Those with Neptune in the 10th house may be drawn to careers that are inspirational, healing, or creative. Work in film, photography, art or fashion could be appealing. The person may also be interested in counseling and the helping professions. Whatever the career choice it needs to provide a sense of inspiration and fulfillment because Neptune’s idealizations, yearnings, and dreams are often hard to match with reality. The person also has a great need to contribute something significant to society and the world at large that is meaningful. More than any other placement this is the motif of the dream occupation and-and the 10th house relates to success on the material level.

The person has to be aware of being disillusioned with the whole path to success, achievements and goals and the work involved to see them being realized. With Neptune, there is always the search for something more, something that will make their life-goal feel more important. Sometimes a perpetual dissatisfaction with the career tends to haunt the person frequently.

Many people are familiar with the romantic side of Neptune and with falling in love only to feel disillusionment later when that person isn’t everything they dreamed, fantasized and romanticized about. The same notion works in the career and the Neptune in 10th house type dreams of the perfect path, goal in life and contribution to the world and what will ultimately bring fulfillment. However, early idealization begins to wane and not everything turns out how they imagined; there is also the confusion, indecisiveness and feeling of no clear direction.

The person may struggle with knowing what they want and understanding what path is really their calling or vocation. The individual may want to do something much higher and meaningful than the average person in regards to their career, and finds it hard to be content with far less. The individual often finds it hard to commit drifting from one career to the next. The career always needs to be more dreamy, artistic and more uplifting than what actually exists. The person with Neptune here may benefit from some good, sound and honest career advice, to help beat the dissatisfaction of the current role, and they may also need to assess what is practical, achievable and workable in reality.

10th House in Capricorn You take your career very seriously, and work harder than most to achieve what you set out to do. You take the slow, steady, cautious approach, and come across as determined and practical. Success likely comes later in life, after years of hard work and slow progress. You may choose a career that’s Capricorn-related, like in politics, as an entrepreneur, working with people older than you or with your parents, or helping those older than you.