Pisces Zodiac Sign: Dates, Traits and Ruling Planet

Usual dates

February 19 to March 20

Element

Water

Mode

Mutable

Ruling planet

Neptune

Dates and the edge days

Pisces dates are February 19 to March 20. February 19 and March 20 are the edge days: the year and the birth time can put the Sun on either side of the change. The calculator checks that moment instead of trusting the printed range.

Element, mode, and ruler

Pisces is a water sign, and it is mutable. Pisces is mutable water and the last sign of the twelve. It ends at the March equinox, so the tradition treats it as the close of the yearly cycle. Imaginative, gentle, porous to other people's moods.

Older books give Pisces to Jupiter. Many current books name Neptune. This site lists Neptune. Jupiter remains the older textbook ruler, and it is not a second position the calculator has to find. Pisces is two fish tied by a cord. The usual description is imagination, sympathy, and a weak fence between one person's mood and another's. Water signs are the feeling group, and the mutable quality is the one that adapts. The fish are a drawing in the sky and a symbol in a book. They are not a measurement of a person.

Moon in Pisces

The Moon in Pisces is described as feelings that take in the mood of the room, with comfort coming from quiet, music, or sleep rather than from a plan. It is a traditional gloss on a lunar sign. The sign itself is calculated.

Pisces rising

Pisces rising is the old first impression of a soft outline and a manner that is hard to pin down. The horizon decides it, about every two hours, from the birth time and the city.

Sign and constellation

The constellation Pisces is drawn as two fish tied by a cord. It is large and dim. The sign is the last of the twelve and ends at the March equinox.

Calculators

For the Sun sign, use the zodiac calculator. The Moon, Rising, Mercury, Venus, and Mars calculators answer a different question, and the Pisces horoscope is a separate daily note on the same sign.

Zodiac sign calculator · Moon · Rising · Pisces horoscope

Dates usually counted as Pisces

February 19 · February 20 · February 21 · February 22 · February 23 · February 24 · February 25 · February 26 · February 27 · February 28 · February 29 · March 1 · March 2 · March 3 · March 4 · March 5 · March 6 · March 7 · March 8 · March 9 · March 10 · March 11 · March 12 · March 13 · March 14 · March 15 · March 16 · March 17 · March 18 · March 19 · March 20

Questions

What are Pisces dates?

Pisces dates are February 19 to March 20 in the usual tropical calendar. Those two edges are changeover days: the year and the birth time can put the Sun in Pisces or in the neighboring sign. Each date page below uses noon UTC, the same engine as the zodiac calculator, so you can see whether that birthday stays in Pisces.

What month is Pisces?

Pisces season sits in February and March. It does not fill either month on its own. February 19 is the usual start, and March 20 is the usual last day, with a clock time that shifts a little each year. Use the date list on this page, or the February and March birthday hubs.

When does Pisces season start?

Pisces season usually starts on February 19. That is the calendar day when the Sun is treated as entering Pisces, but the exact minute depends on the year. The zodiac calculator uses the same tropical longitude as these pages. If the birthday is February 19 or March 20, check the year rather than the printed range.