Looking Back on the Recent Planetary Aspects

In the past few weeks, we’ve had a Mercury in Cancer Retrograde and a Grand Trine in Water signs.  Saturn is still in Scorpio and Neptune is still in Pisces.  I don’t know about you, but I think all that emotionally-charged  Water stuff can feel pretty overwhelming sometimes.  Even if you yourself aren’t emotional, having to work or live with others who are can be a challenge.

I’m finding that the Neptune in Pisces aspect is hardest for me.  Neptune is the ruler of Pisces, so therefore they have similar meanings: spirituality, emotions, enlightenment, mysticism, compassion.  Those things sound good, but Neptune and Pisces also represent delusion, addiction, escapism, and ever-expanding boundaries.

It’s that capacity for illusion that frustrates me so much.  My Virgo Rising/Grand Trine in Earth self can’t abide such ungroundedness.  Trying to communicate or interact with someone who isn’t clear on everyone else’s reality gives me a headache.  (Let me clarify:   I’m all for allowing every bit of wildness and creativity and free-spiritedness to roam unfettered. . . . inside your own head.  When you are at work or in a group, you gotta be able to dial it back when you have to, and you gotta be able to hear input from others, even if you might not agree.  That’s all I’m saying.)

Now, during a Mercury Retrograde, we are meant to review and reflect.  We get four weeks to mull things over and contemplate how to go forward in a better way.

So what have I learned from my own month of ruminating?  Boundaries are a good thing.

New Moon

It’s a New Moon in Pisces today.  New Moons traditionally represent a new beginning or a fresh start.  During the two weeks of the New Moon phase, then, it’s a good time to start new projects and put things into play.

The Sabian Symbol for this particular New Moon is “A prophet bringing down the new law from the mountain.”  Pisces is very concerned with spirituality, and so if we take the two meanings together, this is a good time to look at our spiritual beliefs and articles of faith.  Are they serving us well?  Is it time for a new law?

The next two weeks are a good time to ponder your connection to the Universe and your true self.

Pisces

 

 

From Pisces to Aries

“The execution of anything considerable implies in the first place previous persevering meditation.”  William Godwin

Right now, there are several planets in the sign of Pisces:  Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Neptune.  Pisces is a Water Sign, which means it symbolizes emotional things.  It deals with the imagination, mysticism, dreams, and even delusion.  Pisces also represents psychics and intuition.  Ultimately, it seeks union with the divine.

With so much Piscean energy about, we would do well to sit with and sort out our own emotions and feelings.  Poorly-aspected Pisces can be manipulative, deceptive, passive aggressive.  Because it is so very spiritual, Pisces can find reality very harsh, too harsh to deal with sometimes.  It can easily slip into victimhood or martyrdom if not properly grounded.

Soon, several planets will move into the sign of Aries, however.  Mars will shift on the 11th; the Sun heralds the coming of Spring on the 20th; and Venus changes on the 21st.  Aries is a Fire Sign, and therefore symbolizes action, energy, and movement.  It is confident, a risk-taker, and a self-starter.  Of course confidence can become arrogance and Fire can burn, so Aries needs to be learn patience too.

My favorite thing about astrology is how it reminds us to look at the big picture.  Pisces becomes Aries, Winter becomes Spring, internal becomes external, feeling becomes action.  The Wheel spins, and we have the chance to put into action the new spiritual and emotional lessons we’ve learned.

Sometimes it’s difficult to sit still and be patient and wait.  But, to everything there is a season, and the Universe reminds us of that if we pay attention to its symbols.  Have you been thinking and pondering?  What have you been meditating on?  Are you soon ready for action, ready to make changes?