In a previous post we explored the history of Neptune in Aries but now it’s time to look forward. Neptune enters Aries on 30th March 2025 and stays there for about 14 years until March 2039 with a bit of toggling at either end. This transit will feel very different to the last 14 years of Neptune swimming through Pisces and it may come as a shock to some. The start of the transit may also feel different because Neptune is conjunct Saturn for the first couple of years. More on that here.

Neptune transits reveal what we idealise and how we seek redemption, salvation and transcendence through the experiences represented by the sign. With Neptune in Pisces we’ve been idealising sensitivity, compassion and imagination which has inspired a huge outpouring of creativity and spirituality. But it has also unleashed military-grade propaganda and delusional ideas about reality that have left many lost in a hall of mirrors.

That will change when Neptune enters Aries. We may begin to idealise individuals and heroic action rather than collectivism and narcissistic fakery. Other Aries qualities include independence, initiative, courage, bravery, creativity, being a pioneer, and fighting for the underdog. Aries can also be impulsive, reckless, and violent with a great love of fighting and war.

But at its essence, the sign represents the life force that creates new beginnings. This powerful energy needs to be channelled into a quest for something meaningful or it becomes destructive. The next few years could be a very fertile time with lots of new ideas and possibilities bursting out all over the place.

However, not all of these possibilities will be worth chasing down. Not every dragon needs to be slayed! We could easily embark on a great adventure and end up nowhere – looking and feeling foolish.

At best Neptune in Aries will inspire a new vision of society and a recognition of the need for sovereignty and the dignity of the individual. We may also see new beginnings in multiple areas, including a religious or spiritual renaissance, inspirational music, films and art, and many more people getting involved in expressing their imagination and creativity.

The myths of archetypal heroes will be activated in the collective consciousness inspiring all manner of heroic deeds and quests. The epic of Gilgamesh dates back to Sumer and is about the quest for eternal life, amongst other things. It influenced Homer’s Iliad about Achilles, as well as the labours of Hercules that represent the quest to define your identity (see Mars Myths). There’s also Jason and his Argonauts going after the golden fleece and Robin Hood fighting to protect the poor (see Aries Myths).

The heroic ideal includes acting in an honourable or virtuous way guided by codes of conduct, like the chivalric code of the medieval knights and King Arthur. We may idealise the qualities and strengths of masculinity and could see an increased appreciation for ‘proper jobs’ – men doing manly things! – as well as other positive examples of masculinity, rather than always focusing on the toxic variety. Listen to the Cosmic Matrix podcast on how to heal the masculine wound here.

Having said that, there may be plenty of opportunities to behave in a less than ideal way. Neptune tends to inspire great dreams and ideals at the start of a transit only to reveal their illusory nature later.

We may see idealistic and inspired leadership that achieves great things, as well as the idealisation of leaders who don’t deserve the admiration. To be fair, that always happens, but it may become more noticeable as people are swept along by charismatic personalities that potentially lead them astray. We may be more likely to see weak or deluded leadership that makes bold and stupid decisions that take us into war or cause other calamities.

“When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.” – Lin Yutang

There may be a loss of faith in leaders and disillusionment with a system that allows ineffectual and weak individuals to rise to power. This could lead to rebellions and uprisings as people respond to the breakdown of law and society. Individuals could take the law into their own hands as vigilantes and fight for their own version of justice.

The rise in aggressive feelings could break out into civil wars where the people fight amongst themselves and between neighbours, reinforced by Uranus in Gemini. But almost any kind of war is possible, including an idealistic war against ‘climate change’ via the ideology of Net Zero, or a war against the individual or the people, reinforced by Pluto in Aquarius.

We could see a new crusade or religious war, perhaps incorporating End Times myths and a desire for the return of the Messiah. These millenarian ideas are always floating around and tend to become heightened during periods of chaos and rapid change. For more on that read: The Age of Aquarius: History and Misconceptions

Whether these myths are ‘true’ or not is beside the point. The fact that people believe in them means the stories can be used to manipulate people and drive events. This has been happening for years with certain Biblical verses such as Revelation and other eschatologies, and it could escalate in the coming years. There could even be a completely fake war using AI that makes people believe the Messiah has returned – or aliens or whatever.

War has always involved the use of deception to manipulate and mislead the enemy as well as the people doing the fighting or cheering it on. During World War 2 there was a whole section of the British military dedicated to creating propaganda run by Dudley Clarke. He made fake tanks, guns and planes out of wood to fool the Germans, and created the SAS – Special Air Service – which started as a fictional regiment and then became real.

The BBC drama series SAS Rogue Heroes tells the story of how this came about. In episode 2 of series 1, Dudley Clarke (played by Dominic West) says something highly relevant to Neptune in Aries:

“War is about deception, because deception is a war against reality, and reality is the enemy of the soldier. Particularly the heroic soldier who must live a life of heroic fiction. And the fruit of deception is victory. Death to the truth and all its bastard offspring, including fear and caution.”

The show reveals the insanity of heroism and the courage needed to face extreme situations, as well as the selflessness involved in sacrificing yourself for a cause. Sometimes this sacrifice looks more like reckless impulsiveness or an excuse to indulge in berserker rage. The show also explores the brutal consequences of war and PTSD, as well as the frustrations caused by poor leadership and military bureaucracy.

These ideas are also explored in the extraordinary film 1917 about World War 1 which shows the absolute insanity of what the troops were forced to do. There are plenty of other films about heroism and the hell of war, including Dunkirk which spins heroic action out of failure and retreat, and the TV drama Generation Kill which shows the complexities of modern warfare and disillusionment with war.

There’s always been a tendency to romanticise and idealise war and this is reinforced by movies and the media. Propaganda justifies war to the masses and lures young men and women into joining the military to fight for their country.

In an article about the war photographer Tim Hetherington, who was killed in Libya in 2011, he describes this as a “memetic process” where young soldiers imitate the images and actions they’ve seen in films and photographs. Only later does the reality of war make itself felt. But this experience becomes part of the process of figuring out who they are as men:

“Young men are instrumentalised by the state using their energy and aggression, and that energy is about defining themselves as men. And they’re willing to risk a lot to define themselves as men.”

These days it’s hard to see how they could promote a new idealistic war. We’ve all seen the movies and we know what war really means. But that hasn’t stopped the sabre-rattling about World War 3 and it may finally arrive in the next few years. To bring this about we may see an increase in the idealisation of war and the virtues of fighting for [insert cause here].

Whatever the stated cause of WW3 the real reason will be to provide cover for a sovereign debt default in the West so they can do their big stupid reset and redraw the world map again. See WW3 for Dummies.

This kind of unrestrained war without limits often comes about because a country (or whole bunch of countries) feels weak and humiliated. Germany at the end of WW1 is an example that led into WW2 (in simplistic terms). The UK and EU are desperate to start WW3 to preserve what’s left of their power. It’s a war they can’t possibly win, but they can’t admit they’re finished either. And so we go down in a ‘blaze of glory.’

The battleground is over Globalism vs National Sovereignty and it comes at the worst time for the globalists. We’ve just entered the Air era of Jupiter Saturn conjunctions marking the end of the old Earth empires of imperialism and colonialism. The new world order will be decentralised and networked and run for the people by the people – eventually.

We’re also at a Neptune midpoint between Uranus and Pluto marking the end of a period of 500 years of development. This mini triangle configuration is bringing about the end of the old European empires and initiating something entirely new.

That new world may have to be built from the rubble of the old one. And that will require heroes with inner strength, courage and pioneering vision.

There may be many opportunities for heroism over the coming years as people fight for social reforms and the rights of disenfranchised individuals. There could be idealistic revolutions and crusades for truth and justice motivated by an increased awareness of the need for compassion in society. Perhaps we could finally see through the illusion of war and transcend the need for it – an idealistic hope – but maybe watching the world go insane will lead to a wider call for peace.

We could also see a spiritual renaissance and the rise of new religions, or a spiritual crusade and the desire to fight for spiritual or religious causes. Spirituality and religion may become more robust and ‘masculine’ in its approach. The self-indulgent New Age spirituality that took over the world during Neptune in Pisces won’t survive Neptune in Aries.

There may be a move away from idealising victimhood and passive aggression towards a desire to become stronger. The spiritual path may be seen more as a heroic journey into empowerment and self-mastery – the path of the spiritual warrior or bodhisattva who leads from the heart. And the martial artist who understands that if you need to fight then you’ve already lost.

“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.” – Sun Tzu

True spirituality requires the kind of inner strength and courage that most people don’t have – yet. True compassion is also tougher and grounded in reality – not the ‘tea and sympathy’ variety that’s really ‘idiot compassion’ and encourages self-indulgence. True compassion challenges people to change and supports them to do so with action.

We may all need to toughen up over the coming years. But that doesn’t mean being rigid or heartless and embodying toxic masculinity. Neptune may dissolve some of those rough edges and take us deeper into a transfigured view of the masculine that’s closer to the pioneer Jesus. If enough of us did that we wouldn’t need to go to war.

“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.” – Sun Tzu

To really get to grips with Neptune in Aries we need to embrace effortless action by acting without ego and without attachment to outcomes. This can only be accomplished by individuals choosing to surrender to something larger than themselves, such as the divine. But it could also be the State or your Nation demanding that you sacrifice yourself for [insert cause here]. The challenge will be to choose who you surrender to: the Divine or the World?

Next time we’ll explore how Neptune in Aries works in your natal chart…

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