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Pisces is the twelfth sign of the zodiac. It is symbolised by two fishes swimming in diverse directions. This sign may be compared to the Waters of Lethe, or oblivion. As a sign of the transitory order it denotes the transference of consciousness once again to the physical body, or—to higher planes of being. It is the end of the watery signs and represents the ocean in connection with the watery element to which it belongs. This sign is the ‘Universal Solvent.’ In Cancer sensation and feeling are awakened; in Scorpio they are concentrated and intensified; and in Pisces all is turned into emotion, which like the ocean is deep, silent, and inexpressible, except in what may be called universal love and sympathy. As the feet are lifted from the ground, so is the emotion denoted by Pisces lifted from the earthy taint and made more universal. Some idea of the nature of this sign may be gathered from the fact that Pisces is a sign concerned with hospitals and philanthropic institutions, wherein sympathy and benevolence are expressed.

The dual nature of the sign shows us what we might expect, namely, that failure to reach the higher sympathies produces emotional derelicts and those whose psychic nature attracts the lowest entities and thus opens the way to obsession, melancholia and hopeless despondency. It denotes either passive or active sympathy, a negative and mediumistic tendency to fruitless and wasted emotion, or a positive, active sympathy, die ideal of which is conveyed in the sentence ‘Love your neighbour as yourself,’ and if asked Why? the answer would be: Because he is yourself.’ Its most distinguishing characteristic is permeability.