Awareness, inspiration, the power to transform, the ability to change things, and to involve, are all qualities attributed to Neptune. In this article, we are going to find out the connection between Neptune and Zodiac.
Like Uranus, Neptune brings complementary information to the two astrological signs that it rules with Jupiter: Sagittarius and Pisces. Neptune’s influence in Sagittarius is rarely mentioned, whereas, in Pisces, it is always given the importance of the main ruler. In reality, Saggitarius reflects Jupiter’s outgoing, generous and optimistic qualities together with its attachment to the material world. But the Sagittarian taste for adventure and explorations, and its spiritual yearnings, are the mark of Neptune.
In the same way, the Piscean intuition, perception, and interest in universality are typically Neptunian traits. Whereas the need for comfort and well-being, possibly intensified by Neptune, reflects Jupiter’s influence. So you are dealing with two heavenly bodies, one implying expansion (Jupiter), the other dilation (Neptune). From this, we can say that those born under these two signs are the most generous but also the most excessive people in the zodiac.
Neptune in the birth chart
Neptune’s influence in the zodiac is regarded as ‘transformative’. Its position in the birth chart tells us about a person’s ability to change, or to adapt to circumstances, to change with them, to evolve. Neptune moves very slowly through the zodiac, spending about 14 years in each sign, so its influence spreads over generations.
Neptune brings rare moral, mental, and spiritual qualities. It is true to say that its situation in the birth chart tells us about the higher level of an individual’s mind, and his/her desire – or lack of desire – to utilize it. The inner and subtle strengths revealed by Neptune will inspire the individual to use his intuition and synthesize all his qualities. In doing this, he will be able to bring together all the elements of his personality in order to create around him and within him, something new.
In addition, it must be said that the presence of Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in a birth chart, besides revealing the important characteristics of an individual, also informs us about his receptivity or resistance to collective trends (this is because these planets all travel so slowly through the zodiac). From the elements indicated by Neptune, we learn how a person relates to his soul, whether or not he is aware of it, and how he reacts to current thoughts, beliefs, feelings, and emotions.
Astrological facts about Neptune
Neptune rules inspiration, the superior yearnings of the mind, the power of perception manifested through the conscious or unconscious,s and the coordination and control of the five senses. Neptune’s particular qualities reveal that there is, inside each one of us, an acute awareness of the people and things around us, which we can exploit in order to effect an inner change while all around us are changing and evolving, too.
In a birth chart, these qualities have to be studied with great care. Their expression in material life is very subtle, sometimes inexpressible, and remote from our rational and material concerns. To foresee, to anticipate, to know through intuition, to understand the profound meaning of circumstances and events, is to enter the realms of Neptune. Finally, let us mention that Neptune can be regarded as similar to Mercury except that it operates on a higher scale in that it informs us about the higher states of being of the individual.
Neptune – astronomical facts
Neptune is the eighth planet of the solar system, situated between Uranus and Pluto, at about 5 billion 504 million kilometers from the Sun. It was discovered by the German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle, on 23 September 1846. A day on Neptune lasts about 16 hours of our terrestrial time, while its sidereal rotation lasts 164 years and 280 days.
Neptune’s atmosphere (which can be observed from Earth) is covered by a layer of hydrogen and methane, whose temperature seems to be -218°C. It should be said that, according to the latest studies, Neptune is thought to have many features in common with Jupiter.