Neptune in Taurus

Neptune in Taurus marks a generation that idealizes nature, the land, simple beauty and material security. In a birth chart, it brings a dreamy sensuality, an artist’s feel for shapes and textures, and sometimes a hazy relationship with money.

Neptune takes about a hundred and sixty-five years to circle the zodiac, so each placement comes back rarely and is read as much in the history of ideas as in individual charts. In Taurus, Neptune dreams of soil. A generation marked by this placement idealizes a return to nature, the garden, the house in the country, the handmade object, beauty you can touch. It can also hold illusions about money: belief in endless prosperity, or a disdain for material things on principle. In a chart, Neptune in Taurus often brings a deep sensitivity to textures, colors, music and food, and a craftsperson’s or artist’s gift for turning matter into feeling. Peace then comes from simple acts: kneading dough, planting bulbs, listening to an album from start to finish. The blur concerns the value of things. It’s easy to pay too much for a dream, or to confuse comfort with serenity. The art is keeping the poetry of everyday things without losing sight of the numbers.

Neptune next enters Taurus on 22 May 2038. Dates computed from the ephemerides, Paris time.

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