- Dates
- 19 February to 20 March
- Symbol
- ♓ the Fishes
- Element
- Water
- Modality
- Mutable
- Ruler
- Jupiter (and, in modern astrology, Neptune)
What the Pisces sign means
Pisces, the Fishes, is the twelfth sign of the zodiac and the archetype of the mystic: water by element, mutable by mode, and ruled by Jupiter (and, in modern astrology, Neptune). In astrology, someone is "a Pisces" when the Sun was in Pisces at their birth, roughly 19 February to 20 March. Those cusp dates shift by a day some years, so if you were born near the edge, only your actual chart settles it.
The Pisces temperament
Water signs run on feeling, memory, and an instinct for what runs beneath the surface. As a mutable sign, it adapts: it bends and changes shape as circumstances do. Put together, Pisces tends towards dissolving the edges, porous to feeling and the unspoken, and like every sign it holds both a gift and its shadow. Vela reads none of this as a verdict on who you are, only as a lens for noticing.
If Pisces is your Sun sign, where do you recognise the mystic in yourself, and where is it a costume you have outgrown?
Read Pisces in depth
Your sign is one of three placements that matter most. Read Pisces as a Sun sign, your Pisces Moon, and your Pisces rising, see the personal planets in Pisces (Venus, Mars), read today's Pisces horoscope, or explore Pisces compatibility.
Frequently asked
What are the Pisces dates?
The Sun is in Pisces from about 19 February to 20 March each year. The cusp dates move by a day some years, so if you were born near the edge, casting your chart is the only way to be sure.
What element and ruler is Pisces?
Pisces is water by element and mutable by mode, ruled by Jupiter.
Is astrology a prediction?
Not in Vela's hands. Your sign is a lens for reflection, a way of noticing patterns in yourself, never a forecast of what you must do or become.