Pisces, Pluto
and Shamballa
In this cuspal period
of the astrological age of Pisces moving into Aquarius, it is important
to understand the power of Pluto – as the soul or esoteric ruler
of Pisces and ruler of the first ray of will or power.
Pluto precipitates the process of transmutation and eventual liberation
through death that is bought about upon all levels: Dying to old
ideas, emotions and even physical death itself. Pluto the Destroyer
(Kali) brings about the death of the personality with all its desires
and which holds a person in bondage between the pairs of opposites
upon the mental, astral and physical planes.
The great world wars
of last century were certainly an expression of Pluto’s purging
power toward the end of the Piscean Age – that finished WWII with
the ultimate Plutonian devastation – the dropping of the atomic
bomb.
Jupiter, personality or exoteric ruler of Pisces and ruler of the
second ray of love wisdom, expresses this sign’s natural outgoing
love nature and is responsible for its psychic sensitivity – also
one of its major problems. Jupiter is that magnetic force which
causes the ‘lure of the Path’, responsible for a person stepping
off the mutable cross of matter onto the fixed cross of the soul
– an momentous event which occurs quite late in the symbolic 777
incarnations of a human being.
Hence Pisces is a curious mixture of these two ray forces yet ultimately
its expression is upon the second ray love-wisdom line, as rays
two and six (Idealism, devotion) are the only ones that pour through
it. The Master Djwhal Khul relates the following about Pisces:
“It is in this dual sign that the imprisoned soul and the personality
enter upon that process which will transmute,
1.
The lower nature into the higher manifestation.
2.
The lower psychical powers into the higher spiritual faculties,
i.e.
a.
Negativity into positive soul control.
b.
Mediumship into mediatorship.
c.
Clairvoyance into spiritual perception.
d.
Clairaudience into mental telepathy and finally inspiration.
e.
Instinct into intellect.
f.
Selfishness into divine selflessness.
g.
Acquisitiveness into renunciation.
h.
Self-preservation into selfless world service.
i.
Self-pity into compassion, sympathy and divine understanding.
3.
Spiritual and mental inhibition into soul expression and mental
sensitivity.
4.
Devotion to the needs of the self into developed devotion and response
to the needs of humanity.
5.
Attachment to environment and to personality conditions (identification
with form) into detachment from form and ability to identify with
the soul.”
The ‘imprisoned soul and the personality’ can be regarded as the
two fishes that are tethered together in Pisces, swimming around
and around. It is Pluto’s task to cut the band that keeps the fishes
bound in matter and through Venus’s exaltation in Pisces, to ‘reunite
the severed lives but with no binding thread’.
The fishes symbology also reminds us of the ‘Fish goddesses’ of Pisces
and the ‘Earth goddesses’ of Virgo, its polar opposite – especially
at the full moon period where the Moon in Virgo is opposite the
Sun in Pisces. They are polar opposites and their functions are
interchangeable. Virgo and Pisces are the ‘alpha and omega’ (beginning
and end) and relate to the start of the journey in matter and our
final liberation from it.
Hence Pisces is a sign associated with liberation at the end of a
soul’s journey, and through the first ray influence of Pluto, is
associated with the crown chakra of the planet, Shamballa:
“In Pisces, the influence of Shamballa claims the initiate as its
field of activity and the dualism of soul and spirit emerges - instead
of that of soul and body which has hitherto been of major importance.
The power of the form to hold the soul in captivity has been negated
and tests and trials of the initiate up to the third initiation
are directed to this end.”
Likewise then, on the yearly wheel, the month of Pisces affords us
the opportunity to release and relinquish the ‘captivities and bondages’
that we may have accumulated in the past year, whether they be ideas
or people. Pisces prepares us for the beginning of the new spiritual
year in the next sign of Aries, hence we can ‘clear the decks’ -
of our boats (soul vessels) rocking upon the Pisces seas.
As
Pisces is a sign of great emotional sensitivity (oceans of emotion!),
Pluto’s process is closely associated with the solar plexus centre,
working closely with Mars, one of the rulers of this chakra, directing
these forces to the heart; hence the symbology suggested for Pluto’s
new glyph: an up-pointed arrow.
Exoterically Pisces has a dark side; as one of the signs of the mutable
cross it governs mass consciousness as does its co-ruler Neptune.
Pisces can be a sign of deception and secretiveness – tapping into
the currents of the astral plane and manipulating those forces.
This can range all the way from holding others in emotional bondage
and control, to subversive activity through spying, or mass manipulation
through propaganda. Many of these traits are associated with Scorpio,
another water sign which is co-ruled by Pluto; so although Pluto
is ‘soul ruler’ of Pisces, it has its lower octave expression.
Phillip Lindsay © 2005
Pisces-Aquarius
Corporations, Rupert Murdoch and Fox News
A phenomenon of the twentieth century is the growth of corporations,
many of whom in their early developmental stages can be considered
greedy, rapacious and manipulative of the masses – the latter of
which is governed by two water signs, Cancer and Pisces. Hence these
type of corporate entities consitute part of the shadow expression
of Aquarius as we move into this astronomical cycle from Pisces
for the next 2160 years. Both Aquarius and Pisces relate to large
corporate entities or institutions wherein the individual finds
his or her place. In the latter part of the age of Pisces these
groups have assumed undue control:
“First of all, it must be recognized
that the cause of all world unrest, of the world wars which have
wrecked humanity and the widespread misery upon our planet can largely
be attributed to a selfish group with materialistic purposes who
have for centuries exploited the masses and used the labour of mankind
for their selfish ends. From the feudal barons of Europe and Great
Britain in the Middle Ages through the powerful business groups
of the Victorian era to the handful of capitalists—national and
international—who today [1940’s] control the world's resources,
the capitalistic system has emerged and has wrecked the world.
This group of capitalists has cornered and exploited the world's
resources and the staples required for civilized living; they have
been able to do this because they have owned and controlled the
world's wealth through their interlocking directorates and have
retained it in their own hands. They have made possible the vast
differences existing between the very rich and the very poor; they
love money and the power which money gives; they have stood behind
governments and politicians; they have controlled the electorate;
they have made possible the narrow nationalistic aims of selfish
politics; they have financed the world businesses and controlled
oil, coal, power, light and transportation; they control publicly
or sub rosa the world's banking accounts.
The responsibility for the widespread misery to be found today in
every country in the world lies predominantly at the door of certain
major interrelated groups of business-men, bankers, executives of
international cartels, monopolies, trusts and organizations and
directors of huge corporations who work for corporate or personal
gain. They are not interested in benefiting the public except in
so far that the public demand for better living conditions will
enable them—under the Law of Supply and Demand—to provide the goods, the
transportation, light and power which will in the long run bring
in heavier financial returns. Exploitation of man-power, the manipulation
of the major planetary resources and the promotion of war for private
or business profit are characteristic of their methods.
In every nation, such men and organizations—responsible for the capitalistic
system—are to be found. The ramifications of their businesses and
their financial grasp upon humanity were, prior to the war [WWII],
active in every land and though they went underground during the
war, they still exist. They form an international group, closely
interrelated, working in complete unity of idea and intention and
knowing and understanding each other. These men belonged to both
the Allied Nations and the Axis Powers; they have worked together
before and through the entire period of the war through interlocking
directorates, under false names and through deceptive organizations,
aided by neutrals of their own way of thinking.
Today, in spite of the disaster which they have brought upon the
world, they are again organized and renewing their methods; their
goals remain unchanged; their international relationships remain
unbroken; they constitute the greatest menace mankind faces today;
they control politics; they buy prominent men in every nation; they
insure silence through threat, cash and fear; they amass wealth
and buy a spurious popularity through philanthropic enterprise;
their families live soft and easy lives and seldom know the meaning
of God-ordained work; they surround themselves with beauty, luxury
and possessions and shut their eyes to the poverty, stark unhappiness,
lack of warmth and decent clothing, the starvation and the ugliness
of the lives of the millions by whom they are surrounded; they contribute
to charities and church agencies as a salve to their consciences
or to avoid income taxes; they provide work for countless thousands
but see to it that these thousands receive so small a wage that
real comfort, leisure, culture and travel are impossible.
The above is a terrible indictment. It can, however, be substantiated
a thousand times over; it is breeding revolution and a growing spirit
of unrest. The masses of the people in every land are aroused and
awakening and a new day is dawning. A war is starting between the
selfish monied interests and the mass of humanity who demand fair
play and a right share of the world's wealth.”
Well not much has changed since this was written in the 1940’s although
there is now a greater public awareness of the problem. Recent documentaries
(Farenheit 911, Outfoxxed etc) have revealed seemingly indisputable
proof of the extent for instance to which the Bush family dynasty
were involved in doing business with the Germans in WWII.
Shocking stuff to be sure, and it recalls part of the quote above:
“These men belonged to both the Allied Nations and the Axis Powers;
they have worked together before and through the entire period of
the war through interlocking directorates, under false names and
through deceptive organizations, aided by neutrals of their own
way of thinking … the promotion of war for private or business profit
are characteristic of their methods.” IBM was supposedly another
company ‘doing business with the enemy’.
The type of individuals involved in these kind of activities I once
dubbed ‘recalcitrant moon-chainers’.
In other writings I have explained that most souls incarnate upon
Earth today ‘individualised’ (started evolving mind), either upon
a previous evolution within the Earth Scheme’s evolution, called
the Moon Chain, or upon this current Earth Chain.
Because this previous evolution was much older, generally speaking
most ‘Moon chainers’ are spiritually older than Earth chain souls
and have a far greater developed intelligence. They therefore have
a greater spiritual responsibility in many ways, yet there is a
group of them who have refused to move forward and use the developed
mind in a most selfish way. It is proposed that most of the individuals
and groups mentioned in the quote above, belong to this group.
It
is this author’s contention that one of the prominent members of
this group today is media magnate and Pisces Sun, Rupert Murdoch.
His methods have never been socially uplifting and he has made much
of his fortune on Sunday tabloid newspapers; he has also been a
ruthless suppressor of unions and worker’s rights during the British
newspaper picket lines of 1986:
“First. The 700 incarnations.For
advanced man at this time these incarnations took place upon the
moon chain and in some cases upon certain planets connected
with the inner round … Men of this type refused to incarnate
earlier, as the bodies were too coarse; … No real "sin" was
committed; it was their privilege to discriminate, and this refusal
has its bearing upon conditions upon Earth, being the basis of the
great class distinctions which—in every land—have been so fruitful
of trouble and the esoteric foundation of the "caste" system, so
abused now in India. The problem of labor and capital
has its roots in the subjective distinction between "equipped and
unequipped" Egos, between those units of the human family on earth
who have passed out of the Hall of Ignorance, and those who are
yet groping in its dark and gloomy corridors…”
Murdoch’s naked ambition is reflected by his Capricorn ascendant
and his urge to ruthlessly influence and control is symbolised by
Saturn in Capricorn opposite Pluto, planet of power and ruler of
the first ray. If we cast our minds back a few years we may recall
that it was a long Saturn-Pluto opposition that provided the backdrop
for events that transpired around 9/11.
Pluto is placed in the aforementioned sign of mass consciousness,
Cancer, and is trine to his Pisces Sun - which Pluto rules esoterically
– giving him tremendous power. Saturn opposite Pluto therefore provides
a very strong link between his personality and soul. But one has
to ask the question, what is this individual’s soul purpose?; to
make as much money as possible without regard for ‘dumbing down
the culture’, for shamelessly influencing politics through his media
outlets?
Did Murdoch get his ‘soul brief’ wrong in that he failed to work
out the dynamics of the challenging Saturn-Pluto opposition in this
life? – i.e. learning about the right use of power; or does he work
for the ‘materialistic forces’ of the planet – consciously or unconsciously?
One has to wonder about Murdoch’s motives, particularly in light
of the Fox News channel, part of his massive media empire Newscorp.
Newscorp’s ruthless march toward world domination and political
manipulation through its newspapers and media is a story in itself
but will not be focused upon here. Murdoch has recently taken out
American citizenship which will boost power and influence immeasurably
in that nation.
Some say that Murdoch ‘is a front for far more powerful super-rich
subversives…” … Murdoch is just an ambitious midget who has
been given the job of drawing all the public attention away from
those who make the real decisions."This
theory goes all the way to speculations about his prior knowledge
of 9/11 and so forth.
Newsletters and articles by this author over the past two years have
discussed at length the current transit of Pluto over America’s
Mars in Gemini. Mars in Gemini could be named the ‘media signature’
in terms of its aggressive story hunting, ceaseless speculation,
invasive tactics, spin doctoring and so on. Gemini has several similarities
to Pisces in terms of impressionability, duality and deception –
which is partly due to Mercury’s generic rulership of the mutable
cross - to which these two signs belong. Mercury’s lower octave
expression is the thief-trickster.
Pluto’s current transit of America’s Mars is exposing some of the
nation’s ‘mis-media’ as well as reflecting major power players for
media control. Murdoch’s Fox News Corporation is a major case in
point, creating a critical problem of bias and misrepresentation
in the media.
It is interesting that the numerology of FOX is 6 6 6. The fox is
certainly a cunning animal and of course 666 is ‘the Beast’.
The numeral 6 is a glyph which describes the descent of spirit into
the physical realm and that which curls around and anchors itself
into matter:
“…666 is regarded as the number
of the Beast or of materialism, the number of the dominance of the
three worlds prior to the process of reorientation and the expression
of developed idealism and purpose. The third aspect [matter] expresses
itself through pure materialism, and hence the three sixes. In an
ancient book on numbers the initiate is defined as "the one who
has experienced and expressed 666 and found it naught; who has dropped
the 6 and become the 66, and thus has found himself upon the WAY;
later, again, he drops the 6 and becomes the perfected 6—form, the
instrument and expression of spirit."”
“…the clue to the mystery of the "mark of the beast" which is 666.
This is the number of the active intelligent man and distinguishes
his form nature from his spiritual nature which is 999.”
Fox News’ catch-cry is ‘fair and balanced reporting’, yet it somewhat
ludicrously and blatantly expresses exactly the opposite: unfairness
and bias. Anyone who has tuned into Fox News will know what is meant
here, with the general culture and catchphrases amongst its journalists,
not least its main anchor man Bill ‘shut-up’ O’Reilly; he regularly
tells guests to ‘shut-up’ if the interview is not going to his agenda,
even resorting in one instance to saying, ‘cut his mike’!
The chart for the first broadcast of Fox News is for October 5,
1996. A Libran Sun, known for its ‘fair and balanced’ approach to
life. Hmmmm. Unfortunately the Libra Sun squares Jupiter, making
for a personality prone to gross exaggeration and telling tall stories!
Furthermore, Venus, the ruler of the Libran Sun, is placed in Virgo,
sign of (exoterically) the scholarly critical mind, discrimination
and analysis. Yet Venus in turn makes a difficult square to Pluto,
‘lord of the underworld’ and all that has been mentioned heretofore.
Venus square Pluto is an aspect which is intensely involved with
balancing the pairs of opposites upon the mental plane, both planets
esoterically associated with the mental body. The usual discrimination
and mental intracacies of Venus in Virgo are here distorted by the
force of Pluto in Sagittarius and perverted to the cause of another
agenda.
Bear in mind also that esoteric astrology recognises all entities
at various stages of unfoldment. The exrpression of the same planet
in the same sign can widely vary according to that entity’s consciousness.
Yet the most telling aspect in the whole chart is the position of
Moon in Cancer (mass consciousness) opposing Neptune (which rules
Cancer esoterically), planet of illusion and fantasy, the smoke
and mirrors of adverting agencies and propagandists. So there we
have the nuts and bolts of this charming organisation, though not
the kind of charm one usually associates with Libra.
Bill O’Reilly’s chart (Sept 10, 1949, New York. Time unknown) has
Sun and Saturn in critical Virgo whilst Virgo’s ruler Mercury is
placed in Libra conjunct Neptune, ideally positioned to be a spin-doctor
lackey! Furthermore O’Reilly’s Mercury-Neptune conjunction sits
right on Fox’s Libra Sun. Fox’s son is in Fox’s Sun.
O’Reilly also possesses an aggressive (if not downright nasty) Aries
Moon square to Jupiter in Capricorn, which can make for forcefulness,
exaggeration and imperiousness - no wonder the man is so widely
hated as the face of Fox.
Roger Ailes (15 May
1940. Warren, OH. Time unknown) is the founder and president of
Fox, who “was for decades one of the savviest and most pugnacious
Republican political operatives in Washington, a veteran of the
Nixon and Reagan campaigns. Ailes is most famous for his role in
crafting the elder Bush's media strategy in the bruising 1988 presidential
race. With Ailes' help, Bush turned a double-digit deficit in the
polls into a resounding win …”
Ailes is a Sun in Taurus conjunct Uranus with a Moon in early Virgo
around Fox’s aforementioned Venus in Virgo. His Mars is in Gemini
is the same as America’s. Ailes’ Neptune in Virgo aligns with Fox’s
Mercury in Virgo by only a couple of degrees; this is not unlike
O’Reilly’s Mercury-Neptune alignment in Libra and bodes well for
his influence.
Strangely enough, the arch-director of the whole show, Murdoch, has
his Pisces Sun and Mercury in Pisces aligned opposite Ailes’ Neptune,
O’Reilly’s Sun and Fox’s Mercury! This is a powerful alignment for
the ‘chain of command’ to work - influencing politics and
so forth.
Considering Ailes’ previous work, along with Murdoch’s influence,
Fox news is a vehicle for the Republicans to dish up their propaganda
and is a shameful presence in American culture. One might well ask
how was such an organisation allowed to come into being? When considered
in light of the previous material on the cartels and businesses
that have influenced the world during WWII and before, it is not
difficult to see this same group of people’s huge influence upon
the the whole planet, let alone the West.
Hence Pluto’s progress will be interesting to watch in 2005 as it
makes one last stationary aspect over Amercia’s Mars from July to
November but particularly during late August and September. If ever
there was an opportunity to expose media corruption, that period
will be the last opportunity.