The planet Neptune has been transiting through the sign of Pisces since around 2011/2012 and will continue his transit here until approximately 2025/26. Neptune is one of the slowest moving planets in the cosmos taking approximately 15 years to move through a sign of the zodiac. The last time Neptune transited through Pisces was between 1847 and 1862 – a very long time ago. Planets that move this slowly are known as “generational planets” because they affect an entire generation of souls who are born over a 15-year period with the same placement. Generational planets create a generation of souls who have to learn similar lessons, have similar gifts and talents and who see life in a particular way.
Wherever the Pisces energy sits in your Natal Chart will be where Neptune has been spending the last around 13 years and where he has been pushing your buttons the most to encourage you to see through what is not real. It is Neptune that often pushes us to know “what is my life purpose?” or “will I ever find my soul-mate?” And his journey starts with an illusion that you are here to push through to find the reality.
Neptune rules Pisces so he is very at home in this sign of the zodiac amplifying all the qualities of Pisces in every way. When a planet is at home in its own sign of the zodiac it is a lot more powerful, just like we all are when we feel at home, supported or backed up by our own homes or familiar places.
Therefore, when he is at home, he will take risks and perhaps do things that would not work so well for him if he was sitting in another sign of the zodiac.
Planets that move slowly, like Neptune does, are what is known as “outer planets”. The outer planets teach us the life lessons we need to learn that take time, experience and insight to learn. Neptune takes his time because he is the planet of illusion, deception, imagination and betrayal, as well as being a highly spiritual and karmic planet as well.
“how can I use astrology to find my life purpose?”
When we are dealing with illusions and imagination, we will always need time and experiences to see through them. Sometimes, we have to start with seeing through the illusions others are showing us, and sometimes we have to start with seeing through the illusions we tell ourselves. Whether our illusions are inside of us or outside of us, they will take time to see through and then work through. For example, you may have lived under the illusion presented to you by those around you that you are not smart enough or clever enough to participate in things, or to be heard or to be considered in any way. And because of this illusion presented to you by others it can then become the illusion you tell yourself. “Why apply for a promotion or better job when I am not smart enough”, or, “why speak up when no-one wants to listen to me”, or even, “why bother trying to change or be anything when I am obviously not capable”. So, the self-defeating words and actions of others can then become the self-defeating words and actions we take against ourselves and then become our reality and can stop us in our tracks when it comes to finding that life purpose.
The first step to working through this is to realise that it’s all an illusion and this realisation accompanied by a change in behaviour and attitude usually comes once you have discovered something very important about yourself. And that important thing is, that you are worthy in every way of love, support, belief and respect. However, the key to this shattering your illusions can only take place if YOU believe in yourself and who you truly are. For so many, your true life purpose lies just beneath an illusional fear that you are holding on too that tells you, you are not good enough.
So, the illusions many of us have been working through over the last approximately 13 years are all to do with how we perceive ourselves, how we perceive the world around us and how deeply into the illusion we have gone. The greatest illusion we have been faced with has to be the illusion of our own importance. This illusion has been showed to us by the outside world in many ways over these last 13 years or so. The first example of this that springs to mind for me is “selfies”. All of a sudden what we did every day, what we ate, what we wore and even what we said, needed to be shared and seen by everyone around us. We were under the illusion that our daily actions were of great interest to others and should be shared and promoted at all times. The upsurge of Facebook, Instagram and so many other platforms where people could share their opinions, their experiences and their photos had us all believing that such things were of great importance and needed to be recorded and made public for all to see. And we all bought into it.
Another great illusion that has been shattered due to Covid, was the illusion that our governments and the “powers that be” actually have our best interests at heart and that they will always look after us and take care of our needs. Those that bought the strongly into this illusion are now finding the reality to be very hard to swallow.
Yet another outside illusion that was presented to us over the last decade or so was the illusion that being different needed to be celebrated. Our societies have been encouraged to explore all the extremes out there, however what we have found is that the more we explore and expose our differences, the more such things are used to turn us against one another. The illusion of being unique is celebrated on one hand and then condemned on the other.
And then we have our own inner illusions that we tell ourselves, about ourselves and about our lives, that we then have to find a way to move out of as we see how they hold us back. For example, you may live under the illusion that you have failed in life because you are single. And you believe this because you have not had a partner in a long time, nobody seems to want to date you, all your other friends have partners and being on your own feels like you have been overlooked, forgotten and washed up. The more you buy into this illusion the more layers you add to it, and before long your illusion that being single makes you a failure in life becomes a belief system. And once something is a belief system it can be very hard to shift.
“When will I find my life partner?”
While Neptune is in Pisces the energy of illusion will always be very strong, and we have to be very aware of this so we can be on guard against being disillusioned and betrayed. We can be a lot more gullible and open with this transit, as at the end of the day we all like to believe in fantasy to some degree. As this transit comes to its end over the next couple of years the illusions will start to shatter one by one, both outside of ourselves and inside of ourselves. It will become clearer and clearer to us the importance of being our own critical thinkers and sovereign beings and we will see very clearly for ourselves what is an illusion and what is reality. And once we can see such things outside of ourselves it can become a lot easier to recognise the illusions we have within ourselves that dictate our behaviour, and shatter these as well. When then looking for a life partner this will show us who is good for us and who is not and so as we can then shatter those illusions that we have chosen to live under in regard to ourselves. We then in turn shatter our outward illusions of what we deserve and need. It is then, and only then, that a life partner can be presented to you who is for your highest good and in alignment with the illusion-free version of you, and not someone who is part of your disillusion.
Neptune is also the planet of karma. The karmic lessons of Neptune in Pisces can often relate back to past lives where you have abused or neglected your spiritual or creative talents. Your Natal Neptune placement will tell you what karma you have to repay through the energy of Neptune in this lifetime, and the current transit will show you where you may have karma to repay from a spiritual, creative or “real” point of view at this stage of your life. For example, if you are part of the Neptune in Scorpio generation (born between December 1955 and January 1970) you may have karma to pay back in this lifetime regarding the abuse of your power in a past lifetime, and whichever House your Neptune is sitting in, in your Natal Chart, will show you what type of power you abused. Knowing how to find out your rising sign can be very useful when dealing with Neptunian karma as once you have determined what your rising sign or ascendant is, you can easily place your Neptune and see exactly what karma you have brought with you into this lifetime to deal with. And the House that he appears in will give you the arena you have chosen to use to learn this lesson.
Neptune moves into Aries after his transit through Pisces and so we will move from illusion energy into “me” energy. Neptune in Aries will help us all to see our own power, our own abilities and our strengths and it will also give us the courage, conviction and awareness to put ourselves first and to do so with pride, purpose and passion.
So, now is the time to really look at your life and your beliefs and to see where you are living under an illusion. And so many of the illusions we live under have been created by us due to our lack of self-belief, self-love, self-respect and self-worth. We think that we protect ourselves or take better care of ourselves when we live in fear of not being good enough, but all it really does is hold you back and make getting where you want and need to go more difficult, and a lot more challenging.
You are a soul on a journey and you have done nothing wrong. So, believe in you, believe in what feels right for you and believe in your future. You are stronger than you think and loved more than you know. Blessings xox
