Neptune is currently in Aries located at 00 Ari 08' 40"

Planetary Aspects

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Neptune is currently in Conjunction Mercury

Neptune is currently in Conjunction Venus

   Ends on Friday, 04 April, 2025

Upcoming Retrogrades

PlanetStationary (retrograde)Stationary (direct)In Sign
neptune2025-07-04 21:34:00 UTC2025-12-10 12:24:00 UTCAries
neptune2026-07-07 10:55:00 UTC2026-12-12 22:18:00 UTCAries

As the farthest known planet from the Sun in our solar system, Neptune, the 8th planet’s astronomical description is entirely appropriate to its astrological. It’s the densest giant planet and it moves very slowly. In astrology, it rules Pisces and is considered the planet of deception, spirituality, illusion, and addiction. It’s not all bad, though- as with other things, the flip sides are the good sides and intuition, dreams, sensitivity, mercy and compassion also fall under its auspices.

Interestingly enough, you also can’t see Neptune without help and its discovery wasn’t by way of actually seeing it: it was actually found using math. Alexis Brouvard started to notice that Uranus was behaving a little funny so he shined a flashlight in its eyes- no no, actually, what happened was he noticed there were some changes in its orbit people hadn’t really expected. He recognized this was likely due to it being in close proximity to a planet they had yet to discover- and Urbain Le Verrier predicted a position that might explain this from there.

Then, in 1846, Johann Galle whipped out a telescope and went looking- and he found it within a degree of that exact position. Technically speaking, Galileo probably did discover it much earlier, but at the time he did so, he just assumed that it was fixed star.

Neptune is known as something of a reality altering influence- which probably explains why it rules drugs and addiction. That said: are all drugs bad? No, absolutely not. Is escaping reality bad? Have you SEEN reality lately? That said, it’s really kind of difficult to change a reality you cannot face- which is where the problem with Neptune tends to lay. It makes it a little more difficult to decipher facts when feelings are involved and the lies we tell ourselves often change our perception more than any mind altering substance could. Except for maybe mescaline. I’m pretty sure mescaline might beat out bullshitting yourself.

Still, there’s definitely something said for the power of hopes, dreams, and being able to see things in an almost naive light from time to time.

The Retrograde

We get one Neptune retrograde a year but it lasts for a little over 5 months. If you have had areas of your life where you’re not being quite as honest with yourself as you should be- you might be getting your cognitive dissonance thumped pretty hard. I have, however, seen enough of these cycles come and go to recognize that like all those types of things: cognitive dissonance thumped often just gets even stronger for it. Kind of a shame really.

What should happen, rather is that those things which obscure the truth, whether you did it or someone else does it clears away. Reality knocks, you answer the door- maybe sometimes this sucks, but ultimately, it beats continuing to believe something that’s simply not true.

Lies, no matter how many people tell them, no matter how much you try to convince yourself otherwise: are not the truth. Neptune retrograde is usually a time when the truth comes stomping on in and whether you sit down and look at it or not is entirely up to you.

Planetary Positions

03.04.2025 at 08:47:44 UTC

chart wheel
PlanetLongitude
The Sun13 Ari 50' 59"
The Moon21 Gem 49' 29"
Mercury27 Pis 36' 01" R
Venus26 Pis 31' 01" R
Mars24 Can 23' 28"
Jupiter16 Gem 20' 60"
Saturn24 Pis 46' 21"
Uranus24 Tau 51' 59"
Neptune00 Ari 08' 40"
Pluto03 Aqu 35' 21"

Solar Status

BZ Status:3
Proton Density:12.02
Proton Speed:446.9 k/sec
KP Status:3.00
TypeApr 3Apr 4Apr 5
Active20%35%35%
Minor10%35%35%
Moderate1%15%15%
Strong1%1%1%
Kp Index Prediction
00-03UT3.671.005.00
03-06UT3.331.004.00
06-09UT3.002.333.67
09-12UT2.333.673.33
12-15UT2.003.332.33
15-18UT1.333.332.33
18-21UT2.003.672.67
21-00UT2.335.002.67
Solar Activity
Solar activity was at low levels. The largest flare was a C8.0/1f at 02/1053 UTC from Region 4048 (S16E27, Fkc/beta-gamma). Region 4048 continued to exhibit separation and slight decay in its intermediate spots. Consolidation was occurring within its leading spots. The region also appeared to lose its delta magnetic configuration. Slight growth was observed in Regions 4044 (N20W30, Dao/beta) and 4049 (S30E01, Dso/beta). New Region 4050 (N27W02, Bxo/beta) was numbered. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed.
Solar Wind
Solar wind parameters continued to be weakly enhanced under transient effects. Total field ranged from 6-11 nT with the Bz component between +6/-9 nT. Solar wind speed averaged around 450 km/s. Phi angle was positive.
Energetic Particle
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux was at normal to moderate levels. The greater than 10 MeV proton event that began at 31/1105 UTC, reached a peak flux of 147 pfu at 01/0425 UTC, ended at 02/0910 UTC. Levels continued to be elevated near 3 pfu, but subsiding.