Neptune

The planet of dreams, illusion, spirituality, compassion, and dissolution. Discovered in 1846, Neptune governs the invisible, the imaginal, and the transcendent — everything from mystical experience to addiction, from artistic inspiration to deception. Neptune is the modern ruler of Pisces, is considered exalted in Leo or Cancer by various traditions, and in detriment in Virgo. Its orbital period is approximately 165 years, spending about 14 years in each sign — making it deeply generational. In a natal chart, Neptune by house shows where you idealize, where you may be deceived, and where you access the divine imagination. Neptune transits dissolve boundaries and certainties, replacing them with fog, fantasy, or spiritual opening. Correspondences: neptunium, no traditional day, the pineal gland, the color sea green, and The Hanged Man card in the Major Arcana.