Feb. 20 - March 20
Mutable Sign
Ruler: Neptune and Jupiter
Element: Water
Color: White and Purple
Compatible: Taurus, Cancer, Scorpio, Capricorn
Complex feelings: Virgo, Pisces
Strange attractors: Gemini, Sagittarius
Incompatible: Aries, Leo, Libra, Aquarius
The Astrological Symbol of Pisces is the Pair of Fishes. They reflect the dual nature of life; each Fish swims in different directions, representing reality and nonreality, consciousness and the unconscious. On the other hand, they can be indirect and unfocused. Pisceans don't have a strong agenda; they tend to "go with the flow" and move where life takes them. In this way, Pisces exemplifies the Mutable Quality assigned to it. They are the chameleons of the Zodiac, receptive to the needs of others but sometimes getting lost themselves.
Within the Zodiac, Pisces is opposite Virgo, the Sign of Health. While Virgo is about consciousness and physical life, Pisces tends to be about the unconscious and mental and emotional life. Both Signs are of service to others; Pisces is charitable and self-sacrificing, but may sometimes be too passive and gullible for their own good.
Pisces is ruled by the Planets Jupiter and Neptune. In ancient Roman mythology, Jupiter (and his Greek equivalent, Zeus) was the King of the Gods. Neptune (and his Greek equivalent, Poseidon) was the God of the Sea. Jupiter rules Pisces and Sagittarius; Pisces is the feminine, or night aspect and Sagittarius is the masculine, or day. Both Signs are spiritually oriented, but Sagittarius is a teacher and thinker while Pisces is more focused on compassion and service than knowledge.
When Neptune was discovered, modern astrologers assigned it to be the ruler of Pisces. Neptune is about everything that isn't quite real: illusion and disillusionment, fantasy, drama and art, and spirituality. All of these things are important to people born under Pisces; they tend to be strongly spiritual (not necessarily religious) and artistic. They are idealistic, but sometimes their dreams are vague and impractical. When reality intrudes they can become pessimistic or lethargic, but they are very adaptive and broad-minded so they can rework their ideals when necessary.
The Element associated with Pisces is Water. Water Signs are emotional: they tend to respond to the world through emotion, rather than physical action, practicality, or intellect. In Pisces, Water becomes important because of its tie to the collective unconscious and intuition.
Pisceans are compassionate, sensitive, and imaginative; they are sympathetic to the feelings of other people. They tend to be romantic and sentimental, but they may give in to escapism. They are devoted to their goals, but they can be disorganized or procrastinate when things become difficult.
People born under Pisces are devoted and gentle, but they are fragile and may become timid if their emotions are abused too often. Pisceans tend to be shy and quiet. They are sometimes elusive, refusing to show their real selves. They are modest and thoughtful, sometimes displaying remarkable musical talent. Because Pisces rules the twelfth House, which rules dreams, people born under this Sign may be fascinated with dreams and dream interpretation. They are also more susceptible than other Signs to the attraction of mind- or mood-altering drugs, as they may go through life with a feeling of nonreality that is magnified by these drugs.
In their leisure time, Pisces may work to alleviate their emotional stress through exercise. They especially enjoy sports that bring them into contact with their own Element of Water, such as swimming and sailing. They are very artistic, and may excel at music and drama. In love relationships, Pisces is caring, devoted, and romantic.
Pisces rules the feet. People born under Pisces may be more susceptible to sore and swollen feet than people of other Signs. Pisces' colors are white and purple. The great strength of the Pisces-born is in their compassion. They reach out to other people more skillfully than most other Signs, and especially enjoy helping others reach their fullest potential. Their natural sensitivity makes them one of the most understanding characters of the Zodiac.
Physical Anatomy, Ailments, Attributes:
Uranus is the planet that's connected with futuristic thinking. He's a genius who makes new discoveries by not being afraid to break the rules or consider a different way to do something - no matter what the traditional method has been. He's the Head of the Department of Science, Technology, Revolutions and Rebellions - not the kind of guy who gathers any dust, in other words. He's also quite fond of Space - and he doesn't see it as The Final Frontier, either, only one of many frontiers he'll eventually inspire us to explore by tugging at our curiosity and daring us to come up with tools and machines that will outdo what's already in use. His orbit is eighty four years - or one nice, long human life.
Of all other planets, Pluto is the one with the least palatable job description. He's Head of the Department of Death, Decay, Destruction, and Sexual Attitudes - none of which makes for light breezy dinner conversation, but all of which are quite necessary to keep life fresh and new. He's a dark figure in an even darker cloak.
His blunt, stark way of bringing humanity face to face with the inevitable forces us to think about things like mortality - but he also provides us with the knowledge that change and accepting it are two of those inevitables. He inspires us to kick those major changes into gear, too. He's the ancient God of the Underworld - a scary kind of guy - but in truth, he's simply the driver of the vehicle that brings along Process, especially the process of death and rebirth. He's responsible for a generation's collective attitudes about death, sexuality, regeneration, and recycling. He orbits the Sun in about 248 years - about three cycles of Uranus.
You can see that all the outers have very important jobs to do, both individually and collectively. Ordinarily they're invaluable for predicting long terms. Over the next one thousand years, even far away Pluto has had the chance to make four orbits around the Sun. He was last in his current position around 1750, and an awful lot has happened since then - on many levels. Without the benefit of knowing the advancements that just the first of his cycles will bring, it's impossible to predict what the second, third, and fiurth will be like. Could anyone back in 1500 have predicted the Revolutionary War? Although it's possible to predict what his costume changes over the next century will inspire, we can only work with what we already know, and the total change he inspires is far too sweeping to discuss it in the context of one thousand years. Neptune will circle the Sun about six times over the course of this New Millennium, and Uranus will make about twelve orbits. To look at a period of time this sweeping, you've got to do it by looking at the birth-chart of the entity, where, experience teaches us, the total picture lies.
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You Should Avoid:
Uranus - The Mad Professor
Pluto - The Dark Dude