SATURN-NEPTUNE: FOUNDATIONS, EMPIRES CRUMBLING, GETTING CREATIVE TO BUILD A BETTER WORLD

Walls, structures, and foundations have been crumbling. This is because we’re in a Saturn-Neptune conjunction period. Saturn represents the foundations, boundaries, and structures. Neptune dissolves. Saturn-Neptune conjunction periods dissolve empires, walls, structures, boundaries, and faulty foundations.

Saturn-Neptune conjunctions happen roughly every 36 years. Some examples of previous Saturn-Neptune periods include the dissolving of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Soviet Union in 1989, the end of World War 1, the collapse of the Russian Empire in 1917, and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. There was also a Saturn-Neptune conjunction period during the time of the American Revolutionary War when America absolved itself from British control fighting to rule its own land in the late 1700s dissolving that control and boundary.

Saturn and Neptune have been in close encounters with each other since Saturn first moved into Pisces in March 2023 where Neptune had been since 2012. Saturn and Neptune have been in each other’s presence for a few years, now, and made an exact conjunction on February 20, 2026. This Saturn-Neptune conjunction period will last until Saturn leaves Aries in 2028, so this includes several years of dissolving old structures, foundations, and boundaries that make up our world in order to create new ones.

The exact conjunction happened at 0 degrees of Aries. 0 degrees is the first degree, and Aries is the first sign of the zodiac signifying new beginnings. 2026 ignites a whole new era that we’ve been leading up to over the last few years. Saturn-Neptune periods dissolve structures, boundaries, and divisions. These periods can feel more unstable because of this. The next few years are likely to be full of more crumbling and instability.

Saturn-Neptune periods coincide with times of war as war is all about boundaries, borders, and divisions. Since the current Saturn-Neptune conjunction period began, we’ve seen the war on Ukraine heat up, Israel wanting to completely destroy and take over Gaza, and, more recently since the exact conjunction, the U.S.’s war on Iran. With Saturn and Neptune in the sign of war, Aries, ruled by warrior, Mars, themes of war, conflict, strife, cutting, and separating (all Mars traits) are even more prominent, and, unfortunately, will continue to be.

There’s also been a war on facts, truth, and science. Richard Tarnas in his book, Cosmos and Psyche, points out that major themes of Saturn-Neptune periods include the conflict between religion and science, truth versus illusion, faith-based beliefs verses science-based beliefs, criticism of religion, and skepticism of conspiracy theories, but also the tension between those who believe in fantastical theories and those who believe in facts. We’ve seen these themes brew over the years, and they will continue to heat up combined with the multiple wars that have been going on in the world for the last few years. It’s an intense time to be alive.

However, I agree with what Robert Reich said on Colbert, that after this second Gilded Age, we will enter a more progressive era, something I’ve been sensing since before I heard him say that. Because of the instability and dissolving foundations, Saturn-Neptune tends to have an ominous tone to it, but these periods can be quite useful in creating another world possible. So, while I don’t agree with the crumbling that the U.S. government is doing, I do think that we need to 1) fight back, and 2) get serious about creating the world we really want to live in and not settle for scraps.

The fact that we’re having strikingly similar astrology to the late 1700s with the Saturn-Neptune period and Pluto in Aquarius is significant. That was the time when the U.S. was forming its government, and we are revisiting that time. We are revisiting the ideals and foundations that formed how the U.S. has run things, but all of that is being turned on its head, and we are being shown that the foundations and structures of the United States are not as stable and secure as we thought they were. But, let’s remember that the “founding fathers” of the U.S. built this system from the structures of slavery, which is a faulty, unsustainable, and unethical foundation.

You might remember, last year, that the Nottoway plantation burned down. This was one of the largest remaining mansions in the U.S. South in Louisiana originally built in 1859 right before the U.S. Civil War started, where more than 150 enslaved Black folks were held, and, unsurprisingly, the plantation’s website avoids any mention of slavery. This is Saturn-Neptune dissolving an oppressive structure, and more of these kinds of structures are likely to continue to fall.

And, while the current U.S. administration wants to be authoritarian, We the People and ancestors are revolting and revolutionizing. Whenever there are “leaders” trying oppress hard, the oppressed fight back hard. Both Saturn AND Neptune in Aries, Mars,’ sign signify fighting and resisting oppressive leaders and regimes.

With the old walls crumbling, we will have to build new walls and lay new foundations, and they need to be ones that truly support us, and center equity. Equity means that our systems are designed for everyone, not just the highly privileged, and, in true equity, nobody would be highly privileged. This is what we have to fight for, as there will be an opportunity to build anew, and the clearer we are on what we’re building, the better we’re going to be able to create the world we want and need.

Neptune is all about creativity, and we have Saturn in its fall in Aries, which is also creative because when planets are in their fall or detriment, they go about things in a different way. We are being invited to think creatively about the new world we want to create. And, need to create once this fascism crumbles.

There’s no going back to the way things were. We must create a new world. This is why Saturn and Neptune made an exact conjunction in Aries at 0 degrees. A new era is happening, and it’s up to us to create systems that work better for all people, and provide social and economic freedom to all.

We have power to the people, and, We, The People, get to decide how we want our world to be. We will need to keep fighting for what is right, and start new systems that truly support people, systems that center care, nourishment, our well being, healthy environments, social and economic equity, diversity, inclusion, universal basic income, free healthcare, reparations, facts and education, etc. We have to demand better systems and support. We don’t give up. We band together, and write the future. 🌈

What does this Saturn-Neptune conjunction mean in your own life?

Since this Saturn-Neptune period began in Pisces and is peaking in Aries, you can look to the houses in your chart where you have Pisces and Aries. These areas of your life are where you are experiencing major cycles ending and beginning. Think about, What structures or boundaries have been and are dissolving for you, personally? Where do you feel like creating new structures, boundaries, and foundations?

If you have prominent planets or sensitive points in Pisces or Aries, then this period is going to be more important for you. I’d love to go over that with you in a one-on-one astrology reading, which you can book below 👇