Hypocrisy. Chapter 3

Pisces and the aftermath of Saturn-Neptune

Subconsciously labeling fear as security is a theme of this era.
Nathan

There are countless books, speakers, teachers, self-professed gurus, well-intended metaphysicians, and many eager people in the forefront these days talking about shifts in consciousness and human spiritual evolution. In reality, this forward motion is ongoing. Evolution is a slow and steady process and is cast in stone as part of human survival. This young species will progress as always, and an important part of the procedure is the individual's personal moral development.

The sign of Pisces is one of the least understood in astrology. It's the end of the wheel where one ideally reaches the maximum in wisdom and spirituality through all the trials, tribulations, sorrows, and sufferings of the previous 11 signs. One is ready to release his attachment to earthly circumstance and the duality that always accompanies it. But before that can be achieved, there is often extreme dichotomy in Pisces and the guilt, shame, degradation, and humiliation can be of great magnitude, something people don't like to acknowledge or talk about. They attach it to outside people and events, as we've been discussing in relation to fear. Or they prefer to label it compassion, something not fully understood by many modern spiritualists. The problems of self knowledge and forgiveness are vast, so I will begin with this piece and proceed slowly as they relate to the sign of Pisces. Many of the world's difficulties are related to this blindness within that stalls understanding on a personal level, all translated to the collective condition. No amount of effort to change the outside structure will make the human more compassionate, kind, and loving. It's an arduous path to self knowledge and it takes courage. The north node and Uranus are in Pisces now, and although they won't solve the problems in any massive way, they can help us in small ways individually.

Abuse and punishment go together with Pisces as intense humiliation and abnegation of power are sometimes part of the road to genuine humility. The Saturn-Neptune opposition brought this lesson home, which began with the entrance of Uranus in Pisces in 2003. The square to Pluto in Sagittarius illuminated the connection to the world's religions and their failures, indicated by the selection of the current pope of the Catholic church, a Pisces rising, the symbol of weakened hierarchical religious power. The 29 degree Pisces war in Iraq in the birthplace of civilization is also part of the lesson.

In the United States, the political malaise has always been here but these times have revealed it naked in the light, as the fall of the Twin Towers stripped away pretense. Never has it been more obvious how cruelty is used for obtaining a seat in the halls of power. Insult and degradation are the techniques, and this is applauded by the public as one abuse follows another and the sport continues unabated. I do sense, however, a growing dissatisfaction with the game.

Let me give you one example of our predicament and the ethical hypocrisy we're dealing with. The Vice President of our nation, Richard Cheney is an Aquarius with a Moon in Pisces. People like to applaud the compassion of Pisces, but seldom have I seen more hatred thrust at a man than has been at this man. He obviously is representing the downside of Pisces and reflecting something in every person that is very very hard to face. It's no mistake that the torture issue is so popular now. The prisons. Pisces and the opposite side of loving embrace. We can add the President's Sun-Saturn in the 12th house. Removing these men will do absolutely nothing to solve the problems until the identification is found in each person. Pisces can be as cruel as it is kind.

The culmination was reached when Cheney shot his friend in the face, a Pisces. I witnessed in horror the delight, euphoria really, of the crowd on the left and the hope that the man would die so Cheney would get his due. Almost every Cheney hater felt this. Is this compassion? Forgiveness? Spirituality? Love? It's actually natural human behavior, but until this is recognized and owned, we will have more Dick Cheneys in power. Hoping for suffering to happen to another, no matter what they've done, is problematic on a spiritual path. Hatred adds to the problem. Not that they shouldn't exist, but they should be labeled accurately, and honesty with one's self is the only solution. Also the recognition that these experiences are necessary to evolve. One must know. These players are preparing to leave the stage while we move on in our evolution, enriched by the experience, as difficult as it was for many.

Self-forgiveness is the hardest way to redemption and freedom. When the NN leaves Pisces for Aquarius, Saturn will be making it's first retrograde in Virgo, Pluto will be at 29 Sagittarius , square the 29 Pisces point, and Jupiter will be entering Capricorn to the day. The new Aquarian emotional detachment with the Saturn emphasis will be a chance to put these lessons into practice, and perhaps the beginning of a release from the "evil" leaders necessary for our advancement.

There is a lot to learn on the subject as these Pisces transits finish and the Saturn-Neptune lessons come into focus. The passage of Saturn through Virgo will be pivotal. Virgo is purity of body and mind, Pisces, of the soul. Here lies an opportunity to awaken the underlying real compassion and spiritual kindness on the heels of these tragedies, before these archetypes leave to make way for new lessons and exciting beginnings in Aries.

Tonight an exceptionally beautiful Pisces moon rose in the evening sky and took over the whole night. I don't recall ever seeing one like that here before. I got to thinking that maybe the full spectrum of Neptune and Pisces is reaching us here on earth.