Pisces . . .

Boundaries melting, definitions dissolving, differences merging - it was all happening last month, but this month the New Moon is focussed on it, so now is the time to let go and see where your imagination takes you. With such openness, everyone else’s imaginations will be flowing as well, so we do need a measure of focus to follow the paths of our own heart, and not be distracted by desires or fears floating around from other people, or the world ‘out there’.

Whereas last month we could see what was happening, and perhaps remain calm and fairly detached about things, this month we are completely involved, empathising with everything vulnerable or suffering. You will probably already have been feeling this kind of thing since the last full moon (Last month we had a combination of Aquarius and Pisces, with the emphasis on Pisces. But this month’s chart has all the same planets in Pisces, but Sun also went into Pisces 18 February, Venus on 26 February, and the Moon joining in for a couple of days). It’s the difference perhaps between waves of emotion, or a tsunami - between several fish, or a single great whale with Neptune ruling, unconcerned about the confusion we find in the emotional world.

Letting go of ‘karmic’ patterns of reaction

Our thoughts and communications, like last month, are likely to hover around emotional situations, finding old events and patterns of reaction rising out of the mists of memory (Mercury and Neptune trine Saturn). This time we decide to go through what is presented (Mercury is in the same place as last month, but this time retrograde). Opportunities to clear up misunderstandings need to be taken, or otherwise the old problems are likely to continue hampering potentially good interactions into the future.

We will probably have our heads in the past until 17 March (when Mercury goes direct) and then we have the chance to sweep through our entire emotional backlog during this month (Mercury into Aries 14 April). We will need to take care, though, not to be too pushy, or expect other people to be where we are (Mars in Aries).

Just let go . . .

So, a word of advice: relax! We may find ourselves getting very impatient with hold-ups, frustrated with in-action, or upset with anyone who is a little slower than ourselves. We may find that others become impatient with our need to deliberate, or dream for a bit - ‘blue-sky-thinking’? We may want to push for our own particular dream, do it all our own way, stamp our foot and do it by ourselves! (the negative of Mars who will be moving into Aries within a few hours of the New Moon - by the Full Moon, Mars, Sun and Venus will all have joined with Uranus in Aries, square Pluto.)

All that behaviour comes from tension, and wanting to be in control, but this New Moon month is not about control at all - rather the opposite: to surrender and let the spirit flow through creatively and joyfully. Let yourself be moved, emotionally and physically, by the state of affairs in the world both around you and globally, moved to express, moved to help. It’s a time for being wonderfully present, with an attitude of bright willingness to experience everything as new, truly creative (the best of Aries). It’s not that we have to let go of anything in particular, just let go.

Love points the way

To my eyes, the special and lovely thing about this month is that our loving care will be tuning us into what is right for humanity at this time (Venus trines the North Node). So let your loving heart be the measure for your actions. Notice who you meet, because they could be the people you will move forward with, your companions on the next stage of your path. Relationships could feel more romantic than they turn out to be - check how you feel after 22 March (as Venus moves into Aries) - but what is happening in your close relationships may be giving you an opportunity to get emotionally up-to-date.

Handling our emotions is never about controlling ourselves unkindly, or criticising ourselves for being human. We need to remember that every emotion possible is part of a huge available spectrum of human inner experience, not logical, rational or purposeful -it is just what it is. The idea is to know what you feel, and accept it, yet not be driven by it into action you would not have chosen with your heart. This is mastery rather than control and is what humanity is working on, particularly this year and next ( October 2012 till September 2014 as Saturn moves through Scorpio). When overrun by a particularly powerful emotion, it’s very difficult to know what one’s heart would do. I ask what I would do in ‘the Light’, or ask what the Dalai Lama would do! I may not know the correct answer to that question, but I find that somewhere in myself, the best course of action becomes clearer or even obvious. I wish you all the best.