MYSTERY, SECRECY + PRIVACY - PISCES SEASON
While my sun is in Capricorn, Moon in Libra, North node in Leo, thankfully I have my Ascendant in Pisces which means I am rising into this soft, dreamy watery version of myself. Pisces are Plasmic, they represent the depths of the emotions, sensitivity, heightened sense of awareness and intuition. For the most part, when a Pisces has integrated their shadows, they can be the most magnetic, mystical and transcendent of all the Zodiac, manifesting their dreams in an effortless flow. The shadow side of Pisces is that with all those feelings, they can tend to wallow and dwell on events for months and even years beyond what could be considered normal and healthy. They often are incredibly talented artists (Dahab is thankfully FULL of them!) and are true visionaries, who can hold a higher timeline for peace, love and oneness, when no-one else can see or feel it anymore.
Pisces are often the gentle ones you go to when you need someone to truly listen and empathise with what you’re going through, water always moves to the lowest surface and indeed the waters of Pisceans are very deep and can be read in their eyes and often in how they move, more floating than walking!
My understanding and observations of these traits comes from my ever changing Self and being blessed with so many Piscean friends, who I referred to as my angels on numerous occasions. So while I’m not claiming the following is ALL they are about, it’s a huge part of the Piscean/Neptunian Archetype. Lets deep dive together…
Ever since childhood, I 've been well aware of ALL that's been left unsaid, all that's been swept under the carpet, all that festers and swirls in our cells, unreleased until they become cancer cells at worst or fatty pussy cells at best - Secrets do this to the body-mind-spirit complex. As a young intuitive and hyper sensitive child I knew from a lot of what I hadn't said in my 10 years with my mother and father, that I was affecting my health and that my parents with their endless cycles of repressing their truths, were not going to lead to anything other than ill health.
On the other hand, I've also been painfully shy and fiercely private from a young age, preferring to keep both my inner and outer worlds inner, to the point of being Mute Mary, comfortable in her invisibility. Privacy was a Non-Negotiable before I even knew what those words meant. I know now that it was more secrecy not privacy that was dominant while overlapping each other. Shame is the difference and the driving force of Secrecy and I was full of it.
Privacy as I've learnt now as a healthy adult, is a good thing.. The more you put yourself out there the more people want to know your business, your moves, your habits and your plans. As a teenager, most of my friends were Lebanese, quite attractive and charismatic women, magnetising men beyond their years and knowledge of how to deal with them, Which on several occasions led to stalkers, which then can only be combatted by deep privacy, especially if you don’t trust the police, which we didn't. So Privacy was seen as a safety necessity and we were all schooled - sometimes in hard ways- on how to put practices in place that ensured our safety. Now I know that Privacy is a huge part of asking for respect for your own boundaries and also having defined succinct understanding of who and what you stand for and the skin that you're in. Knowing when and what to divulge, share, show of your Self to Others is entirely up to you. Full. Stop. You are also not responsible for others interpretation of it, as privacy is often mistaken for secrecy, yes they overlap and share the same border, however are inherently quite different.
Healthy people have shown me the power of Privacy and not showing or giving too much, which is still a work in progress, I guess! Bless to all those Scorpios and Pisces who have shown me the way on this!
Then there’s MYSTERY; very much a Piscean trait. Mystery is definitely something of quite a different frequency and is not found in many people, though some lands, groups of people and (Pisces dominant folk) are perpetually shrouded in the Mystery. Egypt is one such land, I felt this also in Peru and Thailand.
A clear defining difference of the mysterious and one who embodies it, is that the longer you actually ‘know’ them, the less you actually feel you know them! These people and lands have a certain kind of magic, magnetism and natural mystery, often illusive, even to themselves..
Perhaps Mystery can be taught, perhaps it’s a person hiding in their own shadows where parts of themselves only arise in the presence of those who are also mirrors of mystery, but I personally feel its something one is born with. Old souls with infinite wisdom and trickster energy, who know that life is a game and know how to play it, enjoy the journey and do not hurt anyone in the process.
All these qualities are malleable and have a water like flow to them; one can seem mysterious and secret then be discovered that they have boring structured lives and just refer privacy.. The opposite effect can and does happen often also, where you meet someone who gives you zero info and energy and you take an instant dislike to them only to find out their mission is one of magic and mystery and of course needs protection and privacy, to be fulfilled! Learning to Discern between these three seemingly similar qualities is indeed a journey into the unknown and Piscean in itself!
As always, trust your Intuition - especially in this dreamy Pisces season, allow yourself to be led by your inner waters, however uncharted they may seem, pay attention to your creative urges and dreams, record them every morning. Also please give some care to the perpetually private Pisces who doesn't like confrontation, often seems secretive, and know that with ALL Pisces Moon or Sun signs, you will just have to learn to trust that Mystery is part of their blueprint and a lifelong journey of unravelling to understand.
Happy Pisces Season fam!