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My generation (born between 1970-1984) especially needs the reference guide above:
The planet Neptune was in the sign of Sagittarius from 1970 to 1984. It’s important to note that Neptune takes about 164 years to make a complete cycle, spending about thirteen years in each sign, and therefore the interpretation applies to a generation rather than the individual. For a more individual interpretation you need to look at the house position of Neptune in your chart. Both the sign of Sagittarius and the planet Neptune lead towards the pursuit of spiritual ideals.
This generation will hunger for knowledge and meaning. This search will take them to foreign lands and cultures. They will bring back and implement these ideas in their own cultures. Ideas such as Yoga, Meditation and Buddhist ideas began to take root in Western Society during these years. The shadow side of Neptune in Pisces is the following of cults or misguided leaders without a healthy skepticism of what they are preaching.
About a month ago, I had a dream that showed me a film highlight reel of many movies that negatively influenced (& still influence) my generation’s ideals and pollutes our collective unconscious (psyche). It’s difficult to fight the after effects because we don’t know how we’ve been affected. It’s difficult to trace the effects back to an original source. So ephemeral. So ineffable. So subliminal. So Neptune.
Neptune “rules” our collective unconscious (psyche), film, advertising, spirituality, vision (3rd eye), creativity, channeling, freedom, enlightenment (God Consciousness) and the zodiac sign Pisces. Negatively, it “rules” deception, denial, black magic, slavery, drug addictions…My dream was about a month ago when the transiting Moon (symbolizes nurturing, subconscious, dreams, early conditioning) was in Sagittarius (symbolizes philosophy, prophecy) conjoined my Neptune in the 1st house (awakenings). My natal Moon is in the 12th (Neptune’s) house.
In college, I majored in Business with a concentration in Marketing. One of my turning point projects? A presentation on Subliminal Advertising. It is everywhere. It’s abundantly used to sell people false hopes and solutions to life’s problems. I’m a master at it. I’ve successfully used my skills for many corporations…
Idol worship (& false prophesy) is the easiest vehicle to spread lies to us because we don’t even have our guards up against our favorite entertainers, artists, poets, pundits…who are all paid by the same group of people with the same agenda. Once you learn about how Neptune (especially in Sagittarius) works within us and culturally, you will see why we are constantly looking for a Messiah. We intuitively know that one is out there waiting to save us from our mistakes that have led us away from happiness, waiting for us to return to The True Source of Higher Information. The Messiah is not Tupac, Left Eye, JDilla, etc. (all born in early 70s), though.
Dig deeper into our roots, before we were taught that organized religion is dangerous, limits our intellectual and philosophical freedom, causes unspeakable sorrow and shame…
In 2011, Neptune returned to its “home” sign (Pisces) - the last sign of the zodiac, the last stop on the spiritual carnival ride - for the first time in…Count back 164 years. The last time Neptune was in Pisces, “good Christians” had to face God’s Truth that owning human beings and mistreating them as they did is a crime against humanity. U.S. slavery was outlawed and the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. Many of us have that association deeply embedded in our biological and spiritual DNA, so we still run away, still try to escape, still searching for The Answer when we aren’t asking the right questions…
The answer is yes, God loves us despite our mistakes and our disbelief. Yes, God wants us to be free. The truth shall set us free. It’s time that we all return to The Most High, The Creative Source, The Truth to reclaim the greatest Love of all.
*plays this 1974 album for the journey*
What finally made him see, he says, was the passing of J Dilla, the revered hip-hop producer, on February 10, 2006. They’d just talked on the phone, D’Angelo says, when suddenly, J Dilla was gone at 32 after a long battle with lupus. It was like a blinding light had been switched on. Why did so many black artists die so young? He’d been haunted by this thought for years. Marvin. Jimi. Biggie. “I felt like I was going to be next. I ain’t bullshitting. I was scared then,” he says, recalling how shame engulfed him, preventing him from attending the funeral. “I was so fucked-up, I couldn’t go.”
Shame, guilt, repentance—D’Angelo knows them well. To say that he was raised religious doesn’t begin to capture it. He’s the son and the grandson of Pentecostal preachers. To D’Angelo, good and evil are not abstract concepts but tangible forces he reckons with every day. In his life and in his music, he has always felt the tension between the sacred and the profane, the darkness and the light.
“You know what they say about Lucifer, right, before he was cast out?” D’Angelo asks me now. “Every angel has their specialty, and his was praise. They say that he could play every instrument with one finger and that the music was just awesome. And he was exceptionally beautiful, Lucifer—as an angel, he was.”
But after he descended into hell, Lucifer was fearsome, he tells me. “There’s forces that are going on that I don’t think a lot of motherfuckers that make music today are aware of,” he says. “It’s deep. I’ve felt it. I’ve felt other forces pulling at me.” He stubs out his cigarette and leans toward me, taking my hand. “This is a very powerful medium that we are involved in,” he says gravely. “I learned at an early age that what we were doing in the choir was just as important as the preacher. It was a ministry in itself. We could stir the pot, you know? The stage is our pulpit, and you can use all of that energy and that music and the lights and the colors and the sound. But you know, you’ve got to be careful.”
Also:
How Artists Are Converted From Christianity (& Take Their Followers Fans With Them)
Many pop artists weren’t even raised in the church of Christ (note that many of them were raised in The Industry), so they have no clue about the light side of the spiritual realm - let alone how to protect one’s soul and physical body against “dark forces”. How do you sing soul music with a dead compromised soul? Instead of praying for artists to return to hell on earth to satisfy their craving for new music, followers fans should pray for the artists’ soul salvation - like Whitney requested (and people ignored to mock her).
Beware of wolves in sheep clothing
I used to have an issue with the term “sheep” (because it’s used as a derogatory term by “worldly” people). My Chinese zodiac sign is sheep (weirdly, aka goat), which I’m now okay with since I’ve been reading the Bible and learning to spot wolves in sheep’s clothing (*hums “Smiling faces…”*)…
The Sheep and the Goats
31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.
32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.
35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
“He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
“Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
Source: Matthew 25:31-46
New International Version (NIV)
Why it’s easy to lead artists astray and how they can return to the right(eous) path.How Artists Are Converted Into Entertainers (aka How Artists Are Convinced to Sell Out)
“It’s easier and far more subtle than you think. Shallowly cloak the stuff in Christian symbolism and terminology, and your foot is in Satan’s door (For example, Freemasonry is not considered in opposition to Christianity by most).
Convince others that pragmatism (the end is more important than the means) is the way to go, and you’ve stepped in Satan’s room. Every argument toward aesthetics (what pleases the senses) and a higher, more spiritual feeling/experience in connecting with God is just playing with another toy of Satan’s.
Over time, the person becomes convinced that this is the best way to get through life. They go through the rituals, they commit more and more sins, and every step brings them closer to fame and fortune and glory. They think what they are doing is the way to attain salvation for themselves.
I don’t honestly know if these people were really Christians or not to begin with, but slowly they are convinced they can achieve whatever they want (and worldly speaking, what more could they have?) The industry and their fans all act like they’re gods anyway…
I have been in acting a little, and from personal experience I can tell you there is a LOT of pressure to just do whatever “they” want. Don’t rock the boat. You do want this part, right? No big deal, people do it all the time. Swear a little, kiss some person you don’t know, act the idiot, eventually show more skin than you thought you ever would. Basically, little by little you are expected to prostitute yourself for your “craft”.
Some make it honestly, but it is very difficult.”
Like exponential riches!
Like exponential riches!
