PISCES HOROSCOPE

What you see is rarely what you get when Venus is in Scorpio. There's no doubt that the love interests you attract will be compelling. They'll probably be well put together, wickedly sexy, and make good money; however, it's what they bring to the table that could be the problem. Maybe it's a crazy ex who never got over them, boomerang kids who boomerang in but don't boomerang out, or a heavy family obligation. It's fair to say that everyone comes with some amount of emotional baggage, but you'll need to decide if theirs is carry-on or if it should be checked at the gate.

“Be here now” is the message that's writ large for you in the Stars this week. There is so much that you can enjoy in your life if you would stop pining away for the things that have passed you by and the dreams that remain unfulfilled. In fact you need to take all of those unanswered prayers of yours and toss them in the wastebasket because if you haven’t heard back from the powers that be by now, then you never will. It’s time for a fresh vision. Commit to this new raison d'être and you’ll achieve your most heartfelt desire sooner than you think.

The Lunar Eclipse on August 28th brings to a close a transition that began in 2012. That's when Ruling Planet Neptune entered your zodiac sign for a thirteen-year stay. This was followed by Saturn passing through Pisces from 2023 to February 2026 and then the North Node, which entered Pisces in 2025 and only recently changed signs. These successive transits signaled a psychic cocooning period where you drew into yourself to undergo a long and extraordinary transformation. You began a caterpillar and now that that metamorphosis is complete, it's time for you to emerge as a butterfly, something new yet always meant to be.

You are attracting a lot of new faces into your life and this is making the old guard feel rather . . . old. Now being born under sensitive Pisces, you will naturally want to be comforting and reassuring, but for some reason you don't feel particularly motivated. Maybe it's because you really do enjoy your new friends. You find their company stimulating, invigorating, and more importantly, they really get you. This will undoubtedly cause some disquiet among the ranks so be ready to do some ego massaging on August 18th and 21st. It's the price you have to pay for being so popular.

The Solar Eclipse on August 12th brings a golden opportunity that's hard to turn down. The decision to accept looks like a no-brainer, but is this really the right time for it? It's something you'll need to think about before you answer. Anything that asks you to pull up stakes and start again somewhere else may be too much of an ask right now when you think about your responsibilities and commitments. Eighty percent of Astrology is timing and just because the timing isn't good right now doesn't mean that it will always be that way. You want to move with the current of events, not against it.

This week a loved one forces you to recognize a truth about yourself that you've been actively resisting. Now it's not like you've never thought of this before; it's just that this week is the week when the penny drops and you finally see how you're the one who holds back or keeps postponing that step forward that you keep saying you're going to make. It isn't easy being forced out of our comfort zones, but sometimes it's the people who believe in us the most who are in the best position to push us out of our well-feathered nests so that we can fly.

Do you see yourself as making a difference in the world? Pisces people often don't, but a Sun/Neptune trine on July 27th followed by a Sun/Jupiter conjunction on July 29th says you do. A translation of light involving both your Ruling Planets is rare, but that only underscores how important this time is. Now you may find yourself scratching your head in bewilderment. Everything looks the way it's always looked, but that's the point. You bring the joy, love, humor, and imagination to so many people. It may not seem like much to you, but it does to them. Just ask and they'll tell you.

You spend a lot of time thinking about what life would be like somewhere else. And though this often results in excursions, day trips, and journeys you tend to shy away from making any big move. Well, that may be changing thanks to a rare Jupiter/Uranus sextile on July 21st. Typically Uranus brings surprise upsets, but sextiles are the kinder, gentler aspects in Astrology. Instead of turning things on their heads, Jupiter's sextile will harness the energy of Uranus in such a way as to formulate a novel plan. This results in not only finding a new residence but identifying the means to fund it.

Uranus, the planet of revolution and discord, changes its demeanor when it sextiles Neptune on July 15th. Instead of kicking over the gameboard, it will sit down and show you how to play the game in a whole new way. Uranus makes for an unlikely mentor. Its view of the world is so very different from yours. We don't learn from repeating something we already know, but by wrapping our minds around the untried and unfamiliar. Let invention and inspiration work hand in hand and you will discover that the solution to your dilemma doesn't lie in mastering your situation, but in reimagining it.

Ruling Planet Neptune reverses direction on July 7th and so do you. It will be hard to explain why you're feeling hesitant about moving ahead with all of those big plans of yours. Is your psychic antennae picking up on something about the future? Or is your habit of leaving things hanging until the last minute reaffirming its jealous hold over your life? Give yourself a couple of weeks to sort things out. The secret gift of a retrograde is that it gets you to travel over the ground you just covered. This could reveal a pearl of wisdom that you overlooked the first time.