Mutual reception occurs when two planets “trade signs”; the planetary rulers of two zodiac signs are in each other’s signs.

The Uranus-Neptune mutual reception is a current phenomenon which will last until 2011. Uranus is in Neptune's sign of Pisces and Neptune is in Uranus's sign of Aquarius. A mutual reception is an easy exchange of energies, intensifying each planet's influences. Uranus the sky god is freedom, sudden change, invention, and rebellion. Neptune the sea god is illusion, expansion of consciousness, merging, and spirituality. The mutual reception of these two outer planets helps them to combine and focus these energies. This mutual reception follows the rare Uranus-Neptune conjunction of 1993. Many current social, cultural, and world trends can be linked to this mutual reception.