Fortune Cookie

Neptune, affecting your income and possessions, moved backwards in June. So, since then, you've been helped to take stock of your cash flow and where you stand in a material sense. Retrograde Neptune may have also put the kibosh on any flow of abundance. But as Neptune now moves forward, you're able to create realistic budgets without rose-tinted glasses getting in the way.

Since June, your ruling planet, Neptune, has moved backwards in your sign. This has significantly impacted your identity - who you believe yourself to be and how you believe others see you. But backwards-moving Neptune has likely skewed these beliefs and created confusion. As Neptune moves forward, you have a new action plan for presenting yourself to the world!

Since the end of June, distinguishing between fantasy and reality may have been difficult. Dreamy Neptune began moving backwards, encouraging you to spend more time alone or retreat from any maddening pace. Now, Neptune moves forward. So, what you've reflected on during recent months in terms of healing yourself emotionally and supporting someone close becomes an action plan.

Dreamy Neptune moved backwards in June, encouraging you to take stock of the company you keep and who you meet and mingle with socially. In recent months, you may have decided certain friendships or alliances are draining or require more effort than they're worth. As Neptune moves forward, you could find that the people on your Christmas card list have changed. Que sera sera.

Since Neptune moved backwards in June, you've taken stock of your career direction and how you would define your dream job. Neptune has helped you identify how to bring more meaning to your work and make better use of your creativity or a particular talent. As Neptune moves forward, you could discover who your true supporters are with making professional progress.

What is your highest purpose in life? Do you need to travel or relocate to satisfy an ambitious aspiration? Would studying or training help with this? These could be questions you've asked yourself since Neptune moved backwards in June. They're deep questions to ponder, but you can now address them. People from different cultures or countries could play prominent roles in this, too.

Since June, the word “boundaries” has probably featured in your thoughts. Perhaps you've felt it necessary to step back from a partnership or find a way to help somebody be less dependent on you. As Neptune moves forward, you could be better positioned to clarify boundaries between you and someone. By encouraging them to stand on their own two feet, you help them immensely.

Since June, Neptune moved backwards, affecting your relationships and partnerships. You've been helped to take stock of imbalances, identify where you go above the call of duty or how someone doesn't tick essential “ideal partner” boxes. As Neptune now moves forward, clarity arrives to remove rose-tinted glasses and help you see one-to-one connections - or one in particular - realistically.

Since June, Neptune moved backwards, helping you assess your health, where improvements can be made with exercise and what you put down your neck. Social media is full of adverts for concoctions claiming to burn fat and vibrating gizmos promising a six-pack in 24 hours. But what works for you? What routine would you stick to? As Neptune moves forward, these answers could be clearer.

Since June, Neptune has moved backwards, affecting how you express yourself from your heart and what fun and frivolity mean to you. But Neptune has wanted you to accept how being less mysterious and more open and expressive can help you form or strengthen loving connections. As Neptune now moves forward, prepare to see what happens when your heart is less guarded.

Since June, Neptune has moved backwards, helping you to take stock of home and family circumstances. You may have also been reminded of how we can choose friends but not our clan! But you've had a chance to assess what those closest to you expect from you. As Neptune moves forward, it could become clear that any close bond you support or nurture doesn't benefit only them.

Since Neptune moved backwards in June, you've been reminded of how you're known by the company you keep. Do you have dozens of people on social media pages who you don't really know or never make an effort to reach out to you? They could be the first to go as Neptune moves forward. Anybody who's needy, draining or lacking integrity is unlikely to feature in your world now, too.