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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nThroughout the city, you will find drinking fountains from which you can quench your thirst gratis of the city. The ornate fountains are identified with a delightful sculpture of two intertwining fish, which to the untrained eye look somewhat innocuous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But look closely and you will notice the adept fish sculptures have a dual design which is extremely rich in alchemical symbolism; the fish and the serpent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Symbolic Meaning of Water<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Fish are associated with water, thus in symbolic terms also relate to water, one of the four elements which are commonly known to govern emotion and intuition. Because of water\u2019s ability to flow and adapt to its surroundings, it represents your ability to adapt to any given situation in your day to day life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Water is also associated with creation. All life is said to come from water and therefore has a connection with fertility and birth. It, therefore, has a prime symbolic meaning of creation<\/strong> which we can see throughout the symbolism on the drinking fountains in Valencia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, the deeper meaning of water, or more accurately, a body of water such as a lake or sea, is the unconscious. Just as all life comes from water, all human experience is born from consciousness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The familiar sea god Poseidon<\/a> of Greek legends (Neptune in Roman myth) is connected with the subconscious and the gravitational pull of the moon, of course, affects the tides of the ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n The murky depths of the ocean which are yet to be explored and understood is equal to the infinite wisdom of our emotions and subconscious mind which mysteriously mingle in ways we often struggle to understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But what we can get to grips with is how to use water symbolism to help us create what we want in life and adapt to all and any circumstances we find ourselves in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Unsurprisingly the symbolic meaning of fish is an extension of their relationship to water. If water is the unconscious mind, then fish are the contents that spring forward from the unconscious – what Carl Jung calls archetypes<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “The contents of the personal unconscious are chiefly the feeling-toned complexes, as they are called; they constitute the personal and private side of psychic life. The contents of the collective unconscious, on the other hand, are known as archetypes.” ~ Carl Jung: The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious<\/b><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In Hindu mythology, and later in Greco-Roman myth, the fish is associated with transformation and creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We also find the power of the female deity reflected by fish thus it has a strong connection with fertility. And fish never appear alone, but as a pair, often with interlocking tails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Let\u2019s take Greek mythology. When the demon Typhon attacks Mount Olympus, Aphrodite and her son Eros transform into fish and make their escape. They interlock their tails so as not to lose one another.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Aphrodite is the personification of emotion and her son, Eros is the god of love. By taking the form of fish, they resemble the strongest of generative powers. The same expression is found in the Vesica Pisces, the fish symbol of Jesus, which is formed by overlapping two circles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Pythagorean mystery schools, the Vesica Pisces also represents the male and female aspects of our personality and the interlocking of the physical world with the spiritual world (conscious mind and subconscious mind).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Do you see how all this is tying together?<\/p>\n\n\n\n The twin fish of the Vesica Pisces, as we find in the constellation of Pisces, signifies the structure of intuition and emotional thoughts which shift from the spiritual realms to manifest on the physical plane. Thus we see the deeper symbolic meaning of fish are also thoughts that arise from the Collective Unconscious or Akashic Records<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The serpent has many meanings in esoteric symbolism, but in the water fountains of Valencia, two intertwined snakes are indicative of the kundalini energy which promotes wisdom and health. It is the Ida and Pingala energies that travel up the Sushumna along the spine.<\/p>\n\n\n Kundalini energy<\/a> is the creative life force which when awakened can wash away unwanted impurities from the body. Once risen to the third eye and crown chakras, it will dispel misunderstandings and eliminate false beliefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In eastern philosophy, kundalini energy is said to pass through three primary channels, Ida, Pingala and Sushumna which start at the base of the spine and end in the brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The energy passes through the seven chakras which once activated leads to balance and harmony. The more often you come to moments of self-realisation the stronger the kundalini becomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As you expand this conscious state, your perception of reality alters. The veil of delusion begins to lift and you start to see more truth in situations. Positive emotions also come naturally and you experience more love and compassion. You do not feel fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We find this same serpent symbolism in the staff of the Greek God Hermes (Mercury in Roman myth). There are two myths that involve Hermes and snakes. In one the young God sees two serpents fighting. To stop the fight, he placed a staff in between the reptiles and they both climbed around the pole.<\/p>\n\n\n In the other myth, Hermes is presented the caduceus by the God Apollo who represents light. Hermes is the God of wisdom. The caduceus, therefore, represents Kundalini energy that brings light and wisdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Caduceus also resembles the Staff of Asclepius, a forward-thinking Greek physician who through myth became the Greek God of healing. But the caduceus also resembles the DNA codex we find in modern medicine. The discovery of DNA has been pivotal in finding breakthrough cures for patients with previously incurable diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In its entirety then, the water fountains of Valencia teach us to control our emotions and bring our body into balance in order to transmute energy and have good mental and physical health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You should also drink plenty of water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Valencia on the east coast of Spain is an attractive and inspiring tourist destination. With a laid…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1453,"featured_media":12316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[136,56,133,137,138,135,134],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mastermindcontent.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12315"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mastermindcontent.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mastermindcontent.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mastermindcontent.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1453"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mastermindcontent.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12315"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mastermindcontent.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17981,"href":"https:\/\/mastermindcontent.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12315\/revisions\/17981"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mastermindcontent.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mastermindcontent.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mastermindcontent.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mastermindcontent.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}We also find symbolic similarities between the sea, the Moon and the Mother Goddess, all of which are linked with the feminine aspect; rebirth and the mysterious, unknown aspects of the subconscious.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nThe Symbolic Meaning of Fish<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The Esoteric Meaning of Intertwining Serpents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nThe roots of Kundalini comes from the Sanskrit word to mean coiled serpent. Once the energy is awakened through yoga and\/or meditation, it transmits the spiritual power which leads to higher conscious awareness.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nAsclepius, Greek God of HealingToday the caduceus is used as the symbol for medical associations and pharmacies, thus again we see the serpents being linked with health and wellbeing. It is said the two snakes represent the two halves of the nervous system; motor and sensory, sympathetic and parasympathetic.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Do you want to know how ancient symbolism can help you?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Master Mind Content offers online symbolism courses. We have several in-depth guides that explain how symbolism relates to the body-mind-energy connection. Understanding symbolism can help you make important decisions, improve your quality of life and understand more about the world.<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"