Archive for 20/08/2008

20th - 21st August 2008

We are still only just four days beyond the Full Moon and subtle tensions and anxieties still hold sway, so that although there is a diminishing of the very heightened moods of last week, this is still an atmosphere likely to cause problems for those of a sensitive disposition.

Over the last three weeks or so this raised element of sensitivity can be attributed to numerous alignments of Neptune, and in particular the opposition between the Sun and Neptune. Traits such as increased awareness and perception, along with impressionable self refining attitudes tinged with sentimental, idealistic and reflective inclinations may all have been very much in evidence. So too feelings of a psychic and intuitive nature, with added insight into mystical and spiritual awareness that has presented opportunities to open up new avenues of personal discovery or introduce states of mind that may previously have lain closed and out of reach.

On the other hand the Sun/Neptune opposition can also open up serious personal shortcomings with an intense desire for escapist tendencies. For the most vulnerable this may have a particular focus on drug or alcohol abuse and the present circumstances will heighten any such inclinations. For others this escapism may take on relatively more harmless cravings or desires, but whatever the case there is likely to be powerful and sometimes unsettling feelings for instant emotional rewards and gratification. Read the rest of this entry »

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