Pisces

Pisces, the 12th and final sign of the zodiac, is a mutable water sign ruled by Neptune (traditionally Jupiter) with themes of imagination, mysticism, dreams, transcendence, receptivity, creativity and surrender. Home to my adobe mission's Saturn, Neptune and Descendant.

Pisces

~Feb 20 - Mar 20

Pisces

~Feb 20 - Mar 20

Pisces, the 12th and final sign of the zodiac, is a mutable water sign ruled by the Neptune (traditionally Jupiter).

Themes

Imagination, mysticism, dreams, transcendence, receptivity, creativity and surrender.

Symbol

Pisces Symbol

The Fishes

Modality

Mutable

Mutable signs include Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces.

The mutable house are the 2nd, 6th, 9th and 12th.

Qualities

Changeable, flexible, adaptable, versatile energy

Element

Water

Element associated with Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces.

Themes

Yin, emotions, nurture, sensitivity, reflection, fluidity, empathy, imagination, and intuition.

Glyph

Pisces Glyph

Intentionally Styled

Background = Modality
Glyph color = Element

Jupiter

Expansion and faith

Social Planet

12 year orbit
retrograde ~30.4%

Themes

Expansion, optimism, good fortune, growth, philosophy, ritual, learning, ideals, knowledge, abundance, luck, rewards, seeking and faith

Go to Jupiter

Traditional Ruler

of Pisces

Modern Planetary Dignities

Essential dignities for a planet/point include:

Domicile (or rulership)
Detriment (opposite sign of Domicile)
Exaltation (place of awareness or strength)
Fall (place of weakness,

opposite sign of Exaltation)

adobe mission uses modern dignities including some not yet widely accepted proposed co-rulers.

Neptune

Inspiration and spirituality

Transpersonal Planet

165 year orbit
retrograde 43.1%

Higher octave of Venus

Themes

Imagination, creativity, spirituality, cosmic consciousness, illusions, dreams, intuition, transcendence

Go to Neptune

Modern Ruler

of Pisces

Mercury

Communication and thinking

Personal Planet

88 day orbit
retrograde ~19.2%

Themes

Communication, the mind, thought, logic and reasoning, restlessness, correspondence creation, travel, coordination, intellectual energy

Go to Mercury

in its Detriment

in Pisces

Venus

Values and relating

Personal Planet

225 day orbit
retrograde ~7.3%

Themes

Values, love, desire, aesthetics, attraction, yin, devotion, harmony, the arts

Go to Venus

in its Exaltation

in Pisces

Mercury

Communication and thinking

Personal Planet

88 day orbit
retrograde ~19.2%

Themes

Communication, the mind, thought, logic and reasoning, restlessness, correspondence creation, travel, coordination, intellectual energy

Go to Mercury

in its Fall

in Pisces

Astrology Decans

Each sign holds 30° of the zodiac that can be split into three distinct 10° sections called decans (or decantes). Knowing which decans points are in opens the door to deeper understanding of their energies.

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Pisces Decan Rulers

Chaldean Decans

Chaldean rulers are based on the Golden Dawn system of correspondences which uses only "old planets" (prior to the discovery of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto).

Mars rules both the 1st and last decan of the zodiac. Rulers are assigned to the 36 decans in this order:
Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon, Saturn, Jupiter.

adobe mission uses Chaldean rulers in its sign icons as they are used often in the tarot community.

Saturn

Structure and discipline

Social Planet

29.4 year orbit
retrograde ~36.6%

Themes

Reality, structure, boundaries, control, the rules, conservation, strength, discipline, direction, wisdom, resilience, time keeper, hard work, responsibility, mentor

Go to Saturn

Chaldean Ruler

Decan 1 of Pisces

Jupiter

Expansion and faith

Social Planet

12 year orbit
retrograde ~30.4%

Themes

Expansion, optimism, good fortune, growth, philosophy, ritual, learning, ideals, knowledge, abundance, luck, rewards, seeking and faith

Go to Jupiter

Chaldean Ruler

Decan 2 of Pisces

Mars

Drive and exertion

Personal Planet

687 day orbit
retrograde ~9.5%

Themes

Ambition, will, action, assertion, aggression, self-preservation, yang, passion, energy, vigor, and drive

Go to Mars

Chaldean Ruler

Decan 3 of Pisces

Triplicity Decans

Triplicity decan rulers (used often by astrologers) are assigned by giving the first decan the same ruler as the sign. The second and third decan rulers are the rulers of the next 2 signs that share its triplicity (element). In this way, all signs sharing an element have the same 3 decan rulers, just shifted.

adobe mission does not use triplicity decan rulers in its sign iconography.

Neptune

Inspiration and spirituality

Transpersonal Planet

165 year orbit
retrograde 43.1%

Higher octave of Venus

Themes

Imagination, creativity, spirituality, cosmic consciousness, illusions, dreams, intuition, transcendence

Go to Neptune

Triplicity Ruler

Decan 1 of Pisces

Moon

Emotions and instincts

Personal Point

~28 day orbit

Themes

Yin, emotional reactions, adaptation, feelings, instincts, fluctuation, receptivity, reflection, habits, childhood, cycles, the mother, sensitivity, the subconscious

Go to Moon

Triplicity Ruler

Decan 2 of Pisces

Pluto

Transformation and evolution

Transpersonal Planet

248 year orbit
retrograde ~43.4%

Higher octave of Mars

Themes

Power, corruption revealed, birth-death-rebirth, regeneration, radical transformation, transcendence, evolution

Go to Pluto

Triplicity Ruler

Decan 3 of Pisces

Element

Water

Element associated with Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces.

Themes

Yin, emotions, nurture, sensitivity, reflection, fluidity, empathy, imagination, and intuition.

Tarot Astrology Correspondences

Tarot-astrology correspondences based on the Golden Dawn system which uses Chaldean decans.

See Tarot page for more detailed correspondence explanations.

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Pisces Tarot Correspondences

Sign Major

Traditional Ruler Major

Modern Ruler Major

Pisces Decan 1

Major

Court

Minor

Pisces Decan 2

Major

Court

Minor

Pisces Decan 3

Major

Court

Minor

Sabian Symbols

Symbols for deeper study of the 30 degrees of a sign.

Symbols channeled by Elsie Wheeler with astrologer Marc Edmond Jones.

Artwork for each Sabian by Ruby Fumizki.

Scenes and levels attributed to Dane Rudhyar.

Expression names attributed to James Burgess.

When working with Sabian Symbols, you need to know both the degree and minute of your point. Then round UP. For example:

Venus is at 0°4' of Aquarius which has the Sabian for Aquarius 1

Sun is at 16°48' of Sag which has the Sabian for Sagittarius 17

Ascendant is at 29°13' of Taurus which has the Sabian for Taurus 30

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Sabian Scenes & Levels

Dane Rudhyar in his must have An Astrological Mandala: The cycle of Transformation and its 360 Symbolic Phases (A reinterpretation of the Sabian Symbols, presenting them as a contemporary American I Ching), splits the Sabians into 4 Acts and 24, 15-degree Scenes which each contains a set of 3 repeating Levels as follows:

Acts (Signs): Keyword

Act I (Aries - Gemini): Differentiation

Act II (Cancer - Virgo): Stabilization

Act III (Libra - Sagittarius): Group Integration

Act IV (Capricorn - Pisces): Capitalization

Scene Degrees (Level)

Degrees 1-5, 16-20 (Actional)

Degrees 6-10, 21-25 (Emotional-Cultural)

Degrees 11-15, 26-30 (Individual-Mental)

5-Degree Expression Pattern

Sabian Mysteries curator James Burgess assigns themes to each Expression Degree within the repeating pattern 5-degree groups of Sabian symbols as follows:

Expression Degree (5°, 10°, 15°, 20°, 25°, 30°)
Assimilation and Progression
Expression Degree (4°, 9°,14°, 19°, 24°, 29°)
Technique or Method

Expression Degree (3°, 8°, 13°, 18°, 23°, 28°)

Reconciliation of Two Polarities

Expression Degree (2°, 7°, 12°, 17°, 22°, 27°) Challenge or Contrast

Expression Degree (1°, 6°, 11°, 16°, 21°, 26°)

New Initiative

Pisces Sabian Expressions

Scene 23: Federation

Pisces

Sabian Expression 1

(Actional)

Pisces

Sabian Expression 2

(Emotional-Cultural)

Pisces

Sabian Expression 3

(Individual-Mental)

Scene 24: Perpetuation

Pisces

Sabian Expression 4

(Actional)

Pisces

Sabian Expression 5

(Emotional-Cultural)

Pisces

Sabian Expression 6

(Individual-Mental)

Pisces Sabian Symbols

Scene 23: Federation

Expression 67: Harmonisation (Actional)

Expression 68: Integration (Emotional-Cultural)

Expression 69: Dedication (Individual-Mental)

Scene 24: Perpetuation

Expression 70: Spirituality (Actional)

Expression 71: Purification (Emotional-Cultural)

Expression 72: Realisation of Faith (Individual-Mental)

The I Ching

I Ching hexagram-astrological correspondences derived from Fu Xi's seasonal-based arrangement.

This same order is used by Human Design and Gate Keys practitioners.

Knowing which hexagram AND line is associated with a point gives you two hexagrams to study!

The hexagrams associated with this sign are shown below and when clicked the image will show each hexagram's line change detail.

I like to study point's individual hexagram, then study its specific line (your Human Design chart will give you this), then study its evolved/changed hexagram pair (if that line changes from yin to yang or vice versa, a new hexagram is formed).

There are so many ways to work with the I Ching and this association is just one such way.

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