PISCES HOROSCOPE

Venus trines retrograde Mars on January 25th. Venus/Mars trines are well-known for bringing people together despite the odds. It sounds like a match made in heaven until you remember that Mars is retrograde. This could mean the reappearance of someone you once had feelings for, but they weren't reciprocated. This time it looks like this person has feelings for you, but do you share them? Venus is at her most romantic when she's traveling through Pisces, which means you want to be true to the current moment and not the one you lost. Disappointing perhaps, but it will save you a lot of unnecessary aggravation.

Venus/Saturn conjunctions are never pleasant. They almost always bring some kind of separation from someone you want to be close to either physically or emotionally. The tendency is to blame Saturn for the chilly reception, but there is such a thing as just leaving things alone for now. Sometimes people don’t want to talk about their problems when we think they should talk about them. Sometimes they just want to veg out or mope. Instead of bracing for the worst on January 18th, try recognizing an intimate's need for some alone time. As a Pisces, you know just how rehabilitative and restorative that can be.

Pisces is a deeply feeling and empathetic sign, famous for plumbing the depths of the psyche and resurfacing with rare and cherished insights. Pisces is practically prophetic when it comes to giving people advice—except for when Mercury squares Neptune (like on January 6th). This planetary square muddies the waters—especially when it appears in Jupiter-ruled signs—which is why this would be a good time to take a temporary vow of silence. Not only is your read of the situation off, but your insistence that you know better is misguided. Wait five days before sharing or divulging. You’ll be glad you did.

Neptune leaves Pisces on March 30th, followed by Saturn on May 24th. This brings clarity and self-knowledge along with a lifting of guilt and burdens. You can think of it as a cosmic jubilee—based on the ancient Jewish tradition of forgiving debts and releasing prisoners. This will be followed by Jupiter entering Cancer on June 9th. Its yearlong stay in your solar house of pleasures could bring romance, children, or successful creative endeavors. Near the end of 2025, you will have an opportunity to patch things up with someone you've been on the outs with. Don't let this chance at reconciliation pass you by.

It will be hard to believe that a familiar narrative can end differently. As a Pisces, you have an archetypal relationship to the stories in your life, whether they're romantic quests or trials by fire. The faces may change, but the characters are set, and the outcome is practically predestined. All of this changes when Jupiter in Gemini forms its second square to Saturn in Pisces on December 24th. This may be when something that was heading towards the brink suddenly changes direction. This could herald a break in a behavior pattern that you've been hoping for, but what happens next is up to you.

It's ironic how people make fun of your outlandish pronouncements in the moment, only to wind up praising your prescience later when things turn out exactly the way you said they would. What's annoying is how they never seem to remember the part about you being right in the first place. It's something to keep in mind on December 18th when, once again, friends and co-workers roll their eyes at the solution you propose. It hurts, of course, but who can stay angry at an amnesiac? Remember that you're the one who will have the last laugh in the end and leave it at that.

A contentious family matter rears its ugly head again on December 15th. Part of you can't help wondering if it's the holidays themselves that are to blame. There's something about the season that rubs loved ones the wrong way by inflaming old rivalries, triggering hurt feelings, and rekindling smoldering resentments. In a perfect universe, you'd try to get everyone to sit down and talk things out, but you know they'll only wind up hurling verbal snowballs at each other instead. It's hard to accept that relatives may want things to remain as is; it seems so counterproductive, but one person's dysfunction is another's nostalgia.

You're going to feel caught in an impossible tug-of-war when Mercury forms an opposition to Jupiter on December 4th. On one hand, you're being made to feel guilty for not living up to expectations, while on the other hand, you can't escape this feeling that you could do more if you tried harder. In truth, both are misleading. What's being asked of you now is more than you can carry, and pushing yourself to exceed what you're already doing is a recipe for disaster. What's needed is time away so you can relax, reevaluate, and see if you really want to continue as is.

After months of experimenting and exploring, it's time to tally up the results. Are you in better shape or worse shape than you were before? If you're in better shape, then you need to commit to the choices that are on the table. You know everything you need to know in order to move forward with your life. If you're in worse shape, then it's time to call it a day and start afresh. The point of experimenting and exploring is to enrich your perspective. That might not mean much now, but it will. You can't put a price on the wealth of experience.

You have a sixth sense for when people are upset with you, and it's this extraordinary ability to change direction that will come in handy this week. Other zodiac signs get defensive, angry, put-upon, or self-righteous. You learned a long time ago that it's easier just to give people what they want—and what they want isn't necessarily a pound of flesh. Oftentimes, it's the opportunity to vent and to be done with it. Your agreeableness and affability project the right kind of good-natured sympathy and compassion. It also allows you to slip away when the angry moment is over while leaving nary a ripple.