Neptune is a planet covered in methane clouds, a gas giant that we can never really know all about.  It obscures, eludes and evades, as well as bringing spirituality, aestheticism and compassion.  In Aquarius, the sign of humanity and community from 1998 to 2012, I have associated Neptune here with oil and the ongoing warfare in the Middle East as well as the dissolving of orthodox religious attitudes and the rise of spirituality and environmental concerns.  I also find that a difficultly placed Neptune in one's horoscope shows a preponderance towards getting bunged up, a slightly higher than normal vulnerability to toxins, poisons and virals, and a tendency to get one's own psychic space invaded regularly.  Now, of course, both Jupiter and Chiron are together with Neptune, really upping its potential effects... - more tomorrow or perhaps later....  LATER  In the future, Neptune in Aquarius will be associated with the poisoning of the environment, whether it is through radio waves, car exhausts, cows farting, nuclear and coal power, plane emissions, virals and toxins, landfill or psychic space invasion.  With the current conjunction of Neptune to both Jupiter and Chiron, all of the above is in the mix to a larger degree than usual.  Chiron, with its 51/2 year orbit, was last in this position in the heavens in 1957/8, the time of the last severe flu outbreak that took the young as opposed to the old.  Remember - Neptune illudes.  This hype and spin is not real, it is nebulous in terms of origin, treatment and outcome.  it is nowhere near as big as it is being made out to be, and that's from a clear astrological perspective.  Dont buy into the fear, and make your own informed decisions about treatments, it's still a free world unless you live in Massachusetts where i believe they have powers to forcibly incarcerate and innoculate the entire population against their will if deemed necessary.  Scratch that from my list of places to visit.  And here's a good example of a new future...