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Pisces The Consummation of Pisces Is Identification with Divine Consciousness. "I Leave My Father's House & Turning Back I Save." There is incredible beauty in the transformation of the disciple in Pisces. In this sign of duality, the perfect manifestation of the macrocosm and the microcosm, of God and humanity, is demonstrated. The fusion or blending of the soul and form produces the Incarnated Christ, the perfected individual soul, and the greater and the lesser polar opposites ~ the human being and God ~ are brought to their destined expression and manifestation in this sign. The symbol for Pisces, a water sign, is two connected fish swimming in opposite directions and linked together by a band that keeps them connected throughout the cycles of life. Bound by this silver cord, the fish swim between Spirit and Matter, between the constellations of Aries and Aquarius. One fish is heads out to the edge of the Universe, while the other to the depths of the seas. The directions the fish swim represent the path into evolution and the Path of Return. One fish represents the soul, the other the personality or form. Three Keynotes of the Duality of Pisces
There are three cycles or sets of duality in this sign, each needing to be synthesized. In the first cycle the soul is captive in substance, descending into the ocean of matter. Later on the reversed wheel, the germ of Christ-Life is impressed and the disciple becomes aware of the duality, bringing on a great Crisis of Polarization. The personality is slowly brought into alignment by the soul. The bondage is finally brought to an end when the soul detaches from the personality and reattaches itself in consciousness to the One. This is the climaxing story of Pisces and of human evolution. The disciple’s journey begins in Pisces, an arm of the Mutable Cross, and ends here too, having reversed the inclination to go further into matter. Until bondage is transformed into service, individuals bounce between the polar opposites of spirit and matter. Through the stages of the Mutable Cross, the cross of the incarnating Christ, the disciple finds the way to Sagittarius where the fluidity and negativity of Pisces becomes focused desire and the individual begins to exhibit one-pointed selfishness. In Virgo the disciple further refines and instinct is transmuted to intellect. In Gemini the disciple stands at the stage where the Great Illusion can be recognized for what it is. The Divine has been revealed and a desire for an ordered life and a union with the Self is sought. Intuition awakens in Gemini and the influence of the Fixed Cross is felt, in addition to the energies of the Mutable. On the reversed wheel the disciple demonstrates the manifested purpose of humanity in Pisces. Heading towards Pisces via Gemini, Virgo and Sagittarius, a process to transmute the energies is initiated. Now soul conscious and dealing directly with the inner-emanating source, a shift has taken place to a higher plane and this process of transmutation begins raising the lower nature into the higher manifestation, transforming lower psychical powers into higher spiritual faculties. Mental or spiritual inhibition turns into soul expression and mental sensitivity. Eventually the disciple turns from the personal life towards service to humanity and soul identification. As the polar opposite of Pisces, Virgo is one of the most significant of the signs of the zodiac for it holds the germ and ultimately represents the goal of the human evolutionary process. That goal is to reveal the veiled spiritual reality of matter. Virgo’s keynote is "The Christ in you, the hope of Glory." This is the seed that lies dormant in Pisces The fluid, sensitive Pisces temperament that is mediumistic and psychically polarized is stabilized in Virgo. The two signs balance each other as Virgo provides the impetus for mental introspection and critical analysis. Soul and form are united in Virgo. They have blended and are of great importance to one another. Virgo represents synthesis and the relation of spirit and matter after they have been brought together. The purpose for form life begins to be realized in Virgo. The seed that was hiding the spiritual reality is alive and reveals the beauty of spirit in matter. Their functions are basically interchangeable. Virgo
~ Virgin Mother Pisces is one of three signs of salvation in the zodiac along with Leo, which symbolizes the individual standing on its own and Sagittarius where the disciple loses sight of the self and silently serves. The disciple becomes the World Savior in Pisces. This sign has long been associated with The Christ and Christian symbology of the Fish. It is the World Savior that sounds the note bringing the next needed message for humanity. The Christ brought the keynote of brotherhood at the beginning of the Piscean Age, when He proclaimed, "A new commandment I give you that you love one another." The consummation of Pisces is identification with Divine Consciousness, which ultimately is the work to be carried out in this world cycle. Two major Rays collaborate with Pisces: the first Ray of Will or Power, focused through Pluto, and the second Ray of Love-Wisdom via Jupiter. The interplay of these dual potencies produces the duality in Pisces. The esoteric ruler of Pisces is Pluto, while the exoteric ruler is Jupiter. Jupiter brings the two fishes together and binds them until eventually this union relate soul and form. Jupiter develops the qualities of mind and love, will and wisdom, head and heart, and brings these qualities into synthetic expression. Eventually there has to be a complete fusion of love and mind before a world savior can manifest. Pluto destroys all that separates the pairs of opposites, yet never destroys the consciousness aspect. Pluto’s work includes cutting the thread which binds the two opposing lives together, allowing a mastery and dissipation of the Great Illusion. In its destroyer aspect, Pluto unfolds the significance, activity and beauty of death. Neptune is also thought of as a ruler of Pisces in orthodox astrology. Neptune focuses the influence of Pisces in relation to humanity as a whole, not the individual being towards the final stages of the Path of Discipleship. Pisces has three constellations associated with it. El Rischa, the cord that unites the fish, is Pisces’s leading star found in a cluster of stars called the Band. The second is Andromeda, one of the three women among the constellations, seen here as the chained woman. The chained woman represents matter being harnessed. The third is Andromeda’s father, King Cepheus. He represents the Father aspect or Spirit. The eighteenth brightest star in the sky in the constellation Pisces Austrinis, Fomalhaut, a royal star, marks the "Mouth of the Fish." Pisces rules the feet and is symbolic of treading the Path of Return and attaining the goal, which is considered the spiritual theme of the Piscean Age. Pisces can also be seen as governing the generative process. This only becomes possible when higher creative facilities are awakened and the individual creates on the mental plane as well as the physical plane. Pisces is sometimes referred to as the sign of Obedience.
Service is its own reward. It is interesting to note that during the time we say the Sun is in Aries, each year from approximately March 20 to April 19, due to the precession of the equinoxes, and from the Earth's perspective, the Sun is actually traversing the zodiacal sign Pisces. With this consideration, we invite you to review the SouledOut.org materials on Pisces freshly, from this perspective. Credit
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