I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.
— Abraham Lincoln
The Sun enters Pisces at 1:18 am EST on Sunday. Paraphrasing Robert Hand, Sun represents your consciousness. The solar ingress to a new zodiac sign means a shift in your consciousness according to the nature of the sign. This particular shift will include a challenge to which we are not accustomed, because of the presence of Neptune in Pisces. The challenge will be to at once take more in and see it all more clearly than ever before. In your life that will mean getting to know people you don’t like and learning more about ideas you don’t agree with.
For the first time since Abraham Lincoln was alive, Neptune will be waiting at the door of Pisces when Sun enters. The very first aspect Sun will make after moving into Pisces this weekend is a conjunction with Neptune.
That conjunction will symbolize a host of things. It will be a consummation of sorts, making the solar ingress real. Additionally, like all conjunctions, it will represent a merger of energies, the beginning of a new cycle and a potential blind spot. Finally, when Sun hooks up with Neptune in Pisces for the first time over 150 years, it will hook you up with a past experienced by nobody now living. To the extent that you are alive and conscious of what is going on within and around you, this is likely to be a weekend you will not soon forget.
The consciousness of Sun in Pisces is influenced by the associated element, quality, position and ruler of the sign. Water is the element, and the quality is mutable. The traditional ruling planet of Pisces is Jupiter, shared with Sagittarius. The modern ruler is Neptune, and, for most astrologers, Pisces is the end of the zodiac cycle with an implicit connection to the elusive 12th house.