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Episode 237: Neptune Reimagined with Camille Michelle Gray

Release Date: 05/26/2025

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Laura adds to Camille's body of work on Neptune & the Black condition. This episode is dedicated to Neptune - the God and Goddess of the sea, of dreams, and of imagination.

Laura’s hypothesis: Neptune is the illusion and belief that White is superior; when in reality, White People don’t truly believe this. Whiteness is deception and theft. You do not steal from People of the Global Majority if they are culturally and economically poor. Neptune, depending on the natal position or by transit, can inflate someone’s ideal of themselves. Throughout history, a group of people subjugated another group by casting a veil over them to make them believe they are less than.

In reimagining Neptune, Neptune is seen as a malefic through the cis-hetero patriarchal white supremacist lens because Neptune is anti-capitalist. A Neptune transit can awaken someone to their true essence and in turn, reclaim their sovereignty and agency.

⏰ Timestamps ⏰

00:22 Introducing Camille Michelle Gray and her interest in Neptune

5:19 Some facts about Neptune

7:04 Camille’s Neptune significations

8:17 Laura’s Neptune significations

8:32 Richard Tarnas’ Neptune significations

12:36 Laura’s Neptune hypothesis

13:36 Camille’s work Neptune and the Black condition

18:36 Neptune and mythology

26:26 Neptune as assimilation

29:50 Neptune as psychedelics, plant medicines, and cultural appropriation of spiritual practices.

30:53 Neptune as Hollywood and Film

31:40 Neptune in Aries

34:47 John Randolph’s chart - The Nottoway Plantation

38:38 Neptune in Aries historically

39:48 The Emancipation Proclamation in 1863

45:22 Neptune predictions for the moment

49:44 Ryan Coogler and Sinners

1:01:47 Beyonce and Cowboy Carter

1:04:28 Kendrick Lamar and the Superbowl

1:07:38 Camille’s predictions for Neptune and politics

1:11:46 Saturn and Neptune in Aries

1:17:54 How to work with Camille

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