I’ve had Neptune square my Ascendant and Descendant axis for a while, and one of the things I noticed a while ago was that I started writing in my diary in pencil (my chart ruler is Mercury and I always carry my diary with me).

I thought this was strange as I’m a Capricorn, and Saturn has been in his rulership (and approaching my sun) since I started doing this.

At a time of harsh realism and practicality, I had opted for an impermanent way of listing my life events.

After years of writing with a black biro, I suddenly appreciated the fine tip of a pencil making my writing a lot smaller (different pens allow different writing styles in me).

I guess I wanted to record more information in detail. So I guess it’s Saturnian in its attempt to be neater and more informative, even though the pencil seems the least Saturnian way to mark a page.

Then today got me thinking that actually I’ve had Neptune within orb of squaring my Ascendant and Descendant (and tine my Moon and sextile my Sun) since January 2017, though this year it has been very tight.

Smoke Screen

The other thing I have noticed is I’ve opted to switch my black liquid eyeliner for a softer, smokier look, lining my eyes with black eyeshadow instead.

When applying my makeup in the mornings I noticed my liquid eyeliner was taking longer to apply. I put it down to natural changes (due to ageing) in my skin.

I decided to adapt my makeup routine (which has been a thing for me since Uranus entered Taurus back in May 2018) by adopting a slightly different makeup routine. I thought I’d soften my look with a dreamy, smokey line around the eyes.

Like any normal woman I tried to fight the signs of ageing at first, but soon realised that if there really was a cure for aging, there’d be a very rich person out there selling it in tinctures…

…Cue Isabella Rosellini in Death Becomes Her.

via GIPHY

With my goaty hooves perfectly grounded, I decided to embrace my steady decline into cosmetic obscurity (pessimistic much?!) and accept that I am very lucky to have made it this far in one piece.

Amy Winehouse—a fellow 17° Gemini Ascendant like myself, (with a Moon –Neptune conjunction in Sagittarius)—joined ‘the 27 club’ with some of the many greats.

As difficult as it is getting older and witnessing the ageing process first-hand, I appreciate the life experience refused to many and my changing appearance while I earn my years of wisdom.

But It’s Deeper Than That

I didn’t really think much of these things at the time, but it dawned on me today that they are both little details that are connected to my Neptune transit (as well as being paired with Venus’ current cruise through Pisces due to meet by conjunction this evening).

It’s funny because as an astrologer you can look at the chart and describe the essence of then symbolism, but you can’t always see what has to happen in reality order for the events to manifest.

It’s easy to use buzz words or come up with sentences like “Neptune will create a sense of sacrifice in your relationships. You may be swayed between what is most important to you, and a dependency on other people.”

Or perhaps “Your entanglement with other people creates an impossible situation where no matter what you do, you’ll lose touch with a part of yourself”.

The client can take away the interpretation and integrate it as they recognise the events unfolding.

But how often do we consider that so much happens to facilitate out evolution? Would you have considered it could affect something as simple as opting to journal with a pencil, or changing a long-held make-up ritual?

It still amazes me how planetary transits permeate every waking moment of our lives.

Neptune Musings 10/04/19 at 13:30