Thoughts on the Saturn Neptune conjunction: part 2
Part 2: the timeline of this drawn-out transit
If this transit were a romance trope it would be a slow-burning story of forced proximity—an enemies to kind-of-lovers, ending with diverging paths but destined to meet up again in another 35 or so years.
The phases of this romance:
1. The build-up
April 4, 2011: Neptune in Pisces
March 7, 2023: Saturn in Pisces (Neptune at 24°)
June 7, 2024 - January 28, 2025: Saturn and Neptune within 10°
They’ve been occupying the same space for some time, but they begin to get pushed together, in increasingly tight quarters until they’re forced to acknowledge each others presence. There’s a vibe coming to light.
2. The engagement
March 30 2025: Neptune in Aries
May 25, 2025: Saturn in Aries + Saturn and Neptune within 1°
July 30, 2025 - August 16, 2025: same degree (1° Aries )
They’re different but they’re drawn together, bleeding structure into formlessness, Saturn’s boundaries meeting with the boundlessness of Neptune.
3. The separation
September 1, 2025: Saturn back in Pisces
October 22, 2025: Neptune back in Pisces
October 27, 2025 - December 29, 2025: 4° away (aka as far away as they’ll get until after the actual conjunction)
They were so close, but not close enough to resist the pull of gravity increasing the space between them once more. But we’ve known the feeling of the melding energies and now we can’t escape what’s come to light in their engagement and in their separation. These energies are too different to negotiate, yet too close together to hold separately.
4. The reconnection
January 26, 2026: Neptune back in Aries
February 4, 2026: 1° away
February 14, 2026: Saturn back in Aries
February 20, 2026: Saturn Neptune conjunction!
The moment everything has been building toward, they meet, and they become one. We may know inherently that what is real cannot coexist with what isn’t but we also know that we are living through a demonstration of exactly that.
5. The split (for the time being)
March 11, 2026: more than 1° away
June 27, 2026: 10° away (as far as they get for now)
December 2, 2026: 6° away
February 19, 2027: 10° away (not getting any closer for the next 35ish years—end of engagement)