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  Date / Time: 9/15/2009 5:49 AM UTC

  Neptune: Unbewußt, Höchste Lust
  

  

   

  Neptune:

  Unbewußt, Höchste Lust

   

  Süß in Düften
  Mich verhauchen?
  In dem wogenden Schwall,
  In dem tönenden Schall,
  In des Welt-Atems
  Wehendem All---
  Ertrinken,
  Versinken ---
  Unbewußt ---
  Höchste Lust!

   

  Sweetly in fragrances
  melt away?
  In the billowing torrent,
  In the resonating sound,
  -In the wafting Universe
  of the World-Breath
  drown,
  be engulfed ---
  Unconscious ---
  Supreme delight!

   

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  Wednesday, September 17th, 2009

  8PM, PST

   

  Neptune - Truly the planet that is the least understood and the hardest to grasp.  Even Pluto with all its controversy has more light shed on its physicality as well as its subconscious effect in one's chart.  But for each person, the placement of Neptune is their own greatest mystery.  Neptune is the planet of boundary-lessness, where one desires to lose onself fully; in either illusion, deception, spirituality, addiction, psychic perception or bliss.

   

  The image chosen to depict the power of this planetary influence is a pre-Raphaelite masterpiece by John Everett Millais called “Ophelia” referencing the demise of the same named character in Shakespeare’s Hamlet.  Shakespeare in his greatness leaves Ophelia’s death open ended for every person.  Her vulnerable nature renders her insane to Hamlet’s mental torture but as she at first billows and then sinks in the water is she in a state of pitiable misery or Neptunian ecstasy?

   

  You may be reading this shows title and saying "What the hell?"  but if you say "What the Neptune?" it's much more fitting.)  The words "Unbewußt, Höchste Lust" are the last words in Richard Wagner's Opera, Tristan und Isolde, a musical retelling of an Irish myth where a man and woman mistakenly drink a love potion, fall hopelessly in love, and are forced to be separated.  Tristan in his sorrow kills himself.  Isolde finds his dying body and after drinking poison sings the "Liebestod" or Death of Love and her final words "Unbewusst Hochste Lust" translate to "Unconscious,  Supreme Delight!".  To hear this sublime piece of music, please go to this link:

   

  www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKKEupnO8_0&feature=related

   

  This is where I first heard the Liebestod and was left speechless when hearing it sung by the incomparable Jessye Norman, who on the last note is transfigured to a state of Neptunian bliss!

   

  Neptune's placement in one's chart is where one desires to be like Isolde and Ophelia and completely lose oneself. 

   

  So join me won’t you? Get some deep breaths because we are going far under the surface for this planet - NEPTUNE!

  

   

  Neptune Fun Fact - It is no coincidence that the year that Neptune was discovered by humanity, 1846, also ushered in a style of music and art that is quintessentially Neptunian – The Romantic Era.

  
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