Squirrel Hiding from Hunters is the Sabian Symbol for the 2nd degree of Pisces. Here it is described using the 7 Words System - a way of understanding the complexity of human interactions that can be applied to all aspects of self-awareness and relationship, so that you quickly change your perspectives and get to a deep sense of what to do to improve things.

Did it ever cross your mind that your sun sign, even if it does give a huge amount of information about you, won’t be totally specific about every aspect of your personality, will it? At least not with an astonishing significance that will make each and every part of life seem very changed from then on. Well, perhaps you may want to have a look at these Sabian Symbols – they could well compel you to adjust your attitude! The Sabian methodology genuinely is quite exceptional.

So you may want to find out what are these symbols? Sabian Symbols are 360 different images – one for each point of the zodiac circle – that have been clairvoyantly derived by a woman, Elsie Wheeler, and interpreted by a major astrologer, Dr Marc Edmund Jones. Each one gives a pointer about the focal point of meaning of that degree, which can get to the bottom of some very useful and provocative perspectives that undoubtedly will get you thinking.

It works even if it’s not your particular degree – and yet a lot better if it is. It’s best to allow yourself time to do it slowly, like a meditation. Let each of the short paragraphs sink in slowly and try to feel what it means, as well as using the mind…or just sit with the images for a while and use your power of imagination to create some playful stories around it. (You will find your own Sabian Symbol by following the link below)

Having come to some new realizations about the essence of who you are, there is another stage you can adopt – to decide to be different. You can influence a lot more of your circumstances than you usually do when you engage fully with the deepest part of your unique identity, by taking on the qualities indicated by your Sabian symbol.

Also if you are clearer about who you are, then you become a lot more certain about what you want out of life. You can set your goals according to an overall vision of the bigger picture, and that itself leads to a much greater chance of success. It helps with focus so that you keep your attention fixed on the required outcome.

Reading your own Sabian Symbol is a bit like getting a brother or sister to speak honestly about you. They know you well, with all your dark bits and your light, and although they love you, they’ll tell you the hard truth! It can be difficult to hear, yet useful for those who are trying to become better people. It may be necessary to reread it a few times and think deeply about what is actually being said.

There is so much we could do with our lives! Opportunities are endless and very diverse, each day bringing little clues and teases to nudge us toward a little more unfolding of potential. Saying No to this and Yes to that surely requires us to trust our feelings and surrender to the inevitable – that, come what may, we all end up being who we are: nothing more, nothing less.

Fear wears many faces and is mostly born out of psychological imbalances; it is therefore unhelpful and neurotic where its expression is, for example, self-debasing timidity. However, with the light of intelligence, fear becomes caution and is a reasonable strategy for the maintenance of self-interest.

Sometimes it takes courage to refuse to engage in certain activities, and this is appropriate when the risk exceeds the potential gain. A few nuts, however important, are insufficient incentive for the squirrel to expose itself to the hunter’s gun.

Such an uncompromising loyalty to self-interest focuses enduring values into a communal system that binds us together with others who share these values. Our hopes and fears are equally significant in creating our tribe mentality, the early expression of civilization.

As with any species, humanity is tested as to whether it can collectively demonstrate sufficient survival skills. Good judgement is such a skill, and our survival is contingent upon it; we need to do the right thing as a group.

Humanity’s gift is that of free will, so therefore its test is whether, by the application of good judgement, it is thought wise to do this or to do that. Our actions follow conscious decision rather than instinctual reactions.

Feedback – as to whether our judgement has been sound as a long term policy – ultimately takes the form of survival and abundance, or the threat extinction.

From this rather stark process is evolved the only true independence of spirit, which will enable us to know what Spirit is. This is God consciousness, and is the final mystery that can show us not only how to survive but why.