PISCES HOROSCOPE

The nature of your friendships is changing. It began months ago when you started casting about for a new group of people to hang with and it culminates this week when a disagreement with the old crowd creates a rift that you don’t feel like mending. It’s hard to accept that we can outgrow people just like we can outgrow a pair of jeans, but these things happen. You need to be with people who really get you; people who recognize and support the changes that are taking place in your life.

Pisces people are often accused of playing the victim, but that's a role you'll swiftly be outgrowing as Mars makes its way through Scorpio over the next 6 weeks. This is a “man-up” transit because Mars wants winners (not whiners) and will push you to push yourself. You may be taken aback at first, but all that changes when you see how much headway you make as you power through gauntlets and scale walls that once blocked your way. At the end of this you'll be transformed in a way you never would have imagined. And the best part is, you'll never surrender your power again.

There's a tendency to feel lackluster and under the weather whenever the Sun is opposite the zodiac sign you were born under. The fact that there's also a solar eclipse taking place this week only makes matters worse. As a Pisces you know you're on the brink of making big life changes but you can't motivate yourself to act on them. The value of the Virgo solar eclipse is to think in terms of taking small steps instead of globalizing. Make a to-do list of easy to achieve tasks and the unmanageable becomes manageable. It's as easy as putting one foot in front of the other.

Pisces people have a tendency to wait on or wait for, but with the North Node currently traveling through your zodiac sign, this is the time to speak up. For instance, if you need help then you must ask for it because people are there for you. Now don't give them an exhaustive laundry list of what you need and why you need it, but rather cast your net far and wide while tailoring specific requests assigned to specific people. Do this and people will help according to their means and abilities and you will find all the support and encouragement you could hope for.

Saturn, planet of tests, re-enters Pisces on September 1st. This reintroduces a dilemma you thought you had settled in May 2025. It may be the same situation or another predicament that closely resembles it. At first you might feel defeated. How can you be going through this again? But this is when it's important to remember that Saturn is a teacher, not a tyrant; a builder and not a destroyer. History repeats itself only if you don't learn from it. Take the next 5 ½ months to draw upon your accrued experience wisdom, and insight and you will master a situation that once mastered you.

As a Pisces, you tend to go full apocalyptic when things don't go your way. It comes from being born under the last sign of the Zodiac. Once things have begun to devolve then nothing short of a complete flooding of the earth will do. It's your way of wiping the slate clean and starting again. Thankfully the First Quarter Moon in Sagittarius on August 31st brings a more optimistic perspective. Yes, things may be terribly wrong, but instead of shutting the door and assuming the worst, try reaching out. You may find that the other party still cares about how things turn out.

It's funny how people can be right, but in the wrong way. It's like the teacher who was so dreadful that you'll always remember him as a shining example of what NOT to do. On August 23d you'll see how a disparaging critic, unforgiving parent, or harsh boss serves a higher purpose in life and that's to wake you up to the wonderful gifts you possess. This is when you'll realize that you'll never win this person's approval and that trying to please him diminishes you; while rejecting his negativity forces you to assert yourself and do what you've always known you were capable of doing.

An extraordinary conjunction between Venus and Jupiter in the zodiac sign of its exaltation marks this as a special time for love and romance. This could be when you and that person you've been gazing at from across the room finally meet or this is when a relationship you had all but given up on suddenly shows renewed signs of life. A conjunction between the benefics in Cancer always refreshes, restores, and replenishes anything worn and dry. Moreover, both Venus and Jupiter are named after the Greek deities of fertility so if there was ever a time to conceive then August 12th is your day!

It may feel like someone has totally turned their back on you when Mars begins its tour of duty in Libra on August 6th. This could be someone you felt beholden to or relied on financially. Chances are there's more going on than you know. Perhaps this person is dealing with the stress of a deal not coming through, a broken contract that’s left them hanging, or an unexpected severance. Instead of feeling betrayed, you might try reaching out to them to see what’s going on. Maybe there's a way you can help. And if not? Then at least find a way to end matters amicably.

If everything you do is wrong then why was the person you're seeing drawn to you in the first place? Being the love of their life doesn't mean it's OK for them to give you a hard time. It’s a conversation worth having while Venus squares Saturn and your Ruling Planet Neptune on August 1st. These harsh planetary aspects show there's a lot of psychological baggage being projected on to you. Now you can carry them if you want or sit down and help this person unpack. You're there if they're interested in helping themselves but you won't being doing anyone's emotional homework for them.