Pisces Rising

A person with Pisces rising has an ever-shifting and changeable outlook; it can be confusing for others to really see this individual. Pisces is associated with ‘multiple selves’ and they tend to adapt to the environment and absorb the emotional undercurrents in social situations. Those with significant points in Pisces are intangible, indefinable and confusing, they represent the symbol of the two fish swimming in opposite directions exemplifying this dichotomy. Pisces is the third of the water signs and fourth of the mutable signs. This describes the Pisceans boundless nature. Pisces Rising approaches life with an instinctive sense of unity and a compassionate approach to all human emotional experiences. Usually sensitive in their approach they never take any definite action and are sometimes reluctant to define personal boundaries, and can be deliberately evasive and hard to figure out.

An emphasis in Pisces can represent a range of different selves, and they enjoy dipping into anything otherworldly, spiritual, healing and artistic. I have known several Pisces rising people who have a ‘sleepy look’ in their eyes, and sometimes they have a far away, sad and vulnerable appearance. Marilyn Monroe with Neptune Rising (Pisces ruler) powerfully exemplifies all these characteristics. In a television interview, Monroe said that she created a vision (illusion) of what others wanted her to be. The glamorous pin-up had the ability to slip in and out of character and emulate the fantasy and dreams of thousands, but the downside is that the public had little connection with who she really was. Neptune and Pisces rising also have the ability to stir the unconscious waters of everybody they meet, they present a natural screen for others’ projections.

Pisces rising mirrors the feelings of others, and the world is perceived as a place of mystery, interconnectedness, hidden motives and suffering. Pisces wants to merge with the oneness of all life and feel deeply connected to everything. Pisces energy can sweep us off our feet, put us on a pedestal and enchant us, but it can also leave us in the gutter. The energy of Pisces approaches the world with less discrimination, they are open and suggestible. Neptune blurs the lines of reality and is constantly shifting, changing and dissolving physical forms. The myriad of impressions they receive from their inner and outer environments are absorbed and translated into sound, pictures or words.