Karen Carpenter Wizard of Oz and Neptune
YouTube now has quite a few videos with young people playing Carpenters songs. Many of them are hearing them for the very first time. The look of disbelief from young rappers to professional voice coaches is priceless. Stunned, moved to tears, and just simply blown away by pure talent. Her voice was nothing short of extraordinary. In a similar way most everyone who has watched the movie The Wizard of Oz is instantly captivated. Typical reactions move back and forth between elation, awe, to sadness, fear then and back again. They are both great examples of powerful collaborations that touch upon something deeper in all of us. While we have practical needs we also long for magic and the extraordinary and how miraculously things can sometimes come together. Life can be enchanting at times, yet this aspect can also at times walk hand in hand with illusion and even tragedy. In astrology this aspect of humanity, a part that exists in all of us can be explained by the energy and movement of the planet Neptune.
Neptune represents our dream life and the subconscious. Named after the god of the sea it is the aspect that triggers mystical things that appear in this world; the bleed-through from the Otherworld. It represents inspiration, poetry, glamour, things that captivate us, and when life appears in technicolor. Think of the appeal of epic movies, special effects, and the allure of movie and television stars often created in “Tinsel Town.” Marilyn Monroe was a country girl who became a superstar and a legend. Sometimes the fantasy and larger than life tales are even more epic than the actual people or events. Often a strongly placed Neptune in an astrology chart will show a disposition toward spiritualism, artistry, musicians, and people who seem to have a little or a lot of personal charisma.
Neptune takes approximately 14 years to move through a sign. The sign it was in when you were born is part of your generations ideals. The house of life it was placed (and where Pisces is on the cusp of a house) is where it gets more personal and specific. In the second house for example, it can do with how you make money and how you create security for yourself. In the fourth house it can be the search for an ideal home or family, often triggered by a missing parent. In the 7th house it can be both a place of soulmate experiences, illusion and the search for the ideal mate. In the 11th house you are the kind empathic friend, who may at times see your friends through an overly idealistic lens. Any of the twelve houses where Neptune lives point to areas where you have experienced profound stories in your life that changed you. This area of life can also show where we may have at times wore rose-colored-glasses and the “Angels Weep.” We are inclined to reach for something greater than ourselves, and this is where we may lose our way and the ideal cannot match tangible reality.
Neptune is connected to our compassion, kindness, selflessness, and sacrifice. It rules the sign of Pisces too. The compassionate, empathic part of us is beautiful, a bit angelic, and without it we would be dry and sterile if we only relied on our intellects. The search for our personal ideal and our kindness, devotion and lack of boundaries can at times lead to suffering. The negative aspects of Neptune are deception, confusion, fraud and scams. An afflicted Neptune (badly aspected in a chart) can lead to preferring fantasy over reality. In extreme cases the seeking of release can lead to drug or alcohol abuse, criminal tendencies, and other forms of escapism. We yearn to dissolve the pain and find ecstasy. When we can’t reach our ideals, or give to much of ourselves we can splinter and feel pain. A lack of healthy boundaries can trigger the negative aspects of Neptune and wreak havoc.
I have Neptune in Scorpio in my 7th house of marriage and partnerships in my natal chart. I can truly say I have been in love (like head over heels, clouds parting, trumpets blaring connections) five times already in my life. And a few more that came awfully close. Some were good, even great and a few - especially in my younger years were a bit nightmarish. A criminal, and a few other lost souls in other ways painfully dotted my landscape. I played the victim and saviour archetype out a few times. My heightened empathy at a young age for other young men and women who were dealing with abusive parents or conditions made me want to help alleviate their pain. To be the big brother, the good one they seemed to need. Age and a healthy dose of Saturn (the responsible, sobering part of us that gets wiser over time after many tests) have helped me still keep the Neptune ideal while paying attention to what is actually real. People abused in their past can at times become the abusers themselves. Unrequited love can be common with Neptune in the fifth, seventh, or eight houses of personal relationships. A frustrating experience but weirdly useful too for performers and all kinds of creative people.
In the Wizard of OZ a young Dorothy wants to escape her home and the pain of her life and after a tornado lifts her home she finds herself in a magical world. She makes amazing new friends, confronts monsters, good witches and bad ones over the rainbow. In all of its colorful, jaw dropping, epic, and fascinating scenes she longs to go home. The smoke and mirrors of the powerful Oz are exposed. Yet, eventually she realizes she could go home all along and that “there is no place like home.” Karen Carpenter (Sun in Pisces in the 10th house of career and status in the world) searches for an ideal love. Millions of people have used the song “We’ve only just begun” as a wedding song. I dare you not to tear up a little or a lot when you hear it! It represents the ideal of starting a life together with a significant other. Her songs were both uplifting and sad. A wide range of emotions in her voice and a large catalog of hits and popular songs are now etched in history. After years of incredible, moving music she sadly passes away from Anorexia. The love she looked for outside herself needed to be found within. The sadness of this loss shook the world and for many it is still difficult to grasp after many decades. Yet the legacy of what she left behind is awe inspiring and has never been duplicated. All of this is truly a picture of Neptune.
What does Neptune ask of us? We are reminded to experience the colorfulness of life. To allow a bit of glamour, idealism, inspiration, and remarkable things be a part of our world sometimes. We can be inspired both by real tangible things and times when the Otherworld slips into our backyard. These aspects of life aren’t necessarily at cross purposes. There are times when things are truly magical and do we really want to miss out on a bit of enchantment? Neptune asks that we remember kindness and compassion. Everyone is wounded is some ways, and when we understand this, we can tap into the higher energy of Christ and the beauty of sacrifice. This path can lead us to feel a deeper, higher form of love. Neptune will help you inspire others in a world that longs for insight and healing. Along the way blind faith may leave you in real pain on occasion. When this occurs we need to shore up our faith again. A little pain and sadness can also be beautiful. We may have to look at where we got lost and relied too much on an ideal or fantasy; where we put on our rose-colored glasses. Did we connect to a deeper truth or was it what we wanted to see? Either way later when the story is told it will be a wondrous one, even with some moments of pain. It is one of the fantastic part of being human and this is why the Neptune part of us matters. And why the Wizard of Oz and The Carpenters songs and similar Neptunian things will endure for a very, very, long time. Jim Ventura 1-2022
Notes
We made it to 2022! While our personal years actually begin on our birthday there is always some participation from all of us in the vibrations of the universal year too. 2021 was a 5 year (you can check out my short video on this subject on Instagram last month if you choose) key aspects are change, adaptation, physical sense highlighted, and movement. Agitation, uncomfortable change, arguments, and disruption can also be themes of the 5 year. 2022 is a 6 year which is more about home, family, service, grounding, giving, and responsibility. Negatives to the 6 year can be subservience, being overly sentimental, uncomfortable family themes, and trouble with receiving. Still overall the energy of the six is more grounded so I suggest a better year ahead in 2022 for many. Our personal numerology new year will be even more specific. This is why I often get a lot of requests in the new year for a session about the themes of the year overall (also a good session to do on or around your birthday!) with a look at your animal totem, tarot archetype, Rune stone, Lakota Indian message, and angel message. Just request a new year theme session when you email to book.
Latest YouTube video about themes of 2022 at J Ventura Snake Oil
We have an interesting conjunction of Jupiter and Neptune coming up in early April of 2022. This is in the sign of Pisces so this is a lot of water! But Jupiter tends to expand and enlighten and is usually a lucky influence so there will be positive influences from this in the world. This conjunction in your natal chart can show where this expansion will occur more specifically to you. I will talk about this aspect in more detail in March on either YouTube (subscribe at J Ventura Snake Oil) or my radio show at blogtalkradio.com.
Information about joining my Regular Client Program and taking advantage of my skills as a life coach and Navigational consultant (also Regulars pay notably discounted rates on sessions) would be a good way to start of the new year!
The death of so many significant people took place in 2021. On the last day of the year actor Betty White passed. Understandably many mourned the loss of this talented, lovable human being. She was just a few weeks away from turning 100! Rather than see this as sadness. I see it as a marker for a life well lived. She was strong, continued to work (Capricorn Sun sign), humble, and immensely talented. She passed in her sleep. Well done. Cheers to a life well lived and all the best as you head back into the Otherworld Betty!
Commit to making the new year ahead a good one and you will in your own life and create a path for others to follow if they choose.
“In the life of spirit you are always at the beginning” Cheers, Happy New year Jim V
“I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring.” David Bowie
“The ‘success’ parts of life look good to others, but the best parts are actually in the simple, daily experiences. This is true whether you’re an actor or a teacher or a waitress. I know because I’ve been all three.” Lauren Graham
Channeled corner. I read many, many books from different trance channelers in the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s. Unfortunately many of them are now out of print, but I still have a huge collection and will share some of the best material I have collected over the years.
"Much of your mental experience daily is based upon the proposition that there is something wrong with each of you, for one reason or another. Again, it is difficult to say what I want to while still trying to avoid contradictions at your end—and yet it seldom occurs to you that you might just possibly be doing exactly what you were meant to do, or that you are in exactly the right place and time and circumstances."
Jane Roberts Channelling Seth
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My Regular clients enjoy working with the many different types of oracles I work with for enlightenment. But a good portion of them work with me in the form of an enlightened counselor, and life coach. Discussing what you are going through or working on at each time is definitely healing but also allows added insight from my many years of navigational consultations and the wisdom of working with a very old soul!
One of the best programs I have been doing for 24 years now is my Regular client program. The program is designed to benefit my clients at multiple levels. Clients who enroll in the program come in every three months for personal sessions (monthly, or every other month sessions are also an option). This can also be done for out-of-area clients by phone. Session prices are discounted for Regular clients. The focus of the program is on consistent work in developing your intuitive abilities, learning how to navigate more effectively through life by using the signs and signals that are all around us, and conquering fear-based programming permanently. We also get to work with all the many different oracles I currently work with! My Regular client program has resulted in some tremendous spiritual evolution for hundreds of people over the years. Some of my Regulars have gone on to do spiritual counseling, or similar types of work and some are healing and guiding others personally and professionally. The progress I have seen over the years among the majority of my Regular clients has been phenomenal. It is wonderful to see the spiritual, physical, and emotional progress I have assisted in motivating. So many of my Regular clients have dramatically changed the way they now view life and are enjoying a more enlightened point of view. You too can join this program as well, just ask.
More about the Regular Client Program... This program was designed to create an easy, cost effective way for my clients to progress in their spiritual development.
When we are consistent at attending to our body/mind/spirit, we naturally move through life with more harmony and greater joy. When our spiritual awareness is heightened and fine tuned we are often happier which helps us to enjoy all aspects of our lives, including occasional personal challenges because we see them as inevitably beneficial. We can truly assist the people around us. Human beings learn by example. Your intimate partnerships, friendships, family, and children benefit when you are in a good space.
The Regular Client Program makes it easier to prioritize keeping your spiritual, emotional and even physical “garden” free of weeds. In China, the professional soothsayer is a reverent and dignified calling. It does not attract the sort of suspicion it does in the western world. In fact, in most eastern cultures, seeing an oracle reader is a sign of wisdom, success, and prestige. If you have an interest in increasing these attributes and working with a highly skilled navigational consultant then the Regular Client Program may be right for you.
My current rates for 2020-2022:
Full session (70 minutes) $115.00. shorter session (45 minutes) $90.00. Extended session (90 minutes) $135.00. 15-20 minute short phone sessions $40
Regular client program discounted rates for 2020-2022:
Quarterly (every three months) Regulars:
Full 70 minute sessions $90.00 shorter 45 minute sessions $65.00 Extended 90 minute sessions $110.00. 15-20 minute short phone sessions $20.
Every other month Regulars: Full 70 sessions $85.00. Shorter 45 minute sessions $60.00. Extended 90 minute sessions $105.00. 15-20 minute short phone sessions $20.
Monthly Regulars:
Full 70 minute sessions $80.00. Shorter 45 minute sessions $55.00 Extended 90 minute sessions $100.00. 15-20 minute short phone sessions $15.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PREPAY 3 OR MORE SESSIONS YOU RECEIVE AN EVEN BIGGER DISCOUNT.
Prepaid three quarterly sessions: (3) - 45 minute sessions $175. (3) - 70 minute sessions $240. (3) - 90 minute sessions $285.
Prepaid three every other month sessions: (3) -45 minute sessions $165. (3) - 70 minute sessions $225. (3) - 90 minute sessions $265.
Prepaid three monthly sessions: (3) - 45 minute sessions $150. (3) - 70 minute sessions $210. (3) - 90 minute sessions $250.
* Regular clients get to choose whether they will come in for a full, 45, or extended session. You may vary the length of each session each time you come in for your appointments, and still keep your discounted rates.
* I will contact you a few weeks before your next appointment by email or phone for scheduling. If there is a need for a few weeks delay or to come in sooner or for an extra appointment this is also an option.
* Sessions can be used for all of the different readings I offer, transformation sessions, reality change sessions, or personalized instruction on how to read oracles yourself.
* Regular Clients can purchase gift certificates for sessions to give to friends and family at their discounted rates.
* If at any point you decide to come in more often or less often, or even exit the program, simply let me know. I have worked with clients who have come monthly for two years, then switched to quarterly, etc... Clients who exit the program can still come in randomly for sessions, although they will be required to pay current non-regular client rates.
“There are more people doing good stuff and moving us forward than there are people sowing division. I surround myself with people who have faith.” Maria Shriver
New Client Special 2022
January 1st thru July 31st 2022 Special:
$10-15 off listed rates for your first 45 minute session, 70, or 90 minute session! Debit and credit card payments get $10 off for 45, 70, and 90 minute sessions. Local in-office clients can get an extra $5 off for cash or check payments for sessions. If you want to buy a new client a thoughtful gift of a session for a friend or family member you can also take advantage of these rates!
“Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.” Helen Keller
“Every new beginning comes from some other beginnings end.” Seneca
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My next live broadcast of Snake Oil Radio will be Thursday, January 27th at 3:30 p.m. mountain (Phoenix) time. Usually one or two Thursdays each month you can catch a new show. Each 45 minute show will expand on my current column’s subject matter. It will also offer an opportunity for you to chat with other listeners in the chat room with comments and your thoughts about the topic of discussion. If you miss the live show, you can catch any of my previously recorded shows on the web site’s archive. You can also catch Snake Oil Radio on I-tunes (download my pod-casts there).
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More detail on one of the many sessions I currently offer:
Viking Rune Stones session
The Viking Rune stones are a language, a pathway, and a navigational aid for the Spiritual Warrior: someone who understands that the battle of the Spiritual Warrior is always with the self.
The Runes are an instrument for learning to listen to the will of our Higher Self. They are a means of listening to that part of ourselves that knows everything we need to know for our lives now. They are part of understanding that in the life of Spirit we are always at the beginning.
The Runes are markers for knowing what right action truly is.
The Runes are an oracle that I repeatedly go back to, they are a wise reminder that “The starting point is the self. Its essence is water. Only clarity, willingness to change, is effective now. A correct relationship to yourself is primary, for from it flow all possible right relationships with others and with the divine...” Rune of Self-Mannaz
“Prepare then, for opportunity disguised as loss...” Rune of strength Uruz
“Seeking after wholeness is the Spiritual Warrior’s quest. And yet what you are striving to become in actuality, is what, by nature, you already are...” Rune of Wholeness Sowelu
While a bit stylized of course because it was made for television..., there was some aspects of this discussion that I did early last year (in this case geared toward finding love for a Valentine’s Day episode) for the List TV show on ABC that are still quite good.
https://www.thelisttv.com/the-list/find-true-love-with-the-ancient-tradition-of-casting-runes-2-11-21/?fbclid=IwAR3O03y_1O4mMS1B6Ml6VXDRVoTrI9CkT95NBcjKh7ztEogX8_4bDjoCilY
Here’s my contact information to make an appointment for a session, or information on current classes: Email: Venturasag@yahoo.com (best method for contact).
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All sessions/readings for 2020-22 are: Full (70 minutes) $115.00; Shorter session (45 minutes) $90.00; Extended session (90 minutes) $135.00 (two people can split an extended session back to back with an added fee of $5 for $70.00 each, although no other discounts will apply). Mini phone session 20 minutes $40. Email me for information about my Regular Client Program for even bigger discounts on session prices with the added benefit of monthly or quarterly check-ins. Purchasing 3 pre-paid sessions also brings sizable discounts (example 3 pre-paid 45 minute sessions is $150 total or $50 a session...)
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