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The shape of the fish in the Pisces symbol, their formation indicating mat the
mouth of one fish is near the tail of the other, represents the final balance
resulting from complete destruction of the polarity which is the cause of all
manifestation.
In the diagram for Pisces, two semi-circles joined together by a horizontal
line in the middle ^ , the way the two semi-circles are placed suggests the
involutionary and evolutionary impulses. Joined together they form a full
circle which stands for the wholeness of manifestation. Disjoined they
indicate that evolution is no more the direction of manifestation. They are no
longer impelled by the cycle of necessity to proceed further. In this sense the
diagram symbolizes cosmic stability, the sea about which we have spoken.
However, the delinking of the two tendencies, evolution and involution, does
not imply their complete cessation. They still repose in Mother Nature. The
horizontal line linking the two semi-circles represents Nature, the feminine
aspect of life eternal. The two semi-circles are placed in such a way as not to
form a circle, The existence of the two tendencies but not reacting to the
external stimuli can occur only in a state of perfect understanding of the law
of nature. The formation of the circular arcs assumes the presence of real
wisdom. The emblem in its wholeness represents complete annihilation of
any further movement. This is the stage when matter cannot sprout and give
birth to any further manifestative impulse. It expresses, in this sense, a
balance. The seed for future growth, however, is not destroyed. Everything
remains in nature, well poised.
Whether we consider the emblem or the symbols connected with Pisces,
they represent the primary impulse of quiescence, which is a mystical state
of being. The nature of psychological transformation that precedes this
situation is not spelled out clearly. As one goes deeper into the symbology of
these signs and symbols, one perceives that Pisces is full of storm and stress,
inwardly as well as outwardly. To expect that nature will be quiet when all
forms of manifestation ceases is unrealistic. Hiranyagarbha, Mother Nature,
or the feminine aspect of creative energy, is a situation of intense subjective
activity sustaining an equilibrium, so that it cannot be taken as simply inert.
Pisces represents the influences that confront the manifesting soul with the
enormity of cosmic existence, whose understanding through the dawn of
wisdom annihilates all the material dross in it and peace returns to the soul.
Blavatsky (W Vol. II, p. 465) equates Pisces with Noah, and states that
"Noah (Pisces), who appears in the generations as the twelfth patriarch
counting Cain and Abel, is Adam again under another name, for he is the
forefather of a new race of mankind, and with his three sons, one bad, one
good, and one partaking of both qualities*, is the terrestrial reflection of the