Placements · Pisces decans
Pisces decans: the dreamer, the caretaker and the deep diver
Every Pisces feels everything. The decan says how: by dreaming it, by caring for it, or by going all the way down into it.
Urania's Mirror, London 1824 · Library of Congress
At a glance
Pisces 1st decan: Feb 19 to Feb 27. 2nd decan: Feb 28 to Mar 9. 3rd decan: Mar 10 to Mar 19.
- 1st decan, 0° to 10°
- Pisces · Neptune (traditionally Jupiter)Eight of Cups, Abandoned Success · Saturn
- 2nd decan, 10° to 20°
- Cancer · MoonNine of Cups, Material Happiness · Jupiter
- 3rd decan, 20° to 30°
- Scorpio · Pluto (traditionally Mars)Ten of Cups, Perfected Success · Mars
Pisces · water · mutable
Three tides of the same ocean
Try this today
- Think about how you recharge: art, caring for someone, or one long, honest conversation. Keep the answer handy.
- February 28 to March 1 and March 9-11 birthdays sit on a line; enter the hour to be sure.
Pisces is the last sign of the zodiac, two fish swimming in opposite directions. The decans tell you which current you swim in.
The fish share their water three ways, fish first: Pisces, then Cancer, then Scorpio. Early Pisces is the most imaginative and spiritual. The crab's nurturing, protective instinct runs through the middle. Scorpio's depth, intensity and emotional courage end the zodiac.
So the Pisces painting in a dreamy haze, the Pisces who is everyone's emotional support friend, and the Pisces with startling psychological insight are one sign.
Empathy, imagination, intuition, kindness and a need for regular escape from a loud world belong to all of them. The decan picks the tide.
The sky behind it
Longitude 330° to 360°. 2026 lines: Feb 18, 2026, 15:51 UTC, Feb 28, 2026, 14:17 UTC, Mar 10, 2026, 13:57 UTC. The 3rd decan holds the Sun longest here, 10.04 days.
Eight of Cups, Abandoned Success
1st decan Pisces: Neptune in its own sea
Try this today
- Make art for twenty minutes with no goal. Music, paint, words.
- Before you take on a friend's problem, ask: is this mine to carry?
Neptune, with Jupiter as the traditional ruler, keeps the fish's opening 10° for itself.
This Pisces is imaginative, compassionate, spiritual and artistic, often drawn to music, film, poetry or healing. They sense things before they can explain them. The shadow is escapism and blurry boundaries: absorbing everyone else's feelings until it is hard to find their own.
Saturn's face is an unexpected anchor, giving more discipline and endurance than this Pisces gets credit for. Eight of Cups, Abandoned Success, is often shown as walking away from stacked cups toward the mountains: knowing when to leave and look for something deeper.
Typical birthdays: February 19 to February 27.
The sky behind it
Feb 18, 2026, 15:51 UTC to Feb 28, 2026, 14:17 UTC; Feb 18, 2027, 21:33 UTC. February 18-19 · 9.94 days · 24.6 min (New York).
Nine of Cups, Material Happiness
2nd decan Pisces: Cancer's open arms
Try this today
- Do one thing purely for your own comfort this week, without explaining it to anyone.
- Ask someone to look after you for an evening. Let them.
The crab lends the Moon as sub-ruler in the middle of Pisces. The empathy turns protective and nurturing.
Middle Pisces is gentle, caring, intuitive and devoted to family and close friends, often the one everyone calls in a crisis. They tend to have strong memories and a deep attachment to home. The challenge is caring for others so much that their own needs disappear.
Jupiter's face adds warmth, generosity and faith in people. Nine of Cups, Material Happiness, a satisfied host before a row of nine cups, is often called the wish card: contentment, comfort and the pleasure of a wish come true.
Typical birthdays: February 28 to March 9.
The sky behind it
Feb 28, 2026, 14:17 UTC to Mar 10, 2026, 13:57 UTC; Feb 28, 2027, 20:02 UTC. February 28-March 1 · 9.99 days · 23.6 min (New York).
Ten of Cups, Perfected Success
3rd decan Pisces: Scorpio's courage
Try this today
- Write down one feeling you have been avoiding and sit with it for five minutes.
- Share something real with someone you trust. Depth goes both ways.
Scorpio closes out the fish: Pluto as modern sub-ruler, Mars as the old one. The water turns deep and strong.
This Pisces has emotional intensity, psychological insight and a surprising inner toughness: they can face what other people avoid. They often make powerful artists, counsellors and researchers. The growth edge is trusting people enough to show the depths, not only to explore everyone else's.
Mars at the Chaldean face as well makes this a braver, sharper Pisces than the stereotype. Ten of Cups, Perfected Success: a rainbow over a happy home: the zodiac's very last decan ends on emotional fulfilment.
Typical birthdays: March 10 to March 19.
The sky behind it
Mar 10, 2026, 13:57 UTC to Mar 20, 2026, 14:45 UTC; Mar 10, 2027, 19:33 UTC. March 9-11 · 10.04 days · 23.0 min (New York). Saturn before Jan 1, 2026 to Feb 14, 2026; Neptune before Jan 1, 2026 to Jan 26, 2026.
Find yours
Which Pisces decan are you?
330° to 360° of longitude; 71 minutes to rise over New York, 52 London, 143 Sydney, 111 equator.
What do you have?
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27°00′ Pisces is in the Pisces 3rd decan.
Your placement
Pisces 3rd decan
20° to 30° of Pisces
Triplicity decan: Scorpio, ruled by Pluto (traditionally Mars).
Chaldean face: Mars. Tarot (Golden Dawn): Ten of Cups, “Perfected Success”.
More to read
Shorter reads. Each opens in place.
In real life
Pisces decans in love
Late-February fish love romantically and spiritually and want a soulmate. Early-March fish love through caring and build a warm home. Mid-March fish love intensely and want emotional honesty all the way down. Every fish needs gentleness, and a partner who notices when they have gone quiet.
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2026 to 2027
Slow planets in Pisces's decans
Saturn, 20° to 30°: before Jan 1, 2026 to Feb 14, 2026.
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Neptune, 20° to 30°: before Jan 1, 2026 to Jan 26, 2026.
Quick answers
What decan Pisces am I?
February 19 to February 27: Pisces. February 28 to March 9: Cancer. March 10 to March 19: Scorpio.
Which Pisces decan is the most sensitive?
All three are sensitive. Late-February fish, Pisces twice over, are the dreamiest and most porous; early-March fish feel most strongly for family and friends.
