COSMIC SHIFTS: Saturn conjunct Neptune.

A defining feature of this summer involves three of the outer planets transiting into new signs. Saturn and Neptune in Aries and Uranus in Gemini. This is a temporary situation; all three will retrograde back into the previous signs until next year. These planetary changes - along with Pluto now firmly in Aquarius - reflect a substantive shift in our collective experience and this summer will give us a taste of what is to come.

To narrow the focus, we shall address the alignment of Saturn and Neptune.

Saturn moves into a conjunction to Neptune every 36 to 37 years. Saturn will make its initial entry into Aries on May 24, already conjunct to Neptune. Neptune (Nephthys, Keeper of the Mysteries in the Egyptian pantheon) is mystical and dreamy. Saturn (Sobek, The Old King) is structured and contracted. During their alignment, Neptune will dissolve away Saturnian structures; Saturn will give structure to Neptunian visions. They will work simultaneously in harmony and in conflict.

The conjunction will be in Aries (Kephera, the Rising Sun). Every day is a new beginning, pregnant with possibilities. This is the seed cracking open under the surface of the earth, the chick instinctively pecking at the inside of the egg, new ideas rumbling under the surface of consciousness.

Aries is also The Warrior and this is something of a battle. Not all births are successful, and not all battles are won. The outcome is not foretold.

Saturn and Neptune will remain in a conjunction through most of 2026 although the flavor will vary. The movement of these two into Aries is temporary; both will return to Pisces in the fall - Saturn in September and Neptune in October. In January, Neptune will return to Aries in earnest with Saturn following in February. The exact conjunction between these two will be on February 20.

May 22, 2025, by Ruby Falconer. Available for chart readings.

Art: Soul Eruption by Isac Eliasson