Aspects
Neptune Conjunction Pholus
The release theme of Pholus is fused with Neptune's depths, so what you uncork tends to be subtle, spiritual, or long-submerged, dreams, illusions, addictions, or ancestral material that floods to the surface once the seal is broken. The release can be quiet but pervasive, hard to contain or even to see clearly. The shadow is opening a flood you cannot manage, or dissolving in what you release. At its best this is the one who surfaces a family's unspoken story or channels the imaginal. The work is to release with awareness: lift the lid on the hidden gently, give the flood a form, and stay grounded as what was contained comes up.
Lean in — Lift the lid on the hidden gently, and give the flood a form.
Watch for — Uncork a flood you have no way to hold.
- the-hidden
- flood
- ancestral
Sources
- Reinhart, To the Edge and Beyond: Chiron, Nessus and the Centaurs (1996)Reads Pholus as the small cause with the large effect: the lid lifted from a sealed jar, releasing what was long contained.
- Arroyo, Astrology, Karma and Transformation (1978)Reads Neptune as the transpersonal pull toward dissolution and the surfacing of the hidden.
- Hand, Horoscope Symbols (1981)Treats the blend of release and the unseen as a dynamic of contained material flooding to the surface.