By now, Neptune has entered Aries—a fiery, choleric sign it hasn’t visited since 1861. This oceanic planet will remain in Aries for the next 14 years, until it wades into the green pastures of Taurus in 2039. Take a look at the house ruled by Aries in your natal chart, and imagine what the blend of fire and water might look like in this area of your life.

Fire Meets Water: A Relationship of Tension and Necessity

Water and fire have a fascinating relationship—equal parts love, hate, and co-dependency. Both are essential to life, providing the moisture and heat we need to grow and thrive. But when imbalanced, the result is either boiling water or smothered flames—states that are inhospitable and unsustainable. As Neptune settles into Aries, the challenge will be learning to harmonise these elements over the coming 14 years.

On the positive side, the heated nature of Aries—marked by impatience, anger, and impulsiveness—may be softened by Neptune’s cleansing waters. This influence could help soothe mental agitation and reduce hot-headed tendencies, encouraging greater flexibility, compassion, and intuitive flow. You may feel drawn to address anger, release long-held resentments, or surrender rigid stances you once defended fiercely.

But what if Neptune overtakes the Aries fire too strongly? Just as water douses fire, overwhelming emotion can extinguish drive and momentum. The result: smouldering, soggy logs that produce no meaningful heat. Motivation may wane. The Will could falter. Life might begin to feel cold, directionless, or confusing.

Conversely, too much fire can also harm water. Boiling water could represent the discomfort of intense emotional pressure or the very real crisis of rising ocean temperatures. Excessive heat dries out moisture, leading to barren, cracked ground—symbolic of emotional depletion or creative burnout.

As we embark on this new 14-year phase, consider how you’ll maintain your inner vessel—ensuring the water doesn’t drown the fire, nor the fire evaporate the water. How can you use Neptune’s connective qualities to deepen your relationships and empathy, while sustaining Aries’ individualistic flame to pursue your personal path?

Saturn Follows Neptune: The Call of a Rare Double Ingress

And there’s more. By the end of May, Saturn will also enter Aries—a move it makes only once every 30 years. A single slow-moving planet changing signs is significant. Two in one month is monumental. But when both Neptune and Saturn enter the same sign within weeks of each other? That’s a shift of epic proportions. We haven’t seen Saturn and Neptune together in Aries since the early 1700s. You’ll hear more about Saturn’s arrival in next month’s article, but know this: these two cosmic heavyweights will shape your Aries house for years to come, beginning now.

When slow-moving planets change signs, we often find our priorities shifting too. With Neptune, this shift may feel subtle but profound—marked by new spiritual inclinations, a desire to unify scattered aspects of life, or a need to reconnect with something greater than yourself.

This month, you might consider how to act on these emerging priorities. As Mercury (7 Apr) and Venus (13 Apr) move direct, they can help you clarify your path forward. Now is the time to think about pivots. Neptune and Saturn will hold you accountable—to your illusions, to your forgotten dreams, and to the deeper truths hiding behind your perceptions of reality. Don’t be surprised if you feel called to change direction, just as the world itself is shifting into a new paradigm.

While the safety of the known may be crumbling, there are also new horizons emerging. With Neptune’s first visit into Aries until October 2025, you’ll have opportunities to get a glimpse of new possibilities— especially in the house Aries governs in your chart. 

Adding to the momentum, Mars enters Leo (18 Apr), finalising the long Mars retrograde saga that spanned between October 2024 until now. This shift brings renewed direction and vitality, especially as Mars forms a fiery trine to Neptune on 20 April. For now, the fire element is strong enough to resist being drowned—though, as always, planetary strengths ebb and flow. Still, watch for symptoms of excess fire this month: frustration, anger, impulsiveness, or recklessness. Channelling this energy into focused pursuits could be highly productive.

And if all that weren’t enough, the month closes with the final Mars–Pluto opposition (27 Apr)— the last of three oppositions that began on 3 November 2024. This combination is explosive, shocking, and deeply intense. Since late 2024, conflicts and power struggles may have been simmering beneath the surface—or erupting outright. While this aspect wraps up by month’s end, its aftershocks may linger. Expect April to be full of action, confrontation, and pivoting changes.

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