Tell the truth

From you reading this to about March 20, we will have 4 planets in Pisces, and it goes back to 2 planets on April 7. There's 10 planets we care about, so 4/10 are in one sign for right now. Generally speaking, that's too many. Most of the people I've done readings for lately have had major Neptune/Pisces activity either now or in recent years (in this case, they're trying to dig themselves out of Neptunian holes). Let me explain what I mean: when you have a Neptune transit, normally, a part of your life that used to work just fine suddenly no longer does. The astrology textbooks say that "Neptune cuts off ego support" to the planet Neptune is transiting, which is a nicer way of saying that your tricks no longer work. I've lived through a particularly bad example of this, so I can validate that this is really what it feels like. But a second symptom of a Neptune transit (or a lot of Pisces activity) is not wanting to be honest with yourself because it's easier not to, for whatever reason. I say that without judgment. During one Neptune transit, I waited for someone who had abandoned me to come back, and during another I tried to convince myself that I was in a good situation despite the pervasive feeling that it was the worst. In still another, I had to give up reliable access to my significant other because of what he was going through at the time. So sometimes you get to be altruistic, but sometimes you're just...lost.

The best advice I've ever seen for Neptune times is "go where the clarity is" (credit Tracy Marks). That usually means going on side quests when what you're trying to do isn't working. Pisces/Neptune/12th house (same concept) transits can make things temporarily very unclear, and you can waste a lot of time sitting and waiting for someone to come back (like me) or for things to seem normal again. If either of those things does eventually happen, it won't be because of anything you did, though. That's one of Neptune's fun tricks it pulls. It pulls a lot of them.

So: ego failure, lack of clarity, occasional abandonments...can we kick this planet out of the solar system? I'd like to. But here's a secret: it makes you *nicer* IF (and only if) you learn to accept that sometimes the things that happen to you are bigger than you. You have to really zoom out in order to see it, but if you can get enough perspective, it's there.

But back to the truth: it's important that you be honest with yourself, even when you find yourself in situations in which you feel the opposite of how you're "supposed" to feel (or what's socially acceptable, given your situation). Even if you're whispering "actually I hate this" to yourself at your birthday party or graduation or "actually I love them" about someone you're maybe not supposed to, be honest with yourself. It can save you a lot of trouble down the line and keep you from losing contact with what's real. Pisces energy seems to love a *preferred* version of the truth that makes the more earthy and airy amongst us furious (Pisces is a water sign, meaning it's evasive in nature). Just because you would prefer something be true doesn't mean it is, you know? And that's what sets off the lawyers.

Similarly, you might sense that people around you are saying things they would like to be true rather than what actually is true. Is "aspirationally true" a term? Can we make it one? If you sense someone is doing that, well, it's not surprising given the energetic climate right now. I've tried talking people out of things they really want to believe before and I don't recommend it, so save your breath and move along... to the extent that you can.