Aspects
Eros Opposition Neptune
The dreamy, illusion-prone side of desire tends to come at you through the people you want. You may idealize lovers, fall for a fantasy you have projected onto them, or attract seducers and deceivers who promise a perfect romance and dissolve into confusion. Boundaries blur in passion. The work is discernment: see who is actually in front of you, not the dream you have cast over them, keep enough clarity that desire does not blind you, and notice when longing has become a way to avoid real, grounded intimacy. True eros here loves the person, not the mirage.
Lean in — See the real person, not the romance you projected.
Watch for — Let desire blind you to who someone actually is.
- fantasy
- deception
- clear-sight
Sources
- George, Asteroid Goddesses (1986)Reads Eros as the principle of erotic desire, passion, and the creative life-force of wanting.
- Greene, The Astrological Neptune and the Quest for Redemption (1996)Reads Neptune as longing, idealization, and the dissolving of boundaries between self and other.
- Hand, Horoscope Symbols (1981)Treats the blend of desire and fantasy as a dynamic of romance and possible illusion.