Pisces

water signs - Pisces - signify emotional sensitivity, dreaminess, intense moods, romanticism, idealism

most compatible - Cancer, Scorpio, Taurus, Capricorn

soul mate style - he'll be artistic, unconventional, compassionate and romantic

how you'll attract him - with your imagination, awesome intuition and sympathetic nature

gems that help - amethyst to intensify your vibes and magnetize him toward you

what to watch out for - like the fish swimming in the sea, Pisces people can drift about without much direction. Try to get a better grip on where things are headed in your life. Don't just set sail without a map.

Personalitiy

The bright side - Pisces is sympathetic and compassionate and cannot bear to see another human being in pain. Indeed, Pisceans feel very deeply about other people as they do not have a strong sense of separation and indivuality.

Intuition - Pisces in an inuitive sign which can receive great inspiration from beyond. Pisceans are thus the natural mediums and mystics of the zodiac who can communicate their inner vision through either the arts or sciences. Pisces can also be a sign of selfless or self-sacrificing devotion, and is capable of truly unconditional love for others.

Guilt-ridden - the darker side - The Pisces personality has a number of sub-personalities who are likely to take over at the drop of a hat. They include the victim, the martyr and the saviour or rescuer; and once Pisces gets locked into these patterns, it can be very difficult to shift. This can be hard on other people involved, too, for Pisceans can inflict, or receive considerable suffering when they enter into a guilt-ridden phase. The other negative Piscean trait involves the illusion and confusion which surrounds their ability to tell the truth - known as lying by the more pragmatic signs. Pisceans tend to be too imaginative for their own good.

Dreamer - The Piscean personalitly is the most unworldly one in the zodiac. It is the poet, the dreamer, or the psychic who enjoys being taken away from the mundane reality of everyday life. If Pisceans become trapped by circumstances in any one place, they will seek solace from their own inner world.



For Lovers

The most idealistic, romantic and highly-strung sign, Pisceans are only too happy to lose themselves in their relationships. Being loved is central to their well-being. They are very caring, and make compassionate partners.

Ideals - Deeply sensitive and soft-hearted, Pisceans revel in highly-charged relationships. Unfortunately, they are so easily hurt that they often emerge battle-scarred from a relationship with their dreams shattered. Many Pisceans also view their loved ones through rose-coloured spectacles, refusing to admit that their idealized lover is only human after all. As a result, they sometimes turn a blind eye to transgressions that would provoke some of the more down - to - earth signs. Some Pisceans become willing victims in destructive relationships, without realizing it. However, if Pisceans become involved with those who are too realistic and unable to stimulate a vivid imagination, they may well start to stray to pastures new through sheer boredom. Love affairs are the essence of romance for Pisceans. They like nothing better than to escape from their only occasion on which they will be unfaithful is in dramatic love affairs that in reality do not exist.

Idealistic Mate - when in love, Pisceans are filled with aspirations. Often seeking a spiritual life with their partner, they are probably the most romantic sign of the zodiac and can be very caring and sensitive. But the fact that they are dreamers can cause problems since expectations may be too high.

Body

Piscean sensitivity is so finely tuned that it reacts like blotting paper to atmopheres. When nursing the sick, for instance, Pisceans are apt to reflect a patient's own symptoms themselves. Indeed, Pisceans often have problems defining the boundaries between fact and fiction in general.

Addiction - In difficult circumstances, especially in relationships, this can lead to a tendency to withdraw from reality, with drink or drugs as a possible escape. Apart from the obvious disavantages to health, such flights might further loosen a weak grasp of self-odentity, causeing deep depression. With such a tendency to addiction, Pisceans would do well to avoid painkillers and tranquillizers, using natural remedies instead whenever possible.

Indecision - The glyph for this sign shows two fishes swimming in opposite directions. Pisceans can be so whimsical that all their energies are consumed in the plans they dream up; and in the end, they simply cannont say which direction they are facing. Pisces also rules the feet: and indeed Pisceans often need to be grounded, and to feel themselves in their own bodies. Any massage method would be suitable, but a particularly appropriate one is reflexology, which works through the feet.

Sensitive Feet - Pisceans' feet and toes cause them the most anxiety. This is perhaps not surprising as, symbolically, it is the feet that keep this fanciful sign earthbound. They might find it therapeutic to 'feel the ground' beneath them by walking barefoot occasionally, or to use massage and reflexology to ease the strain.



Affinities

Rules - 12th house (the unconscious, secret enemies, repressed emotions, dreams, surrendering to a higher cause)

The sign of the Dreamer	Colours - sea green, lilac
Symbol - two fishes	Gemstone - Bloodstone
Element - water	Metal - zinc
Quality - mutable	Perfume - ambergris
Rulers - Neptune, Jupiter	Keywords - impressionably, nebulously, compassionately

Postivie traits - artistic, kind, sympathetic, inuitive, visonary, sensitive, adaptable, receptive

Negative traits - impractical, vague, careless, spiteful, confused, weak-willed, indecisive, easily led astray, greedy, immoral

Associations

Herbs & Plants - chestnut, daisy, dandelion, strawberry, water lily

Objects - beer glasses, photographs, shells, watercolours

Professions & Trades - artist, photographer, spiritual healer, writer

Sports & Hobbies - cinema, day-dreaming, drinking, painting, photography, poetry, storytelling

Key saying - "The easiest thing of all is to deceive oneself; for what a man wishes he usually believes to be true." Demosthenes

Pisces is a `Water' Element, ruled by Neptune! Yin, Yin lots of Yin. Very receptive, very nurturing and compassionate and other-directed. As with Scorpio, we have to explore and probe to find out the depths of the `water' or feeling -- and with Pisces it is very, very deep. The `Mutable' motivation, makes this a very adaptable and unifying energy -- somewhat as the water that flows downstream, moving gently around the rocks and obstacles in its path. Receptivity can become a psychic energy -- Pisces knows all and sees all, but probably won't `tell' all -- keeping the secrets of the universe within -- and the secrets to themselves within too.

Without Yang balance, Pisces can sink into the whirlpool of emotion. This can bring out fears and insecurities hidden deep within. Then the lack of ego-strength makes them more dependent and powerless, the savior or martyr that is Pisces. Yang balance will help Pisces share their own difficulties, problems and feelings, with those who truly owe them for the Pisces-support we've needed at the tough times in our own lives. And a happy, confident Pisces brightens the world and all our lives.