You Rang

I was reading the book “Spiritual Astrology” by Jan Spiller and Karen McCoy last night, and couldn’t help but giggle at my Moon in Pisces description for a past life: Past lives spent in monasteries or convents, or otherwise shut away from society. These past life monastic experiences have lead to certain material dependencies that you feel are necessary to maintain your healing spiritual consciousness. You are used to having others take care of you, cook for you, and set your daily routine. In the monastery for example, someone rang the gong, signalling when you should get up, when you should go to church or temple, when you should eat, and so forth. Consequently, you have never developed self-discipline, which is a task for this lifetimes, you are learning to accept responsibilities and to “ring your own gong”. You are used to living in a timeless reality, but in this lifetimes you need to learn the practical value of infusing celestial reality into daily life by sticking to a routine and by paying attention to being on time. These factors can make your life strong and give you confidence in relating your spiritual consciousness effectively to daily living.

Although I laughed at the thought of myself in a past life waiting for the gong to ring before I would eat or wake up. The essence of the reading is true, as I am not good at routines. I am definitely an escapist from reality or what I call "the boring mundane chores of life” what we associate with Virgo and the 6th house. I can see how necessary routine is for body, mind and spirit, and will definitely incorporate a more set routine into my daily life, but it’s difficult to break old unconscious habits (Moon).

The zodiac sign of Pisces, 12th house, and the planet Neptune in astrology can easily lose touch with the physical world. I personally fit into the “daydreaming” category of Pisces/Neptune and I dream away the days as if time will wait for me to catch up. The dream state itself can feel like a timeless reality; you sleep for 6 or 8 hours and while you sleep there is no concept of time. And other more (negative) time wasting Neptunian’s may be drug abuse or alcohol addictions and these people lose all sense of time by losing their physical senses, and in this state time certainly seems to slip away. In Neptune's world there is no responsibility, no clock or boundaries.

I remember watching a documentary on a man put in prison (12th, Neptune's house) for 20 years for a crime he didn’t commit, and when he was released from incarceration a whole lot had changed. Yet, he had the task of re-adjusting to a normal life again, and in some ways learning to be independent again, as the "real" world beckoned. This involved setting up a home, getting a Job, and doing things for himself (all earthy qualities). However, all of this was proving extremely difficult for him. He was basically learning how to re-orientate himself to normal daily living again (6th). Neptunians understand this dilemma all too well. Time itself seems to belong to Saturn because he represents age, understands responsibilities, and knows limitations. Neptune is like an eternal dream state, you fall into.