Astrology: Neptune sextile Pluto, July 24, 2026

From https://cafeastrology.com/events/neptune-sextile-pluto-july-2026/

Neptune, at 4° Aries 20’, forms a sextile aspect with Pluto at 4° Aquarius 20’ in July 2026. This is the first of 13 such aspects while Neptune is in Aries and Pluto is in Aquarius. 

With Neptune sextile Pluto, we are especially able to see the layers of a situation. We’re intrigued by what makes things work and by people’s motivations, as well as economics, natural resources, parapsychology, and politics. It’s a time of rich experiences and cultural movements, transformative scientific thought and advancement, and of paying more sensitive attention to human rights. Psychic energy is intense but not overwhelmingly so during this phase of spiritual unclogging. We seek a sense of purpose or magic now, wanting to elevate what’s mundane or ordinary in our lives. We might work on deepening our intuition, imagination, or compassion, or we might feel more compelled to act on these things to make a change.

From https://astrologyking.com/neptune-sextile-pluto/

Your input to the mass consciousness transforms how we communicate and live with each other through political, religious, and cultural renewal. Old systems and beliefs based on empire and superiority are disintegrating. In their place, you are dreaming up, or imagineering, a more humanitarian approach and shared responsibility for the welfare of everyone and everything, the collective dream.

From The NeptunePluto Cycle and the Transformation of Civilisation

The first sextile faded in from the early 1940s and was exact from 1950 – 55 with Neptune in Libra and Pluto in Leo. The second sextile more or less ran from the end of the first, becoming exact in 1976 – 84 and fading out into the 1990s with Neptune in Sagittarius and Pluto in Libra.

Since the 1950s we’ve seen the growth of a globalised culture with the spread of images worldwide through TV broadcasting and satellites, and now the internet. Modern art fragmented our perspectives and rock ‘n’ roll gave us wall-to-wall youth culture. Social reform exploded with the rise of mass movements, such as civil rights marches, humanitarian campaigns, and environmentalism.

Meanwhile, philosophy started to deconstruct itself with the rise of postmodernism which appears to have trigged a full-scale implosion of the rational Western mind. For a while it looked like the old religions were on the run, but soon a new fundamentalism took root on both sides of the science/religion divide. Science has now morphed into the new religion of scientism and we’ve almost come full circle.

The scientific revolution started out as genuinely evolutionary. It expanded our horizons, transformed our view of humanity and life, and freed people from the superstitions and dogma of religion. But it became distorted by power in its own right, just like the Church it sought to overthrow.

This sextile will be formed between Neptune in Aries and Pluto in Aquarius. Uranus will also be trine Pluto and sextile Neptune emphasising technological developments and the drive for personal freedom and awakening. Saturn will provide some grounding and a reality check when he conjuncts Neptune just before the first exact sextile with Pluto in 2026. More on those alignments at the above links.

At best, we have the potential to awaken to a deeper understanding of reality and consciousness which could work itself out through both science and spirituality. The previous cycles suggest we’ve been developing in the direction of greater wholeness and our globalised culture makes us aware of how interconnected we all are.

However, this awareness can easily be hijacked – as it has been so many times before. The fact that we’re all interconnected doesn’t mean we have to give up our individuality or our personal agency. Unity can’t be imposed. Falling into line with a totalitarian State or plugging into a hive mind won’t solve our problems.

From https://jessicadavidson.co.uk/2021/06/07/pluto-in-aquarius-the-evolution-of-society-and-technology/ 

While Pluto is in Aquarius, we take social structures and politics especially seriously, and we seek major reform in these areas. Unusual, intense, or dramatic happenings are possible with friends and networks.During this long-term cycle, we are likely to confront issues of control and power related to individuality, equality, friendships, and group associations.  

from https://jupitersrealm.com/neptune-in-aries-2025-and-beyond/ February 1, 2025 

The Neptunian impulse in Aries to seek and connect to a perfect ideal in this martial realm suggests an increase in aspirations and visions relating to personal power and strength, collective empowerment, achievement, leadership, and to achieve one’s dreams or beliefs through sheer will power, confidence, determination or dominance. What do you need to strive for or do battle with to attain the dream? Where will your imagination take you in terms of what you feel you can personally achieve or overcome? It may feel like anything and everything is possible.