Pisces: the sign of compassion and imagination
Pisces is a mutable water sign, ruled by Jupiter. Its core quality is compassion: it connects through empathy and devotion, and speaks intuitively, sometimes leaving things unsaid.
Pisces Sun
Identity grows through compassion, imagination, and connection to something larger. You may sense moods others miss.
Pisces Moon
Feelings are porous and empathetic. You may absorb others’ moods and need quiet time to come back to yourself. A Pisces Moon needs gentleness, imagination, and quiet time.
Pisces rising
You may meet the world gently and receptively, and come across as kind and dreamy.
Pisces in love
Venus is exalted here: love is devoted, compassionate, and romantic; you may need to protect your own boundaries.
Pisces Mercury and Mars
Traditionally Mercury is in fall here: intuitive, imaginative thinking that may leave things unsaid. You may act on intuition and avoid confrontation, going with the flow until you can’t.
At its best and under strain
Jupiter rules Pisces. At its best, Jupiter is hopeful, wise, generous. Under strain, it can be overpromising, excessive, or preachy.
Pisces in Vedic astrology
In the Vedic (sidereal) zodiac, the Moon in this rashi gives a mind that is sensitive, imaginative, and absorbs moods, with affection shown through devotion and kindness. Its approach to life is trusting intuition. Because the sidereal zodiac sits about 24° behind the tropical one, many people with a Pisces Sun have a different Vedic Sun sign.
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