Season of mists
Autumn equinox approaches, the equinox storms of the last few days heralding this season of change. The thunder and lightning mark an especially deep shift for our family this year, with the loss of one of our cats and my daughter starting school. As the sun leaves the sign of Virgo (at the Autumn Equinox point, 3.30am on September 23rd, a few hours away as I type), once again it is her opposite pole of Pisces and Neptune energy which is my mind.
Those with strong Pisces energy often struggle to express it, it can feel chaotic and nebulous, sensitive and vulnerable. I have been looking at several charts recently with strong Neptune energy and key planets in Pisces or the twelfth house (all resonances of this same energy). The owners of these charts tell me how difficult it can feel just to get started, rather than following the urge simply to surrender, to let go. Pisces people often need a catalyst, something or someone to get them motivated, to encourage them out of the swamp. Of course, many people with planets in Pisces often also have planets in Aries, the next sign of the zodiac and the sign of fiery new beginnings. So the catalyst energy is within them, if they can find a way to balance these two very different ways of being.
Neptune energy dissolves away, and of course the ego feels threatened by that, so it resists. Often people who fear this dissolution of the self, like the person with Saturn in the twelfth house and the person with Mars in Pisces whose charts I've been contemplating recently, retreat to the shadow sign of Pisces energy, its opposite sign of Virgo. Practical thinking and attention to detail become ways of holding the chaos at bay. The Pisces Virgo axis has mystery at one end and service at the other, and asks us to reconcile these two seemingly disparate principles. What, or who, do we serve? Ideally we can use earthy Virgo to keep us grounded, whilst serving something greater than ourselves. The gift of strong Neptune energy, whatever level it shows up at in your chart, is the ability to surrender to a deep connection with spirit. Our Neptune placement, planets in Pisces or the twelfth house, this is where we can dissolve back into the infinite. There we experience oneness, the unity of all beings, the self as a drop in the primordial ocean. The trick then is to use this experience not as an escape but as an inspiration, allowing it to nourish our souls and our work in the world.
Those with strong Pisces energy often struggle to express it, it can feel chaotic and nebulous, sensitive and vulnerable. I have been looking at several charts recently with strong Neptune energy and key planets in Pisces or the twelfth house (all resonances of this same energy). The owners of these charts tell me how difficult it can feel just to get started, rather than following the urge simply to surrender, to let go. Pisces people often need a catalyst, something or someone to get them motivated, to encourage them out of the swamp. Of course, many people with planets in Pisces often also have planets in Aries, the next sign of the zodiac and the sign of fiery new beginnings. So the catalyst energy is within them, if they can find a way to balance these two very different ways of being.
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