Pisces zodiac sign

Feb 19 – Mar 20 · Water · Mutable

Pisces is gentle, imaginative and deeply empathetic. As the last sign of the zodiac, it is said to carry a little of all the others. Pisceans feel what others feel and often express it through art, music or kindness.

Symbol
The Fish
Element
Water
Modality
Mutable
Polarity
Negative (yin)
Ruling planet
Jupiter (traditional), Neptune (modern)
Opposite sign
House
12th house: dreams, intuition and the hidden
Body part
Feet

Strengths

  • Compassionate
  • Creative
  • Intuitive
  • Gentle

Watch out for

  • Escapist
  • Oversensitive
  • Can lose track of boundaries

Pisces in love, friendship and work

Love

Pisces is a true romantic who loves with devotion and imagination. They want a gentle partner who protects their dreams.

Friendship

The friend who truly listens and makes you feel understood.

Work & money

Shines in the arts, music, healing, counseling and any role that uses imagination or empathy.

The Fish in the sky

In Greek myth, Aphrodite and her son Eros turned into fish to escape the monster Typhon and tied themselves together with a cord so they would not lose each other.

Pisces season 2026: the Sun is in Pisces from February 18 at 10:45 AM to March 20, 2026 at 10:37 AM Eastern time.

Pisces with every sign

From the best match to the hardest, based on where the two signs sit on the zodiac wheel. Tap any sign for the full pairing.

How common is Pisces?

Share of US births
8.1%
Rank
8th of 12
Busiest Pisces birthday
March 14
Quietest Pisces birthday
February 19

About 11,220 US babies are born on an average Pisces day. Based on Social Security Administration daily birth counts for 2000 to 2014, via FiveThirtyEight. How common is your birthday?

Born on the Pisces cusp?

Depending on the year, Pisces starts between February 18 and February 19 and ends between March 19 and March 21 (US Eastern time). If your birthday is near either edge, pick your birth year to see exactly when the Sun changed signs.

In 1996, the Sun entered Pisces on February 19, 1996 at 4:03 AM and left on March 20, 1996 at 3:06 AM (Eastern).

Born outside the Eastern time zone? Adjust by your time difference. Times are calculated from the Sun’s position and are accurate to within about 15 minutes.

Famous Pisces

This week’s Pisces horoscope →Compare any two signs →

The other signs

Astrology is for entertainment, not fate. Sign facts are standard Western astrology associations; personality text is ours. Famous birthdays come from Wikidata; people born on a day that can fall in either sign are left out. Birth shares come from SSA data via FiveThirtyEight.