Pisces 1 - 5
Harmonisation
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In order to live in harmony within our community, we need to manage our exchanges of ideas, goods and services mindfully (1), to balance trust with caution (2), to read between the lines to infer whatever cannot be fully known (3) and to find our way to negotiate when overcrowding brings limitation (4). In other words: interact with others with integrity and lightness of being (5).
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Pisces 6 - 10
Integration
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The complete integration that we seek spiritually is also mirrored in worldly matters. We learn to tolerate others until they become intolerable (6), to stand firmly according to our principles at whatever cost (7), to herald our knowledge, proclaiming it (8) and have the faith and determination to achieve our goals (9). This attitude brings us to the understanding that we progress most quickly when we accept the highest level of responsibility that we can manage (10).
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Pisces 11 - 15
Dedication
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Our dedication to self-improvement, above all things (11), requires us to deal with examinations and challenges effectively (12), to develop sharpness of intent (13) and protect ourselves from unwanted, intrusive energies (14). This disciplined preparation develops our ability to participate in a higher spiritual reality, when we experience group consciousness (15).
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Pisces 16 - 20
Spirituality
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Spirituality itself is our immediate connectedness to here and now and therefore with the eternal everywhere (16). We celebrate this with traditional public rituals (17) and as entertainer, teacher and priest (18) we participate in the transmission of love and knowledge (19), teaching others what we have ourselves learned: to live with an attitude of gratitude (20).
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Pisces 21 - 25
Purification
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Through the practice and demonstration of innocence of being (21), we follow our spiritual code (22), we notice how people suffer and live in confusion (23). We can learn how to use their conflict, and indeed all conflict, as a means to learn self-purification and compassionate acceptance (24) and thus to rid ourselves of judgements and other negative thought (25).
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Pisces 26 - 30
Realisation of Faith
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We come to a state of realisation that we have no choice but to exercise free will (26). Thus we are constrained to see our lives as the fulfilment of desire (27), and we do fulfil our desire! (28) By simultaneously looking for God and looking through God's eyes (29) we become whatever we idealise (30).
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Further Commentary on Pisces
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FEDERATION - ACTION
Alone in meditation we can feel very spiritual and good – it’s easy – but can we interact with others and still keep our sense of sacredness, feeling unafraid and willing to share? In the market place we are both blessed and threatened by others’ greed, and indeed our own, and it is a central part of our spiritual journey to find a balanced approach. Even though the overarching cultural message we offer the world is at core an indestructible archetype, when we look at the bigger collective picture no individual counts for very much. When strangers interact the risk is stronger of confusion and the resultant distrust so it is very helpful to remember our spiritual commitment even when at work and in the supermarket. HARMONISATION
Pisces 1 – 5 Life is all about dynamism and balance – because movement requires the waveform of coming and going; vibration is exactly this. Philanthropy and selfishness, spiritual and physical, divergence and convergence – we give these things separate names as though they were separate things. But they are not; they are polarised aspects of the same thing, and harmonising with events and surroundings depends upon understanding the need to equalize these opposites in a natural, flowing way. To find out how to bring harmony to any potentially conflicted situation, we need to tune in to both sides without preference or judgement. We all have plenty of opportunities to practise this – in the market place and at home, with large groups and in family units. It takes a certain ability to hold emotional tension – where two sides are vying for empathy – without needing to become resolute either way. Sometimes two sharp attitudes can only be brought to softness by a third agency, and then all three positions are improved. |
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FEDERATION - CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS
The path of mastery is by no means easy and safe; if we want easy and safe then we must put aside our individuality somewhat and conform to social disciplines and expectations. Choosing a path of no-compromise we can often feel early the winds of the future blowing and yet will be crucified for sounding out the wake-up call. That does not, and must not, stop us from exerting ourselves fully in pursuit of clear goals until we make it into the higher realms of life where spirituality and worldliness are indistinguishable. INTEGRATION
Pisces 6 – 10 It is necessary for us to take bite-sized morsels of reality – day by day, person by person, thought after thought, because normally we can only grasp the nature of things in small pieces. So we carve up our experiences into scenarios and chapters as though they stand alone – and yet from the higher perspective, all is one. In order to integrate the component parts into a composite whole, we have to relax the grasp of the mind and allow it to expand towards its integration within cosmic consciousness. |
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FEDERATION - INDIVIDUAL
Walking to the culmination of our journey to realisation we are by no means in a safe and relaxed environment or phase of life. As a necessary, but not guaranteed sufficient, condition for success we must find our absolute best version of ourselves. It also demands that we associate in a disciplined, hierarchical way with realised masters, who examine us for faults – so that we can deal with them resolutely and finally. There is little or no chance for full realisation for us unless we develop iron will and magical charm since we will need these qualities to overcome challenges that we have always before found insurmountable. DEDICATION
Pisces 11 – 15 A balance is to be found between the gentle, careful exposition of beauty and grace – and passionate, adventurous trust in our ups and downs of feelings. It is aesthetically pleasing and intuitively right that what works well in the long-term is both functional and tasteful. The goal is arrived at when there is no difference between self and God, when passion and consciousness are ever-present, and when all questions immediately dissolve into answers. When we find alignment between our sense of self, and our sense of universality, then we have access to knowledge, and inevitably become an example that inspires others to follow or emulate us. Here, it is useful to convey the subtle point that the only thing of consequence is the aligning, which requires devotion to life, a constancy of approach towards the goal, with a high expectancy of reaching it. Students and associates will mistakenly believe that they need to follow the teacher, adopt the teachings and blindly accept that version of Ultimate Truth. This expression of devotion is false and leads the student down a cul de sac. |
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PERPETUATION - ACTION
Much speculation exists about the qualities of the Creator, who is said to be all-powerful, all-knowing and the perfection of love. This is for the individual to decide, yet one thing is not debatable at all – there is a truism to notice – above all else the Creator is surely creative. We find that the creative moment is sacredness and whether this is experienced quietly alone or on public display, the feeling of tuning in to Divine Inspiration is the most special event that we encounter. As we experience this more and more, so within us develops the will to make our own statement to the world and try to encourage others to affirm it too, so that the message of God survives and spreads. In one real sense this is our life purpose until such time as we leave this dark place and return to the home of the soul. SPIRITUALITY
Pisces 16 – 20 We are all summoned to the house of God, and encouraged to practise the means by which to respond to the call. So many paths have been walked on this journey, all different and yet basically the same. This is because individuality is a claim to create its unique way, and yet will be surrendered when the universal pattern is finally revealed. There are particular processes to learn, yet we are free to interpret and express these according to our own evolutionary path. In the end, all our differences are allowed to dissolve – and knowing this is the final mystery. Ultimate knowledge – whether viewed as the Self, examining God, or God examining Self – is neither a gift nor a reward – paradoxically neither yet both. Whatever path we walk, it is the path to God; revelation requires a path – but any will do. Our encounters are either tests of ingenuity or celebrations of position, according to our station and approach, since whether we find our circumstances difficult or joyful is a matter of mind, not phenomena. As we evolve our ability to manage our affairs – however vast and complex – we somehow learn that we can never manage them as well as they can manage themselves. |
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PERPETUATION - CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS
The child within us senses hope and joy and trusts these feelings – and yet life has pressures and soon this innocent wisdom is covered up and all but lost. Then we need to be told what to do, and what is true, by potentially corrupt social and spiritual leaders – from parents to school teachers to politicians and priests. Interactions with people demand of us that we crystallise a strong, clear ego-statement to cope and explain our position. Yet that also becomes corrupted from egoism to egotism as we get hardened into the belief that our take on reality is more important than others’. If we really want to be free then we must rid ourselves of self-importance and rigid belief, a difficult task for most of us and impossible for some. PURIFICATION
Pisces 21 – 25 All the beauty, the love and the magnificence that we witness is ours; it is legitimate, and well-deserved self-love propelled into the world and mirrored back – the result of our magical dreaming. From this we understand that it is actually strategic to give away, because that sets up an inevitable cosmic responsibility to give back – the Cosmos itself owes a debt. Whatever we release is invested for us in Eternity as fidelity bonds. So it is good to deal fully and finally with all matters arising. Whatever imperfections of life are thrown up, we need to deal with them to the point of our full satisfaction. It is much better to respond with love and understanding whenever we are abused – not disdainfully to excuse the culpable, but to atone for our own imperfections, which are now haunting us. We must assume that we deserve all that we get – so any difficulties that come to us are now seen as opportunities to recover previous lost ground. It is not even helpful to try to understand the whys and the wherefores – it’s our fault and our reward, unconditionally. How we see it all is simply how we see it all – reward or penalty. Just by noticing what occurs, we grow in wisdom. |
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PERPETUATION - INDIVIDUAL IMPLICATIONS
It is false to insist that there is one version of the meaning of life or anything else; no interpretation will ever be the same for two people because we all have a unique set of experiences and perceptions. Whatever we put out comes back to us and the game is to learn how to create abundance without getting lost in poverty or greed. And the game never ends; as long as there is life then on some level we are free, and yet also obliged, to make it all up the way we expect it to be. REALISATION
Pisces 26 – 30 At a certain level of spiritual awareness, we see unambiguously that the non-material aspect to reality is clearly a reflection of the material; those who doubt it are simply given to doubt. That which transcends is not ‘subject to’. When we are attached to the world of phenomena, we are subject to pulling and pushing – but it is our choice, because, with spiritual awareness, we are free to detach into the transcendental. It is not something airy-fairy and unattainable; it is the stuff between things, sometimes called Ether. We cannot live there, or even think there – but we can briefly sojourn there, and therefore break patterns of habit and addiction to particular outcomes. When we do, something profound and worthwhile occurs that has impact upon material reality when we re-engage with our situations. We find ourselves better able to finesse obstacles, to lighten burdens, to know something of the relationship between cause and effect and make a greater indentation upon the hard facts of the matter at hand. It is true that we are in the world, and therefore significantly constrained, but it is by our own choice, and we can strongly influence the extent to which we are subject to causes. We may be in the world, but quintessentially, we are not actually of the world. To live in knowledge of this state is realisation. |
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Sabian Life JourneyOur life experiences may be expressed as a journey from Aries 1 to Pisces 30. It is easier to arrive at the understanding of those experiences by a process of reflection, looking backwards rather than forward though the zodiac cycle. We can use the previous degree to answer the question - how? - rather than the following one to answer - why?
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PISCES 30 "We become whatever we idealise"
How can I do that? we ask - and the response comes from PISCES 29 "Simultaneously looking for God and looking through God's eyes" How can I do that? we ask - and the response comes from PISCES 28 "Fulfil your desire!" How can I do that? we ask - and the response comes from PISCES 27 "See your life as the fulfilment of desire" How can I do that? we ask - and the response comes from PISCES 26 "Exercise your free will" How can I do that? we ask - and the response comes from PISCES 25 "Rid yourself of negative thought" How can I do that? we ask - and the response comes from PISCES 24 "Use conflict as a means to learn compassionate acceptance" How can I do that? we ask - and the response comes from PISCES 23 "Notice how people suffer and live in confusion" How can I do that? we ask - and the response comes from PISCES 22 "Follow a spiritual code" How can I do that? we ask - and the response comes from PISCES 21 "Practice and demonstrate innocence of being" How can I do that? we ask - and the response comes from PISCES 20 "Live with an attitude of gratitude" How can I do that? we ask - and the response comes from PISCES 19 "Participate in the transmission of love and knowledge" How can I do that? we ask - and the response comes from PISCES 18 "Be entertainer, teacher and priest" How can I do that? we ask - and the response comes from PISCES 17 "Celebrate your spirituality with traditional public rituals" How can I do that? we ask - and the response comes from PISCES 16 "Connect here and now with the eternal everywhere" How can I do that? we ask - and the response comes from PISCES 15 "Disciplined preparation to develop group consciousness" How can I do that? we ask - and the response comes from PISCES 14 "Protect yourself from unwanted, intrusive energies" How can I do that? we ask - and the response comes from PISCES 13 "Develop sharpness of intent" How can I do that? we ask - and the response comes from PISCES 12 "Deal with examinations and challenges effectively" How can I do that? we ask - and the response comes from PISCES 11 "Dedication to self-improvement above all things" How can I do that? we ask - and the response comes from PISCES 10 "Attain the highest level of responsibility that you can manage" How can I do that? we ask - and the response comes from PISCES 9 "Be determined to succeed" How can I do that? we ask - and the response comes from PISCES 8 "Herald your knowledge, proclaim it" How can I do that? we ask - and the response comes from PISCES 7 "Stand firmly according to your principles at whatever cost" How can I do that? we ask - and the response comes from PISCES 6 "Tolerate others until they become intolerable" How can I do that? we ask - and the response comes from PISCES 5 "Interact with others with integrity and lightness of being" How can I do that? we ask - and the response comes from PISCES 4 "Find your way to negotiate when overcrowding brings limitation" How can I do that? we ask - and the response comes from PISCES 3 "Read between the lines to infer whatever cannot be fully known" How can I do that? we ask - and the response comes from PISCES 2 "Balance trust with caution" How can I do that? we ask - and the response comes from PISCES 1 "Exchange ideas, goods and services mindfully" |
