Pisces Sun
written
by Shirley Eftoda
The
Sun enters Pisces on February 18th. This
begins an opportune time to cultivate our connection with the Divine as well
as to enter into an inner stillness to seek information or guidance in
making a decision. The Pisces New Moon is an
excellent day to merge and surrender to the Universe.
We
have now approached the 12th sign which is the end of the cycle.
As with all endings it simply means a new beginning will follow.
A new beginning that will prepare for a new birth of Self in Aries.
It is a time to forget, forgive and let go of the past.
It is a time to die so we can be reborn.
Circumstances occur so we can let go.
We can either choose to change or we can be prodded to do so.
There is a gathering of all that has been experienced and learned
during the course of the cycle of the previous eleven signs and this is now
expressing itself through the Pisces energy.
Pisces
is a water sign. Mastering our
emotions comes through the water signs.
Pisces instinctual urge is expressed through the emotions. In Cancer we learn how to contain our emotional energy
and create a safe inner home. In
Scorpio we learn to confront our hidden demons.
In Pisces we learn how to fulfill our emotional desires by finding
unity within ourselves. Consciously
connecting to the Divine within is the life lesson for Pisces and becoming
aware of that Divine identity. In
Pisces we learn to submit to a force larger and greater than ourselves.
The territory is non-material reality and the journey is to bring oneself into a deep relationship with the unseen and the unknown. One is subjected to the ethereal energies that dissolve and bring one inward and upward into non-physical realities.
Piscean energy is of psychic sensitivity and empathy. The awareness is that there is more to life than meets the eye. Barriers and boundaries are not as separative; one can 'feel' the unseen energies. The energy teaches us that life is more than purely physical. One knows that they have been here before in this life or another so the ability to feel suffering is strong allowing empathy rather than judgment (even of those that cause us suffering). Pisces wants to serve and help others through their time of struggle through the understanding of others pain and suffering. The goal is to accomplish this without letting it over-shadow them by they themselves becoming immersed in the pain.
The
main theme of all signs is to merge the personality with the Soul.
Pisces teaches that when the lower self is sacrificed (even through
death) that the Soul still lives. The
Soul makes a sacrifice when it enters a physical body.
It is imprisoned and no longer free to completely experience its
basic free nature. Therefore, the Pisces mentality carries this sacrificial
theme and is the motivating drive in the tendency to martyrdom.
Pisces
can often become victims of self-induced acts of personal sabotage.
Some may try to escape the burdens of physical life through the use
of drugs, other addictive substances and personal habits.
They may allow mental and emotional trash to gather in their psyche
through denial and fantasies. A
fearful state of mind can lead to paranoia.
Here we see how the power of the unconscious which creates our
reality and if not acknowledged undermines our conscious intentions.
It becomes the source of undoing which attracts all sorts of
conditions of helplessness, bondage, isolation and incarceration. In
a confused and deluded state of mind outside forces are blamed for problems
and circumstances.
Pisces
is often a victim of their own sensitivity because they are unable to
discriminate between themselves and the energies in their environment as
their personal boundaries are not established.
Many may sacrifice their own development and material ambitions for
others out of a sense of guilt, obligation or an instinctual urge to pay
off a debt or karma while interpreting self-sacrifice as an excuse to hide
their fear of confronting life. Behind the sacrifice lies a feeling of powerlessness and
an inability to handle practical day to day affairs. In the worst cases becoming self-destruction and
self-annihilation.
In
the absence of techniques to handle emotions and a relevant spiritual path
to channel energy and to point one in the right direction, Pisces chooses
routes that lead to trouble and self-destruction.
Addictions are often Pisces escape route.
They may also simply choose to isolate themselves while getting lost
in the fantasies of their mind or be uncontrollably attached to her
illusions. Regardless of
the escape route the feeling of separation from humanity, from themselves
and the Divine persists as within lies the undeniable attraction to the
inner realms.
Anguish
and pain at the feeling level prods Pisces to seek a counselor, a
therapist, a teacher and a spiritual path that will help make sense of
their own feeling nature. Personal
soul-searching and the healing of inner wounds are required before life can
be devoted to the dream of merging into the One.
Self reflection and a deeper knowledge of the spiritual Self will
allow them to be alone without feeling lonely.
Pisces
must learn to swim without getting lost rather than flowing upstream and
downstream unable to decide which stream will lead to their destination.
Pisces then learns to go with the current that best serve their
interests within their potential.
The
'wake up' call may come in the form of loss of personal power, hospital
trips, addictions or time in literal and symbolic prisons.
When their own powerlessness is realized they know they are nothing
without a link to the rest of life.
Therefore through a path of service and the surrendering of
individual will to Divine Will Pisces finds the security and connection
that it seeks. The connection
to the Source is found giving unlimited support of inner and outer
resources upon which to draw - learning to blend the real and the ideal,
fantasy and reality, and the instinctive and the intuitive.
Then through discrimination becoming more grounded to themselves,
others and the environment. (Each
sign has a complementary sign which helps it achieve wholeness.
Pisces needs the grounding energy of Virgo and its powers of
discrimination and objectivity to transform the lower self into the higher
Self in a healthy, balanced manner).
Other
Pisces realize that they cannot hide anymore and they no longer want to.
What was once a threat is now relief.
Through intuition they are now able to consciously and appropriately
choose self-sacrifice and devote their life to universal service without
getting lost, abused or hurt in the process.
The confidence that they are being lead in the right direction is
real. Through connection with
the Source blind faith becomes willing trust.
Greater powers are at work than the complicated intrigues of the
mind. The journey now is
innately spiritual. The
territory is the Soul and the Divine. The goal is to have a direct experience of God.
Learning to rely and trust the unknown, the door to freedom is
opened through inner contemplation. Since
the end and the beginning of initiation come from within the end is the
dissolution of the consciously constructed personality as a separate
identity; the beginning is the rebirth into universal consciousness.
Pisces embodies the last phase in the human journey. Dwelling in the Universal Mind, not the rational mind, Pisces lets us know that we are already home. Pisces teaches us that beyond physical survival, the most compelling instinct of the human psyche is the spiritual quest to return to a conscious connection with our Source. Divine Timing is in charge. Pisces alerts us to listen for the knock, but not to sit around and try to influence when the knock will come.
REFERENCES
Soul-Centered
Astrology, Alan Oken, The Crossing Press, Freedom, CA,1990, pp. 239-248.
Saturn:
A New Look at an Old Devil, Liz Green, Samuel Weiser, Inc, York Beach,
Maine, 1976, pp.29-33.
Alive and Well with Pluto, Bill Tierney, Llewellyn Publications, St. Paul, MN, 1999, pp. 275-282.
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