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In this installment I will focus on the synthesis that arises from the Virgo-Pisces
axis, what I like to call the axis of spirit. This energetic flow is about
universal love (Pisces) through service to others (Virgo) and the cultivation
of imagination (Pisces) through utter devotion to your craft (Virgo).
Can you
invite the spirit of life into your daily routine so that every act
becomes holy? That’s what Virgo and Pisces ask wherever they
flow into your birth chart. It’s also what their planets ask,
Jupiter and Mercury according to classic astrology and Neptune and
Chiron according to the modern additions.
Where
Virgo asks us to analyze life and break the journey into manageable steps,
Pisces asks us to remember the unity of life that brings all the separate
wholes together. Pisces yearns for us to experience the unified field
as a meaningful whole that unites everything.
As
a poetic astrologer I often use poetry to illuminate certain lessons
that are shown in the birth chart through planetary configurations at
birth and/or current chart evolutions indicated by the flow of transits,
progressions, and solar arcs. I usually open my interpretations with
a brief overview of the parts of astrology followed by a poem to get
the archetypal juices flowing.
To me astrology
is an artistic language that invites the client to argue for their
possibilities. To get to those possibilities I use the strategic intellect
(Virgo) to analyze chart factors and the mythic imagination (Pisces)
to bring it all together into ideas. The following poem that I wrote
on the beach in Key West illustrates the purpose of astrology as a
tool for awakening your potential.
Engaging the Infinite
Above
the whirling sea, stars await your return
mirrored across the deep span stretching within.
The curving space between here and there is endless
yet it feels like you’ve been abandoned in the emptiness.
You can never stop the flow of dark imagery
coursing through your heart.
Those chambers of guilt and fear always struggle
to contain the tingling fire dancing as your soul.
It hurts to be free. It hurts to be free.
But when you step into your passion,
the whole universe opens within and
others may wander with black holes for hearts
devouring your visions with their fears.
Tell me. Tell me. How old are you?
That’s not your age. It’s simply the number
of orbits you’ve made around this star.
You’ve made many orbits around other stars.
Like a timeless electron zipping around
an atomic nucleus, you are infinite.
And if you argue for your limitations
you get to keep them.
But if you argue for your possibilities
you get to create them!
So stand still. Gaze at the sky.
Sense the awe and reverence rising inside,
and know that your being, your aliveness
is an extension of eternity.
Paths of Spirit
In all our spiritual traditions the mysterious void gets misunderstood. The
eastern thinkers saw the void as the affirmation of life and the source
of consciousness, giving it the premier status as the 5th element that
binds life together. The word void conjures up images of nothingness, emptiness,
a vacuum where nothing we know of could possibly exist. Even the illusions
of the imagination are unable to penetrate this secret repository of life.
To walk the spiritual path you have to create a way or ritual of entering
this luscious emptiness of the creative void. As being crafted for love,
the void is the pure affirmation of wholeness.
Above
the whirling sea, stars await your return
mirrored across the deep span stretching within you.
The curving space between here and there is endless
yet it feels like you’ve been abandoned in the emptiness.
The void is the circle whose circumference is unlimited and whose center is
nowhere and everywhere, simultaneously. It is the holy silence where all polarities
are dissolved into ultimate unity, where good and evil melt away and zero equals
infinity. From nothing comes unification, the principle of oneness, and the
principle of Pisces. Just as in mathematics, when you raise zero to the power
of zero, you get one.
Jesus stressed that the most important precept was that God is One, one unified
being extending through creation and containing creation. The pure void is
the source of being and the destination of non-being, where life equals death,
alpha equals omega, the beginning is the end. It simply is what it is. It is
aware of itself and life is in it as it dwells in life. From this eternal perspective
it is creative. Therefore we call it creator.
Creativity
as Religion
To be unified
with the creator we too must be creative. The Hindu’s call creation Lela,
God’s Play. What a definition of the purpose of life? Creativity
and playful awareness are paths to the realization of the source of
consciousness. Every moment it lives and dies in the depths of your
being. It is the source of all illumination and vision, yet blacker
and more hidden and invisible than the darkest night of the soul.
To seek it in an actual location is to lose it. To limit it to concepts of
space and time is not to grasp it. The only thing you can do is to realize
it pure and simple, the direct experience of eternal being in your heart. The
Japanese call this awakening flash Satori, which means enlightenment. The flashes
of Satori insight are simply eternal being’s awareness of itself in you.
To contemplate the creative void is the highest activity. Yet it is a useless
endeavor if you think you are separate from it. To pray is to commune with
eternity allowing it to penetrate your being. Satori is the sudden rediscovery
of the creative void, the formless form, the imageless image, the soundless
sound. It is a flashing moment when you step into the hub of the wheel of consciousness
and see all the spokes of life converging.
You can never stop the flow of dark imagery
coursing through your heart.
Those chambers of guilt and fear always struggle
to contain the tingling fire dancing as your soul.
Coping With Life
By tuning into the source of life you become fertile and creative. You begin
nurturing your dreams, your visions, spiritual longings, and your connection
to Source. In Dan Millman’s book "Way of the Peaceful Warrior" Socrates
says to him, "Life is not about suffering. It’s just that you’ll
suffer it until you learn to let go of your mind’s attachment to
the outcome and just go for the ride freely, no matter what happens."
Imagine if you could live in that kind of unconditional state of love with
the universe, even when it needs to crush you to teach you a lesson. And you
still love it, no matter what happens. You love it even more and when the dust
settles you rise from the ashes experiencing rebirth. That tough love side
of life is epitomized by the Virgo sacred servant archetype. We all have to
play that humble role at some point.
Virgo is about devotion, technical mastery of skills, and effort. Wherever
this sign is flowing into your chart, that’s where you are distributing
life, evolving structures, and reflecting nature. Pisces is about swimming
in the stream of cosmic love that unites the two poles of consciousness. Wherever
this sign is flowing into your chart, that’s where you need to seek the
soul, penetrate imagination, and reflect the essences of your visions to the
world.
I leave you with this final poem about bringing unity into your heart in such
a world that tries to divide you and make you feel isolated.
The
Unified Heart
Through the sacred heart of eternity
life burns with love.
It is
there in that endless ocean
where compassion is born
From
this piercing empathy
forgiveness flows.
Its
deep sapphire current
opens us to a new life of joy.
You
can forget your fears in the raw ecstasy
and swim through waves of passion.
They
are the source of dreams
and the essence underlying every simple thing.
In this
unity of spirit
we must live to love one another
without letting our despair prevail.
Only
the light of love can teach us
to overcome brokenness.
Then
we can offer life a cup
of nourishing water from the
pure wake of our discovery.
As people
drink from our glistening springs
we finally arrive at the shores
of untainted visions.
And the dark hollow of shattered hearts
is healed at last.
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