How to interpret the result
Neptune contacts are slow tides, so read the orb as a stage rather than a date. Constructed example: natal Sun at 25 Sagittarius, transiting Neptune at 22 Pisces, a square with a 3.00 orb. At about two degrees a year, plus several retrograde months each year, Neptune needs roughly four to five years to cross the 10-degree square range, so this describes a long chapter rather than a month.
