All about Neptune in Scorpio or in the 8th house

The zodiac sign and house of Neptune at your time of birth will reveal where your imagination reigns supreme. You’re likely to be more unstructured, spiritual and free-flowing in this part of life—but you might also have moments that you feel gripped by inexplicable fear. Since Neptune is associated with therapy and healing, the house it falls in can give clues about your inner work, as well as the ways you’ll give back to the world through charitable giving.

Through sometimes painful experiences, Neptune teaches you how to set boundaries. But first, it dissolves them, creating lessons in self-compassion and codependency alike. Does it all sound like a head trip? Yep, that’s fantasy-agent Neptune. Try to enjoy the pretty colors while you spin this cosmic kaleidoscope.

Your Natal Neptune or Neptune Sign

As the planet of unconditional love (and unconditional everything!), your Neptune sign shows where you may suspend logic. Here’s where you can dream as if anything were possible. Sometimes the visions are pure bliss; other times, they descend into nightmares. Limitlessness is the name of Neptune’s game. If romance requires a level of illusion, Neptune is the rose-tinted, soft-filter lens that lets us view the world in this way.

Confusion alert! You may find that your Neptune-ruled area of life is never fully defined—and maybe you prefer it that way. The rest of the world might have another opinion, however. At some point you may have to put more boundaries into this part of your world to keep relationships intact—or to avoid plunging into self-destructive habits or chasing after an illusion.

Whatever zodiac sign and house Neptune was orbiting through at your time of birth determines your “natal Neptune” or “Neptune sign.” More specifically, this will guide you in the following ways:

Dreams: What do you fantasize about and what dreams inspire you daily?
Healing: How you’ll process ancestral and childhood trauma
Subconscious: From music to meditation, what moves you on a subconscious level?
Boundaries: Where you’re fluid with boundaries—or where you feel hemmed in and stuck
Illusion: Where you are gullible and naive or unable to see things for what they are
Addiction: Where you struggle to say no or set limits, spiraling into self-destruction
Sacrifice: Where you’ll give up too much for others and play the victim
Glamor: Where you’ll create a magical spin that enchants the world
Arts: What forms of creativity are you capable of?
Compassion: Who you’re here to help and champion

Neptune is one of the outer planets, housed between Jupiter and Pluto. Because of its distance from the Sun, Neptune has a huge orbit to make. It takes 165 years to circle the Sun, spending an average of 15 years in each one of the zodiac signs. Every Neptune cycle shapes a generation, directing the music that moves us, the spiritual ideologies that resonate with mass culture and the way we live out our dreams.

What’s your Neptune sign?

Use our cosmic calculator to discover what zodiac sign and house Neptune was in when you were born. To accurately determine the house, you will need to know your birth time.

What if the zodiac sign and house are different?

This is common! Read both the sign and house description below. Do these interpretations pull you in two different directions? That’s not unusual. We human beings have range. Astrology is an interpretive dance, a tool which provides a fascinating layer of self-discovery. Do some “astro mixology.” Reflect on how you can work with both energies to enhance your life.

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Special positions of Neptune

Retrograde

Neptune turns retrograde for five months of every year, so it’s not unusual to be born with this planet in reverse. You may have to work harder to muscle through its lessons, but once you nail this planet’s energy, your additional effort may actually lead to a rock-solid mastery of working with Neptune in your life.

Domicile: Pisces

The planet’s home base, an easy flow if placed here in the chart

Detriment: Virgo

Opposite sign of home base, may need to work harder to integrate the planet’s energy if placed here in the chart

Exalted: Cancer or Leo

The planet’s most powerful position; indicates ease and added fortune with using the planet’s energy if placed here in the chart

Fall: Capricorn or Aquarius

Opposite sign to the exalted position, can indicate struggles with utilizing the planet’s energy if placed here in the chart

Neptune in Scorpio or the 8th House

Optimist or pessimist? With deep-diving Neptune in Scorpio, an introspective position, you may swing between extremes.

Traits of Neptune in Scorpio

At times, you are guided by spirit, an alchemist who shatters illusions as you strive to find the highest potential in any situation. In other moments, you can plunge into deep despair, carrying the pain for all your loved ones and losing sight of any possibility or hope. Balancing these extremes (and the accompanying dark moods) is part of your healing journey.

Neptune in Scorpio relationships

Sex can be a transcendent experience for Neptune in Scorpio. Spiritual Neptune in the sign and house associated with erotic pleasure leads you on a tantric trail to pleasure. While intimate exchanges connect you to your spirituality and creativity, you can also get lost in these encounters if you don’t have clear boundaries. Sex may become an escape rather than a connection. You may hoist your lovers onto pedestals, even becoming addicted to their attention or approval. To recover, you may even require prolonged periods of celibacy.

Loss and death may be a theme in your transformational path in this lifetime. Your work may involve supporting people through profound transitions, from addiction recovery, grief counseling, to end of life planning. Empathic Neptune allows you to “be with” people in their darkest hours. Shamanic work may call to you.

Neptune in Scorpio finances

Scorpio and the 8th house rule investments and shared resources. Money can get funny with hazy Neptune here. Learn to be upfront around joint finances to avoid resentment or worse, being swindled by a shady character. You’ll easily enchant investors who want to contribute to your work, but power struggles can subsume you. Spell out all partnerships to the letter instead of moving forward on blind faith.

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