Saturn, Neptune, Aries, and the Dissolving of Structures

Saturn and Neptune dates:

Last in Aries 3/30/25-7/1/25

Returning to Aries 2/15/26

Conjoining in Aries 2/20/25

Saturn leaves Aries 4/13/28

Neptune leaves Aries 3/23/39

I pinched myself to see if it was real, but then I wish I hadn't. These words came to mind when I think of Saturn and Neptune. Saturn is the planet of time boundaries and real-life shit that happens to you. Where Saturn is in your chart, is where you have had to work hard due to expectations from an authority figure or because the responsibility was on you. It's the part of your chart where you may worry or hold fear, for you are all too aware of the limitations and restrictions you have there. Saturn is the representation of our mortality; it gives us that very realistic and a bit morbid view of what we're up against. Saturn does reward your efforts, even though it seems that they will never arrive. Saturn gives stability, protection, and results that last the test of time.

Neptune, on the other hand, is not of this world and doesn't consider being a part of the strict boundaries and rules that Saturn provides. I think of Neptune as a bridge between our physical world and another, past the borders of our perception. Where Neptune is in your chart is where you have trouble pinpointing or describing. It's like a dream that swept you away, but when you open your eyes it's hard to describe, and you forgot most of it. It's the place in your chart where you are creative, other worldly, and where your imagination sails. Neptune has the understanding that we are all connected, for it is that energetic web that connects us all. However, the displacement of Neptune's nebulous or intangible qualities can lead to endless yearning, illusions, and addictions.

In the sign of Aries, both of these planets take on a quality of urgency, impulsivity, and a need to fight for what they represent. The conjunction of Saturn and Neptune happens in the first decan of Aries. This decan expands on Aries' qualities even further. Mars rules this decan twice, and Mars is a very impatient planet. Mars is competitive and wants instant results, and these qualities will be felt while Saturn and Neptune are in Aries. Together, these planets manifest as a dissolving of structures, and these are structures that have been relied upon but have out lived their purpose. In the sign of Aries, this describes either a willingness to tear down outdated institutions or fight to keep the familiar going. Either way, the urge will be to win in achieving whatever ideal you may have. The result will be change with road blocks, confusion, and impatience felt on the way.

To give an understanding of this transit, I will share my own experience. Before the transit started, I was working overtime, focusing on my two businesses, massage therapy and astrology. I had goals, and I was determined to achieve them. I knew at some point I needed to cut back hours, but my inner sergeant, my goals, and my fear of not being financially stable kept me going. Then Neptune and Saturn squared my moon, and that's when I stepped through the looking glass.

First, I became so exhausted that I found it hard to work. It was like my body was moving through water, but I had to walk through it instead of swim. I found, more than usual, I was permeable to the energies of others. I would feel it on me when I went home, It would totally alter my mood. If someone was stressed, I would be afterwards; if they had an ache in their neck, I would feel that same ache after. These feelings extended to people I knew; it was like their emotions had wings that would flutter towards me and nestle deep into my veins. This, of course, was incredibly disembodying, but I kept pushing forward with my goals. In fact, I added to my workload, which only increased the exhaustion. I have Neptune conjunct my moon in my natal chart, so I am sensitive to the world around me, but the square to my moon was stronger. The square took the energy of my conjunction and amplified it. My 10th house of courier is ruled by the moon, so this transit affected mywork. My moon is placed in my 4th house of home and family, so the transit affected those areas as well.

The most altering part of this transit was that I started to see spirits. They first appeared at my home when I was chilling with my two cats. I would see a glowing form like a mirage standing in my kitchen. Seeing this brought up the usual questions of, "Am I crazy?" "Am I really seeing this?" Then, after some understandable hesitancy, I put my hand out to touch it. I felt a subtle tingle of electricity and condensing of the air as my hand went through its iridescent shape. This went on. I started to see them in the room when I was massaging. My clients would be happily zoned out, and I'm staring at an iridescent shapes just hanging out in my room. All of this definitely scared me. I have a Capricorn moon and a Libra Rising, so being socially acceptable is a conditioned impulse, so this was more than outside the norm. But I knew what I saw.

I also started to see energy. I would lie in my bed and look up at the ceiling and see what looked like Opalescent static dancing above me. When I would clear my racing mind and breathe through my heart space, the static would slow and take the form of waves. When I put my hand out, I would see electricity dancing from my fingertips. I experimented with crystals. I would hold them and wave my hands, and the static condensation smoothed into luminescent waves and orbs. Something I found particularly fascinating was when I would listen to music from my headphones while watching the energy. Side note, I love music, it's a 3d experience for me. I can feel it, see it, and hear it. Though I see it in my mind's eye. But this time, while moving my hands around holding a Celeste crystal, the energy would take the form of sacred geometry. It was like the energy was responding to my emotional experience and the vibrations of the crystal. Fucking wild!

Confusion and anxiety prevailed at this time, for the borders and structures that I was used to did indeed start to crumble. Neptune and Saturn were in my 7th house of relationships, so I experienced a breakdown of structures in that area of my life. You may be starting to see the interacting web of how one transit can affect various areas of your life. I confessed my feelings to a close friend, trying to push my intuitive ideals on the other person. I was trying to bring the relationship to a romantic direction, without seeing the time and maturity we both needed to adjust to such a change. I had an idealized perception of how it would go. The result was a distancing from the closeness we had before.

From my experience, you can see how Neptune can introduce you to a different perspective of existence. This new perspective can be beautiful for it has the power to break you out of the matrix. Neptune can give you a taste of your connection to the Divine, energy, and the understanding that we are not just physical beings. The problem is that we live in a world that follows the rules of a physical, tangible earthly experience. (This I know so far).

Saturn is important because Saturn is the laws of our physical world, but Saturn also rules the structures placed by those who came before us. Astrology and science will teach you that nothing is stagnant; everything cycles. You are altered from who you were yesterday and who you will be tomorrow, no matter how small the fluctuation. Saturn values consist effort and gives wisdom and protection when life’s fluctuations puts you in a pickle. Neptune shows you that there is more than what you can see, and it's ok to bend with the changes and dream. Together, Saturn and Neptune can make your dreams last. Just know, it will take awhile.

Confusion was one of the most complex parts of this Neptune-Saturn transit. I became slowly aware that how I saw the world before this transit was not entirely what it was. I couldn't logically categorize it, or structure it, or push it into submission. I had to flow with it. I had to release control, and that wasn't easy. I had to cultivate a sense of faith in the process. I had to find humility by accepting that there is far more to this universe than I can understand and to trust that I was in good hands. I became connected to my guides at this time. I'm not a religious person. I have a lot of wounds around religion, so the notion of this was really hard for me. But they were there, and to receive them I had to intern, connect with my soul. Our soul is the essence of us that will still exist after we die. Many lose touch with their own essence. We mirror what was told to us, and we forget who we really are. I had to learn to settle into my own inner energetic rhythm and empathize and respect that of others. From that came a remembrance of who I was. I started making more art, and I allowed myself to slow down so I could sleep and connect to how I was actually feeling. I cut back hours at my massage job and allowed myself just to be. This wasn't easy. Guilt and anxiety would still resurface, for I felt that internal tug of every authority figure in my past trying to push me to do more. But what I discovered in my times of stillness was that I was grieving. I was on the go so much that I didn't notice how I was actually doing.

The extra time gave me the space to heal not only my heart but also the tissues and the function of my physical body. And I still was financially ok.

This brings me to the biggest advice I have for this transit: slow down and follow the flow. You have to submit to the current so you can FEEL your intuitive direction. And this can be maddening, especially if you have a lot of planets in Aries, Capricorn, and Libra. These cardinal signs are driven, and they find it hard to slow down into a state of acceptance and flow. These signs have a need to move. Stagnancy or drifting is not easy for them. However, these cardinal signs, as well as Cancer, will experience a Neptune-Saturn square in the beginning months of 2026. This is if you have personal planets from 1 to 5 degreesof the Cardinal signs.

Surrendering to stillness is a necessary part of life. We are not meant to function in a state of constant go. As the seasons change, plants grow and die, and so should we. And dying doesn't mean in a physical sense. Part of us dies all the time, and it is necessary to make room and fertilize what needs to grow next.

Every cycle asks for a time to rest, dream, and manifest. This is the gift of Neptune. Saturn's gift is the restriction life gives when it's trying to tell you, not now, you're not ready, it's time to slow down to build a better foundation.

Rooting was incredibly important to me during this time. My sensitivity not only extended to other people but to plants and animals. I would feel the trees' vibrations. The sensation was like a wave or a heartbeat. When I tuned into it, it would calm me, and I would feel like I was being rocked and rooted into balance with it. I also saw my cats' auras, which was pretty dope.

Back to the subject of rooting, rooting brought me back into a space of wholeness. I have ptsd, and because of this, I will unconsciously clench parts of my body, particularly my throat and hips. With all of the other worldly energy coming through my crown, I felt ungrounded and wobbly in my body. I also struggle to open my root chakra, which lives at the base of my tailbone. It's as if I didn't feel safe to be on this earth. Neptune Saturn can give this feeling of distortion.

Saturn rules the structures of our body, and we have fascial networks in our body that coordinate together for support, balance, and ease of movement. A famous body worker, Tom Meyers, identified these fascial lines and named them Anatomy Trains. There is a deep line that runs from the medial side of our ankles up between our inner thighs and becomes our pelvic floor at our groin. It continues under our ribs up the lumbar spine and connects to our diaphragm. The line then goes up to our neck and ends at our jaw and skull.

This facial line is essential for holding us up; it's like our deep core or deep root. As well as holding us up, the deep facial line aids in breathing, houses six of our chakras, and holds a lot of emotion. When we feel scared, unsafe, or out of our body, this facial line tightens in various places. I see it continuously in my massage clients at their hips and core.

My point with this, breath is that equilibrium and heartbeat that keeps us grounded and centered. On a spiritual level, it connects us to the flow of the universe and, in turn, our soul.

During my Neptune Saturn transit, I discovered a way to meditate, letting my breath slowly soften the areas I held. I imagine energy coming from the ground into my heels while I rooted myself into it. Then I let myself grow from my feet to my crown, feeling the energy lengthening my spine. I rooted and grew like a tree, letting the energy run through my deep fascial line.

The first time I experienced this, it brought me such calm. I was connected to my body, the earth, and the energies unseen. I was connected to source like a car receiving gas; I was recharging my batteries. This brought me back to equilibrium, and that is needed in a Neptune transit, especially when Saturn is involved. It's about reconnecting to the structures of you and feeling how you are not isolated, but a part of something so much more vast.

Another grounding tip is meditation on your center around the space of your belly button. Letting yourself slowly expand wide and then slowly contract with your breath.

This transit won't affect everyone the same way; it really depends on what planets it connects to and how those planets connect to your chart.

This transit can break you out of stagnancy, even if it slows you down. Together, Saturn and Neptune can unleash you from the ordinary and what limits you. It can gift you with empathy and the ability to love deeply, where it's not to build your ego but to enrich your soul. We are going through a time of awakening, a lot of this is due to Jupiter going into Cancer and the North node in Pisces. Our intuition and other deeper senses are coming alive. For some, this will feel fluid; for others, it will feel derailing. Most of us are not accustomed to connecting to our intuition. We find it hard to believe in something we can't fully rationalize, but we feel in our bones that it is real. Our intuition or inner knowing it is an inherent part of us. Unfortunately, this part has not been given value due to the structures of our modern society, (saturn). The contemporary world has disconnected us from our connection to nature, our rhythms, and emotions. Our structures are those of moving at a fast pace and competing to get the best spot. This energy of always being on is an incredibly yang or masculine energy, and it is the energy of Aries. However, yin and feminine energies need to be incorporated for us to be in balance. We are equally both.

Demetrie George wrote a fantastic book, Mysteries of the Dark Moon, that goes a more in-depth on this subject. I definitely recommend reading it. As for this article, I am bringing it to an end.

If you're interested in knowing more about your chart and how to navigate in the rhythm that works for you, please book a reading. I would love help. And remember, you got this and you are not alone. ✨🌈💜