Zodiac sign · Mutable water · ruled by Neptune

Pisces

Pisces is the Sun sign of anyone born while the Sun is in Pisces: in 2026, from 18 February 2026, 15:52 UTC to 20 March 2026, 14:45 UTC. The dates move by up to a day from year to year, so a birthday at either end needs the year, and sometimes the hour, to settle its sign. The Sun is next in Pisces from 18 February 2027.

Pisces is a mutable water sign ruled by Neptune (Jupiter in the older tradition); its symbol is the fish. Astrologers read it for the way it feels it all. Of the 6,194 well-known people in StarMap's dataset, 520 have the Sun in Pisces for the whole of their birth date; Steve Jobs, Corbin Bleu and Gabriel García Márquez are among them. 32 more were born on a day the Sun entered or left Pisces and are left out, because the hour decides and StarMap has no birth time for them.

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Pisces dates, year by year

Year	The Sun enters Pisces	and leaves
2025	18 February 2025, 10:06 UTC	20 March 2025, 09:02 UTC
2026	18 February 2026, 15:52 UTC	20 March 2026, 14:45 UTC
2027	18 February 2027, 21:33 UTC	20 March 2027, 20:24 UTC
2028	19 February 2028, 03:26 UTC	20 March 2028, 02:17 UTC

The Sun is next in Pisces from 18 February 2027. The dates are the same everywhere on Earth, in UTC; in a time zone far from Greenwich the entry can fall on the evening before or the morning after.

Born on the edge: 18 February and 20 March

18 February, the first day of Pisces season this year, is shared with Aquarius. Since 1900, the Sun was in Pisces all day in 0 years, in Aquarius all day in 92, and changed sign during the day in 35, when the hour and place of birth decide.
20 March, the last day of Pisces season this year, is shared with Aries. Since 1900, the Sun was in Pisces all day in 60 years, and changed sign during the day in 67, when the hour and place of birth decide.

The three decans of Pisces in 2026

Astrologers divide each sign into three decans of ten degrees, and read the second and third as coloured by the other two water signs (Cancer and Scorpio). The Sun takes about ten days to cross each.

Decan 1 · 0° to 10° · 18 February 2026, 15:52 UTC to 28 February 2026, 14:17 UTC
Decan 2 · 10° to 20° · 28 February 2026, 14:17 UTC to 10 March 2026, 13:57 UTC
Decan 3 · 20° to 30° · 10 March 2026, 13:57 UTC to 20 March 2026, 14:45 UTC

Pisces traits

Pisces feels it all. The sign is read for imagination, sympathy and porous boundaries: an instinct for mood, a creative streak, and a kindness that comes from knowing what it is like to be the other person. A Pisces Sun tends to be gentle, intuitive, easily moved and difficult to pin down.

The shadow side is the sea: escapism, vagueness, a tendency to drift with whatever current is nearest, and a self-sacrifice that invites being taken advantage of. Astrologers describe the sign's work as finding its own shoreline.

Pisces in love

In love, Pisces is devoted, romantic and quick to merge. It idealises a partner, forgives too readily, and can lose track of where it ends and the other begins. Its lesson is that boundaries are a form of love too, including love of itself.

Pisces at work

At work, Pisces imagines and cares: the arts, music, film, care work of the listening kind, work with animals or with people who need patience. It struggles with rigid timetables and with office politics it can see but will not play. Given room to create or to help, it gives more than the job asks.

What people get wrong: that Pisces is a pushover. The sign absorbs what is around it, which looks like yielding, but it also slips out of anything it has decided not to be part of, and nobody notices until it has gone. The fish is hard to hold, not easy to lead.

A Sun sign is one placement of ten. The Moon, the rising sign and the planets change how it plays out: a Pisces Sun with a Virgo Moon reads differently from one with the Moon in Pisces too. Draw your whole chart to see yours.

Famous Pisces Suns

All 520 famous Pisces Suns, best known first, each with a birth chart.

Pisces in the rest of the chart

The Sun is not the only body that can be in Pisces. Each of these has its own page: what it means, who has it, and when the body is in Pisces.

Pisces and the other signs

Same element (water): Cancer and Scorpio, a trine apart, read as the signs that understand Pisces without trying.
Opposite: Virgo, six months away, read as the sign Pisces is drawn to and argues with.
Same modality (mutable): Gemini and Sagittarius, a square apart, the friction that gets things done.
Two signs either side: Taurus and Capricorn, a sextile apart, easy company of a different kind.

Pisces with every sign, each pairing with the famous couples who have it: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces.

Sun signs are the roughest measure of two people. Compare two whole charts for the aspects between them.

Questions people ask

What are the Pisces dates?

In 2026 the Sun is in Pisces from 18 February 2026, 15:52 UTC to 20 March 2026, 14:45 UTC. Most years it enters on 18 February or the day either side and leaves on 20 March or the day either side; the table above gives the minute for each year. A birthday on one of those edge days needs the year, and sometimes the time and place of birth, to settle its sign.

Is 18 February a Pisces or a Aquarius?

Not always. 18 February is the first day of Pisces season in 2026, but the Sun's sign on that date depends on the year: of the 127 years from 1900 to 2026, in 92 it was in Aquarius all day and in 35 it entered Pisces during the day, so the hour and the place of birth decide. The birthday page for 18 February lists every year.

Is 20 March a Pisces or a Aries?

Not always. 20 March is the last day of Pisces season in 2026, but the Sun's sign on that date depends on the year: of the 127 years from 1900 to 2026, in 60 the Sun was in Pisces all day and in 67 it left Pisces for Aries during the day, so the hour and the place of birth decide. The birthday page for 20 March lists every year.

What planet rules Pisces?

Neptune in modern astrology, and Jupiter in the tradition that predates the outer planets; many astrologers read both. The ruler is read as the sign's manner: where Neptune sits in a Pisces Sun's own chart colours how the sign shows.

What element is Pisces?

Water, with Cancer and Scorpio: the three water signs sit a third of the zodiac apart and are read as easy company for one another. Pisces is also mutable, like Gemini and Sagittarius and Virgo, which share its way of acting and are read as the signs it rubs against.

Which famous people are Pisces?

Steve Jobs, Corbin Bleu, Gabriel García Márquez, Mikhail Gorbachev and Justin Bieber all have the Sun in Pisces. StarMap lists 520 well-known Pisces Suns, each with a birth chart computed from their birth date and place.

Are Pisces men and Pisces women different?

Not in the chart: astrology reads the Sun in Pisces the same way whatever a person's gender. What people describe as the Pisces man is usually Mars in a chart, how someone pursues what they want, and the Pisces woman Venus or the Moon, how they love and what they need; each has its own page for Pisces, with the famous people who have it.

Pisces horoscopes

Dates are computed from the Sun’s position with the astronomy-engine ephemeris, checked against Swiss Ephemeris, in the tropical zodiac. Birth data comes from Wikidata; a person is listed only when the Sun was in Pisces for the whole of their birth date. Readings describe tendencies, for entertainment and self-reflection; StarMap predicts nothing. All twelve signs.

Photo credits (12 photos from Wikimedia Commons)

Each link opens the photo’s page on Wikimedia Commons, which states its author and licence.

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