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Pisces in astrology

No planet from the Sun to Pluto is in Pisces today.

Element
Water
Modality
Mutable
Ruling planet
Jupiter (traditional), Neptune (modern)
Symbol
The Fishes
The Sun is in the sign
About 19 February to 20 March
Opposite sign
Virgo

Pisces is the twelfth and last sign of the tropical zodiac. The Sun is in Pisces from about 19 February to 20 March, the end of winter in the northern hemisphere; the Sun then reaches the March equinox and Aries begins again. Pisces is a water sign, mutable in modality. Tradition gives it Jupiter as ruler; many modern astrologers use Neptune, which was found in 1846.

The traditional keywords for Pisces are imagination, empathy, intuition and a feeling for what lies beneath ordinary life, with vagueness and escapism as the usual counterpart. As the last sign, it is linked with endings and with dissolving boundaries. Its symbol is the Fishes, two fish swimming in opposite directions.

Pisces sits opposite Virgo on the wheel and shares the water element with Cancer and Scorpio. By analogy the twelfth house corresponds with Pisces, the house of solitude, retreat and what is hidden.

Traditional astrology says Venus is exalted in Pisces, the sign where it is considered to be at its strongest, with the peak at 27 degrees. That is a convention of the tradition and not something the sky shows.

At a glance

Often feels
Whatever the room feels
Shows love by
Writing you into its daydreams
Needs
Kindness, quiet and imagination
Watch for
Drifting instead of deciding

Planets in Pisces

Sun in Pisces
The Sun in Pisces is read as receptive and imaginative: a porous boundary between self and others, and a gift for feeling the room before anyone speaks.
Moon in Pisces
The Moon in Pisces is read as the most absorbent Moon: moods caught from others, a need for retreat and imagination, and compassion as a reflex.
Mercury in Pisces
Mercury in Pisces is read as a mind that works in pictures: intuition before logic, a poetic turn of phrase, and facts that blur at the edges.
Venus in Pisces
Venus in Pisces is read as affection without a boundary: romantic, forgiving and easily moved, with a tendency to love the idea as much as the person.
Mars in Pisces
Mars in Pisces is read as drive that comes and goes: energy that follows inspiration and mood, a dislike of direct confrontation, and strength in compassion.
Jupiter in Pisces
Jupiter in Pisces, its traditional sign, is read as boundless compassion: faith felt rather than argued, generosity without a ledger, and an imagination that expands everything.
Saturn in Pisces
Saturn in Pisces is read as structure for the shapeless: a fear of dissolving, boundaries learned late, and compassion that finds a practical form.
Uranus in Pisces
Uranus in Pisces is read as a generation that dissolves old spiritual forms; personally it is read as sudden intuitions and an unusual imagination.
Neptune in Pisces
Neptune in Pisces, its modern sign, is read as a generation open to the mystical; personally it is read as compassion without limit and a thin skin for the world's pain.
Pluto in Pisces
Pluto in Pisces is read as a generation that transforms faith and compassion; personally it is read as a profound imagination and a dissolving of old selves.

Pisces rising

Pisces rising is read as a soft, dreamy first impression: a gentle manner, a changeable presence, and an openness that absorbs the room.

Pisces with each sign

Astrology is a tradition of interpretation. What is written here is traditional, offered for reflection and entertainment, not advice and not a prediction.