PISCES
Pisces
in a birth chart
Pisces is a mutable water sign, traditionally ruled by Jupiter and in modern practice by Neptune. In a birth chart it describes the part of a person with the fewest edges: absorbent, imaginative, compassionate, and easily overwhelmed by atmosphere.
- Dates
- February 19 – March 20
- Element
- Water
- Modality
- Mutable
- Ruler
- Jupiter, and Neptune in modern practice
The sign itself
Pisces is the last sign, the dissolving end of winter before the equinox begins the cycle again. Mutable water takes the shape of whatever it is in, which is both the gift and the difficulty.
Traditionally Jupiter rules Pisces; modern practice adds Neptune. Together they describe a wide, forgiving imagination with a weak sense of where one person ends and the next begins.
Where Pisces shows up in a chart
Pisces marks where a person is permeable.
- Sun in Pisces — purpose pursued through imagination, compassion, or craft, rarely in a straight line.
- Moon in Pisces — comfort through music, water, solitude, and being allowed to feel everything; other people's moods are contagious.
- Rising in Pisces — a gentle, elusive first impression that is hard to pin down.
- Pisces on a house cusp — that area of life is dreamt about, and where boundaries need deliberate work.
At its best and at its cost
At its best: empathy, artistry, forgiveness, and an unusual tolerance for ambiguity. At its cost: escapism, vagueness, and absorbing what is not yours to carry.
In a child's chart, Pisces reads as a sensitive child who picks up the mood of a room instantly and needs quiet time to recover from a full day.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Questions people ask
- What are the Pisces dates?
- The Sun is in Pisces from about February 19 to March 20 each year, ending at the March equinox.
- What planet rules Pisces?
- Traditionally Jupiter rules Pisces. Modern astrology also assigns Neptune, which is why the sign is linked to imagination, empathy, and blurred boundaries.
NEIGHBOURING SIGNS
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