Neptune is currently in Pisces located at 28 Pis 37' 38"

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Upcoming Retrogrades

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As the farthest known planet from the Sun in our solar system, Neptune, the 8th planet’s astronomical description is entirely appropriate to its astrological. It’s the densest giant planet and it moves very slowly. In astrology, it rules Pisces and is considered the planet of deception, spirituality, illusion, and addiction. It’s not all bad, though- as with other things, the flip sides are the good sides and intuition, dreams, sensitivity, mercy and compassion also fall under its auspices.

Interestingly enough, you also can’t see Neptune without help and its discovery wasn’t by way of actually seeing it: it was actually found using math. Alexis Brouvard started to notice that Uranus was behaving a little funny so he shined a flashlight in its eyes- no no, actually, what happened was he noticed there were some changes in its orbit people hadn’t really expected. He recognized this was likely due to it being in close proximity to a planet they had yet to discover- and Urbain Le Verrier predicted a position that might explain this from there.

Then, in 1846, Johann Galle whipped out a telescope and went looking- and he found it within a degree of that exact position. Technically speaking, Galileo probably did discover it much earlier, but at the time he did so, he just assumed that it was fixed star.

Neptune is known as something of a reality altering influence- which probably explains why it rules drugs and addiction. That said: are all drugs bad? No, absolutely not. Is escaping reality bad? Have you SEEN reality lately? That said, it’s really kind of difficult to change a reality you cannot face- which is where the problem with Neptune tends to lay. It makes it a little more difficult to decipher facts when feelings are involved and the lies we tell ourselves often change our perception more than any mind altering substance could. Except for maybe mescaline. I’m pretty sure mescaline might beat out bullshitting yourself.

Still, there’s definitely something said for the power of hopes, dreams, and being able to see things in an almost naive light from time to time.

The Retrograde

We get one Neptune retrograde a year but it lasts for a little over 5 months. If you have had areas of your life where you’re not being quite as honest with yourself as you should be- you might be getting your cognitive dissonance thumped pretty hard. I have, however, seen enough of these cycles come and go to recognize that like all those types of things: cognitive dissonance thumped often just gets even stronger for it. Kind of a shame really.

What should happen, rather is that those things which obscure the truth, whether you did it or someone else does it clears away. Reality knocks, you answer the door- maybe sometimes this sucks, but ultimately, it beats continuing to believe something that’s simply not true.

Lies, no matter how many people tell them, no matter how much you try to convince yourself otherwise: are not the truth. Neptune retrograde is usually a time when the truth comes stomping on in and whether you sit down and look at it or not is entirely up to you.

Planetary Positions

21.02.2025 at 13:51:02 UTC

chart wheel
PlanetLongitude
The Sun03 Pis 10' 52"
The Moon12 Sag 38' 26"
Mercury13 Pis 05' 32"
Venus09 Ari 27' 53"
Mars17 Can 03' 16" R
Jupiter11 Gem 46' 13"
Saturn19 Pis 47' 19"
Uranus23 Tau 28' 19"
Neptune28 Pis 37' 38"
Pluto02 Aqu 40' 51"

Solar Status

BZ Status:-2
Proton Density:0.50
Proton Speed:315.0 k/sec
KP Status:1.33
TypeFeb 21Feb 22Feb 23
Active10%10%10%
Minor1%1%1%
Moderate1%1%1%
Strong1%1%1%
Kp Index Prediction
00-03UT1.671.671.67
03-06UT1.331.331.33
06-09UT1.331.331.33
09-12UT1.331.331.33
12-15UT1.331.331.33
15-18UT1.331.331.67
18-21UT1.671.671.67
21-00UT1.671.671.33
Solar Activity
Solar flare activity has been at low levels with six C-Class flares throughout the period. The largest flare was a C4.9 at 20/1501 from the primary flare producer Region 3996 (S16W03, Fko/beta-gamma). The region has grown in length and continues to see minor flux emergence within the intermediate area. Slight growth was observed in the intermediate area of Region 3998 (S14E12, Dai/beta). Most other regions have been stable or in decay. A new region is beginning to emerge in the NE quadrant and will be numbered as spot reports become available.
Solar Wind
Solar wind parameters are returning to nominal levels. The total field was around 5 nT with a variable Bz component early in the period transitioning to mainly northward around 5 nT after 20/1200 UTC. Solar wind speeds have been on the decline from around 500 km/s towards 325 km/s. The phi angle was mostly negative until 20/1200 UTC and became variable thereafter.
Energetic Particle
The 2 MeV electron flux at geostationary orbit has been at moderate (100 pfu) levels for much of the period. The greater than 10 MeV proton flux was at background levels.