Pisces
(The Fishes)
Febuary 20 to March 20
Pisceans
possess a gentle, patient, malleable nature. They
have many generous qualities and are friendly,
good natured, kind and compassionate, sensitive
to the feelings of those around them, and respond
with the utmost sympathy and tact to any suffering
they encounter. They are deservedly popular with
all kinds of people, partly because their easygoing,
affectionate, submissive natures offer no threat
or challenge to stronger and more exuberant characters.
They accept the people around them and the circumstances
in which they find themselves rather than trying
to adapt them to suit themselves, and they patiently
wait for problems to sort themselves out rather
than take the initiative in solving them. They
are more readily concerned with the problems of
others than with their own.
Their natures tend to be too otherworldly for
the practical purposes of living in this world
as it is. They sometimes exist emotionally rather
than rationally, instinctively more than intellectually
(depending on how they are aspected). They long
to be recognized as greatly creative. They also
dislike disciple and confinement. The nine-to-five
life is not for them. Any rebellion they make
against convention is personal, however, as they
often times do not have the energy or motivation
to battle against the Establishment.
Pisceans tend to withdraw into a dream world where
their qualities can bring mental satisfaction
and sometimes, fame and financial reward for they
are extremely gifted artistically. They are also
versatile and intuitive, have quick understanding,
observe and listen well, and are receptive to
new ideas and atmospheres.
All these factors can combine to produce remarkable
creativity in literature, music and art. They
may count among their gifts mediumistic qualities
which can give them a feeling that their best
work comes from outside themselves, "Whispered
beyond the misted curtains, screening this world
from that." Even when they cannot express
themselves creatively they have a greater than
average instinct for, and love of, beauty in art
and nature, a catlike appreciation of luxury and
pleasure, and a yearning for new sensations and
travel to remote, exotic places.
They are never egotistical in their personal relationships
and give more than they ask from their friends.
They are sexually delicate, in the extreme almost
asexual, and most Pisceans would want a relationship
in which the partner's mind and spirit rather
than the body resonated with their own. Unfortunately
they can be easily misled by a lover who courts
them delicately and in marriage makes them unhappy
by a coarser sexuality than they expected. They
are nevertheless intensely loyal and home-loving
and will remain faithful.
In their employment they are better working either
by themselves or in subordinate positions. Their
talents are individual in a commercial business
or similar undertaking. They would be afraid to
manage more than a small department, worrying
always that they would fail in a crisis. They
can make fair secretaries and bookkeepers.
Their sympathy equips them for work in charities
catering for the needy, as nurses looking after
the sick and as veterinary surgeons caring for
animals. As librarians or astronomers they can
satisfy their mental wanderlust, and their fondness
for "faraway places with strange-sounding
names" may turn them into sailors or travellers.
Many architects and lawyers are Pisceans, and
when the creative abilities are combined with
gifts of imitation and the ability to enter into
the feelings of others, Pisceans find their fulfillment
on the stage. Their psychic and spiritual qualities
can lead them into careers in the church or as
mediums and mystics. They may find an outlet for
their creativity as caterers, and are said to
make good detectives because they can imagine
themselves in the place of criminals and understand
how their minds would work. In technical occupations
they are well employed in dealing with anaesthetics,
fluids, gases and plastics. Because of their lively
versatility and inability to concentrate overmuch
on any one project, Pisceans often simultaneously
follow more than one occupation.
Pisces
governs the feet, liver and lymphatics, and its
subjects can be threatened by anaemia, boils,
ulcers and other skin diseases, especially inflammation
of the eyelids, gout, inflammation, heavy periods
and foot disorders and lameness.
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