Hi everyone, welcome back to the last article for the ascendant series- the Obscure Pisces. This is the last sign in the zodiac belt and is often associated with dissolution and amalgamation of everything. Lets first talk a little bit about this 12th sign before we go into what an ascendant placement for this would mean. Being the last in the list, it can kind of contain a bit of every other eleven signs. What I mean is Pisces is all about surrendering and joining the higher realm/forces/universe whatever you might believe in. So someone having a predominance of this sign will very easily be able to relate to every other person because they will feel they have something in common with every individual. Like their predecessor, aquarius, Pisces is truly a sign for the collective. It believes in the concept of unity in diversity.
This ability to relate to everyone can sometimes make it difficult to actually guess this ascendant placement. Ascendant is our outward appearance and a mask we show everyone, having Pisces as the sign in the first house, can make one very changeable. These people may like to keep altering their physical appearance, ranging from changing hair styles, to clothing styles to as much as their whole personality every once in a while. They can also be one of those people who behave according to the company they have. Since they have the intuitive edge to understand human behavior they might be able to quickly adapt their own personality to imitate the people that surround them.
As for physical appearance. Pisces is a feminine sign ruled by Jupiter. This points towards them having a tendency to gain weight, small hands and feet, not very tall maybe above average height and softer features. Like other water ascendants, there can be some emphasis on their eyes. Unlike Scorpio risings, who might have hypnotic eyes, people with Pisces ascendant may have very deep and soulful eyes. Something that will compel you to drown into them. Physical attributes might change based on placement of Jupiter in the chart as well as if there are any other planets placed in the ascendant.
For someone having Pisces as their ascendant, fluidity and change is a very important aspect in life. These people become very uncomfortable in environment that are rigid and fixed. Pisces is a mutable water sign which brings in this love for change in their persona.
Pisces is known for its sensitivity, imagination, intuition and compassion. All these characteristics will manifest in an ascendant sign, moon sign, sun sign in a different way. That is, having one’s sun for example in pisces might be different from having this sign in one’s ascendant. For an ascendant person, their overall aura will almost always be very calming and compassionate towards other people. If you have this placement, and you like the people you are with, you will always get this response from people that they just feel happy when they are in your presence. That is truly a wonderful gift to have. But, this is only if you like the surrounding. Pisces is such a receptive sign that if not checked it can very quickly absorb all what is around. If there are people who make you uncomfortable or have a negative energy to them, that can very quickly bring you down. Ascendants might have this issue more than other planetary placements. You need to be able to make a shield for yourself to protect your own energy.
Because ascendant is you per say, having this imaginative sign can make a person very good in making stories and entertaining people. Pisces are always labelled as introvert. Although that is mostly the case, but that doesn’t mean they do not like interacting with others. Its just the matter of who is on the other end. Since they are so malleable, they reserve their interactions for the ones they find comfort in.
With all this passive energy and receptivity, it might be easy to not look into the darker aspects of the sign. This quality of them to intuitively know people/things, can also give them the power over situations and people that they can use in a wrong way. They can have a tendency to manipulate things or emotionally blackmail people to get their way. For an ascendant placement this can manifest in being able to mask their actual identity (the sun/moon) and show people what they want to see. Such ascendants can be great at getting their way out of people all while making them believe its for their best. That can be a very dangerous quality to have.
All throughout the series, I have always iterated the fact that it each aspect or quality has two sides, it is upto us to choose which one we want to have. Pisces ascendants with their changeable personality can use that to be brilliant actors or choose to be con artists, both are possibilities and the choice is our free will.
Coming back to some more astrological facts for this ascendant, Pisces in the first, puts the water signs in the trikon houses of dharma in your natal chart. This means that your creativity and purpose of life comes from emotions and feelings. You should choose your educational and learning path as something that makes you feel comfortable and happy. Pisces in the first, also puts the four mutable signs in the kendra 1-4-7-10 houses. Which re-iterates the fact that they do prefer changes in their life more than a life path with rigidity. These can truly be the “Going with the flow” kind of people.
In addition, how Jupiter is placed in their chart will be of outmost importance, not only because it rules the ascendant but also the 10th house. So their career path will also be defined by it. Irrespective of the placement, it is Jupiter that grants this sign its natural benevolence, compassion and joy giving ability. If these people are given a loving environment, they can turn out to be the most affectionate and caring beings you will ever come across…
This brings me to the end of the ascendant series. Will be back with a new series very soon, thank you for staying on.
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