Neptune is the god of the ocean, ruler of the boundless deep. Discovered during the age of spiritualism and photography, Neptune represents the dissolution of boundaries, the longing for transcendence, and the creative imagination that dreams worlds into being. Neptune dissolves—both liberating from form and potentially losing self in illusion.
Modern Astrology
Represents
Dreams spirituality illusion
House association
12
Questions
Where do I transcend?What is my spiritual calling?Where might I be deceiving myself?
☥ Deities
Tradition · Roman
Alternate Names
NeptunusNeptunus EquesterNeptunus Pater
Gender Expression
Masculine
Titles
Lord of the WatersThe Moist OneGod of the SeaNeptune of the HorsesFather of the Deep
The sea does not negotiate and a spring can be stopped
Resonance
Sailors those working with water those who keep horses
Symbols
TridentHorseDolphinSpringShell
Mythology Summary
Neptune is the Roman god of water - springs, wells and running water before he is the god of the open sea - whose festival, the Neptunalia, fell in the driest heat of July, when the springs had to be kept alive. His temple stood in the Campus Martius by the Circus Flaminius, and as Neptunus Equester he was also Neptune of the horses, a Roman pairing of god and horse older than the Greek sea-god. The trident, the dolphins and the sea-palace came to him with Poseidon.
Modern Practice
Neptune is called on for water that has to be found, kept or crossed, for a voyage, and for the horse. His practice is humble plumbing: the spring cleaned, the well covered, the water shared.