♆Neptune
Neptune is a modern planet, discovered in 1846, which contemporary astrology associates with dreams, the ideal, and dissolution. It takes no part in the traditional system of dignities.
Neptune was discovered in 1846 and, like Uranus and Pluto, it rules no sign in the tradition and does not enter the calculation of dignities. The modern attribution that places it in Pisces displaces Jupiter, its traditional ruler.
Its cycle lasts 165 years: no one sees it come back. It spends some fourteen years in each sign.
What is attributed to it
The dissolution of edges: dreams, fog, the ideal, inspiration, and deception as well. Everything without a firm outline.
Spending fourteen years per sign, its position is generational. What makes it personal is the house it falls in and the aspects it makes to the personal planets.
Frequently asked questions
Does Neptune rule Pisces?
In modern astrology it does, but in the Hellenistic tradition Pisces is ruled by Jupiter, in its nocturnal domicile. Neptune takes no part in the system of dignities.
Why is Neptune's sign generational?
Because it takes some fourteen years to cross each sign, so everyone born in that span shares it. What individualizes the reading is its house and its aspects.