Feb

18

The Dreaming Waters of Pisces

Filed Under New Moon 

Neptune has recently entered Pisces.  How should we respond? My guest blogger Bekah Finch has some great suggestions:

On February 3rd (just one day after Imbolc, 4 days before the Leo Full Moon and two weeks before this New Moon), Neptune, the planet of mysticism, returned to its home sign of Pisces.  Neptune has not been in Pisces since 1861 (except for a short time last year as it prepared to leave Aquarius) and will sit on its own throne until 2025. Its last 13 year reign in this sign brought many artistic, spiritual and cultural transformations—from the birth of the Impressionist movement, to the abolishment of slavery, the creation of anesthetics, the declaration of women’s rights and the invention of blue jeans.

Besides the Mayan prophecies, much of the 2012 chatter has been based on three powerful planetary alignments: the Venus/Sun transit, the Pluto/Uranus square, and this shift of Neptune into Pisces. All are considered  catalysts in creating the new era. I think Neptune’s transition, coming in so close to the Pisces New Moon, is a beautiful and blessed opportunity to give us a taste of what the next 13+ years might hold.

My favorite ways to explore Pisces/Neptune are through dreams, intuition, meditation and working with water. You may have already noticed your sleep shifting in the last couple of weeks; perhaps your dreams got really good or really bad. Building up what the shamans call a “dreambody” and spending more healing time with water are tasks that will not just support an interesting month, but tools that can assist you (and others) in moving towards a higher realm of consciousness that will support our planet’s much needed shift.

Not all of Neptune’s shifts will feel wonderful. At times we may feel like we’re lost or drowning in the downpour of Pisces. That’s when we need to look for an umbrella and decide that we will dance and sing in the rain.  Our constant ally, the Moon, is offering just such an umbrella. This Moon cycle, our Grandmother is giving us 28 potent days before Spring Equinox to really drop into our emotional and dream bodies, to cleanse, shift our consciousness, open our creativity and set the intentions needed to ride the coming waves. This is the month to keep a dream journal by your bedside table and commit to writing in it every day, not just dreams, but any message or intuition that comes up through your day/night.

 Meditation is another way to open up the unconscious. Sitting by water is a great way for new and old meditation practitioners to deepen their practice and tune more deeply into Pisces’ frequency. Working with the water element is recommended. I am ever the fan of hot baths, and cold dips in oceans and streams.

 Other helping hands that are reaching out to support us are healing herbs. For thousands of years, mystics have sipped, bathed in, and slept with sacred herbs to enhance the benefits of water, meditation and dreaming. Consider accepting the guidance of mugwort, wormwood, chamomile, valerian root, rosemary or lavender in your Pisces journey. I don’t ingest many herbs (and don’t recommend anyone trying them without guidance), but I do love to put them under my pillow while I sleep or let them steep in my bath before meditation or bed.  Bring the same intelligence and reverence to the herbs as you do your water and dream work, and you will find yourself becoming a more sensitive, creative, intuitive, and connected being in an era in which such consciousness is desperately needed.

Bekah Finch is a Yoga teacher, shamanic practitioner and moon devotee. For more information on her work and writing please visit www.sacredwayyoga.com

 

 

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