We have all heard about Neptune’s fog and some of us live with heavy aspects to this watery planet and probably understand it all too well. Neptune people have an air of mystery about them and often hide their secret dreams behind smoke-screens.One of the great troubles of their lives is a lack of clarity, unreality and deep illusions about life. Neptune describes those times when we enter a psychological fog and the reality of life isn't so clearly seen. There is something undeniably strange and mysterious about this layer of cloud that drifts into our vision.
Other misty figures like Ghosts’ define some of the actions of a fogged up Neptune. Whether you believe in ghosts or not, there is something close to the experience of them that feels Neptune in nature. It's the feeling of being lost, unable to communicate, confused and misunderstood. In the birth chart, Neptune indicates the ability to see beyond the finite self and world in order to experience something more beautiful.
The Azure planet seeks to dissolve the limitations and boundaries of the physical world, and when individuals have the planet highlighted in their lives they will go from the distinct feeling of being an individual with a formed personality to feeling like an outline of their former self. The imaginary fog thickens like something of a mental-twilight zone, and something has been erased, the lines are blurred and everything that defined us has now faded.
Neptunians often feel like they are drifting through life with no clear direction and no real goals in their lives. A dense fog has distinct characteristics: it has no boundary or shape and we don’t know how long it will be there. Neptune people are like psychic sponges, absorbing and identifying with everybody's feelings and suffering.
Neptunian fog is hard to grab hold of, surrounding us, enveloping and obscuring. Neptune brings fog, mists, rain and damp weather in general. When Saturn conjoins Neptune, we have cold weather with ice and snow. During the winter of December 1952, and the combined effect of soot, tar, and exhaust fumes created thick smog that hung over London for four days. The smog was so thick that it infiltrated buildings – cinemas and theatres were forced to close – and transportation was made impossible, and many people fell sick. The smog occurred when Saturn and Neptune formed a conjunction in the sign of Libra.
Neptune aspects involve uncertainty, spaciness, and the planet cloaks everything in mystery. Neptune's propensity for falling helplessly in a fog of depression, loneliness, drugs and alcohol is powerfully activated during transits. The Alcoholics Anonymous group was formed under a Sun trine Neptune contact in the 11th house. Many Neptune people are chronic avoiders of life and live in a clouded reality. Neptune also makes us aware of our dependency issues in relationships, and it’s also where we escape, dream, and keep the world at a distance.
