Raven
thistread is from 2015...te time i was at my lowest..depression wise.
looking at it right now..ican say all that you.ve said resonated so much.
we.re at 2017 now. And its really different for best. I feel really free and letting myself feel it all. I csn surely affirm that just now since tr year started...im a totally different person.
sothank u. U nailled it
QUOTE=R4VEN;618849]Deirdre, what I am about to write here has been gleaned from looking at your natal chart and the current - and recent - planetary transits. For depression I generally look at what Neptune is doing, and Neptune is certainly in a difficult place in your chart at present.
Firstly, you have your Moon in the 8th house natally, so you are prone to rather deep introspection, which can become depression when things get on top of you. I need to state right away that I have had almost life long bouts of depression, and I am not in favour of medicating depression, because beneath the really horrible feelings of hopelessness and pain there is generally `something' waiting to get out ..... if you will allow it to. My own experience with medicating depression was that the depression became duller and more pervasive. My belief is that the depression is our way of suppressing and holding in rather extreme emotions ... emotions which we are afraid of, in case they totally overwhelm us. The medical fraternity views depression as a `disease', while I view it as a sign post.
Now for the astrology .........
For some time - perhaps as long as 3-4 years - transiting Neptune has been opposing your Virgo Sun. This is a very debilitating experience, especially if there is something (a memory, a core of feeling or emotion) which is trying to get out. Added to that, transiting Neptune has been sitting very, very close to your 6th house cusp, where the 6th house describes - among other things - your body and your health. Chiron is already transiting the 6th house, so this is a time to sort out your health. Those who have depression in any form are pretty much always holding in a massive amount of emotion and words and pain and fear, and the depression is a sign that it is time to give these suppressed feelings (and perhaps memories) a voice. I'm not sure that counseling will work, as it is easy in a counseling session to stay in your head, and not met yourself
feel.
As for how long ...... the depression will last as long as you hold everything in place and try to soldier on as normal. Neptune will take another 12 years before it is ready to leave your 6th house, so you have plenty of time in which to sort this out.
I need to share something with you from my own experience with transiting Neptune. When Neptune crossed my Capricorn Ascendant I was floored by it. I had no energy, and wondered whether I was even capable of continuing with my life. This went on and on and on, month after month, year after year. Then over time I began to flow with it, allowing myself to sleep more, and to relax into it. I forgot about Neptune, and life was again meaningful. Then one day I checked the astrology, and Neptune was still conjunct my ascendant, but I was no longer devastated by it. I was more relaxed, less hard on myself, more accepting of the way things were in my life. Neptune had done its job - for the time-being.
Neptune will break down the barriers between you and others, especially during an opposition to your Sun. (And by early 2017 it will no longer oppose your Sun. I would even say that the worst of the opposition to your Sun has already passed) The purpose of Neptune's opposition to your Sun is for you to examine how it is you present yourself to others, and to be your authentic self at all times. You also have to get real with yourself about who you are, what your motivations are, and why it is you do what you do. Neptune is slow and steady and relentless, but only for a time.
Always keep in mind that there is a purpose to everything, even the hardest of hard times. There is potential for you to come out of this time stronger and wiser than ever before.[/QUOTE]
