Welcoming Pisces, Welcoming Joy

We are now well into the month of Pisces and as Kabbalah teaches us, we are all One, and therefore Kabbalistic astrology is not based on your own personal sign, but the sign of the month, wherein we take on the traits and energy of people born during that period of time. I did a lot of research this morning and of course, it should come as no surprise that the things we've been waxing philosophical upon as of late here at KabbalahCurious.com happen to lead us right into the energy that is available for us to tap into this month according to Kabbalistic astrology.

In Kabbalah, this is the month of Adar, which in Hebrew translates to "the back of the head," which is where the brain's involuntary impulses are controlled. In other words: Instinct, something we were just discussing. (No coincidences!) In Tarot, the card that relates to this month is that of The Moon, which also has much to do with "raw emotion" and that can easily be translated to instinct. The universal astrological symbol of Pisces is two fish and is often associated with cycles of change or replacement of old ideas with the new. The two fish are also symbolic of having the ability to swim easily between two very different realms: the realm of physicality and the realm of spirituality, which is why Pisces tend to lead such spiritually productive lives. They can easily reside with one foot firmly planted in both worlds at all times and this is a gift we are given this month to be able to tap into. The two fish can also be seen as something we've discussed here recently at length: the duality of both Light and Dark existing within you at once. Any way you cut it, this is a time of focus on the duality of our beings and our primal instinct.

As we are all connected as One, we all have Light within us and we all have dark within us. It is vitally important during the time of Pisces for us all to recognize the negativity within us because the process of seeing it is synonymous with dispelling it. So many people who dive into spirituality or religion immediately try training their minds to say, "I am not going to be a negative being. I am not going to see negative. Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil." This line of thinking unfortunately does not promote personal growth or spiritual development, it only makes the darkness stronger. We are not to ignore the negative sides of ourselves, but to dive into their darkness. We must analyze it. Why do I act this way? When do I act this way? When did I begin acting this way? What is it that keeps me hanging onto acting this way?

Not making much sense yet? Visualize it physically: If the darkness of a particular negative trait is somewhere deep within your body, as we all know it is, how do you get it out of your body (physical)/self (spiritual)? Do you ignore it? Do you say it doesn't exist anymore and fool yourself into thinking that you can just stop that "reactive" or "corrupt instinctive" behavior? No, then it remains there. In order to throw it out of your body/self, where does it have to go first? To the surface.

The energy is available to all of us this month to clarify our darkness, the things we want to change or don't like about ourselves, so that we can rid ourselves of them for good.

And how do we clarify it?

We claim our darkness. Only then can we control it.

This whole thought process brings about many revelations. First of all, it should help us to recognize that because we are all at constant battle with Light and Dark within us, we are all the same. Therefore, when someone approaches us with negativity, it should give us greater tolerance for them and an understanding that we have been through or are going through the same thing, again promoting the idea that we are all One.

Another revelation here is that no matter how much spiritual transformation you may take on, though you may rid yourself of certain negative traits, which is certainly what we all strive for an a positive thing to do, it doesn't mean that darkness as a whole will ever leave you. It will always be there. There is always more spiritual work to be done, so don't beat yourself up over anything. It's not like once you conquer one thing, you'll be done and the perfect person. You already are the "perfect person." You're just trying to rid yourself of things that keep you from contributing to creating a better world. And through this line of thinking, it becomes more about the Desire to Share as opposed to the Desire to Receive for the Self Alone. Wanting to become the "perfect person" is all about "you." Not good. Wanting to work on how you treat people in your life and the negative sides of yourself, that is born of the desire to share. So don't beat yourself up this month over those negative traits of yours as you analyze them and look at them because that only spawns more negative energy, doesn't it?

Which leads us right into the other lesson to be learned this month: Happiness is what brings the blessings. The blessings do not bring happiness. OR reversed: You think you have problems and therefore you're sad, but the reality is that you are sad and therefore you have problems.

Your energy attracts the physical.

There is a great gift this month in that during Pisces, it is easier to be happy than it is to be sad. So many of us hold onto our sadness, our chaos, our wallowing in our own self-misery because it is like a blanket. It keeps up warm and we're afraid of what may happen without. Remove the blanket. The sun is waiting to shine on you, the Light is waiting to shine on you, and that will keep you warm.

Problems in your life and in yourself? Yes! Sure thing! We must look at it those things and analyze them and shuck 'em out! But to worry about it? To be sad because of it? Wasted energy. And it doesn't make sense. Why be sad? You're growing by analyzing these things about you and that should be exciting!

So many people fall prey to believing that because they are furthering their spiritual study, they have to have less fun. Not true! It opens you to having even more fun. And even during the moments of your life where you're not neccessarily focusing on the spiritual, where you're just having fun for fun's sake, it will be an elevated level of fun and joy because you're coming at it from your studies an elevated and higher consciousness.

So, this month, we dedicate ourselves to welcoming joy, which should be especially easy as we bring our negatives to the surface. This month, we say, "I'm not going to fear. I'm not going to worry. It's waste. I will handle these problems. I will fix things I don't like about myself by analyzing them. And I will be happy!" Because the blessings and the Light come only when we open ourselves for it through our happiness.

Not a whole lot new here that I haven't been discussing in the last few posts actually, but I was overwhelmingly happy to see such a confirmation and that it is something that should be relating to all of my reader's lives right now as well and therefore bares repeating.


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