Saturn-Neptune in Aries: Waking Up from the Dream
- chrissymanolakis
- 6 days ago
- 5 min read
Updated: 26 minutes ago

If you have found yourself here, you already know that Saturn officially joined Neptune in Aries. This much anticipated transit will not only reveal what we are truly made of...but it will also reveal what everything else is made of too. This transit is where stand on the edge of life before and life after.
Saturn tests the limits of endurance. He applies pressure to areas that are weak showing what parts need restructuring. Although difficult and very karmic, the lessons we learn from him are long-lasting which help build our inner strength and fortitude... blessing us with a deeper level of wisdom and maturity we previously lacked. Saturn grants us the ability to structure and build things that are very enduring and often replaces something that was breaking down, expired, misaligned, or not working.
Neptune is a very etheric energy. It is everything formless: spirit, transcendence, dreams, illusions, fantasies, mysticism, religion, spirituality, compassion, surrender, timelessness. It is the media, gas, and it is water. The shadow of this energy is delusion, escapism, victimhood, deception, and narcissism.
Saturn-Neptune in Aries lets us dissolve and rebuild...especially in the ways we have had a strong attachment or identification. This is not just another "closing one chapter to begin something new" post, because something much much larger is at play. This astrological signature is hitting the world point... these are tremendous changes that not only affect you and me... they impact the entire world.
With the recent stellium in Aquarius, the upcoming solar eclipse, and other recent activations, this energy is a complete RESET of what was and/or who you used to be. It is a call to action, an awakening, and a rebirth of some area in the personal horoscope, but also a reset on a global level.

This is a reality check point for humanity... it is where Toto pulls back the curtain and we finally see the truth.
Things are not all what we once believed them to be. Maybe we were too busy to see it. Maybe we were gaslit or misled by others. Maybe we gaslit ourselves for fear of discovering the truth. Maybe we tried to ignore the red flags, maybe we tried to keep our head in the sand in an attempt to hold on to something that was slipping away. Maybe we have come to realize we are not at all who we pretended to be, maybe we now see others are not who we thought they were. Maybe, just maybe, our crazy conspiracy friend wasn't so crazy after all.
Regardless, there is a change in the way we perceive life, the way in which we identity, a change in our beliefs, and a change in our direction. The writing is on the wall, and we now recognize where we might have been living in a false construct or way of thinking. We are beginning to see things and people for what and who they truly are. This closes the door behind us but opens the door in front of us to a new world, experience, or way of living. Inspired by truth, this unlocks our true identity, a path to more meaningful dreams and purpose while aligning with people who are more compatible for who we have become.
On a personal level, our old self is dissolving, and our new self is in the process of being born. We might be questioning direction, what we are becoming, where we are going, or what our new purpose is. Others already have a sense what is coming, but don't quite understand it or have the clarity to act yet. Now is the time to prepare and start taking small steps toward the future while we allow clarity to come and a new experience to emerge. As much as Aries wants to rush, we must take our time with Saturn as these changes will forever change our lives in permanent ways.
Collectively, disillusionment is rising. A mass awakening is starting to percolate. Information and secrets will continue to come into our awareness, shocking most of society. It will humble some, and outrage others. The foundations of everything are cracking and eroding. As our systems, structures, key figures and political leaders crumble under the weight of Saturn, everything that was once buried in the basement of those old foundations is getting exposed, and we will have to make sense of what we find and discover. Truth can no longer be hidden, but it can be distorted, and we will need to be discerning with what we choose to believe, who we choose to support, and how we choose to react. P.S.-- There is always an agenda behind the agenda, a narrative behind the obvious story.
"Believe half of what you see, and none of what you hear."
Realizations will cause many people to suddenly wake up to the manipulative deceptions of false world including the digital and spiritual control systems that have been constructed around us. For others truth will cause a "glitch" in their emotional programs, making them reactive, unstable, and double down on their belief in the lies and illusion.

Saturn-Neptune in Aires: Marching Orders
During meditation, the phrase that came through for this transit was: “Getting your marching orders.” This suggests direction, action, and responsibility — personally and collectively. It implies that this chapter of human history requires us to get off the couch, off our knees, and off our asses. The only way we will create positive and lasting change in our lives and in the lives of others is to step into Aries power which leaves the passive "someone else will take care of it" mentality and is a call to put our boots on the ground.
In the shadow expression, this also points to themes of military, civil unrest, war, and soldiers rising on the global stage.
Some other themes we might see:
losing the victim mentality and taking personal responsibility for our lives
drawing boundaries-- especially empaths
self-mastery
self-leadership, personal power, and the warrior archetype.
becoming active in change instead of waiting for permission or validation from others
changes in borders and culture
incredible shifts and resets in global leadership, operations, and systems (financial, political, educational, healthcare).
changes with water and coastlines or regulations to water resources
change to religion, spirituality, mysticism, and beliefs
themes surrounding oil/gas/fuel control, regulations
themes surrounding medication, toxins, poisons
This transit is preparing us for what lies ahead — a new world, a new life, a new you. It asks you to shift from passive to active, to take accountability rather than pass the blame, and to lead yourself into this next era with intention, bravery, compassionate strength, wisdom, steadiness, and conviction.
Saturn/Neptune/Aires is a call to the warrior within. It is time to rise up to the challenges before you, to meet truth without fear, to make lasting change that aligns with your moral compass, and to choose what is right even when it’s difficult.




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