Submersion 💦
Before the Deluge
LBRP Performed
Authorization to Proceed Granted. The Circle is Cast. The Reading Commences.
Comprehensive Astrological Forecast: Wednesday, 18th February 2026
The Great Thawing: A Return to the Waters of the Soul
The world changes today. Not with a bang, but with a great, collective exhalation. The rigid, intellectual, and high-strung energy of the Aquarian era gives way as the Sun makes its annual ingress into the boundless, intuitive waters of Pisces. The cosmic consciousness reset, initiated by yesterday’s eclipse, now receives its healing balm. This is a profound elemental shift, a great thawing of the mind into the heart. For the first time in over a decade, we enter a Pisces season unclouded by Neptune’s fog and unrestricted by Saturn’s heavy hand. We are returning to the source, to a baseline state of feeling, empathy, and spiritual connection.
The Grand Narrative: The Healing Flood
The aftershocks of the eclipse continue to ripple through the collective, but the astrological weather has fundamentally changed to support integration and healing rather than disruption. The dominant story is the formation of a powerful and benevolent Pisces stellium.
1. The Piscean Flood: The Sun joins the Moon, Mercury, and Venus in Pisces, creating an overwhelming emphasis on the water element. The paradigm shifts from thinking to feeling, from systems to spirit, from detached observation to compassionate immersion. This is a time of heightened intuition, emotional sensitivity, and an ability to perceive the subtle currents that flow beneath the surface of life. Our collective vitality (Sun) is now sourced from a place of unity and spiritual awareness.
2. The Benevolent King: This flood is not a chaotic deluge; it is a sacred and nourishing baptism. This is because all the planets in Pisces are ruled by Jupiter, who is exalted and powerful in the sign of Cancer. This is an extraordinarily supportive configuration. Jupiter acts as a benevolent, nurturing king, ensuring that this deep dive into the emotional and spiritual realms is held in a container of safety, optimism, and grace. The Moon’s trine to Jupiter today provides a direct line to this feeling of satisfaction, hope, and profound emotional security.
3. The Clean Current: This Pisces season is unique. For the past 14 years, Neptune has made Pisces its home, often blurring intuition with illusion. For the two years prior, Saturn brought restriction and heaviness. Now, the waters are clear. This is a chance to experience the pure, Jupiterian essence of Pisces: deep empathy, holistic understanding, and a direct connection to the divine without the accompanying confusion or karmic weight.
Esoteric Framework and Guidance
The esoteric tools guide us to use this sacred immersion for a specific purpose: to dissolve what is spoiled so that true restoration can begin.
Kabbalah & Qabalistic Magic:
The consciousness of Tiphareth (The Sun) has now entered the final sphere of manifestation, the great collector of all energies, which is the secret nature of Pisces as Malchut. It is the place where the duality of creation (”two can be as one”) is resolved into unity. The work of this season is to use this dissolving power to purify and prepare the ground of our being for the new birth in Aries. The Hebrew letter for Pisces, Kuf, is associated with the restorative power of sleep—a state of consciousness where the ego dissolves and the soul is rejuvenated.
Appropriate Working: A ritual of “Sacred Dissolution.” This is not a ritual of banishing, but of surrender. A ritual bath with salt and sacred herbs is the perfect physical expression of this energy. The intention is to consciously release the rigid intellectual structures, anxieties, and identities of the past year, allowing them to dissolve into the water, trusting the process of purification.
I Ching:
渙 (Huan) changing to 蠱 (Ku)
This reading is a profound and challenging spiritual instruction.
Hexagram 59 - Dispersion (Dissolution): This is the primary process of the day and the season. The ice is melting. Old, rigid structures (both internal and external) are dissolving. The hexagram advises using this energy to dissolve the egoic separations in our own hearts and to build spiritual unity.
Hexagram 18 - Work on What Has Been Spoiled (Decay): The purpose of this great dissolution is revealed. When the floodwaters of Pisces recede, we will be able to clearly see what has been spoiled, what has decayed due to the neglect or mistakes of the past (”the parents”). The dissolution is not the end goal; it is the necessary clearing of the ground so that the real work of mending, repair, and conscious restoration can begin.
Tarot: The Eight of Pentacles
In the midst of this watery, emotional, and spiritual deluge, the Tarot provides the essential anchor and task: The Eight of Pentacles. The card of the apprentice, of diligent, focused, and repetitive work.
This seems paradoxical, but it is the key to mastery. The Piscean flood can lead to aimless drifting and spiritual bypassing. The Eight of Pentacles is the antidote. It instructs us to take the new influx of intuition, compassion, and spiritual insight and apply it to our craft. The “work on what has been spoiled” is not a grand, dramatic act; it is the humble, day-by-day work of the apprentice. Today, you are being called to become an apprentice to your own soul, diligently learning to work with the new, subtle material of your own heart.
Synthesis: The Apprentice of the Heart
The great reset has occurred, and the healing waters are now flowing in. Today, the mind gives way to the heart, analysis gives way to intuition, and the Sun’s light is filtered through the deep, compassionate lens of Pisces. Do not fear this dissolution of the old, rigid self. It is a supported and necessary process, overseen by a benevolent celestial king.
Your task is not to be swept away by the current, but to work with it. The great work of repairing what has been spoiled has begun. Your new apprenticeship is here: to show up each day, to pick up your tools, and to learn, with humble dedication, the sacred craft of the heart. In this diligent practice, you will find your true power and your deepest healing.
Of course. Given the profound shift from the intellectual, airy realm of Aquarius into the deep, healing, and practical waters of Pisces, the most fitting chapter from the Tao Te Ching is the ultimate meditation on the virtues of water: Chapter 8.
It is not just a parallel; it is a complete operating manual for this new season, perfectly bridging the spiritual flow with the day’s call to diligent craft.
Tao Te Ching - Chapter 8
The supreme good is like water,
which nourishes all things without trying to.
It flows in places men reject and so is like the Tao.In dwelling, live close to the ground.
In thinking, keep to the simple.
In conflict, be fair and generous.
In governing, don’t try to control.
In work, do what you enjoy.
In family life, be completely present.When you are content to be simply yourself
and don’t compare or compete,
everybody will respect you.
(Translation by Stephen Mitchell. The virtue “In work, do what you enjoy” is sometimes translated as “In business, be competent,” which is equally relevant.)
Why This Chapter is the Essential Guide for Today:
The Perfect Metaphor for the Piscean Flood: The chapter opens with the definitive statement for the day: “The supreme good is like water.” It perfectly captures the ingress of the Sun into Pisces, creating a stellium of water energy. Crucially, the quality described—“which nourishes all things without trying to”—is the very essence of this specific, Jupiter-in-Cancer-ruled Piscean season. It is not a chaotic flood, but a benevolent, life-giving, and nourishing one.
The Bridge to the Eight of Pentacles: This is the key that makes Chapter 8 uniquely perfect for today. The astrological weather is watery and spiritual, yet the Tarot calls for diligent, focused work. This chapter beautifully bridges that apparent paradox. The list of virtues provides a practical, ethical framework for how to live within the flow. The line “In business, be competent” (or “In work, do what you enjoy”) is a direct instruction for embodying the Eight of Pentacles. It tells us to take this new influx of intuitive, flowing energy and apply it with skill and dedication to our craft.
The Wisdom for “Work on What Has Been Spoiled”: The I Ching points to the need to repair what has decayed. Water’s nature, as described in the chapter—“It flows in places men reject”—is to gently and persistently go into the dark, forgotten, and spoiled places to cleanse and restore them. The chapter’s virtues (fairness, simplicity, presence) are the exact tools required for this delicate work of restoration.
The Antidote to the Previous Aquarian Intellect: After a long season of complex, abstract, and sometimes detached Aquarian thinking, this chapter provides the perfect re-orientation: “In thinking, keep to the simple.” It is a call to trust the holistic, intuitive knowing of Pisces over the intricate analysis of the previous cycle.
This chapter is the soul of the new season. It honors the power and grace of the Piscean waters while simultaneously providing the grounded, ethical instructions of a master craftsman. It teaches us that the highest form of spiritual living is found when we allow the nourishing flow of our soul to inform the competent work of our hands.
From yesterdays Ring of Fire to today's Ring of Ice (melting) ...