19712. Pisces
The sign Pisces is normally understood as the last
sign of the zodiac. It is in fact the first and the last sign of
the zodiac. This fact is denoted by the symbol of the two
fishes travelling in opposite directions. If Capricorn is the
“alpha and omega of the whole creation”, Pisces
represents the “alpha in omega” and also “the omega
within alpha” of creation. To the average man, this sign
ends with the vernal equinox but to the man of the
reversed wheel it begins with the vernal equinox. One
who can link up these facts gets The Light.
In the physical body, this sign represents the pair of
feet. There is a double nature to this sign also and for this
reason this sign also is located along the Sushumna like
the three previous signs. These two fishes of the sign are
therefore located once again in the pineal gland and
pituitary body. For all the average men, they serve no
function. For a disciple, who is building his Antahkaran.a,
they aid to produce the light which builds the Higher
Bridge. This light is the fusion of two great yogic impulses,
the beginning and the ending of creation, that are
constantly expressed through man as the passage of time.
“Deceiving time” of the Ta-ntric literature represents the
living of man in the eternal present. Past and future run
in opposite directions and meet in man. In the yogi there
is only one light, the eternal present.
The light that comes out as a result of the fusion is
called the one fish, the Fish-God. He is the Lord of