As we watch rising tension and conflict unfold across the world, I’ve noticed more and more astrologers looking to the skies for clues about what might come next.
And right now, one shift in particular is catching people’s attention.
Neptune has just moved back into Aries.
That alone doesn’t mean catastrophe. But historically, it does make people sit up straighter.
The last time Neptune travelled through Aries, in the 1860s, the United States entered its Civil War era.
With protests erupting, institutions being questioned, and deep divisions playing out globally, some are now using the phrase “sleepwalking into another civil war.”
I don’t think that should be taken as a prediction.
I do think it should be treated as a warning.
Astrology is often at its most useful when it highlights moments of pressure and choice. Times when societies either pause, recalibrate, and heal. Or drift somewhere far more dangerous.
Understanding Neptune’s return to Aries
Neptune’s entry into Aries is a major collective transit, and it’s understandable that it makes people uneasy.
Neptune rules ideals, belief systems, confusion, faith, and disillusionment. Aries rules identity, assertion, courage, and conflict. Together, they can stir fierce attachment to what people think is right. That energy can drive reform, moral awakenings, and courageous change. But when societies are already polarised, it can just as easily deepen fractures.
That’s why the historical parallel matters. Not as prophecy, but as context.
It invites us to ask harder questions about the world we’re living in right now.
Saturn matters more than people think
One planet keeps getting left out of the headlines.
Saturn.
Saturn gets a reputation for being harsh. But Saturn also governs restraint, boundaries, law, responsibility, and the structures that stop things from spiralling.
Those qualities are essential in volatile periods.
Astrology doesn’t just describe what’s happening. It often points to what needs strengthening. And right now, the Saturn side of the equation matters enormously.
As Saturn edges closer to Aries in the coming weeks, I think that energy asks us to lean into patience rather than provocation. Negotiation rather than escalation. Long term thinking rather than reactive outrage.
We need that version of Saturn working.
A combustible global backdrop
This tension isn’t confined to one country.
Across the UK, Europe, the United States, and beyond, political divisions are sharp. Economic pressures are biting. Questions around identity, belonging, borders, and governance are dominating public conversation. Trust in institutions feels fragile in many places.
That doesn’t mean civil war is inevitable.
But it does mean we’re operating inside a highly charged environment.
Astrology is very good at flagging moments like that. Periods when choices carry extra weight.
Cycles don’t erase free will
One of the most important things to remember is that astrology never removes human agency.
Yes, Neptune is back in Aries.
But Pluto, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, eclipses, and the broader planetary landscape are completely different from the 1860s. The sky never gives us the same pattern twice.
History doesn’t repeat.
It echoes.
And echoes can resolve in more than one way.
Planetary cycles amplify conditions. They don’t dictate outcomes. What happens next depends on leadership, language, restraint, compassion, and whether we actively work toward repair rather than escalation.
Why restraint matters now
With Saturn approaching Aries, I see a call for maturity.
Saturn asks us to slow down. To take responsibility. To think about consequences. To value institutions that hold rather than fracture. To prioritise dialogue when everything feels heated.
In a world flooded with information and driven by algorithms that reward outrage, those Saturn qualities are more important than ever.
They’re not glamorous.
But they’re stabilising.
And right now, stability is precious.
A moment of warning and choice
For me, Neptune’s return to Aries feels like a cosmic red flag.
Not doom.
Awareness.
A reminder that we’re entering a period where ideals, identity, and belief systems run hot, and where the way we speak to one another truly matters.
We live in a divided world.
Which makes healing work more urgent than ever.
The future isn’t written in the sky.
It’s shaped by what we do with the weather the sky brings.
And in moments like this, astrology doesn’t whisper reassurance.
It asks for consciousness.
It asks for steadiness.
It asks us not to sleepwalk through volatile times.
But to choose a wiser path forward.
I recorded a video all about this on my YouTube channel – click here to watch that.
