Neptune in Aries ♈︎
Last Transit: Years 1861-1875
Neptune in Aries in the natal chart symbolizes your longing to find the depth of your identity. This may lead you down many different roads in life through experimentation with your appearance, personality, or career. You feel a sense of confusion regarding who you are and often use external factors to help define you.
There may be periods of time where you retreat to go “find yourself” on a perpetual journey of self discovery and rediscovery. At some point in life you will come to a cross roads in which you realize you are you regardless of any external factors or influences. People with this placement are often pioneers of their time. You dream of future in which people are able to embrace their full potential.
Neptune in Aries represents a certain sense of anxiety around the dynamics of society and the ever evolving role of the artist. There is a longing to be first; to not miss out on anything which creates the urge to be in the right place at the right time. The individuals born during this transit where alive during a period of time when artists and writers where central to bringing cultural trends to the forefront of society.
South Node in Cancer ♋︎ in the natal chart
If your South Node is in Cancer in the natal chart then this indicates past lives or past situations in your current life in which you felt like a victim to your own destiny. This placement indicates a tendency to narrate your life and see your experiences as a story playing out in front of you. You have a deep connection to the cycles of the universe and often see yourself as flowing within it. This has lead you to be fatalistic in many ways or caused you to develop a profound sense of surrender in which you do not feel you can direct your own fate.
At times you may fall into depression or victim tendencies preferring to get sucked into the narratives of the past, family, and relationships. You are learning to understand your involvement in these situations and the role you can play in directing your own life path. As a natural storyteller you are beginning to understand your ability to weave your own narrative.
Individuals with the South Node in Cancer are developing a fierce sense of ownership and control over their own lives. Letting go of your dependency on others or an over attachment to your “story” is paramount in your healing journey.