongerers exist in every community, including the Pagan ones, I find it amusing that even the reasonable memes concerning Mercury Retrograde \u2013 such as the \u201c5 R\u2019s\u201d \u2013 Redact, Renew, Reflect, Reevaluate & Reconcile \u2013 seem to forget one very important fact: there are six other planets that have the ability to move in a retrograde fashion throughout the year, and focusing so relentlessly on Mercury obscures many other important life lessons.<\/p>\n

Right now we are experiencing retrogrades of the planets Saturn, Pluto and Neptune. Later this month \u2013 July 25, to be exact \u2013 Venus will go into retrograde. These illusionary \u201cbackwards\u201d movements all have an effect on our personal astrological lives and how we experience the world in general. For some of us, the changes may be superficial and slight and for others of us, the changes will be as catastrophic as pictured on the Tarot card \u201cThe Tower\u201d. It behooves us to be knowledgeable of these astrological movements, especially as they pertain to our own personal charts. The more we know about our own inner spiritual mechanics, the more we are able to act with serenity and wisdom.<\/p>\n

As someone who writes about matters of divination, I am most interested in the Neptune Retrograde. Neptune goes retrograde \u2013 appears to be moving backwards across the sky \u2013 once a year, for a period of 160 days. These 160 days are filled with dreams and visions as Neptune lifts the veils of illusion and lets us see all kinds of things we wouldn\u2019t normally see. It\u2019s almost like the tide has gone out and now there\u2019s all kinds of treasure on the beach \u2013 beautiful shells, sparking rocks, meaningful designs in the sand. Just since Neptune went into retrograde on June 13, my dreams have become 100% more vivid and relevant \u2013 I have been communing with people I haven\u2019t seen in years \u2013 feeling emotions and dealing with issues that I thought I had buried long ago.<\/p>\n

Quite naturally, I am using all my divinatory tools \u2013 my Tarot cards and my pendulum most of all \u2013 but also my dice and the I-Ching and dominoes. I make note of all my tea leaf remains and even coffee ground remains! There are messages everywhere! I know I am going through major changes \u2013 I am anxious for answers \u2013 for exact details \u2013 so I pay close attention to my dreams \u2013 keep a journal \u2013 write down all my readings \u2013 and review them regularly.<\/p>\n

This Neptune Retrograde ends on November 19, 2016 so there is a lot of time for enhanced divination. There are at least four more full moons \u2013 to intensify the dreaming process \u2013 and three more Sabbats, including the Major Sabbat of Samhain. So even though Neptune is an outer planet and orthodox judgment says that the movement of the outer planets are not as important as the inner planets, I personally do not agree. All movement of all planets are important in their own individual way and in how they interact with one another! Like members of a family, sometimes the quietest one can have the greatest influence. Neptune may be dreamy and illusionary but the point of this retrograde transit is the lifting of veils that keep us from seeing the truth. It may not be pretty. It may not be painless. But if we listen to the lessons learned from our dreams and seen in our divinatory practices, we will know a greater happiness than ever before.<\/p>\n

Brightest blessings!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

divination during a neptune retrograde If you spend any kind of time on Facebook or Twitter, you will no doubt have seen all the minacious memes preceding a Mercury Retrograde \u2013 back up your files! Cross your T\u2019s and dot your I\u2019s! Beware of long-distance travel! \u2013 and so on. While fear-mongerers exist in every community, including the Pagan ones, I find it amusing that even the reasonable memes concerning Mercury Retrograde \u2013 such as the \u201c5 R\u2019s\u201d \u2013 Redact, Renew, Reflect, Reevaluate & Reconcile \u2013 seem to forget one very important fact: there are six other planets that have the ability to move in a retrograde fashion throughout the year, and focusing so relentlessly on Mercury obscures many other important life lessons. Right now we are experiencing retrogrades of the planets Saturn, Pluto and Neptune. Later this month \u2013 July 25, to be exact \u2013 Venus will go into retrograde. These illusionary \u201cbackwards\u201d movements all have an effect on our personal astrological lives and how we experience the world in general. For some of us, the changes may be superficial and slight and for others of us, the changes will be as catastrophic as pictured on the Tarot card \u201cThe Tower\u201d. It behooves us to be knowledgeable of these astrological movements, especially as they pertain to our own personal charts. The more we know about our own inner spiritual mechanics, the more we are able to act with serenity and wisdom. As someone who writes about matters of divination, I am most interested in the Neptune Retrograde. Neptune goes retrograde \u2013 appears to be moving backwards across the sky \u2013 once a year, for a period of 160 days. These 160 days are filled with dreams and visions as Neptune lifts the veils of illusion and lets us see all kinds of things we wouldn\u2019t normally see. It\u2019s almost like the tide has gone out and now there\u2019s all kinds of treasure on the beach \u2013 beautiful shells, sparking rocks, meaningful designs in the sand. Just since Neptune went into retrograde on June 13, my dreams have become 100% more vivid and relevant \u2013 I have been communing with people I haven\u2019t seen in years \u2013 feeling emotions and dealing with issues that I thought I had buried long ago. Quite naturally, I am using all my divinatory tools \u2013 my Tarot cards and my pendulum most of all \u2013 but also my dice and the I-Ching and dominoes. I make note of all my tea leaf remains and even coffee ground remains! There are messages everywhere! I know I am going through major changes \u2013 I am anxious for answers \u2013 for exact details \u2013 so I pay close attention to my dreams \u2013 keep a journal \u2013 write down all my readings \u2013 and review them regularly. This Neptune Retrograde ends on November 19, 2016 so there is a lot of time for enhanced divination. There are at least four more full moons \u2013 to intensify the dreaming process \u2013 and three more Sabbats, including the Major Sabbat of Samhain. So even though Neptune is an outer planet and orthodox judgment says that the movement of the outer planets are not as important as the inner planets, I personally do not agree. All movement of all planets are important in their own individual way and in how they interact with one another! Like members of a family, sometimes the quietest one can have the greatest influence. Neptune may be dreamy and illusionary but the point of this retrograde transit is the lifting of veils that keep us from seeing the truth. It may not be pretty. It may not be painless. But if we listen to the lessons learned from our dreams and seen in our divinatory practices, we will know a greater happiness than ever before. Brightest blessings!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/197"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12712\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}