The Sun in Pisces is joined by Mercury, Venus, Mars, Chiron and last but certainly not least is Pisces ruler, Neptune. As the last of the twelve signs of the zodiac, Pisces brings an extraordinarily fast (yet uncompromisingly long) year to a close. Most celebrate the Gregorian calendar new year on January 1, which in my eyes gives us a false sense of completion that leaves us feeling peculiarly unsatisfied. Kind of like premature ejaculation (or so I hear). The astrological year begins anew at the spring equinox, when the sun enters Aries on March 20. For those of you who remain in a quasi-refractory period, worry not. There's a freight train of energy on its way. But not so much this month. While the Sun is ascending in the sky overhead and the nights are getting progressively shorter, we're still clearing out the residual tensions from all the heavy lifting over the past twelve months. The first three weeks in March will likely offer extremes of equal proportion. From visionary to illusory, inspiring to challenging and flowing to chaotic.
The polarities that make up our world are intensifying. Actually, they've always been here. Our sensitivity to the poles that comprise our dualistic world and our awareness of the paradox inherent in this three-dimensional reality are becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. Most avoid reconciling their sense of inner-friction in favor of projecting it out into the world like Jackson Pollack on a bad day (or Rush Limbaugh on a good day). What we often fail to recognize and astrology never fails to remind us is this friction is by design.
Saturn's transit through Scorpio, along with Pluto's transit through Capricorn asks us, no... forces us to transform out-dated structures. Our evolution depends on transmuting our deluded ego-based perceptions and dream a new world into being. If we continue to pretend the path we're on is fine and stay asleep to the pain and suffering rampant in this world as well as in our hearts, things will only continue to get worse. This is true on the microcosmic scale of our individual lives and the macro of the world at large. For those doing the work, the real work of transforming our wounds into blessings, the light grows ever brighter. For those clinging to archaic ego structures, now is the time to step up your game. Saturn retrograde for the next four and a half months will bring a new level of instability. This is a wonderful opportunity to transmute the poison you've avoided tasting. When you finally swallow, just remember that every emotion and every action has an equal and opposite polarity. Feeling doubt? Faith exists in equal measure.
"Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother." ~ Kahlil Gibran
Identifying with the negative polarity in any situation drains our life force. Beware not to mistake this to mean one is best served identifying only with the positive polarity. That only propagates a resurgence of negativity. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Focus on the positive and the negative will rise up to greet you again and again. Herein lies the catch-22 of duality. Instead, focus on your awareness of being awareness itself. Welcome the emotions as they arise, positive or negative, dis-identifying with any of your preferences, your fantasy-based myths, your staunchly entrenched attitudes about right and wrong, your gestalt-based reactions. What matters is what you do with the energy. All this Pisces energy implores us to drop into the heart of our dreams. Let that be your focus. There's never been a better time to let fall away what needs to fall away. Tap into Pisces loving and creative nectar. Tune the energy through your heart. Architect your new year.
"Be the ball, Danny." ~ Ty Webb
With Saturn and Mercury retrograde, our mind's fixated and rigid nature will have no choice but to soften. The ego's control can unravel extraordinarily fast as the equinox approaches. Our physical, energetic, emotional and intellectual blocks have the space to move at an accelerated pace. As these structures fall, energy becomes available. To best utilize this available energy, remain in your center and maintain one-pointed focus on your AIM (intentions, goals, etc.). If we remain asleep and forget to be mindful, we'll short change this opportunity to revise of our limbic patterning. There's a substantial window to finally step out of playing back our traumas again and again. Can you imagine the new year, instead of succumbing to the repetition compulsion of doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result?
Drop in and ask yourself what is my intention for the year ahead? It's okay if you're still getting clear. In fact, let yourself reexamine the pseudo-intentions you may have set on January 1. With our ego-minds in a retrograde-induced weakened state, our heartfelt desires will sing a tune that we're less likely to ignore. Heed the call and let this melody unify all opposites, within and without. Beware also that retrogrades can intensify a planet's influence. When your ego-mind, your addictions and your unconscious patterns rise up with a vengeance, Remember yourself. Listen to your heart's song. Let it guide you to the path of least resistance. Allow yourself to return to a state of oneness with all opposites. Cultivate your dreams from this inchoate pool of cosmic energy, and focus on what you're opening up and allowing yourself to give and receive in the year ahead. It's the final countdown to the spring equinox, the cosmically potent time of planting the seeds of intention you're well on your way to clarifying in the month ahead. Stay tuned for a forthcoming blog and read all about it...
Thank you all for your ongoing contribution to our collective awakening.
Stellar blessings,
Ryan
www.bodyworkastrology.com
Visit my website for information on astrological consultations and other joys. May the force be with you...
No comments:
Post a Comment