Pisces is the idealist of the zodiac. Like Sagittarius, it is ruled by Jupiter and can struggle with excesses. Where Sagittarius puts out too much energy, Pisces takes in too much. Pisces energy is like a sponge. It absorbs indiscriminately. Where one thing ends and another begins is often unclear. Pisces energy is spiritual, sensitive, whimsical, intuitive, artistic and otherworldly.

Pisces is an emotional laborer. It holds space for what seems to be irreconcilable and creates a path for integration and unity. In an effort to maintain harmony, it often self-sacrifices and can lose itself in other people’s issues – and later resent them for it. Because Pisces believes in and sees the best in people, it can easily be taken for granted and advantage of. It can resort to emotionally manipulative tactics when people don’t live up to its high ideals and romanticized expectations. Pisces expends a ton of emotional energy, often without knowing it, and needs an extensive amount of rest, solitude and downtime to recover.

Escaping into activities that create a sense of freedom from the physical body and real world realities is a favorite Piscean pastime. Piscean energy operates in two realms. It is constantly trying to make sense of what it is experiencing in both and how to merge the two. Pisces is characterized by two fish swimming in opposite directions, which signifies the competing nature of the two worlds Pisces feels both at home in and estranged from. Music, poetry, art and recreational drugs help bridge this divide and feed Pisces’ need for escapism.

Piscean energy desires to connect with something bigger than itself and will say “yes” to anything it perceives to be a conduit for this. It often agrees to a myriad of things that are contradictory so its energy gets channeled into many directions that aren’t always in its best interest.

The house that Pisces rules in your chart and the house that Jupiter sits in your chart can clue you into where you have the highest expression of these qualities or where you need to further develop them. The planets in Pisces In your chart are being invited to embody these qualities. Jupiter and Venus do well in Pisces; however Mercury is greatly challenged here.

Astrology is the language of the Soul. It doesn’t prescribe a certain future, it reveals the infinite potential that exists within you to create the biggest and most magical life you can envision for yourself. It reveals the unique set of tools you have been given and the ones you must acquire to manifest that vision.