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Pisces — the ocean at the end of the zodiac

February 19 – March 20 · ruled by Jupiter · known in Vedic astrology as Meena

Where all rivers arrive

Pisces is Mutable Water ruled by Jupiter (with Neptune as modern co-ruler) — the twelfth and last sign, carrying a drop of the eleven before it. The two fish swim in opposite directions because Pisces lives in two worlds at once: the visible one and the felt one, and it never fully unpacks in either. This is the zodiac's empath, artist and mystic.

Its permeability is the gift and the bill. A Pisces walks into a room and knows its weather instantly — grief by the window, hope near the door — because the boundaries other signs take for granted were never installed. The sign's work is building doors where there were only open water: compassion with a frame around it.

Love & relationships

Pisces loves like the tide — enveloping, intuitive, endlessly forgiving, occasionally in need of being reminded where it ends and the beloved begins. They are the zodiac's romantics in the oldest sense: love as transcendence, not transaction. The friction point is escape; when reality chafes, Pisces swims — into daydream, art, or avoidance. Cancer and Scorpio meet them at depth; Taurus and Capricorn give the water a shore; Virgo, the opposite sign, brings the gentle order that lets the dream survive daylight.

Career & money

Pisces excels where imagination or compassion is the actual product: art, music, film, healing, therapy, spiritual work, marine and medical fields. They are allergic to fluorescent-lit routine and brilliant wherever empathy is expertise. With money, osmosis is the danger — it flows out toward every sad story; the Pisces with an automated savings plan is protected from their own kindness.

In Vedic astrology: Meena

In the Vedic tradition Pisces is Meena, the fishes, ruled by Guru (Jupiter) in his most compassionate form — and it is Venus' sign of exaltation, making Meena the zodiac's deepest well of devotion. Sidereal dates run roughly March 14 to April 13, so many Western Pisceans carry an Aquarius (Kumbha) Sun in their Kundli. Meena holds the final quarter of Purva Bhadrapada, serene Uttara Bhadrapada, and Revati — the last nakshatra, the safe crossing that ends the wheel.

Frequently asked

What are Pisces' dates?

The Sun is in Pisces from about February 19 to March 20 in the Western (tropical) zodiac. In Vedic (sidereal) astrology the Sun occupies Meena roughly March 14 to April 13, so your Vedic Sun sign can differ.

Who is Pisces most compatible with?

Pisces flows deepest with fellow Water signs Cancer and Scorpio, and finds solid ground with Taurus and Capricorn. Virgo, its opposite, is the classic dream-meets-detail match. Gemini and Sagittarius bring the mutable-square friction.

What planet rules Pisces?

Traditional astrology gives Pisces to Jupiter (Guru in the Vedic system); modern Western astrology adds Neptune as co-ruler. Venus is exalted here — together they explain the sign's compassion, imagination and romance.

What is Pisces' lucky color?

Sea green, aqua and lavender mirror Pisces' waters. Traditional astrology suggests Pisceans avoid black on important days.

Today’s Pisces horoscope

This guide is evergreen — it describes the sign, not the day. For what the sky is doing right now, the Pisces horoscope is rewritten every morning against live planetary positions.

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