Before Neptune Leaves Pisces For 165 Years, It’s Time For These 5 Zodiacs To Let Go

For a bit at the beginning of the year, Neptune dipped into the fires of Aries where it will soon settle for the next dozen or so years (until 2038, actually!). Once it does, it will be the last it sees of Pisces for 165 years (that’s right, the last time Neptune took a trip through Pisces was during the American Civil War).

For the next few weeks, Neptune is retrograde as it swims through those last degrees of Pisces. It’s a good time to tie up your efforts to recognize toxic patterns, and heal traumas. Now is the time to get that closure you’ve been seeking. Now is the time when you’ll be able to see all your soul-searching and meaning-seeking coming together, with clear eyes – and without the romanticized or idealized lenses. It’s time to get the closure you need and deserve so you can move on. 

That means that now is a great chance for everyone to use this time to contemplate the lessons learned during this dreamy, visionary time with Neptune in Pisces, and wrap-up the hard lessons before it turns direct and starts moving towards Aries. I’ve done tarot readings for each of the zodiac signs, along with some additional words about what they may experience during this exciting time of healing! 

Aries

It’s in your quiet moments of downtime that you’ll be able to process what you’ve experienced and understand how you’ve grown. 

Let Go: Three of Swords. There are lessons about who we are in the pain we carry and how we carry it. But knowing how our experiences have re-wired our consciousness, and trying to heal old wounds doesn’t mean we we should still carry the pain. Part of the lesson of heartbreak is in how to heal from it. 

Embrace: The Magician.  Embrace and acknowledge the power that you have to bend the situation to your will, Aries. Neptune is moving towards your sign now, and will bring with it a time of great upheaval. Have the clarity and confidence in your skills to prepare. 

Taurus

You’ll find yourself weighing your relationships, especially your friendships. Remember to ask yourself if they are both good to you and good for you.

Let Go: King of Wands. Your impossibly high expectations for yourself have set you up for failure, and it’s brought an impulsive and ruthless streak to you that doesn’t suit. Step back and re-evaulate the big picture. Setting your goal to be unachievable might sound like good advice in a meme, but it’s not a reasonable way to live your life. 

Embrace: Three of Pentacles. Teamwork really does make the dream work, Taurus. The grandest projects we’ve completed as as species has been as a group. It may not be your forte, but you’ll find that teamwork is a skill that suits you, and will ultimately help build you into a fantastic leader.

Gemini

Your definition of success has been radically changed, and it might be time to re-evaluate your life path in light of that. 

Let Go: Four of Wands. You’ll find more meaning in letting go of the traditional trappings for a more personalized celebration of all you have learned and accomplished. The most powerful acknowledgement we can earn is from ourselves. 

Embrace: The High Priestess. The answers are within you, Gemini. You’ve learned about yourself, your purpose, and how you want to spend your time – it’s time to apply it all and trust your gut about where you’ll head next. You may find that your new spiritual direction comes in conflict with your career or other areas of your life. It’s important to process and reconciles that for yourself so you can move forward. Closure is possible. Trust yourself.

Cancer

It might feel like you’re considering leaping backwards – but you may be reaching for an old spiritual practice to help ground you. Looking into the past doesn’t always mean you’re planning to live there.

Let Go: The Empress. There’s a difference between nurturing and smothering, and understanding that line is important. Trust that growth will occur, abundance is possible, and that the process takes time. Let go of your need to oversee or control, be more supportive in your energy – it will ultimately be more transformative.

Embrace: Page of Pentacles. You’re skilled and ambitious when you allow yourself to be, and that and help build confidence – and empires. Embrace your ambitions, embrace your ambitions. . Let yourself manifest the better life you’ve been dreaming of. 

Leo

‘Surrender’ has a lot of weird connotations, but there are times when we absolutely must. This isn’t a battle moment – it’s a chance to release any emotional attachment to the need for control. 

Let Go: Ten of Swords. Endings are hard, and the deep wounds created by defeat are ones we will always carry. That everyone has their battle wounds, and that there may yet be more in our future is sometimes too hard of a truth to bear. If you’re having problems acknowledging the end and helping yourself process it, try to understand that a night must end for a day to begin. 

Embrace: Two of Wands. The other positive aspect of an end is knowing that you must begin again – and that will take planning. Having control of the process of building back will bring confidence and self-assurance,  Leo, as long as you can let go of the lingering doubts left by the Ten of Swords.