Sun and Neptune: aspect cards

Sun conjunct Neptune makes your sense of self sensitive, deeply imaginative, and quick to absorb the mood around you. You are compassionate, with a charm that is hard to pin down, and may have an artistic or inner gift. The thing to watch is that the line between you and the people around you is thin. At times you cannot tell whether you really want something or have just picked up someone else's feeling.

• You understand others' feelings without much explanation
• You have imagination and artistic sensitivity

• You are unsure whether a want is yours or someone else's
• Your self-image shifts with the mood around you

The team complains that the project is going nowhere. You feel weighed down along with them all day, though your own part is finished. In the evening you write on paper, "What is my work, and what is the team's feeling?" and see that only two items are yours to do. The next day you arrive with a lighter mind.

Set routines and goals you can touch, and your imagination will have roots to grow from.

When the Sun is on good terms with Neptune, imagination and compassion pass through your sense of self gently. You pick up other people's feelings quickly, respond deeply to music, images or stories, and usually keep a calm corner of your own. The point to watch is that inspiration can end inside your head; without concrete steps, a beautiful picture stays a picture that never happens.

• You have good instincts for atmosphere and people's feelings
• You create calm space for yourself and others

• You drift with the current until your direction is unclear
• Your head is full of inspiration, but you do not act on it

You have had an idea for a blog or a story playlist for a long time. Thinking of it excites you every time, yet you have never posted. So you set a rule: this week you will write three paragraphs and send them to one friend. The friend says she wants to read more, and that pushes you straight into a second piece.

Turn inspiration into a small finished piece, and your gentleness will reach real people.

When the Sun challenges Neptune, your sense of self blurs under pressure. You see people or situations so favourably that you end up let down, or you retreat into your own head when reality feels too heavy. Goals are often unclear. You are sensitive to other people's suffering and highly imaginative, so you need facts and small achievable goals to give the dream somewhere to stand.

• You are sensitive to others' distress and naturally generous
• You are imaginative and can think of exits others do not see

• You idealise people and are let down when you see the facts
• You escape into your thoughts when the situation gets tense

You trust that your project partner will hand in the work as promised, and you never ask for a deadline. On the due date he has not started. You are let down and want to run off and do something else. Next time you ask clearly, "Who is sending what, and when?" and write it in the group chat. This time everything runs on schedule.

Check the facts and set small goals, so your dream has ground to stand on.