How Neptune Retrograde 2024 Will Affect Each Zodiac Sign (& Rewrite Your Story)

As the summer’s ramping up, so is the outer planets’ retrograde season, and the next to join the squad of back-spinners is the numinous planet Neptune. After all, it is the planet of dreams, mysticism, and illusions, and it casts both an ethereal magic and a cloudy mist over everything we see. Neptune retrograde 2024 starts on July 2 and lasts through December 7—but as the second-farthest planet from the sun, the effects of this transit tend to be gentler and more subtle than some. However, this particular retrograde starts writing the final chapter of a longer Neptunian story, so knowing how Neptune retrograde 2024 will affect each zodiac sign is important.

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Enchanting Neptune stations retrograde once a year, and it moonwalks for about five months at a time. During Neptune’s retrograde periods, the rose-colored glasses that this planet loves to provide us with may feel like they’re losing some of their comforting pink glow, leaving us with the duller but more realistic vision of what’s actually right in front of us. But getting real is a good thing, as it allows us to connect with our fantasies in a more tangible way and reflect on our spiritual lessons through a more conscious lens.

Neptune has spent the past 13 years in its mystical home sign of Pisces, and this year’s retrograde is particularly special, as it kicks off at 29 degrees of this mutable water sign —aka the very last degree of the very last sign of the zodiac. Right now, Neptune is teetering on the edge of a significant cosmic turning point, because once it wraps up its stint in Pisces, it’ll begin a brand new 84-year cycle through the zodiac. This backspin begins at the precipice of monumental shift, so its retrograde station is infused with a highly anticipatory energy, like we’re approaching the final chapters of a fascinating novel. But before we can push forward into this new era, we must learn how to fully trust our intuition and embrace reality instead of escapism. That’s what this veil-lifting retrograde is all about.

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Because this retrograde takes place in the final degrees of Pisces, it is also the last Neptunian backspin this century that will take place entirely in its home-base sign. By the time next year’s Neptune retrograde starts, it’ll have already crossed over into Aries territory, kicking off a fresh rotation around the sun. While the effects of this retrograde may be delicate and subtle, you can use them to hone your intuition and brings some grounding to your wildest imaginings.

How Neptune retrograde 2024 will affect each zodiac sign

Here’s what you can expect from Neptune retrograde in Pisces, according to your sun and/or rising sign (and seriously, you’re missing out if you don’t read these horoscopes for your rising sign):

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