Neptune’s Transition from Pisces to Aries in 2026 Part 1 of 3: Sea & Story

In 2011 Neptune’s dreams for humanity shifted from Aquarian intellectual and educational culture under Saturn’s work-hard direction, to a sea of free-form possibilities and no rules in Pisces. At home and free to be itself, Neptune stirred our minds with dreams of other dimensions, amplified the price of indulgence, and healed our inner child. Within this loose framework we swam to our edges and have been changed forever, many through loss and upheaval. Neptune is the Roman mythology equivalent of Poseidon, God of the seas, freshwater, horses and earthquakes, all destabilizing. The tide comes in and the tide recedes, often with bits of nature in tow. So is Neptune’s effect on us.

Feeling into Pisces is like taking the hands of Jupiter and Venus, the planets most responsible for enjoyment, beauty and travel. While Jupiter co-rules Pisces with a daringly huge appetite for new experiences, Venus is exalted in the sign of the fishes and especially induglent. Once Neptune entered Pisces in April of 2011, Saturn’s boundaries no longer repressed old wounds nor shame around topics of pleasure. An era of the Goddesses and women coming home to matrilineal strengths, many have found the solace of water in nature and for healing the body, as well as the value of surrender. Although Pisces is more concerned with the immaterial, there is a 1.2 trillion dollar religious and spiritual development industry in the U.S. that blossomed during this era as we sought the softer side of existence after two Saturnian periods. We gave ourselves permission to rest and our criticisms of the world lost their passion as we were easily distracted from “should of” by crisis cycles we needed to heal from, like the pandemic.

Neptune imagines and creates new shorelines and storylines. In April 2011, with Neptune at 0 Pisces, Game of Thrones and Bob’s Burgers successfully captured audiences with decadent sexual vibes and silliness that heals. Who doesn’t have a little Tina, Gene, Louise, Linda and/or Bob in them? 2011 was a life-altering year for me when I became disabled. Arya Stark on the screen gave me strength with her maximum effort to do the right thing… and to take revenge. I, too, would live to fight another day. Dramatic, I know, but so was life. The stories translated to feelings and incorporated into the fabric of our culture is what makes up a Neptunian era.