Pisces Season
On February 18th, the sun enters the sign of Pisces, casting its light through the lens of Piscean energy. While those with planets in Pisces will feel this shift most intensely, everyone has Pisces in their birth chart and will be affected by this energy. Pisces embodies the archetype of transcendence—our Soul’s innate drive to transcend the physical and material worlds. Transcendence means realizing our oneness with all of creation and with God, seeing our individuality as an extension of the divine source of life. Through this, we can spiritualize every aspect of our existence. As a water sign, Pisces’ ethereal energy seeks to dissolve the boundaries between us and the all, allowing us to experience the totality of life and reality across all dimensions. This energy brings us closer to sensing the Source of all that constitutes life. However, to fully embrace this, it must be consciously nurtured and realized by each of us. Those with strong Piscean placements in their birth charts will feel a heightened desire to merge their individual power into the cosmic whole, seeking a direct connection with the ultimate source of creation. The Piscean path encourages us to align with a transcendental belief system that supports this spiritualizing process. Pisces season calls us to explore values, beliefs, and knowledge that transcend time, space, and cultural limitations. Through this process, we recognize our own immortality and come to understand infinity and timelessness from the Soul’s perspective.
This process of expansion begins in Virgo and culminates in Pisces, guiding us through a transformation that merges our individualized ego with the Divine Source. Through Pisces energy, we feel as though we stand at the edge of a precipice. Behind us is the light of the known world—our past, culture, and the structures of time and space. Ahead lies the vast darkness of infinity—the abyss, the unknown future, and the timeless expanse of the Universe. Here, we face a choice: to move forward, to retreat, or to remain suspended in this moment of uncertainty. To move forward requires a willingness to dissolve the ego. While the ego serves as an essential focusing agent of our total nature, excessive attachment to it disconnects us from our Soul. This disconnection can lead to escapist behaviors—such as addictions like drug and alcohol abuse and an overreliance on fantasy—that provide a false sense of control and lead to illusion and delusion in our lives. Pisces energy intensifies this struggle as it spotlights our imaginations, urging our ego to stop resisting losing control so it’s no longer stuck in confusion and illusion. The painful experience of disillusionment is meant to foster wisdom. A sense of meaninglessness and emptiness arises when ultimate meaning cannot be found in the illusions we’ve created. This is where the psychology of escapism and avoidance often manifests in the Pisces archetype, with substance abuse being a common behavior linked to it. While this behavior can vary in severity, any form of escapism or avoidance will inevitably harm an individual’s life and must be addressed. The underlying cause of such distorted behavior is the deep feelings of meaninglessness, emptiness, and worthlessness—emotions that often surface within Pisces.
Ultimately, Pisces teaches us that by resisting ego dissolution, we deepen our separation from the Divine, which leads to cycles of feeling lost and confused. Only by surrendering our attachment to ego, can we allow divine patterns to emerge from within, providing clarity and connection to a greater whole—the Universe and God. Pisces teaches us to embrace this sensitivity, to trust in the larger forces of creation, and to surrender to the cosmic flow of the universe. So, as we enter Pisces season, let us all remember the analogy of the wave and the ocean. Pisces shows us that, like the wave, we are not separate from the ocean (the Source) or God. Very few people have their consciousness centered in the ocean itself, as the center of consciousness for most people is the wave upon the ocean. But the key here is to realize that the wave cannot exist without the ocean, as the ocean created the wave. By centering our consciousness on the ocean—on the Divine—we dissolve the illusion of separateness and transcend the limiting beliefs that keep us feeling trapped. This shift in consciousness dissolves our egocentric identity and reveals the deeper, spiritual truth that exists within us all, that we are not separate from God and God exists within all of us – the key to Pisces Season.
