These are global energies of Neptune in Gemini or in the 3rd House which must be nuanced according to your birth chart, see the article Neptune in birth chart; see also the article on the general interpretation of Neptune.
The planet Neptune is one of the attributes of the Anima in the chart, as such it can indicate a projection of this one, especially intellectual Projections on “social entities” (political party, club, syndicate, nation, church, etc), everything that concerns more directly mysticism, and a notion of universality, or even a form of artistic sensibility…
It can at the same time lead to dreaming, to naivety, to the fantasy of reality, to drugs… as it can also be the driver of self-denial and of the most beautiful and deep feelings possible, an opening on the monad and on a “christic” aspect of existence (forgiveness, love and faith in God, redemption of sins, humanism, respect of the fellow, values of peace, justice and harmony).
Values that are too earthly and materialistic constitute a powerful antagonism to this planet.
As Neptune remains in each sign for about 14 years, its position in houses is more meaningful for personality. The energy of the sign gives above all a basic elemental coloring, common to a whole generation, which will apply more personally to the sector of life signified by the house. Therefore, focus first on the house affected, the sign giving a background tone.
The mind of a genius but also more instability
This planetary positioning has given us a huge number of literal geniuses: just read the short list of notable people at the end of this article and you’ll be convinced! But often “geniuses” are also tortured souls, and things have ended badly for many of them, for example with madness, Depression, suicide, or drowning in the ocean, which is a way of dying that is very symbolic of this position; these people are often very tormented souls who thirst for the Absolute and want to reach the ocean, the “great, universal mother of all…”
The distinctive feature of this planetary positioning is the connection between intuition, one’s deep, powerful emotional receptiveness, and logos, one’s cerebral, conceptual side, and this may create a link between to two which is full of imagery and focused on dreams and imagination, but also involves escape to an unreal, fantastic, mystical world, and it is thus difficult to anchor (or “put down in pen,” for writers) in reality.
That said, “Water” may be very inspirational for these people (and contact with this element may be highly sought-after when they are lacking inspiration); for example, this was the case with the blue that dominated René Magritte’s paintings, Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea, the underwater baby on the album cover of Nervermind, Nirvana’s/Kurt Cobain’s most famous album (he was himself a drug addict who died of an overdose/suicide), etc.
This planetary positioning certainly does not guarantee stability, but rather favors much scattering, such that these people’s minds are always chaotic, sometimes confused and difficult to understand from the outside, and very cyclothymic, where flashes of genius and intuition may occur frequently but also alternate with lows that are just as significant and deep.
This energy is a better match for “literary and artistic” things that are more abstract, rather than mathematics and logistics or administrative management, which may be much too “complicated,” too concrete, and too tedious for this planet, as well as being much too “restrictive” of these people’s fertile imaginary world; these people inevitably need getaways of some sort and an emotional life, since that is how things are understood and experienced for them.
The planet’s placement here, on the axis of communication and learning, favors the acquisition of all knowledge that relates to Neptunian domains, which may include religion, metaphysics, psychology, medicine, the arts, or any domain related to water, petroleum, or astrology, of course; these people have a great talent for having a holistic vision of things, they more easily understand “everything,” universality, and the Monad, and they know how to describe all of this and may be highly gifted as a medium.
Since this sector is also linked to the connections between siblings, it can create “special” familial connections here, though these relationships may not always be easy to define. For example, one’s brother may be highly idealized and put on a pedestal, but also “absent” for various reasons; he might suffer from psychological issues related to alcohol, or he may even be a half-brother who had been kept secret or who is an artist, doctor, monk, etc. Many different analogies are possible with this planet here.
Neptune in the 3rd House / Gemini can be fairly misleading, since socially it can make people quite cheerful, kind, likable, and empathetic, but under this gentle exterior, if the planet forms any hard aspects, there may be some serious emotional turmoil on the inside! (It is important to perform a thorough analysis of a person’s entire birth chart)
Unfortunately, we can see in the paragraphs above the major threads of the main problems that may occur with this planetary positioning: scattering (taking on too many things at once), confusion or lack of structure, a moody or absent-minded side (trouble concentrating), and susceptibility to outside influences. It is also very important to focus on two main things to help you have a better experience with this position:
- The first thing is to try to find a way of consciously externalizing these energies, for instance through various forms of artistic expression such as drawing, painting, sculpture, and of course writing and poetry. Anything that contributes to externalizing emotions would be worthwhile though, so this includes disciplines such as Yoga and meditation.
- The second thing is to lean into any values related to Earth that may be present both in one’s birth chart and in whatever may be activated at the moment in terms of Progressions and Transits. Saturn can also be taken advantage of, as it is something of an antidote to Neptune’s confusion as it allows the latter planet’s energies to be channeled and structured. These earthen energies would also be quite useful for these people if they also turn up in their interpersonal Projections with their close friends and family, and in particular with their romantic partners, who may “stabilize them by proxy,” so to speak.
It may be helpful here to look at and analyze Venus in these people’s birth charts, since Neptune is its upper octave and this planet often plays a role in our artistic, receptive side, so it may give additional indications as to how to best express this planet.
This planet can still lead to quite a bit of instability for these people, including during adolescence, which is directly relevant here (with certain learning disabilities becoming apparent, for example), and even though they may not suffer directly as a result, they will have a tendency to repeat this pattern, even unconsciously, during their lives as adults, for better or for worse, i.e. being bohemian or being anarchic.
Neptune retrograde in the 3rd house and Gemini
This planet’s Retrograde motion may actually be quite welcome here because it adds a little dose of Earth, which may allow for better thought and reflection and better structuring of these energies.
Retrograde motion of Neptune in one’s birth chart is less important than for other dominant features in the chart, since, as it’s a slow, transpersonal planet, it’s retrograde just over five months out of the year.
Nevertheless, it’s useful to monitor the evolution of this retrograde motion through Progressions; a change of state here will not necessarily lead to a specific noteworthy event, but it may indicate a non-negligeable psychological change in how this planet’s energies are used.
Celebrities with Neptune in 3rd House
Friedrich Nietzsche, Kurt Cobain, 14th Dalai Lama, Stephen King, Al Pacino, Madonna, Keanu Reeves, Jean Michel Jarre, Jack Nicholson, Swami Vivekananda, Thomas Edison, Bobby Fischer, Sharon Tate, Steven Seagal, Fidel Castro, Muammar Gaddafi, Richard Branson, Iggy Pop, Bernard Arnault…
Celebrities with Neptune in Gemini
Dane Rudhyar, William Shakespeare, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Adolf Hitler, Charlie Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock, Al Capone, Ernest Hemingway, Agatha Christie, George Washington, Buster Keaton, Aldous Huxley, JRR Tolkien, HP Lovecraft, Mao Tse-toun, Galileo, René Magritte, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Élisabeth Báthory, Fred Astaire…