Hopes and wishes dissolve before your eyes when the planet of creative vision moves backwards in the sky.  But this is the Stars’ way of testing you to see if you’re truly committed to that dream of a better you.  If today’s stumbling block is all it takes to discourage spirits and to derail plans then your vision wasn’t very strong to begin with.  But if it inspires you to brainstorm, to test-drive different approaches to bridging the gap between imagination and reality – then Neptune’s retrograde is doing its job.  Visualization is the first step to realization as you will discover in December.  Signs most affected:  Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces