On the eve of Bonfire Night the planet Neptune will be stationary, turning direct. From now until then Neptune is slowing to a halt, virtually motionless already. For a few weeks after the 4th it will be similarly slow, gradually picking up speed after its stasis. Thus October and November are months of Neptunian flavour, particularly for countries with planets or chart points currently aspected by Neptune. The UK is one of those countries.
Neptune will station at 23 Aquarius 42 in the early evening of the 4th of November. It's currently at 23 Aquarius 51. That gives you an indication of how slowly it's travelling.
The UK's Saturn is directly opposite, at 23 Leo 22.
Saturn in Leo represents, among other things, the nation's ego defence mechanisms. It also represents the status quo, corporations, and all institutional structures that wield authority in the nation. All of these are being washed away at the moment, eroded and corroded, undermined and dissolved.
From now until the end of November there'll be an intensification of this process. It's likely that the nation will feel lost, on shaky ground, as if what was solid is now pliable. It's like being on shifting sands.
It's all quadrupled though because of the natal configuration in the UK's natal chart of Saturn, the Ascendant, the MC and the Sun.
In the UK's chart Saturn is on the point half-way between the Ascendant and the MC. It's also happens to be in semi-square aspect to both the Ascendant and the MC. And it's just out of orb - unless you use wider orbs - of a sesquiquadrate with the Sun.
Because transiting Neptune is opposite Saturn it's picking up this whole aspect pattern, constellating all of the issues involved.
The Ascendant-MC midpoint is the nation's way of being in the world. The Sun is it's leaders, its identity, and its innovative spirit. Saturn is its authorities, its boundaries, its barriers and its sense of deficiency.
The purpose of the Neptune transit is to wash away whatever is outworn and unuseful to the present and the future. It's meant to soothe difficulties and bring compassion to what's suffering. It brings the opportunity of redemption to the nation.
What are we using it for? Compassion or cut-backs? Saving ourselves or deluding ourselves? Epiphanies or slipping further into delusionary madness?
We ought to choose thoughtfully what we put on our bonfires this year.
