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NEPTUNE IN PISCES’ SCORPIO DECAN – the call to transmute suffering With Insights from Astrologers Isabel Hickey and Dr. Oskar Adler by Astro-Therapist
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he Beatles’ lyrics, “I get by with a little help from my friends,” sums up this topic and article, which underwent a major do-over thanks to OPA Editors. Though invisible to readers, the transformation proves, we each need help (Neptune in Pisces) to make changes (Scorpio decan). It’s also a joy to share two more ‘invisible’ helpers here, Isabel Hickey and Dr. Oskar Adler, from ‘the other side.’ As Neptune dipped into the deeper waters of Pisces’ Scorpio decan, (20-29o) in the spring and summer of 2020, a tsunami of crises hit us – a global pandemic, job insecurity, racial and economic injustice, political turmoil and extreme climate-related events. We are now in a 4-year transit of Neptune in this decan from 2/21/2021 through March 2025. The need grows for humanitarian aid and empathy (Pisces) to face the existential realities of death, economic strains (Scorpio), the effects of social distancing, isolation, quarantining, hospitalizations (Pisces), and the push for top medical research, virus therapeutics and delivering vaccines globally (Scorpio). Since Pisces’ key word is “I believe,” let’s consider what part of belief belongs to its Scorpio decan. Once embedded in our psyches by others, beliefs possess us on a deep level, dictating our thoughts (Air), feelings (Water) and deeds (Earth). An unconscious belief will overpower us, if we cease being its holder with the will (Fire) to freely choose to accept or reject it. We become what we believe. By examining our drives, we can reprogram ourselves to make new choices. The saying ‘sunlight is the best disinfectant’ also applies to our ability to transform our habits. By processing unconscious fears, drives or passions, even due to past-life trauma or debt, we reclaim our power over them. Beliefs can be healing or toxic, and Scorpio’s stinger can inject poison or cures. page 68
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Amy Shapiro, M. Ed. The Scorpio decan dissolves the veils between the material and etheric realms. People with a water emphasis or strong Moon, Neptune or Pluto sense this. If you work with psychic energy, it’s vital to protect your aura to avoid unwanted entity attachments. People can be vulnerable to astral entities without knowing it and become drained by them. As we experience loss, confusion and disorientation due to things beyond our control that challenge our faith (Neptune), we also are pulled psychically by departed souls’ unfulfilled
The Scorpio decan dissolves the veils between the material and etheric realms. People with a water emphasis or strong Moon, Neptune or Pluto sense this.
wishes. Suicide prevention is a real concern, while, on the flip side, a right-to-die movement is gaining traction. Neptune is like a dream or a play into which we escape, as Pisces blurs reality, dissolving the limits of logic and reason. The Scorpio decan of Pisces reminds us that death is the ultimate escape from the weights of the world, and sex as a tantric experience lifts the psyche to a euphoric state. A look at when Neptune was last in this decan (3/7/1857 to 4/13/1861) can shine light for us now. In 1857 the moral, terriOPA’s Quarterly Magazine
torial and economic divisions about slavery were at a boiling point. On 3/6/1857, the US Supreme Court’s Dred Scott Decision ruled that slaves weren’t free, even in free territories. Also, a financial crisis lasted 18 months sparked by “The Panic of 1857” when a lack of international trade led to the failure of several banks (Scorpio). In the 1858 Presidential debates, Abraham Lincoln argued that slavery was morally wrong, and the Federal Gov’t could extinguish it. On a platform including prohibiting slavery in new states and territories, he won the election on Nov. 6, 1860. Scorpio’s ruler, Pluto, echoes its underworld abduction myth and desire to overpower, rape and enslave. Those desires had to surrender to Neptune-in-Pisces’ humane, compassionate impulses. On Feb. 13, 1861, five days after the electoral vote count, Jefferson Davis became the Confederacy President, two weeks before Lincoln’s inauguration as the 16th US President (3/4/1861), vowing to preserve the Union. Five weeks later, the Civil War began 4/12/1861, after 7 slave-states formed the Confederate States of America, joined later by 4 more seceding states. With Neptune in Scorpio’s decan of Pisces, people had to decide what to sacrifice (Pisces) for what they wanted (Scorpio). By its bloody end in 1865, the war killed over 620,000 lives. Now 2021, 156 years later, we’ve returned to Scorpio’s decan of Pisces and a re-reckoning in social justice struggles -- BLM, Stop Asian Hate, voter suppression laws aimed at suppressing minorities. The deadly US Capital attack of 1/6/2021 in a global pandemic, was stoked by lies, false conspiracy theories, hate and attacks on democracy by Russian dark-web psyops. In 2021, conscience calls us to rectify racial injustice and disenfranchisement, aid and comfort the dying, grieving, ill, isolated and marginalized (Pisces), including war refugees and the homeless in gentrified communities. Isabel Hickey and Oskar Adler both used Astrology for healing. Each also survived the 1918-1919 pandemic. Readers often feel their presence through their writings. Isabel’s message in “Pluto/Minerva: The Choice is Yours” (part of ACS) is, we must invite into our consciousness and lives the forces of Light. Dark forces intrude. Besides teaching the power of prayer and creative visualization, she also taught a mantra that resonates with the Scorpio decan: Absent
