Blank Page of Possibilities

 Ask any writer or artist about a blank page or canvas.  It    can be so exciting as well as very intimidating.  What to put on that page and canvas? Its meaning, representation and projection reflects the writer and artist, their mind, skill and creativity.

Such a blank page or wide open frontier and landscape is offered to each of us now, cosmically speaking with Neptune and Saturn hovering around 00 degrees Aries.  Called the Creator Degree, 00 Aries is the very beginning, the initial spark of the entire zodiac.  As I record this podcast in mid-March 2026, both planets are at near 1-2 degrees Aries.  These critically early degrees of Aries brings to mind Michelangelo’s painting on Sistine chapel depicting God’s finger reaching across the sky and touching life to Adam’s outstretched hand. 

If you know the Tarot at all, this moment is represented by the Fool card.  The card shows a person with a completely unspoiled, natural expanse of land in front of them.  No decisions have been made; not a single foot has stepped out yet, perhaps not even an inkling of ideas, let alone agenda stirs regarding what action to take next.

This image represents each of us now, just like the Fool in the Tarot deck, staring out at the vast stretch unfolding before them, life inviting us forward, with no pressing constraints about how to use that land, what to become, grow or build on it.  For some, the sheer emptiness may be difficult to comprehend, scary even; for others, they know exactly what they want to do, say, or create.

So let’s talk about the two planets involved here.  First, Neptune, since it crossed the threshold of Aries in late January 2026.  Neptune represents our soul, its journey through the zodiac. Neptune is consciousness itself as well as our subconscious and thus the mental health realm, mysticism, spirituality, and nothing short of the entire breadth of human condition, from the desperate, disillusioned and downtrodden to divinely inspired artists, saints, and angels.

That is quite a huge range.

Then we have Saturn.  Saturn followed Neptune into 00 Aries on Friday, February 13^th.  Saturn is the taskmaster of the planets, ruling dharma and karma, responsibility, honor, and integrity. It sets the agenda, focuses our time and attention on current events, what is front and center in our life.  Saturn moves much more quickly than Neptune, as it is an outer planet of the galaxy.

Where Neptune takes about 12-14 years to move through a zodiac sign, Saturn cycles through a sign in two and half years.

Both respective signs of each planet deal with finality, finishing and completion.  Neptune rules Pisces, the final water sign of the zodiac; while Saturn rules the final earth sign, Capricorn. Where Neptune operates in rainbows of color, Saturn is black and white.  Neptune blurs, mingles, fades, fogs, cleanses and clarifies. Saturn, on the other hand, holds us to formal, crisp account.  You either did it, or you did not. Neptune is the very hippy dippy music group, deeply immersed in the creative moment; while overhearing their music, Saturn calls the group and offers them a record deal.  After all, there’s money to be made!

In short, Saturn brings into useful form all of Neptune’s dreams and fantasies. This is how the two planets work together.  One inspires, the other anchors.

Neptune is ephemeral, temporal, that which you cannot touch, such as music, soul and spirit.  Saturn is form and matter itself, granite and coal to be harvested from the earth and used.  Together, they make a very interesting couple.  That much more so when they cycle through Aries, the first primal sign of the zodiac.

Let’s talk about Aries, the sign Neptune and Saturn have just entered and will be passing through together until early 2028.  A fire sign, Aries is the Great Initiator.  It gets things started, hence it begins on the Spring Equinox and signifies all new beginnings.  It is brave, fearless, and impulsive. Aries is the Warrior, Pioneer, the First Responder, the Leader.  Aries jumps right into action, leaps before looking without much consideration for any consequence. Aries is that Tarot Fool card that I mentioned earlier.  The Fool doesn’t know what it doesn’t know as it looks out at that wide open landscape; but boy, is it rarin’ to get to it.  What, exactly, IT is we will figure out as we go along.

So altogether, in combination, Neptune and Saturn in Aries draws our soul’s focus to anything brand new.   Saturn anchors to earth Neptune’s divine inspiration in entirely uncharted territory. Enter that blank canvas, page or landscape.   Begging the question:  What will you paint, write, build, or create upon your blank screen?

Making matters that much more interesting or challenging for many, is that there is no one currently alive who has ever experienced the Neptune-Saturn in Aries dynamic.  No elder or wise woman to turn to for guidance, about what happened the last time this combo occurred.

For context, the outer planet Neptune has not cycled through Aries since 1861, or, 165 years.  Thirty years ago, Saturn cycled through Aries.  Together, Neptune and Saturn have not overlapped in Aries since 1703.  Historically, this was early colonial America, 70 plus years prior to the American Revolution. Europe was having a moment, in the full throes of expansion, colonial domination of foreign lands, prospering at the expense of others.

Diving even further back in time, Neptune and Saturn were last joined precisely together at 00 degrees Aries in 4361 BCE.  No one alive has any remembrance for these periods of time, neither 1703, nor 4361 BCE.  However, at least in 1703 we had written historical records to document events; but it was anyone’s guess as to what daily life was like in 4361 BCE, since the period occurred before written language.

The best we know about this time is archaeological evidence using carbon dating.  It was the Stone Age.  Think Stone Henge.  Communal villages were beginning to form.  Life was rural, agrarian, hunting and gathering, and still largely nomadic. Talk about a blank canvas.  A time before pre-Abrahamic religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, when the maternal, goddess culture prevailed as humanity followed cosmic cycles of the Sun, Moon and Earth.

Now in 2026, we have just completed a long cycle of shedding, cleansing and purging.  Some may know this as the Year of the Snake in Chinese Astrology.  In the Western cosmos, Neptune and Saturn completed a protracted tour through Pisces, the final water sign of the zodiac.  Mystical, dreamy, spiritual, inspirational and delusional, ruling fear as well as faith, Pisces’ influence these last few years cleared out any residue, person or situation not to be carried into this next new era.

The age of all-knowing gurus, especially of the spiritual kind has now ended, giving way to invitations for self-empowerment and trusting that you, your SELF knows best, what is for your highest potential, long-term well-being.  No more outsourcing your own gut knowing, intuition and natural intelligence.  We are each being pushed out of the proverbial nest.  Time to spread your wings and fly!

A caution is that Aries energy might have you inclined to rush in where angels fear to tread.  Just remember to take a breath.  There is absolutely no rush.

We are just now getting our bearings in this brave new landscape.  Be mindful as you are still growing, developing and getting the lay of the land.  To say that this is a highly holy and sacred time is an immense understatement.  It is not to be messed or tampered with.  After all, such a moment has not occurred for over 6000 years!  Yes, for those who have done their work and have been patiently waiting, it is a tremendously exciting time.  Most, however, are given to pause.  All of us sense the enormity of now.  Our souls know that we signed up to usher in this brand new era.  So, take your time.  There is no urgency to decide, to become, to do.  You will know when the right time comes to take action and move forward. For right now, trust the process.