On June 18 Neptune turns retrograde. Neptune is the planet of hope. Maybe you’re hoping that someone you’re in love with will love you back, wishing for a better life, or feeling like this time a lucky break really will work out. Neptune is the arch nemesis of cynics and sceptics. That’s because they were dreamers once but never got over the disappointment of their bubbles being burst which why they’re driven to burst the bubbles of others. Hope can be uplifting and hope can be deceptive and cruel. It’s true that Neptune retrograde almost always brings disillusionment. We’re told that disillusionment is bad but it actually frees you to get to know that person you’ve been idealizing, to try on that better life for size, and to pick up that broken lucky break and to make something of it. Neptune retrograde is the first step in your creative process. Neptune will be retrograde from June 18 to Nov. 24.