Neptune in Virgo, Neptune in the 4th House

Neptune in Virgo ♍︎

Last Transit: Years 1929-1943

Neptune in Virgo in the natal chart brings a sense of illusion regarding the nature of reality. This energy creates a longing for bringing the spiritual into the manifest world in tangible ways. There is often a confused sense regarding what spirituality means or what it means to be in service to a higher power.

A cloudiness may surround individuals born during this time characterized by blind faith in movements, religious leaders, or businesses. There is a deep sense of loyalty that has been nurtured in the Neptune in Virgo individuals. Those born during this time often see the world through a specific lens that draws them to have a deep sense of duty. There is a complex relationship with the concept of responsibility and what this means on an individual level but also a societal level.

Neptune’s placement in Virgo creates a push pull between feeling obligated to do something and doing something based on one’s own volition. Individuals born during this time are working through their relationship with work and routine. They are deciding if what they are doing is for themselves, for someone else, or for both. Individuals with Neptune in Virgo are figuring out how they want to approach their commitments.

Neptune in the 4th House

Keywords: Keywords for the 4th house include home, home life, parents, ancestry, relatives, privacy, birth place, nurturing, self-care, self-love, security, and spiritual initiation.

Angular House Type: An Angular house type means it is ruled by a cardinal sign. In this case Cancer is the cardinal water sign ruling the 4th house.

The 4th house in astrology is symbolic of our most private self. It is the part that is the hardest to express, representing things we often keep hidden from others. This house can also be representative of one’s parents, typically one or the other. It can represent what the earliest relationships in one’s life were life and home life environment. The 4th house is representative of one’s relationship with authority, thus the association with a parental figure. The areas of life the 4th house oversees include the ways in which you create a home for yourself. It looks at how important having a home base is for you. The 4th house is the security blanket of your natal chart. The sign on the 4th house is symbolic of how you take care of your deepest needs, where you need the most nurturing, support, and comfort. If you have an emphasis of planets in the 4th house in your natal chart this may indicate you tend to be shy or keep things to yourself, only revealing your true self to a select few individuals.