PISCES NEW MOON / SOLAR ECLIPSE - 26 February 2017
Exact at
2.58pm GMT, 9.58am EDT.
This is a very powerful New Moon indeed and is also a Solar
Eclipse, which gives it far more significance than your average New Moon. Eclipse
season is a time of shifts and transformation, when we are made very aware of
what needs to change and generally get a pretty big prod in the right
direction! There is a sense of fate or destiny involved and wherever the New
Moon falls in our chart will show the area of life that will experience the end
of a chapter and the beginning of a new one. This New Moon is activating the
South Node in Pisces, which represents the past, the familiar, patterns and
traits that we need to examine and transmute in order to move forward and
evolve. We are getting to the end of the 18 month span of the Nodes being in
the Virgo/Pisces axis, and so we may have to examine where we still have our
head buried in the sand, in fantasy land, refusing to face ourselves
realistically. The Pisces South Node points to where we have personal and
collective blind spots, or are only looking at life and ourselves through rose
tinted spectacles, refusing to see what is really going on. On both a personal
and collective level it can show where we are deluded, or refusing to face our
shadow. And we all have shadows, every one of us!
The Virgo North Node, however, asks us to be willing to face
reality and do the necessary work on ourselves and to face our personal and
collective shadow. Virgo encourages us to point the finger squarely at
ourselves and recognise that the change that is needed on both a personal and
global level starts with us taking a long, hard look at ourselves and
recognising that what is happening on the outer is merely a reflection of our
inner world. If ever there was a time to do some shadow diving, this is it! Pisces
South Node can make it so easy to see ourselves as the victim, while Virgo
North Node asks that we use the art of discernment and discrimination to
recognise where we are deluded and to see the part we have played in creating our
own reality. Virgo symbolises the need for self-improvement and can help us to
see and eliminate any old mental, spiritual or physical patterns of behaviour
that may be blocking our spiritual development. As Pisces represents the
collective unconscious, the work we do on ourselves not only impacts us
personally, but also benefits the whole of humanity.
Pisces is the very last sign in the zodiac and ultimately
represents the capacity for unity, transcendence and oneness. In its highest
form it represents an innocence, purity and unconditional love that is a
reflection of the love of God, the Divine, the Creator or whatever you want to
call it. Pisces is an incredibly compassionate and empathetic sign that has the
capacity to help us to connect to one another in such a beautiful way, whereby
we are relating to the divine within each other; our true spirit, or essence. This
New Moon invites us to turn within, to meditate, pray, create and do whatever
we can to connect to the higher part of ourselves. Pisces season is sleepy
time; the time to reflect, contemplate life and existence, listen to the
whispers of our soul and pay attention to what our dreams are telling us. We
are reminded that we are all connected and that what happens to one happens to
all. With Pisces this isn’t an abstract concept; it is reality. The intentions
we set during this New Moon should come from the heart, not from the head. They
should stem from a genuine desire for a deeper connection to all that is and to
understand our personal and collective blind spots and send healing out into
the world. Pisces reminds us that it’s not all about us.
While Pisces is a very gentle and compassionate sign, we
also have quite a volatile combination of planets forming during this New Moon
which could stir things up considerably and make us feel quite reactionary! We
have Uranus, Mars and Eris forming a conjunction in Aries, opposite Jupiter in
Libra and loosely squaring Pluto in Capricorn. It is this same Cardinal
T-square that has been with us since the beginning of the year, stirring up the
desire to make change both personally and collectively. It is a call to action!
Now Mars has joined the party, and combined with Uranus, the Great Awakener and
revolutionary and Eris, the goddess of strife, chaos and discord, he brings the
possibility of a big shake up of the status quo, a desire to fight for the
truth and even sudden outbursts of violence. A strong desire to be utterly
ourselves could create conflict in our relationships, but could also help
instigate necessary growth and help us move through any “stuckness” that we may
be experiencing. It will certainly help get things out into the open and break
out of unhealthy patterns! One thing to bear in mind is that this is happening
during a Pisces New Moon, which is quiet, inward, sleepy time of the month. This
could mean that the conflict and desire for change could be more internal than
external.
However, it could also manifest as sudden outbursts of rage,
a strong urge to stand up and be counted, bold and brave revolutionary action
and an instinctual impulse to make change on a personal and collective level. Joan
of Arc just popped into my head as an example of the mixture between the revolutionary
warrior energy of Mars and Uranus and the gentle compassion of Pisces. Fierce compassion
and martyrdom! We are invited to bravely face our personal and collective
shadow and release ourselves from old, outworn ways of operating and archaic patriarchal
conditioning that simply isn’t working for us anymore. However, as this old
order is passing away and the feminine is rising to balance it out, it seems
that things might have to get worse to get better. We are currently being
confronted with all the distortion and exaggerated problems that the dualistic,
patriarchal way of thinking and operating has brought us. All of the extremes
of, guilt, shame, misuse of power, anger, misogyny, prejudice and hate is
rising to the surface in no uncertain terms and we are not allowed to bury our
heads in the sand and pretend it doesn’t exist anymore! At least we can see it
all now. It’s not hidden.
This Moon invites us to recognise where it lies within
ourselves and to be brave spiritual warriors and face our own shadows rather
than projecting them onto others and putting the blame outside of ourselves. The
inner work we all do now can have such an amazing impact on the collective. It
is so easy to deny or hide from our own shortcomings, and we all have our blind
spots, but we are being asked to shine the light of awareness on ourselves and
recognise what work needs doing. This is an eclipse, remember, so whatever
happens now will have more of a long term impact on our lives. This is the last
eclipse in Virgo and Pisces, as the nodes are shifting into Leo and Aquarius in
May, so this really is a good chance to see, once and for all, how we sabotage
ourselves and refuse to see ourselves clearly. With this Eclipse we have a
chance to shift forward into a new level of consciousness and it definitely
helps if we are open, receptive and willing to look at ourselves honestly and
without filters. We could potentially feel quite sensitive and a bit vulnerable
during this time of shifts and change, so it is important to treat ourselves
and others with sensitivity,tenderness, kindness and unconditional love. This is the gift
of Pisces.
Much love
Amy
xoxo
Photo: Maria Falconetti in The Passion of Joan of Arc
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