The square of Saturn and Neptune creates tension between fear and dream. Neptune gives imagination, sensitivity, inspiration, compassion, a subtle psyche, and the need to believe. Saturn brings limitations, criticism, duty, control, fear of mistakes, and a hard test by reality. In the square, the person may be gifted but not trust their gift; may dream but fear acting; may feel deeply but feel ashamed of their own vulnerability.
This aspect is often connected with suggestibility and inner lack of rootedness. If there are wise parents, teachers, and mentors nearby, the native gradually learns to trust themselves and materialize their abilities. If there is roughness, coldness, humiliation, or constant criticism nearby, they may fall into guilt, anxiety, pessimism, and dependence on other people's opinions. Neptune begins to believe frightening images, and Saturn fixes them as "reality."


