Decan 1 · 1–10°
Sub-ruler: Neptune
Double Neptune — the dreamiest and most impressionable.
Roughly the first ten days of the sign.
February 19 – March 20 · Water · Mutable · ruled by Neptune (traditionally Jupiter)
♓ Pisces
Empathy, imagination and porous boundaries.
DatesFebruary 19 – March 20
SymbolFish ♓
ElementWater
ModalityMutable
Ruling planetNeptune (traditionally Jupiter)
House12
PolarityNegative
Lucky numbers3, 7
Lucky dayThursday
ColourSea green, lilac
BirthstoneAquamarine, amethyst
Best matches
Cancer, Scorpio, Taurus
Hardest matches
Aquarius, Leo, Libra
Rules the bodyFeet and lymphatic system
Calculated, not approximated
Exact Pisces dates for 2026
Sun enters Pisces
18 February, 15:47 UTC
Sun leaves Pisces
20 March, 14:38 UTC
Length this year
30 days
Every other site prints "February 19 – March 20" with a note that dates "may vary by a day". They vary because the Sun crosses the boundary at a specific moment, and that moment shifts each year — but it is not unknowable.
The figures above are computed: the Sun enters Pisces when its ecliptic longitude reaches 330°, and that crossing is found to the minute. If you were born near a boundary, this is the answer you actually needed.
Rarely covered
The three Pisces decans
Each sign divides into three ten-degree segments, and each has its own sub-ruler. Two people can both be Pisces and read as noticeably different because they fall in different decans — roughly, early, middle or late in the sign.
Decan 2 · 11–20°
Sub-ruler: Moon
Emotionally attuned and nurturing. Feels for everyone.
Roughly the middle ten days of the sign.
Decan 3 · 21–30°
Sub-ruler: Pluto
Deeper and more transformative. Compassion with steel in it.
Roughly the last ten days of the sign.
Pisces personality
Compassionate
Escapist
Creative
Impressionable
Gentle
Strengths
Feels what other people feel, often before they do. Creative without forcing it.
Weaknesses
Absorbs moods indiscriminately and retreats into fantasy when reality gets loud.
Pisces is the one mutable water sign — and that pairing is the whole explanation. The element sets temperament: water signs read the room before anyone speaks. The modality decides what happens when circumstances change: mutable signs adapt to it.
There are exactly twelve combinations of four elements and three modalities, and each is occupied by one sign. That is why no two signs are interchangeable, and why Pisces cannot be swapped for the other water signs without changing the meaning.
The Pisces man and woman
Pisces man
Gentle, imaginative and porous. Absorbs the mood of whoever he is with.
Pisces woman
Empathic and romantic, prone to loving a version of someone rather than the person.
Worth saying plainly: nothing in astrology assigns different meanings to a sign by gender. These descriptions reflect how the traits are conventionally written about, not a separate system — and plenty of people will recognise themselves in the other one.
Pisces in each area of life
In love and relationships
Devoted and idealising. Prone to loving a version of someone rather than the person.
As a friend
The one who understands without being told, and disappears when overwhelmed.
At work
Excels in creative and caring work. Needs structure supplied by someone else.
Career that suits
Art, music, care work, therapy, anything requiring empathy or imagination.
With money
Vague about it. Generous to a fault and reluctant to name a price.
As a child
Dreamy, sensitive and easily overwhelmed. Needs gentle structure supplied from outside.
As a parent
Compassionate and imaginative. Struggles with boundaries and consistency.
Health and the body
Feet and lymphatic system — Pisces rules them, the last sign governing the last part of the body.
Pisces compatibility with every sign
Ranked by the angle between the two signs on the wheel — the same geometry astrology uses for aspects. Signs 120° apart share an element and form a trine; 90° apart is a square. Nothing here is a matter of opinion.
| With | Aspect | Angle | Score | Element |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ♋ Cancer | Trine | 120° | 88% | Water |
| ♏ Scorpio | Trine | 120° | 88% | Water |
| ♉ Taurus | Sextile | 60° | 82% | Earth |
| ♑ Capricorn | Sextile | 60° | 82% | Earth |
| ♓ Pisces | Conjunction | 0° | 78% | Water |
| ♍ Virgo | Opposition | 180° | 75% | Earth |
| ♊ Gemini | Square | 90° | 62% | Air |
| ♐ Sagittarius | Square | 90° | 62% | Fire |
| ♈ Aries | Semi-sextile | 30° | 58% | Fire |
| ♒ Aquarius | Semi-sextile | 30° | 58% | Air |
| ♌ Leo | Quincunx | 150° | 55% | Fire |
| ♎ Libra | Quincunx | 150° | 55% | Air |
Famous Piscess
Rihanna, Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, Elizabeth Taylor
Lists like this are the weakest evidence in astrology and the most quoted. With roughly a twelfth of all people in any sign, every sign has impressive members — picking four of them proves nothing. Read it as trivia, not as support.
Common questions about Pisces
What are the exact Pisces dates?
February 19 – March 20 as usually published. In 2026 specifically the Sun enters on 18 February pm28 15:47 UTC and leaves on 20 March pm31 14:38 UTC.
Who is Pisces most compatible with?
By aspect, Cancer, Scorpio, Taurus. Those sit at the easiest angles on the wheel — but sun signs are one factor of many, and a difficult angle describes friction rather than failure.
What is a Pisces decan?
A ten-degree third of the sign with its own sub-ruler: Neptune, Moon, Pluto. It is why two people of the same sign born three weeks apart can read quite differently.
What body part does Pisces rule?
Feet and lymphatic system — Pisces rules them, the last sign governing the last part of the body.
Is the Pisces man different from the woman?
Not in the system itself — astrology assigns no gendered meaning to a sign. The separate descriptions above reflect convention in how signs are written about, nothing more.