Mar 12 – Apr 5, 2016
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Venus in Aquarius was exploratory, spontaneous, vibrant, stimulating, satisfyingly unusual; Venus in Pisces is euphoric. After further cultivating the intellect, let’s slip into the underwater realm of the chimerical fishes: a spaceless space where the heart’s language is understood perfectly, silently.
Pisces is the last sign in the zodiac realm, Master of Imbrication, rainbow scales sparkling in the starlight. Venus in Pisces is neither rational nor logical, twisting this way and that, submerged in the deep well of the heart. Pisces is sentimental, perceptive, yielding. The fishes struggle to stay present and are quite prone to daydreaming. Venus is quite at home here. There is a distinct restlessness to the sign which may take the form of addiction, denial or compulsive lying. When imbalanced, this mutable modality manifests strongly in the shadow of Pisces - as sensitive creatures, the fishes are easily overwhelmed, swimming away at the first sign of turbulence, unwilling to awaken from the dream and face reality. Discord scatters Venus in Pisces to the far reaches of the subconscious, where she rests until the waters have calmed again. Of course there is a time and place to retreat within, but Pisces must be cautious not to stay there too long.
Venus in Pisces is ethereal, otherworldly, mystical, metaphysical, eternal…she speaks to the soul as a soft and malleable entity, ready to shift into whatever new form best captures and emanates the light of Universal Love. Venus in Pisces strives to accommodate all people at once, to be of service to the greater good. And yet, her love is a bit reserved, quiet, almost shy. Pisces may hold back because she is always at the brink, poised at any moment to sail noiselessly into the Divine abyss. She thinks a lot and says little, perhaps feeling no need to verbalize Love because she abides here at all times: Pisces is Love. But watch for the tendency to remain silent if something is bothering you – Venus in Pisces likes to internalize.
Venus in Pisces is an all-encompassing blanket of seraphic wisdom permeating every corner of Existence. In Hermann Hesse’s classic Siddhartha, Buddha and a fisherman discuss how a river flows in many places at once and yet is still called by the same name. This is how Venus in Pisces operates: love and leisure stretch and dissolve and bloom again, forever cycling through a phantasmagorical series of awakenings in the waters of perpetuity. Pisces is the Oversoul, the transparent eyeball of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Nature.
When I visualize Pisces, I see rings and spirals. Inside these, the fishes can become trapped in ever-tightening circles of delusion. Venus in Pisces would rather escape from the mind than try to analyze a troublesome situation. She is vague, abstract, mysterious; not at all practical, organized or detail-oriented.
This transit sees no need for particulars – it is enough to simply be, to breathe and to love without questioning, without needing to know why or how. We often forget, in the midst of endlessly working and preparing, that we are already directly linked to something impossibly beautiful and bountiful. Venus in Pisces carries herself with striking modesty and inner calm: all is One. Descend to the cove below. Close both eyes to see with the other, as Rumi tells us. Namaste starseeds.
Celebrate with Pisces Yoga.
If you were born with Venus in Pisces, this month is your Venus Return. If you don’t know your personal Venus sign, click here.
Mantra: I believe