Neptune, one of our ringed gas giants, has the strongest winds known in the Solar System. Neptune is believed to have captured the largest of itβs 14 known moons, Triton, from the Kuiper belt. Triton is the only known large moon in the solar system with a natural retrograde orbit, meaning it orbits itβs planet in the opposite direction of the planets rotation. Neptune, similar to Jupiter has a giant raging storm similarly named, βNeptuneβs Great Dark Spotβ, with the white storm tagging along dubbed by scientist as βscooterβ. If this storm is still there is unknown, since there has only been one close flyby encounter of Neptune with the Voyager 2 in 1989. Where we got these pictures as well as a close up of Neptuneβs wispy, possibly methane clouds, and the moon Triton. Neptune can be associated to themes such as art, spirituality daydreaming, psychic abilities, intuition, empathy, dance, music, illusion, delusion, and inspiration. In astrology the sign Neptune is in on the day of your birth may represent the way you navigate your spiritual aspects of self into this world. Natural ruler of the 12th house, and in modern astrology, the zodiac sign: Pisces. Glyph - β
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