by Robert Wilkinson
It seems that Saturn square Pluto coupled with multiple Yods involving Jupiter in Pisces has brought up many difficult and/or timeless feelings for many people. How can we manage feelings that are vast and deep as we confront forms of emptiness at the end of life chapters?
(If you'd rather listen to this than read it, there's an audio of me speaking these words at the end of this article.)
First, a few things to remember. First, all forms pass away, even those feelings that seem overwhelming. If we continue to "breathe and love and breathe and love and...." then at some point we realize we're not suffering over our own suffering. This is essential to moving on into setting a better course for ourselves in times to come.
Second, despite the gear grinding, endings, hard turns, adjustments, and realizations, the sacrifices of life are necessary so that we can make "course adjustments" in our quest for Truth, or a better future, or a happier life, or whatever else we think is good, true, and beautiful. We have recently gone through such a time. These energies have worked out in obvious and subtle ways, whether we noticed those ways or not. All served to help us see our lives are not what they used to be.
Third, the on-going, seemingly never-ending square between Saturn and Pluto is just leaving its second most intense time. Due to Saturn retrograde and Pluto direct, this is showing us a review of past lessons helping us learn balance or perspective involving on-going life purifications and transformations.
This square is also helping us become our own "pathfinder," setting aside distractive or irrelevant energies as we mobilize toward unfamiliar life paths. It's also challenging us all to learn how to celebrate and find forms of peace and joy despite the overwhelming heaviness in the atmosphere. If we're not doing that to counter the prevailing vibe, then we're probably not having much fun at all.
Fourth and last, due to the waves of Jupiter, then Venus, now the Sun, and soon Mercury passing through the early Pisces zone of the Yod made by Mars sextile Saturn, Piscean energies are pervasive. Pisces is the sign of the end of the end, the ocean of human feelings and the time of forgiving and blessing past and present endings. It is where we experience "the harvest," for good or ill, of what we cultivated and/or failed to cultivate.
So when Pisces is triggered, it will bring us unexpected "echoes of memories of perceptions" of conscious and subconscious material. Here it's important to remember that though Astrology shows the timing and trigger energies, it is still up to us to learn how to manage expertly our experience of our feelings associated with apparent current or past phenomenon. We're all living a dream. It's our job to navigate that dream the best we're able.
Pisces is where we feel a sense of finality about things that often are not well defined, but acutely felt. Any sense of loss will bring an experience of finality. These feelings are beyond passing moods, since they involve deep and timeless changes of heart, knowing the past is done forever.
When we know that something is truly done, there's nothing to do but bless our own passage despite the difficulty of recognizing those endings. The emptiness will attract the next potential in the right way and time if we do what we have to do to move into a higher state of awareness of our process.
We must bless and accept endings, and even grieve them however we must, so that we can move cleanly into our next life chapter unencumbered by the ghosts and unresolved feelings of the past to whatever degree is possible. Cultivating detachment and the ability to witness the passages through the eyes of compassion are keys to many things, as well as knowing that as long as we are ready to grow in different ways, there is a new potential waiting to be revealed.
Sometimes life feels very difficult when we're experiencing echoes of memories of perceptions. These are the times to show our Spiritual strengths by persevering in doing what we must to take care of ourselves physically, emotionally, mentally, and Spiritually.
In this exercise of our Divine Power, Love, Wisdom, and Intelligence we bring forth better lives, better experiences, and better Self-realization than whatever life we had in the past associated with the difficult feelings and thoughts. This in turn attracts unknown better possibilities yet to be revealed.
This period of simultaneously productive and difficult Pisces energies is just such a time. Forgive the past with its intentional and unintentional errors and difficulties, bless yourself for being the Loving, Wise, Intelligent Eternal that you always are, and grow in your compassion and maturity into the Being you could become.
A source of comfort can be found by remembering that Pisces also symbolizes the vast feeling field of Divine Mother energy. In Pisces, we learn to flow with the universal current of Divine Mother energy in its all-encompassing redemptive nature.
When we relax into the merciful protection of Divine Mother energy, we move beyond fear, pain, and suffering. In Pisces we can find true relief on the deepest levels of our Being, since in Pisces separateness can vanish becoming a deep connectedness with All-That-Is.
So if you're troubled, let go, bless your passage from the old to the new, from the unreal to the real, from darkness to Light, and from death to immortality. We are never separate from the Source of all Light, Life, and Love. Now is the time to feel that non-separateness and know that a new way is soon to come.
© Copyright 2010 Robert Wilkinson
Thank you.
Posted by: Denise | February 21, 2010 at 12:31 PM
Thank you for this article Robert.
Posted by: Alix | February 21, 2010 at 01:59 PM
I love the audio delivery of this message!
Thank you Robert,for choosing to share in this medium also.
Blessings, Kachina
Posted by: kachina | February 21, 2010 at 03:16 PM
Quite timely and powerful. In the past 24 hours, I've been able to begin to turn pain around, get closure from someone I wanted closure from, and help a very dear friend through her drama by keeping my heart open. And yes, today I felt/feel connected to All. Amen to your every word and your unique wisdom.
Thank you.....Peace, Orenda
Posted by: Orenda | February 21, 2010 at 04:03 PM
are you looking into my life again robert? you have been speaking my experience to a t rather regularly.
thank you.
Posted by: cheryl | February 21, 2010 at 04:11 PM
WOW!!! Robert that was super kewl!!! hahaha.
I am not a teenager anymore. I just needed to use that word. I like hearing the voice. As, I am so into music and I prefer music that includes the voice in some way even it is used like Sheila Chandra would as a drum sound.
anyway it is timely this piece
many things coming up for me
with the yod hitting my 12th/8th/2nd/5th houses
it is good
remembering is good as long as one can move past it
there is some bitterness but i am trying to move past that too
one thing is i made a new motto for myself
my pain is my gain
there you have it
compassion well i think i need to be much more compassionate and less self absorbed
thanks very much for this audio/slash/article
brilliant!!!
Micheline
Posted by: Micheline | February 21, 2010 at 09:47 PM
Thanks for this
Posted by: peter | February 21, 2010 at 09:57 PM
Robert thank you! This really helps.
With Mars Retrograde in my 12th, Sun, Jupiter and Venus in my 8th, Saturn in opposition and Pluto in square to my Sun 8 Aries 43 and Mercury 0 Aries 57, it has been sort of rough.
Still need the final push to bring an ending to the end. It is hard to let go, how ever well one knows that is has to be done.
Maybe this article will make the job .
Thank you, be well!
Aphrodite
Posted by: Aphrodite | February 21, 2010 at 11:07 PM
Thank you for the reminder ... D~
Posted by: Donna L. Faber | February 22, 2010 at 12:09 AM
Dear Robert,
Thank you for the latest post on the Piscean energies and its possible manifestations in our lives. The sonorous form in which these insights came with helps induce a quiet, meditative pause and deliver the lessons more deeply.
In gratitude for your genersoity,
Posted by: Masero | February 22, 2010 at 02:31 AM
Thank you Robert. The audio helped maintain concentration and made it a lot quicker to re read the article. (Aries speed thinking much faster than Mercury in Pisces!)
Shanti
Posted by: Morvah | February 22, 2010 at 03:38 AM
This is really beautiful. Thank you.
Posted by: Darwin Davis | February 22, 2010 at 04:17 AM
Thank you for the audio -- I understand what you're saying so much better when I hear them in your voice. Maybe it's your inflection -- but even the technical terms seem to make more sense and feel more compassionate.
If you have time, please do this more often!
Posted by: Annette | February 22, 2010 at 04:20 AM
Grazie mille Robert.
These words made me feel so much better! The audio was a real bonus: the tone and sound of your voice makes us feel that everything will be okay at the end.
alessandra
Posted by: alessandra | February 22, 2010 at 06:24 AM
Silken, soothing words to uplift and heal............good job and thank you!
Posted by: Sue Moon | February 22, 2010 at 06:32 AM
Dear Robert, I can see that this set off many sparks! Wonderful article, and it sums up much of what you have been teaching. And I enjoyed hearing you speak as well. Thank you! Namaste :)
Posted by: Valerie | February 22, 2010 at 07:08 AM
Many thanks, Your Highness for giving my eyes a break!!!! As of yesterday I'm finally snapping out of the darkness!! This gives the xtra push!
Posted by: chickie | February 22, 2010 at 11:33 AM
Thank you for the hope you gave me, Robert!
In the middle of a divorce and quitting my job where I was never appreciated it's wonderful to know it's only natural to be doing all this. I feel the urge and finality with these endings as you said.
And thanks to you I could let go of my fear & anxiety and welcome the Divine Mother energy. I wish to send it to everyone reading this!
Posted by: Maria | February 22, 2010 at 11:57 AM
This piece has been so reassuring and has brought me to a place of inner peace and compassion during a difficult time. It enabled me to perceive that by relinquishing an illusion or unhealthy attachment I am clearing the space for self-realization and healthy attainment. Thanks.
Posted by: Lee | February 22, 2010 at 12:02 PM
Many thanks, Maria for your share of your Mother energy!
Posted by: chickie | February 22, 2010 at 04:52 PM
hari aum robert and thank you deeply.
i come to your site for the purity and
wisdom i find in the languages you use..those
of astrology and vedanta - i would go mad with
sadness or confusion without the kinship i feel
when i visit your thoughts - thank you again, jai ma!
Posted by: danielle winter | February 22, 2010 at 09:15 PM
Awesomeness.
Posted by: WarriorLady | February 22, 2010 at 09:45 PM
Thank you Robert!
I made the "jump", not knowing where this is taking me. It's strange how in the middle of this "not knowing" I can feel centered in my heart...
Posted by: Leana | February 23, 2010 at 10:20 AM
So feelin like I just landed on planet earth again after a long vacation away . . . is like ah I'm back or am I just visitin for awhile? I know I've been here before, it all seems so familiar.
Posted by: caliban | February 23, 2010 at 02:21 PM
Piscean energy to a Pisces is usually easy to flow with... Goodbye old... Hello New... Thank you again for the clarity.
Posted by: Samuel | February 23, 2010 at 08:28 PM
Thank you, Robert! Things are more bearable right now!
Blessings!
Posted by: Bilyana Petrova | February 24, 2010 at 12:25 PM
Hi all - Glad these words could resonate on many levels. I will try to do more vocals as well as writing in the future. As with everyone, I too am going through changes that I trust will make this site even more accessible to more people. That said, when it rains it pours....
Posted by: Robert | February 24, 2010 at 02:40 PM
My dearest Robert,
what a day for me today...been crying in public the first time ever...in between cries from morning till 11pm....just this feeling of sadness with the unappreciative people in my function today. deliberate attempt to sabotage my main function today had taken my patience toll away....just had enough...perhaps its a true sign that i do have to leave Aceh now...
Posted by: Rien Nasution | February 26, 2010 at 10:14 AM
Wonderful, wise words to live by; i am going through this exact passing period having recently decided to place my mom in a home; clearing out her house was very emotional and it was like i was reviewing my own life and all its associative experiences; as a Cancer-5 i am feeling our world changing in huge ways - and i know intuitively we must move on; the passing of our parents is the closing of not only a chapter in our own personal lives, but in our larger culture; the last three years seems to have been a preparation for this period; i welcome it, knowing all that is good always stays with us and that which is/was bad or difficult is part of life's teaching; Selah
Posted by: Beth in SoCal | February 27, 2010 at 11:14 AM
What a truly enlightening and brilliant explanation about the mess of deep and superpowerful yet uncertain and out of control or out of any sense situations and feelings from last 3 years, now "revisited" at a calmer soul level as it was an ending passage, a final, all of it difficult to rationalize if not impossible to put in words.
You help me put the pieces together,
Thanks a lot.
Posted by: Henry | March 11, 2010 at 07:02 PM
Hi all - "Strange days have found us...."
Hi Denise and Alix - You're most welcome.
Hi kachina - I figured this would be a good 5 minute listen. Glad you like it.
Hi Orenda - Closure is a good thing, and this is the time when it's more natural perhaps than other times. The end of the end and the beginning of the beginning.
Hi cheryl - I gather I do that from time to time!;-) I suppose it's just my Jupiter in Pisces tuning into the great ocean.
Hi Micheline - I could start rapping these articles, but it may turn some people off.;-) Maybe I need to turn them into verse (or run my voice through a phase shifter like Jimi on Electric Ladyland.....)
Hi peter - You're welcome.
Hi Aphrodite - Been a little rough here as well, but Mars in the 12th shows both of us that some things are done forever.
Hi Donna - You're most welcome. We all get by with a little help from our friends.
Hi Masero - Always good to be able to meditate before, during, and after we take a swim in the ocean of Divine Mother energy. Glad the voice helps resonate deeply.
Hi Morvah - Well, I guess it's my version of a singalong. And yes, it would keep the mind on track, since the words can be more numbing than stimulating due to the complexity of some of the phrases hitting brain centers that may not be used to such things. Happens to me when I read my own stuff as well...;-)
Hi Darwin Davis - You're welcome. Glad you think it's beautiful.
Hi Annette - Have already begun. Will endeavor to persevere...
Hi alessandra - Glad my voice gives reassurance. Now if only I could command it to be so for all sentient beings for the rest of the era.
Hi Sue Moon - Nice things to say. Thanks.
Hi Valerie - I figured many who have no heard me might like a few minutes of the voice.
Hi chickie - I thought of you and several others who have requested more audio. And so here it is! Glad you're coming out of the darkness into the dawning day.
Hi Maria - You're most welcome. Sorry for the split, but better to acknowledge the truth than flow a dead beast. This seems to be a time of finality for many, me included. Letting go of fear and anxiety is always a very good thing. May we all swim in the vast ocean of Divine Mother energy.
Hi Lee - Glad you realized all those things, since it's going to lead you to a better future. Detachment from unhealthy things opens the space to attract healthier things in the future.
Hi danielle winter - Aum Hari Hari Aum! Glad the Eastern Wisdom I studied (and practiced) for many years yields good vibrations and realizations for the visitors at "this here cosmic cantina." It is human to feel sadness and confusion, but it is our Divine Estate to transmute these into the loving light of pure compassion for us, others, and all sentient Beings. Aum Namah Shivaya! All blessings and honor to the Mother of the World!
Hi WarriorLady - Don't know how to go beyond awesomeness, but I'll certainly "endeavor to persevere..."
Hi Leana - "If you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there...." To add something I once wrote many years ago, "the heart is the crystal to success, and loving isn't all that tough..."
Hi caliban - If you want the Twilight Zone, try living in the land I do.
Hi Samuel - Flow really is the secret to moving beyond boundaries into new experiences, isn't it? You're most welcome. Glad my Jupiter in Pisces can communicate that which is beyond words.
Posted by: Robert | March 11, 2010 at 08:01 PM