I watched Cheryl Cole’s video for The Flood  yesterday, from her second album, Messy Little Raindrops. I thought it was beautiful and visually stunning. The video contains scenes of the sea and underwater-like imagery. It obviously appeals to my natal  Moon in Pisces square Neptune. Neptune was officially discovered in 1846. Mythological Neptune is the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Poseidon, ruler of the sea and brother Zeus (Roman: Jupiter). In modern astrology the planet Neptune rules Pisces, the traditional domain of Jupiter. Wherever Neptune is on the chart, there is often idealism about an area not found anywhere else. Neptune’s main characteristics are the disillusion of boundaries and it can indicate great compassion, sensitivity and empathy. Artistic inspiration, musical talent and a rich dream life may be indicated by Neptune. Its Negative manifestations include over-idealization or worship, delusion, deception, neediness, martyrdom and identifying with the role of the victim. Neptune rules anything to do with sea, floods, actors, movie, fashion, chaos and secretly undermining activities or influences. The magic of art, cinema and music provide a refuge from life’s coarseness, taking us into the imaginable realm.

The mythology of Neptune begins with the mythology of water. In astrological symbolism, Neptune is the ruler of Pisces, the third sign of the watery trigon; and the god after whom the planet is named is the lord of the ocean depths. But even if this planet had been called by another name, the language of water arises spontaneously on the lips of those experiencing important transits and progressions involving Neptune. Over and over again I have heard people completely unfamiliar with astrology describe their feelings and perceptions at such critical times with images such as drowning, flooding, drifting, dissolving, swamped, inundated, and flowing with the current. Their dreams at these junctures also reflect the domain of water: tidal waves, sinking ships, leaking pipes and overflowing toilets, flooded houses, torrential rain. By Liz Greene, The Astrological Neptune, and the Quest for Redemption