The Sun is now in the last degrees of Pisces. These are visionary degrees of the zodiac, coming at the end of the long cycle of the year; these days have the quality of transparency. You might say that these are easy days to make peace with ‘what is so’ and then to use that strength to create a new vision. Part of how astrologers can see this is that we’re at the disseminating phase of a cycle — the old astrological year (which goes from equinox to equinox) ‘goes to seed’ in Pisces. One of the places we can learn about that is from the Sabian Symbols, created in the early 20th century and revised in the 1960s by Dane Rudhyar.
We’ve been getting quite a tour of our internal ‘what is so’ in our inner worlds while Mars has been retrograde, and we’re continually confronted by external versions of ‘what is so’. What is the key to using that understanding as a source of strength for creating a new vision, rather than a limitation? In part, it comes down to imagination, integration, compassion for ourselves – and a willingness to surf the waves of opportunity and look where we want to be. The last seven Sabian Symbols, through which the Sun moves at the rate of one per day, give an illustration of how we can flow through the end of Pisces with our hands on the rudder, yet still be open and flexible and connected.
Pisces 24: On a small island surrounded by the vast expanse of the sea, people are seen living in close interaction.