la_sirena said
I just find it strange, because under this transit it's very easy to lie... on accident.  Yes, on accident - even though you may not think lying can be an accident, I've discovered it can be.  You can just be having a conversation with someone, with no intention to lie, and a lie slips your mouth for no apparent reason, except to help the person sitting next to you keep believing what they want to believe...Neptune.  

 

But anyway, I think I'm going to tell that person I haven't been Catholic all my life...  I don't even think they will remember asking me that...Neptune.  But I'll feel better... I'll just say I was agreeing with them that I had been Catholic all my life,  but realized after the fact that I had lied...I honestly didn't realize it until a second or two later...and I should have corrected, but let it go for some reason.  So Neptune.  

Yes, I totally believe it can be an accident. Or like a really well-known worn tendency to escape. It does tend to harm the reputation though, accident or not.

This came up in conversation lately (in which I learned, someone has once again started lying about me, as gossip - and he has "subscribers"). My attitide is - still - if I answer a question, what I say will depend on who's asking. What I answer will be true, and, if they're not close (in my heart) there will be gaps in the details of what I tell them. Rather, I ask why this matters to them?

At the same time, I do willingly share almost any piece of personal information, even to slight acquaintances, if it seems it might be useful to them (my mutable houses include - which aspects in , in my 11th house of participation in community. also connects with , by the "it depends" aspect, sextile.

in my 1st house: some people are going to believe whatever their usually-dusty, seldom used imaginations want to. That's theirs to deal with, i.e. rather than inform  them, I nod, smile, and keep on what I was intent on. Anyone who's intent on really knowing me can triple check whatever I tell them to their heart's content. (This is how I learned of current gossip.) I have an 8th house .  I value true-blue people who want to know that what we exchange has depth, basis in what I know to be true. And vice versa.

PS Except that it goes against my beliefs, and my values, and my principles, plus simple common sense... yes, I've noticed (aghast) how easy it would be to convince people of some highly improbable things. But, besides the formentioned reasons, I prefer a tidier environment than that - (in 11th).

Afterthought: it's impossible to say "everthing"  - and the attempt would be unkind (boring). Add in an active, energetic imagination, and the possibility of inducing glazed eyes is increased. (As a shortcut Neptune effect remedy, I recommend that, though, if used sparingly.)

I currently have Neptune conj my natal Mercury within 1 degree. I haven't noticed any lying, though I have noticed that I forget things easier. I have Mercury/Venus/Chiron/Saturn all conj in Pisces opposing Pluto conj Uranus. Neptune will also go retrograde later this year exact on my natal Mercury, so I've been watching carefully to document what happens.

I try not to lie, but sometimes, I do because I accidentally say "Yes" too fast, before I even processed the question.

Mars-Mercury aspect Neptune, Neptune rising

Often I will be super nervous, and someone asks me a simple question.... to which I answer "Yes!" when I meant "No"... oops. Or, they assume something, and I go along with it and say "Yes" ...then I'm thinking in the back of my mind "Wait, no, I didn't mean that. That's not right!" Or, I say something, but it was incomplete or not clear, so the impression they leave with was not what I intended...

And then they will have gone away before I could correct myself or elaborate. Sometimes, I don't bother correcting myself because that was just one interaction, and I probably won't see them again. However, if do keep seeing them again and they assumed something, I will eventually correct the record, if I remember.

By the way, this bugs my husband who has Mercury in Virgo.

There was also the time, I forgot that my grandmother was alive and told everyone that "I don't have a grandma here." And then she showed up! Oops.

People frequently mistake me for people who look similar to me. I don't bother to correct them unless we're going to interact further.

"Hey R, where is ___?" I'm not R, but I answer their question anyways.Yes, I could've corrected them, but why bother? It often doesn't even occur to me that I could've corrected them, until they've left. I was just answering their question. Now, if they keep repeatedly calling me R, I'm going to correct them, but I often let this kind of thing go.

Teresina, that's what happened with me too- I said yes before I processed the question, but the problem is, after I realized I said the wrong answer, I let it go and just went with it.  Its so strange.  I do know it's not malicious.