Neptune is at a standstill—that is, about to go retrograde for the first time in Aries. This may give you a clue how Neptune in Aries will impact your thoughts and actions over the next 14 years. Neptune entered Aries at the end of March, for the first time since the 1860s. In December, it will return to cut ties with Pisces for good.
Think of how the world has changed since 2011 until this year—how much time we now spend online, how easy it is to get lost in doomscrolling, the revival of commitment to more spiritual and religious ideas—or the opposite, to those who are true believers in the sanctity of science. The world went through a period where all countries were singing the same tune, where more and more we saw bots and messaging repeating their truths, and the emergence of the term “Fake News.”
Watch what is happening in yourself, in others, and in the world over the next six months, as Neptune is in this retrograde period. Retrogrades are a time to review how things are going for you, and then you get a do-over as Neptune makes its final ingress into Aries at the end of January 2026.
What is the difference? So far, there has been a switch from the fog of nebulous nudges for social conformity to more direct messages and confrontations—like the fog is clearing, and now it is time to take action. This has been a messy few months—nerve-wracking, with people taking strong, confrontational positions in hopes of powering through to a win. This is posturing and aggression to get what one wants—that is expected from any planet in Aries.
Saturn is there, attempting to ground these illusions of power.
In a few days, Uranus is switching signs to Gemini, which alters how we perceive the influence from Neptune. Attention switches from comfort and the safety of a “shelter at home” mentality to one of curiosity—shocking events to alter what we are seeking to find in Neptune’s fog.
Reflection on your beliefs is key to benefiting from the next six months. 2021 was the culmination of belief in experts and truth as a singular, eternal answer to everything. We are entering a world where we must recognize there are many truths, each perfectly logical if you use the same plot points in the story and see things like in a movie from the camera’s point of view.
What if, instead, each of us is the hero of our own story, and our point of view—what we consider significant plot points in the story—will change our truth. How do we deal with that?
The point is not to argue for the one truth, but to start with redefining what truth and belief mean to each of us, and figure out how to build a story where we can co-exist, knowing there is no single answer to anything.
This is not chaos. It is Aries—that we take action, knowing what we know, and figure out how to make it work in the real world.