2012 Pisces New Moon

by Anna Chapman

February 21, 2012
5:35 p.m. EST/2:35 p.m. PST
2 ° 42′ Pisces

 
“It was but yesterday I thought myself a fragment quivering without rhythm in the sphere of life. Now I know that I am the sphere, and all life in rhythmic fragments moves within me.” —Kahlil Gibran

Deep within the creases of my unfolding mind I dare to ask “who am I”. I hear the wind reply in ferocious gusts drowning out the possibility of hearing any suggestion offered from the past, an array of misconceptions piled one upon the other and concealing the answer; that which is, always, ‘not moving, nor changing nor requiring effort’. There is no unfolding, no question, only limitless knowing and eternal grace.

This New Moon in Pisces offers us more than just a glimpse into the deep regions of space whence we began. We are dynamically ushered into the truth of our existence whereupon our perspective changes in the blink of an eye. We achieve this shift of attention without a fierce slap on the back, the preferred method of Don Juan Matus in the Art of Dreaming. To assist his student, Carlos Castaneda, to ‘see’ a different reality the Yaqui sorcerer would pound Castaneda between the shoulder blades to initiate alternate experiences. The Art of Dreaming focuses on several stages (of a perceived seven) of lucid dreaming that potentially lead to one’s “total awareness”.

As there are five planets in Pisces until February 23^rd (the moon will move into Aries on the evening of that day) we have a great opportunity to swim in the boundless sea of infinite peace, compassion and awareness. Being sensitive to others, their needs, as well as our own fills the world with gentle kindness and loving consideration. In the depths of the ocean subtle movement is felt quickly. Respond time is immediate. All senses are based upon a deep level of intuitive knowing. For these few days we may indulge our selves in the pleasure of unlimited imagination and intuitive perception that blossoms into new projects, new and deeper relationships and a greater understanding of the self in relation to the whole.

A New Moon represents a period of ‘coming out of the dark’. A new cycle of activity is being initiated both for the individual and the collective. This does occur once a month but in relation to February and 2012 this information holds something specific for us. With an array of planets in Pisces, including Neptune, we might consider 12^thhouse issues as highly relevant. We might want to be prepared for issues from the past percolating to the surface or mysterious fears arising that have little basis in reality. Some of us may experience physical sensitivities to environmental or psychological toxicity. How this New Moon affects you will depend on where this major concentration of planets falls in your own chart.

In terms of the collective, we are fairly aware of what our agenda is, for the planet and humanity. We are looking to utilize our wisdom in a way that serves the highest good. This is not foreign to us but at this time, it means applying wisdom to a far broader range of circumstances than has been done before.

This is a characteristic of the twelfth house, Neptune and Pisces. Sheared away are all the illusions that define us, that keep us bound to misconceptions of power, greed and separateness. It is perhaps an overused analogy, but in the ocean there are no drops of water only the vast expanse of infinite consciousness.

Just two days before this New Moon there is a square that occurs between the Moon and Saturn at 29 degrees Capricorn and 29 degrees Libra. It calls us to attention. We become focused on patterns that do not serve us in a practical manner. Capricorn wants to be free of structures that are limiting and aspires to lofty creation. Fear does not contribute to this goal or insecurities that bind one to useless fabrications. We are shedding our collective skin and exposing our true nature which is limitless creative potential that serves the highest good. We will take everything we have done up until now and use what is beneficial and dispose of the rest in a timely and efficient manner. There is nothing that human beings can not do. We will astonish our selves in the next 50 years. We have astonished our selves in these last 50 years.

Of course there is more than one side to any astrological aspect and a New Moon in Pisces could also indicate a period of indecisiveness or a desire to escape whatever daily concerns you may have. Plunging into the depths is a way of avoidance (typically this includes drugs, alcohol, films or perhaps insanity). That is what Galatea chose. Galatea was a sea nymph who, as myth would have it, to avoid the wrath of the Cyclops Polyphemus, whose love she had scorned, fled and hid in the sea leaving her lover Acis in the path of the giant’s rage. He, the son of a woodland god and a river nymph did not have the option of following her. We presume that his Earthly half denied him access to the deeper realms. His fate was to be crushed beneath a boulder that Polyphemus hurled at the young couple. Rather ironically, Galatea had his blood turned into a river of the same name. It flows by Mount Etna in Sicily.

Avoidance however, will not be the path we choose. We are finished with sticking our heads in the sand and withdrawing into worlds of fantasy. There are several aspects in this New Moon chart that would indicate the selection of acceptance. Uranus is at 2 degrees Aries exactly semi-sextile the Sun/Moon—not so much a choice here as a firm shove toward what is for the highest good; a flash of brilliance that pierces the illusion. The asteroid Pallas Athena, the goddess of wisdom, conjuncts the Sun/Moon not exactly but within a little over half a minute. Most may be familiar with the story of her birth; that she jumped from the brow of Zeus, her father, an adult fully armor clad. She was the protectoress of Athens, Greece from whom the inhabitants sought wise counsel. There is a tremendous aspect of responsibility that goes hand and hand with this asteroid that lends strength to this New Moon chart.

And not to forget the Black Moon Lilith that is coming into trine with Pluto in Capricorn—a deliberate scourging of fears that leaves one free to experience the power of the individual and as this trine progresses into an exact aspect in the next few weeks it will include Jupiter and Venus also in Taurus and Mars in Virgo. My feeling is a powerful time for Mother Earth, sometime in March followed by an equally powerful time for the collective advancing interests to secure land and acquire new possessions.

The importance of the fixed star Fomalhaut in star history requires that it be mentioned as an influence in this chart. At 4 degrees Pisces it has effect in the three days following the exact conjunction of Sun/Moon. The origin of this star’s history is Babylonian. It is known as one of the four ‘Royal Stars’ marking at one time the change in seasons as well as the four directions Fomalhaut representing the South and our roots. The other three are Aldebaran in Taurus (East), Antares in Scorpio (West) and Regulus in Leo (North). Fomalhaut is in the ancient constellation Piscis Austrinus and has been associated with the Babylonian fish-god Oannes who came to Earth to teach humans how to be civilized. This star also is identified with changes that occur to promote spiritual forms of expression rather than material. Included with this kind of transformation can be intense emotional and physical experiences. The exact aspect of Moon and Fomalhaut occurs three hours after the Sun/Moon conjunction and two days later the Sun and Fomalhaut come into exact conjunction.

Releasing expectations at this time would be a wise choice. Going with the flow is a highly regarded decision as the warp and weft begin to dissolve and we are left swimming in an ocean of silence. We are required to listen intently as things may not ‘proceed as usual’. It is all part of this beautiful plan we create for our selves—all to be in love and in joy.

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