Quintile Uranus – Neptune
(Transit. Uranus → Natal Neptune)
Avesalom Podvodny. Aspects
Quintile of Uranus: If the mountain will not come to Muhammad, then praise be to Allah. This aspect brings unexpected surges of vital expression in the sphere of the planet, which may be merely an extraordinary exception, an artifact, but sometimes sound almost miraculous, revealing flashes of life in what seemed entirely lifeless forms. At a high level, this aspect can indicate brilliant mathematical or theoretical-physical abilities, the capacity to perceive life and development within the most complex and abstract structures and models. At a moderate level, the individual should strive to recognize the energetic-life manifestations of Uranus in the planet’s sphere as signs of fate and learn to interpret them. This aspect signifies a certain fateful protection — at a critical moment, an unexpected revitalization arises either within the person or in the external world, disrupting the lagging program proceeding according to established plans, creating a spontaneous fluctuation and the possibility of an unconventional solution or way out of a problem. Working with this aspect involves becoming consciously aware of the meaning and significance of the surge of vitality or unexpected developmental leap, supporting it and adapting it to reality, without which it usually quickly dies out and fades. A strong activation of Uranus may bring in the planet’s spheres a vitalization in unprecedented forms, placing the individual in a dead end and causing great fear; however, hints about its true purpose and nature may be sought by recalling past Uranian flares and manifestations of vitality in the planet’s sphere. Quintile of Neptune: The River of Life flowing into the Ocean of Universal Love originates in the swamp of Compassion. This aspect imparts vitality to meditation in the planet’s spheres; at a high level — a true understanding of the life of the planetary principle and of any of its manifestations. At a low level, especially when the quintile is afflicted, the person will be interested in and active primarily in parasitic forms of life connected with deception, false positions, and the secret use of another’s life force within the planet’s spheres. When Neptune is afflicted, the individual may tend toward the lowest forms of life among all those manifesting in this particular backward form, and then will defend them to the detriment of others; here, working through occurs primarily in the inner world, and sometimes the person needs to descend to the very bottom of the corresponding puddle in order to renounce the pleasures of dirty life (which he opposes to pure inanimation), although sometimes half its depth is sufficient: the key is only not to close one’s eyes to what is actually happening. A characteristic feature here is a subconscious feeling of guilt before life in the planet’s spheres, which the person attempts to suppress or clumsily compensate for. Affliction of the planet when Neptune is harmonious produces the rose-colored glasses effect: the person is happy with any manifestations of life in the planet’s spheres and finds it difficult to distinguish low from high, or to understand their combinations at all, thus possibly getting into unpleasant situations by trying to protect what should not be protected from whom it should not be. A harmonious quintile brings mystical fascination with the life of the planetary principle, combined with a certain passivity and a tendency to parasitize upon it; at a high level — the ability to detect life under incredible conditions and assist its development.
