The Emperor Meets The Star: When Vision Ignites Action
Tarot of the Abyss by Ana Tourian
This week’s astrology has a very clear signature, Neptune has moved into Aries and the dream temperature changes. Neptune in Pisces is the ocean of feeling, imagination, longing, and spiritual vision. Neptune in Aries is that same current catching fire and what was emotional becomes inspired action. What lived in the inner world starts looking for a name, a banner, and a beginning.
In tarot language, the archetypes are perfect for this moment. Aries is The Emperor whose archetype brings themes of decision, leadership, boundaries and the will to build. Aquarius is The Star and the archetype embodies hope, guidance, healing and the future calling us forward. And right now, the ruler of Aries, Mars, is in Aquarius, conjunct Pluto and forming a supportive sextile to Neptune at 0° Aries. The translation of this is The Star is electrifying The Emperor and this signal becomes executable. The vision finds a method.
Mars with Pluto in Aquarius is strategic willpower inside systems, networks, movements, and technology. This is where collective momentum accelerates, communities organise and where innovation prototypes itself into reality. Add Neptune’s sextile and you get a clean channel between fire (initiation) and air (ideas, circulation) and with this combination inspiration spreads, collaborations form, and the future doesn’t feel abstract anymore.
But fire and air can combust and without grounding, this same current can tip into nervous system overdrive, impulsivity or getting swept up in group dynamics. The Star’s shadow is fog in the collective field seductive ideologies, disinformation and the “we” becoming more important than truth. The Emperor’s shadow is force or freeze which can express as coercive certainty on one end with paralysis, demoralisation and burnout on the other.
That’s why Saturn’s approach into Aries matters. Saturn joining Neptune in Aries (with a supportive relationship to Pluto) adds the maturity test which include clean motives, consequence-awareness and foundations that can actually hold what you’re building. It’s the difference between a vision that burns bright and disappears and a vision that becomes a structure with longevity.
A simple way to work with this week is to pair The Star and The Emperor as a practice.
The Star is asking us to reflect on what future we are serving?
The Emperor asks, what is the next right step that gives it a body?
Saturn adds to the equation the question of which boundary protects my energy so I can sustain this?
Keep it simple and choose one inspired action you can stand behind even if nobody applauds and choose one boundary that stops the mission from consuming you. The Star shows you the way. The Emperor makes it real.
