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Zodiac guide

The Pisces guide

Feb 19 – Mar 20 · Water · Mutable · ruled by Neptune

Pisces is a mutable water sign ruled by Neptune. In astrology, Pisces is associated with a dreamy, compassionate, artistic quality — a personality that tends to lead with dreamy energy while quietly circling back to artistic.

Pisces absorbs atmosphere. The sign picks up a room's mood before anyone speaks, which makes for real artistry and real exhaustion. Boundaries, not sensitivity, are the issue: Pisces gives until there's nothing left, then disappears to recover. Creative output and time alone are not luxuries for this sign — they're the maintenance schedule.

Where Pisces comes from

Pisces is two fish bound by a cord — Aphrodite and Eros escaping the monster Typhon by leaping into water. Last sign of the zodiac, it dissolves the boundaries the other eleven built.

Opposite sign: Virgo
Ruling house: Twelfth house — dreams, solitude, the unconscious
Lucky numbers: 3, 7, 12
Lucky day: Thursday
Strengths
  • intuitive
  • gentle
  • imaginative
Challenges
  • escapist
  • over-sensitive
  • boundary-less
What Pisces loves
  • music
  • solitude
  • romance
Traditional associations
Colors: Sea Green, Lavender
Birthstone: Aquamarine
Element: Water
Modality: Mutable

Pisces in love & relationships

In love, Pisces tends to be intuitive and imaginative, drawn to partners who can meet their water-element rhythm without trying to reshape it. The most quoted compatibility matches for Pisces in traditional astrology are Cancer, Scorpio, Taurus.

Pisces in career & communication

Professionally, Pisces thrives with room for dreamy decision-making. Communication style leans toward feelings and intuition.

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Compatibility with Pisces

Careers Pisces tends to thrive in
  • musician
  • filmmaker
  • therapist
  • charity work
  • nursing or care
Famous Pisces people
  • RihannaFebruary 20
  • Albert EinsteinMarch 14
  • Justin BieberMarch 1
  • Steve JobsFebruary 24

Pisces questions people actually ask

What dates are Pisces?

February 19 to March 20 — the end of the zodiac year, just before Aries restarts it.

Why is Pisces called escapist?

The sign leaves before confronting. Fiction, sleep, distance and fantasy are all Pisces exits.

What does Pisces need in a partner?

Someone who states things plainly. Pisces fills ambiguity with the worst reading available.