Hunger Moon ​- Pisces

So, interestingly, we have this pairing of Saturn, no longer in one of its “home” signs (for the past three years it was in Aquarius, of which Saturn is a co-ruler, and prior to that, it was in Capricorn, of which Saturn is sole ruler), now entering the very different, watery realm of Pisces, associated with the Fish, and the transmutation of consciousness. Perhaps this is an invitation for the reemergence of Feminine ways of being to seep in through our infrastructures, infrastructures that, during Saturn’s time in Aquarius we already saw starting to shift, and perhaps begin crumble. In Pisces, it will be a time to practice allowing the inner world, the feelings, the intuition, to inform how we relate to outer “reality” through the Forms we inhabit (and those that may in-habit us!). But also, to make sure we contain and honor, through self-discipline, these nebulous inner waters.

Outside in my garden, or on my walks, I am particularly drawn these days to the frequent presence of large, dark buzzards, gliding silently and effortlessly, never flapping their wings, as they surf the wind currents. And I think how the reconfiguring needed at this time is no longer going to be so tilted towards the rational Aquarian flavor, full of bright new ideas (and technological “solutions”), but more of the intuitive, effortless Piscean dive into the silent unknown.

With Saturn as frame, this could mean a renewed emphasis on faith and perhaps spiritual practice, whether through meditation, a movement form such as Qi Gong that invites a connection to heaven and earth in our bodies, or communion with the natural world. It could involve deepening our discipline with a creative path. However we access and land them, our intimations, visions, and dreams are all needed to inform where our troubled culture and its relationship to our biosphere goes next. 

The imagination will be needed, for seeding new stories about the world and new ways of orienting to Life in these coming years. It will be important to schedule in “space” to our routines, as well as to add a quality of spaciousness to our reflections on that which has already past. Saturn being operative within Time, and Pisces, about that which stretches beyond time, and even space as we know it.

In my own life, one way that the combination of Saturn structure with Pisces in-dwelling is already manifesting is that for the most part, I am tending to keep ‘protected’ (good Saturn word) my regular walking times as a solo incubation lab, when random observations, insights and ideas inevitably flow, instead of walking with friends. Another is that I have created the Saturnian ‘structure’ of my creative offering through this blog, whose timings are based on the cycle of the (Feminine) Moon – not exactly regular in terms of calendar days, and whose content is calling us (myself included!) to decenter from the strictly human realms and routines, and re-center on Earth and Sky.