Neptune Sign Interpretations

With Neptune in Aries, you feel a strong compulsion to throw yourself into
life at an emotional level, for that part of your conscience structure which
encourages you to relate to other people according to the way you were taught
you ought to feel, is influenced by unconscious forces in your psychological
make-up which urge you to make the most of your personal potential.  You will
therefore do your best to use your imaginative faculties directly in seeking
greater understanding of human nature.  You may find yourself embarking on a
course of action which you do not fully understand at a conscious level, but
although your motivations may be obscure, it is likely that at some level you
are trying to relieve yourself of guilt feelings.  You may have considerable
intuitive ability, and if you can direct this you may be able to make your
dreams become real for you by following up on your hunches energetically.
You have great potential, but this can be used either to create or to destroy,
and you need to learn how to use your power wisely, for you are often at the
whim of forces which appear to be beyond your conscious control.

With Neptune in Taurus, you tend to deal with the realities of the external
world in an idealistic rather than an immediately practical way, for that
part of your conscience structure which encourages you to relate to other
people according to the way you were taught you ought to feel, is influenced
by unconscious forces in your psychological make-up which encourage you to
deal with reality in a spontaneous and practical way.  Obviously it is diff-
icult to to be spontaneous and practical when your conscience demands that
you first take into account how people are likely to feel as a result of
your actions, and what needs to be done is often painful.  You may therefore
hesitate to take direct action when necessary, and this can act either for
you or against you.  On the plus side, you will often find that your delay
in taking action works out in for your favour, for your intuitive grasp of
circumstances enables you to act later with more recognisable forces at your
disposal.  However you should guard against a lack of commitment which is
possible due to general confusion about how to act for the best.

With Neptune in Gemini, you tend to organise your ideas about the world and
other people in a way which is idealistic rather than necessarily realistic,
for that part of your conscience structure which encourages you to relate to
other people according to the way you were taught you ought to feel, is infl-
uenced by unconscious forces in your psychological make-up which encourage
you to generalise your experiences by formulating theories about them.  Ob-
viously it is hard to develop definite theories when your conscience demands
that you first take into account how other people are likely to feel, for
emotions are not that easily tied into any theoretical framework.  You may
therefore shy away from committing yourself to plans and ideas, sensing
that they are likely to have an evanescent quality.  On the other hand your
reluctance to take theoretical structures for granted can be used in a very
positive way if you do not try to avoid the issue, for your imagination can
help you to consider ways of looking at the world which would be rejected
by a more dogmatic thinker, and you may end up with an inspired philosophy.

With Neptune in Cancer, you tend to experience feelings about the world and
other people in a way which embodies a strong streak of idealism, for that
part of your conscience structure which encourages you to relate to other
people according to the way you were taught you ought to feel, is influ-
enced by unconscious factors in your psychological make-up which encourage
you to express your feelings spontaneously in response to your changing
moods.  Obviously it is hard to express your feelings spontaneously when
your conscience demands that you first take into account how other people
are likely to feel, for this places a subtle bias upon your emotional ex-
pression, perhaps involving you in conflict as to whether to respond acc-
ording to your own needs or according what you perceive to be the needs
of other people.  Thus while you are likely to be a highly emotional per-
son, you may be subject to emotional confusion since you feel different
things at different levels.  You need to learn to develop more confidence
in your emotional intuitiveness, for it can be very helpful to you.

With Neptune in Leo, you feel a strong desire to involve yourself with life
at an emotional level, for that part of your conscience structure which en-
courages you to relate to other people according to the way you were taught
you ought to feel, is influenced by more conscious factors in your psychol-
ogical make-up which encourage you to make the most of your personal poten-
tial.  Your efforts to get ahead yourself will therefore be modified by
your need to take into account the likely effect of your actions on other
people at an emotional level.  At best this can mean that you are a highly
imaginative person, and that you are keenly aware of the impact you make
on other people, taking this into account when aiming to achieve your high
ideals; you may be somewhat of a crusader.  At worst you may suffer from
self-doubt and resort to indirect tactics fearing that a direct approach
will fail.  Whatever the case, there is likely to be a rather mystical el-
ement in your make-up, though whether this is due to inspired idealism or
to inspired ability to distort reality depends on your conscious choice.

With Neptune in Virgo, you tend to deal with the practical necessities of
life and matters involving organisation in an idealistic and intuitive
way, which does not necessarily bear any relation to the matter in hand.
This tendency arises since that part of your conscience structure which
encourages you to relate to other people according to the way you were
taught you ought to feel, is influenced by more conscious factors in your
psychological make-up which encourage you to develop order and method in
your affairs.  Obviously it is hard to indulge in precise logical planning
when your conscience demands first that you take into account how others
are likely to feel about your methods, for emotion clouds logic.  You
may therefore find it hard to plan things in detail, since your feelings
colour your judgement, and you may be tempted to evade your responsib-
ilities in the material world, through feelings of inadequacy.  However,
if instead you persevere, you may well find inspired ways to solve prob-
lems, for you do not respect the boundaries of normal methodology.

With Neptune in Libra, you tend to view the world and other people in
an idealistic light, a light which does not necessarily bear any rel-
ation to objective reality.  This tendency comes about because that part
of your conscience structure which encourages you to relate to other peo-
ple according to the way you were taught that you ought to feel, is infl-
uenced by more conscious factors in your psychological make-up which
encourage you to develop a thorough objective understanding of the world
and other people.  Obviously it is hard to be objective in your thinking
when your conscience demands first that you take into account how others
are likely to feel at an emotional level, for thinking and feeling do
not go together easily.  You may be tempted to escape from reality since
you find it hard to get to grips with, but there are positive and negat-
ive ways of escape.  Drugs and alcohol are not advisable ways of altering
consciousness; you would be better advised to live according to your
ideals openly: both you and the world will benefit from this approach.

With Neptune in Scorpio, you tend to be a highly emotional person, and you
are keen to act directly on the basis of your feelings.  However, that
part of your conscience structure which encourages you to relate to others
according to the way that you were taught you ought to feel, is influenced
by this tendency, and the result may be a certain amount of confusion in
emotionally-based action.  The reason for this is that it is difficult
to act directly on the basis of your conscious emotional state when your
conscience demands first that you take into account the emotional react-
ions you imagine will be evoked in other people.  You may therefore ex-
perience conflict between the need to act for yourself and the need to
put others first, and this can lead to emotionally confused action.
However, it also means that you can develop a deep understanding of your
own and other peoples' feelings and motives, and you may use your sens-
itivity to find more refined and compassionate outlets for your strong
emotional energy, and you can fight hard for what you really believe in.

With Neptune in Sagittarius, you feel a strong commitment to develop a pers-
onal philosophy of life, and this is likely to be a highly idealistic one,
for that part of your conscience structure which encourages you to relate
to other people according to the way you were taught you ought to feel, is
influenced by factors in your upbringing which encourage you to gain as much
experience of life at a personal level in order to develop broad understand-
ing.  Trying to cover considerable ground on a personal crusade towards fin-
ding out your own purpose in life, while also taking emotional considerations
involving other people into account is a major undertaking, and one at which
you may baulk.  You may therefore take too much for granted, living your life
without any firm sense of direction, becoming overwhelmed by the variety of
your experience and just drifting with it.  More constructively, you should
take up the challenge, in which case you may develop a highly inspired view
of your place in the greater scheme of things, living a life devoted to
finding out truths which are hidden to the majority of people.

With Neptune in Capricorn, you feel a strong commitment to develop a personal
code of conduct which is moral and correct, and you are keen to achieve your
objectives through discipline and application.  However, that part of your
conscience structure which encourages you to relate to other people according
to how you were taught you ought to feel, encourages you along this path,
and you are therefore motivated by feelings of obligation.  This has a subtle
effect on your code of conduct, and it may be that this bears less relation
to objective considerations than it does to your need to satisfy either per-
sonal needs or the feelings of other people.  Since fact and feeling do not
always mix well, your motives may be mixed, and this may lead to considerable
uncertainty in you as to the correct code of conduct to develop.  You may
even try to avoid the problem by evading your responsibilities altogether,
or by developing a strange rule-system for yourself which appears to be con-
sistent, at least in your own eyes.  However, with your fine imagination,
you could develop a compassionate life-style which is also realistic.

With Neptune in Aquarius, you feel a strong commitment to develop a personal
theoretical understanding of the world and of human nature, even though this
may be unorthodox in nature, and may contravene prevailing societal norms.
However, that part of your conscience structure which encourages you to rel-
ate to other people according to how you were taught you ought to feel, en-
courages you along this path, and you are therefore motivated more by feel-
ings of obligation or guilt, rather than by a true scientific desire for
knowledge.  This gives your idea system a subtle bias, with emotional fact-
ors coming into play, and it means that your quest for theoretical underst-
anding is coloured by your deepest yearnings.  You may therefore feel con-
fused about some of the prejudices you hold about the world, for while at
first they seem objective, they are underlain by subjective considerations.
At best you may develop a very caring humanitarian approach to mankind,
being able to appreciate how society needs to change to become a happier
place, and you may use your vision to help these changes to come about.

With Neptune in Pisces, you feel a strong commitment to develop a thorough
involvement with the world and other people at an emotional level, for
there is a part of your conscience structure which encourages you to
approach people with a keen appreciation of their emotional states, which
derives from your understanding of the way you were taught you ought to feel.
You feel a strong need to express yourself in a round about way, for you
have only a vague awareness of the boundary that exists between yourself
and the world, and you feel that anything you do affects everyone.  No wonder
you want to act cautiously and tread warily, so as not to upset the whole
world!  You want to be involved, yet you are wary of being involved, and
this dilemma means that you may take some time to find your true place in
the world, or even to find where you end and the world begins.  However,
the positive side to all this is that you are a very fluid person who is
not easily bound by external boundaries, and if you can develop inner rules
for your conduct, you can be very caring and helpful to yourself and others.

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