hadn't seen in years. Sean called me out of the blue and the
been this unspoken connection between us. And now, from our
fifteen and twenty years old. I wasn't much of a drinker, but the
that when his wine cellar was empty, the relationship would be
over too. I took him to my favorite spot on earth, Big Sur. It had
A week later, Sean had just one cabernet left. We were on the
didn't know why. This wasn't the first time he'd reacted with a
other end of the phone, I said what I hoped was a cordial good-
the fairy dust dissolved, it seemed ever more incredible that I'd
been so crazy for this man. Why the soul-mate swoon? Is that
of the sea god Neptune, but the most famous one takes just
this view. Odysseus is a decent man, who after the Trojan War
wants nothing more than to return to his beloved wife and son.
god makes him lose his way. Ten long years Odysseus
imaginary lands, the Lotus Eaters with their magic fruit, the
Athena's rivalry with the sea god is an old one, pitting the
and (name is a big clue), guess who won. It is strange that the
mind, going towards the rationality of the city and away from
his revenge.
the psyche. But culturally this is still fringe stuff, not the starring
Neptune square*, lost their dreams, their taste for life, their
sense of who they are. Try saying this is just delusion stuff, the
and don't get blown off course. The words will sound thin,
Neptune does his greatest work below the surface. That's why
will hit the mark. Forget about waking up those who are
remembered the year before and the year after. The year after,
whale.
The Neptune journey is so deeply inward, we can neither see
These aren't the first words that come to mind during Neptune
life without the other is impossible now. Their affair is all the
and denial. And yet, as I've watched Karen unfold over the
affair has inspired new interest in all the Neptune things that
spiritual roots. She looks and acts like a Sleeping Beauty who's
been kissed awake. What did Neptune want from her? Nothing
like.
believed in soul mates thought I'd found one. And via this
The night my "soul mate" lost his glimmer, I opened one of the
egoic self, so that wiser visions can rush in. After our Neptune
too much, consider that our bodies are largely water too. Does
brings.
will feel blessed as you perform it. Your life will have meaning;
The Sun is an emblem for ego, the part of us that hungers for
keep ego out of it. Departures from reality are more often ego
trips than Neptune ones. When our visions draw from universal
celebrate not self but the sacred in the cosmos, then we're
Bliss.