A couple of days ago, more or less, I posted a series of quotations about facets of Neptune’s meanings. (See Neptunian Musings—Mysterious, but Strangely Apt Quotations) Just now, transiting Neptune is very strong—but incredibly muddled—as its conjunctions to Jupiter and Chiron make it especially hard to sort out. If you know what I mean. As planets go, it’s the most intangible, elusive, hazy, and confusing. Describing it becomes more difficult the more you struggle. And yet those of us who write about astrology are honor bound to try.
Who do you think has done the best job? I’m holding a contest to find the best written description of the planet Neptune. Drag your u
nderlined and dog-eared astrology books down off the shelves, or look on the net among your bookmarks of blogs and websites. If your quote is ruled the best, you win a copy of one of my ebooks—your choice from Moon Maven Publications.
Here are the rules, but since a blog is an ever-malleable medium, I could arbitrarily add more at any time if I think of them.
- Entries should be 100 words. More or less. Depending.
- My relatives are not eligible. They don’t speak astrologese anyhow.
- Friends are welcome. Former lovers are not.
- All entries should be in English or Vulcan. More or less. Depending.
- You may enter as many times as you like. Or I like.
- Multiple entries of the same quote are unlikely, but first comes first.
- The contest ends when I say it ends. Or possibly before.
- The number of prizes is a closely-kept secret. Ignore the rumors and speculations.
- The real rules are written in disappearing ink. If you want a copy, send a telepathic message.
Type your entry into the comment section, and include the author, title, and the page or web address where you found it. Channeled quotations and parodies are also acceptable, if clearly marked. You can, of course, quote Moi (she sez modestly), although it wouldn’t be fair for you to win. But then, how fair is life, really?
Are you wondering if this contest is real? It is, at least in my reality. Individual realities may vary.
MORE POSTS ABOUT NEPTUNE ON THIS BLOG:
- Neptunian Musings—Mysterious but Strangely Apt Quotations
- Planets Squaring the Midheaven—How They Affect your Career (Neptune)
- Relationship Patterns of Venus-Neptune Aspects: The Sociology of Thrice-Married Venusians
- Addicted to Anguish–a Sketch of one Neptunian Type
- Friendship, Equality, and Neptune in the 11th House
- The Jupiter-Neptune-Chiron Conjunction Hits the US Moon
- The Saturn-Neptune Quincunx and its Part in our Economic Woes
- Neptune & Uranus in Mutual Reception
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Donna dearest: I just briefly read about this and think it very, very, very important to send all of us in search for meaning of that which cannot be understood: Neptune’s energies. Since I have lived an entire eight-four years with them in major challenges to my first house in Leo placement, I have come perhaps as close as possible to peace with the ramifications. Anyone of you astrologers will quite quickly understand what this current transit in Aquarius has been a blessing,weird and moments of panic!
Thanks, as always, Donna
By: Wanda on July 12, 2009
at 11:31 am
I can’t resist adding some of my own Neptune Musings!
Here’s one. . .
Moon opposite Neptune
Neptune has been my mother.
bought forth from her very womb,
I feel her every nuance,
whilst wandering in her rooms.
She has always been around me,
but I’ve never seen her face.
Her gentle arms, encircle me,
as I’m staring into space.
Oceanic energy,
that coddles, and reveals.
The masks are constantly changing,
depending how she feels.
I’m familiar with formlessness,
With things that never end.
Boundaries, that don’t exist.
…Realities that bend.
She cossets my emotion,
whilst exposing every thought.
Dwelling in her special place.
High priestess…holding court.
(12th house Moon opp Neptune
both square Mercury on I.C.)
More here. . . http://thelionandthelightningbolt.blogspot.com/search/label/Neptune
Great idea by the way. 🙂
By: Susannah on July 12, 2009
at 1:55 pm
Beautiful poem, Susannah. You should submit it to The Mountain Astrologer–they do publish poetry from time to time. I’ve been to your blog and enjoyed it. Donna
By: Donna Cunningham on July 13, 2009
at 3:25 am
YOUR POETRY IS MEANINGFUL AND GREAT; ESPECIALLY TO ME WITH SCORPIO MOON SQUARE LEO SUN,NEPTUNE AND NO. NODE.
THANKS. ALSO LOVE YOUR BLOG “THE LION AND THE LIGHTNING BOLT” APPROPRIATE.
By: Wanda on July 12, 2009
at 4:18 pm
Finally: I can leave a comment! I’ve been trying to leave a comment since I first found the SkyWriter website. (must be that fuzzy Neptune deceiving me again) So pardon me for getting off track but I have to ask: is anyone sending our new president glimpses of what the astrological landscape (star-scape) looks like for him and the country? I am very serious about this. Having lived in southeast Asia during the fall of Saigon when the astrologers advised against inaurgaurating (sp?) the South Vietnamese President, Mr Thieu or some such…on three different occasions until finally they had to allow it to take place even under the unfavorable influences of the stars at that time and look what happened. It seems to me that the new president would not be altogether adverse to listening to an astrologer especially one as well educated and as competent as you are Donna. After reading the Fated Sky by Benson Bobrick I’m wondering why we don’t have a cabinet position for US Astrologer but then again after reading this book maybe I do understand. Even so it seems that Mr. Obama would be grateful for an adviser who can read the messages in the stars correctly and advise him accordingly. I’m electing you for the position Donna.
By: Nancy Bell on July 12, 2009
at 9:47 pm
Yes, I agree the transits are anything but stellar these days–the Jupiter/Neptune/Chiron conjunction, the long series of oppositions between Saturn and Uranus not yet finished. We are in a fine pickle and so desperate for solutions that we may not be thinking clearly…I saw an item that the NY State Senate passed 135 bills in a single day, under the closest of J/N/C conjunctions. How muddled is that going to be? And yet we have to do something.
But I have noted that people under heavy Neptune transits will NOT listen to astrological or any other kind of advice, even when they know it’s correct….They don’t seem to be able to stop themselves.
Alas, even if Obama did nominate me, I’d have to recuse myself, as I too am clueless where mundane astrology is concerned! The psychological interpretation of individual charts is my forte.
What an awesome responsibility it would be, too. Donna
By: Donna Cunningham on July 13, 2009
at 3:23 am
I agree very cool poem. Do you have one for Pluto?
By: itsurfergirl on July 13, 2009
at 7:00 am
Why not go to her blog, The Lion and the Lightning Bolt.
By: Donna Cunningham on July 13, 2009
at 12:43 pm
“Similia, similibus, curantur.”
Latin: “Like cures like” by S. Hahnemann
“Spiritus Contra Spiritum” Carl Jung
These quotes are from my article, “Using Neptune HomeopathicallY” from last month’s Mountain Astrologer, and from my blog: http://NorthNodeAstrology.blogspot.com
As a Libra Sun/Neptune/Venus conjunction person, I yearn for a truer uniting of the ego/Self Sun, the Divine Love & Inspiration of Neptune, conjoined with the human love of Venus. Keep yearning and dreaming….
By: elizabeth spring on July 14, 2009
at 3:57 am
Wonderful quotes, Elizabeth. Folks, if you haven’t visited her blog, http://northnodeastrology.com, you’ll find it full of excellent insights. Elizabeth also has an article on Skywriter at:
Taming Transiting Saturn–Guest Blogger Elizabeth Spring
Donna
By: Donna Cunningham on July 14, 2009
at 7:04 am
I relate well with the images used by Barbara Schermer in “Astrology Alive”: She compares a Neptune transit to a walk in the country as evening is approaching. As you walk on the path and climb a rise, there is no mist. Your vision is clear. When the path dips down you sink into a misty fog. Descending, the fog is thicker. You have little awareness of the countryside around you. Sometimes you look down and can’t see your feet, let alone the path. Thus is what it feels like when the Neptune transit is at its peak. Then, by moving slowly step by step, you ascend to rise above the fog into the starry night.
By: Fabienne Lopez on July 19, 2009
at 4:18 pm
Hello, Fabienne! So far, this is one of the best–well not quotes, exactly, but contributions. Get in touch with me about a prize. Donna
By: Donna Cunningham on July 20, 2009
at 4:40 am
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Neptune
and of course you have to see all the links!
By: Tanja Cilia on July 20, 2009
at 1:28 am
Nice find! Donna
By: Donna Cunningham on July 20, 2009
at 4:40 am
As the water ripples in the midnight sky
Neptune in all it’s glory
covers aspects of my thinking
not allowing me to tell my story…
-maxine
By: -maxine on July 25, 2009
at 7:54 am
Lovely, Max!Did you write it yourself, or is it a quote.
I found another cool Neptune quote today on my Google startup page:
By: Donna Cunningham on July 25, 2009
at 1:53 pm
hi donna and everyone,
i did write that myself. i was going to add to it but than it would not of made the point.
im overwhelmed that you quote such incredible work as pascal 🙂 after reading my post. well i guess i just had a good teacher.
By: -maxine on July 25, 2009
at 2:49 pm
For the harsh Neptune aspects:
Oh Thou, who didst with Pitfall and with gin
Beset the Road I was to wander in,
Thou will not with Predestin’d Evil round
Enmesh me, and impute my Fall to Sin?
-Omar Khayyam
By: nray on August 28, 2009
at 7:08 am
This is obviously too late for the contest, but I figured it may still be of use for anyone who is as overwhelmed with Neptune in their chart as me;-) It’s more than 100 words too….but it does say “more or less, depending”!!!
http://www.thirdage.com/today/horoscopes/addicted-to-love-an-afflicted-neptune
By: Samantha on May 17, 2010
at 10:23 am
Learning to cope with Neptune via both a yod and a Sun/Moon T-square, I have come to appreciate the Maker’s Mark whiskey slogan which fits Neptune perfectly: “It is what it isn’t”
“When our hopes do not materialize despite all efforts, we are confronted with an unplanned outcome: something we did not necessarily desire. Yet, this outcome is the truth about our current reality, and exploring it with neutrality instead of fighting it is what allows us to learn from life and evolve; we are confronted with the truth that came to replace our hope.”
(Maurice Fernandez: Neptune, the 12th House and Pisces)
By: Gemi-Lion on October 7, 2013
at 4:26 am
I like that–a 5-word definition of Neptune! Donna Cunningham
By: Donna Cunningham on October 7, 2013
at 5:08 am
somewhere i have read that neptune is like when you just wake up from a sleep. a dreamy state
By: sasha reyes on September 2, 2014
at 9:28 pm
I like that description Sasha. It reminds me of how the Australian aborigines talk about The Dreamtime. It’s described this way: “Aboriginal Dreamtime is about the stories and how everything in their lives is tied together. Australian Aboriginal people believe in a time of creation when mythical ancestral beings rose from the earth and took human, animal or plant form. At the beginning of time these ancestors existed below the surface of the earth in the form of uncreated supernatural beings. Time began when they awoke and broke through the surface of the earth or emerged from the oceans. It is believed that their actions and wanderings brought into being all the physical features of the landscape. ” Donna Cunningham
By: Donna Cunningham on September 3, 2014
at 2:35 am