Pisces rising traits
Only 1 in 20 of the moments in a New York day have Pisces on the horizon, so this is a small group, and what astrologers say about it fits on one thread: you are porous. Moods reach you early, and you have adjusted to them by the time you notice. From the outside that reads as easy, kind and a little hard to pin down: people say you are good to talk to, and later admit they could not tell what you wanted.
A made-up scene shows the pattern. A coworker is having a bad week and has said nothing. The person with this ascendant has already caught that her voice is flatter, brought her a coffee the way she takes it and stayed ten minutes longer in the break room than planned. That evening they cannot tell whether the tiredness is their own. Astrologers read it as the sign's gift and its bill: sympathy that arrives unasked, and a self that gets hard to find under other people's weather.
Pisces is a mutable water sign and the last of the twelve. Mutable is read as adaptable, water as led by feeling, and the last position as a sign that carries a little of all the others. Jupiter adds generosity and faith, Neptune imagination and haze. The weak points named in the tradition are avoiding hard conversations, agreeing and resenting it later, and drifting past deadlines.
A practical habit: sleep on any big yes. Descriptions have this ascendant agreeing on the spot, and a night's pause costs nothing.
Pisces rising appearance
Set Pisces beside Virgo, the sign opposite it, and the old descriptions pull apart. Virgo is neat and exact. Pisces is loosely drawn, with edges that look slightly blurred. The English astrologers of the 1600s said so bluntly.
The entry for the sign in William Lilly's Christian Astrology (London, 1647) reads: "A short stature, ill composed, not, not very decent, a good large Face, palish Complexion, the Body fleshy or swelling, not very straight, but incurvating somewhat with the Head." The punctuation is as printed.
Many modern guides soften that portrait into a mood: gentle features, a faraway look, a body that seems relaxed more than held. Either version is folklore. Plenty of Pisces ascendants are tall, sharp-featured and brisk, because family, age and every other planet do much more to a person's looks than a single sign.
To test the idea lightly, skip the height and the build. Ask a friend what your face does while you listen. That comes closer to what the tradition is describing.
Pisces rising woman and man
A birthday dinner for eight, one guest quiet at the far end of the table. The Pisces rising woman is the one who ends up in the next chair without having planned it. The tradition runs the logic from sign to habit: Pisces is a water sign, Neptune is its modern planet of mist and sympathy, so she reads what the table feels and answers that before the words. The cost is that she can leave carrying a mood that belonged to someone else, and a kind "it's fine" from her does not always mean it is.
The Pisces rising man gets the same chart under different expectations. He is pictured as gentle, a listener, someone who hears the whole story before offering a fix. Jupiter's generosity plus Neptune's softness makes him easy to talk to and hard to pin to a plan, so lateness and drift are the stock complaints. Others take his ease for passivity when it is often a way around a fight.
Both portraits sketch a manner. Before describing either one in love or at work, an astrologer would turn to the Sun, Moon, Venus and Mars.
Pisces rising in love and the Virgo descendant
Traditional astrologers read the partner you look for from the descendant, the point directly opposite your rising sign, where the house of partners begins. With Pisces rising it is always Virgo.
Read as qualities, Virgo is practical, observant, exact and dependable in small things: the person who remembers the dentist appointment. Set against a Pisces manner that feels its way along, the partner it sketches supplies structure and a plan for Saturday. The attraction has a reverse side. A Virgo-type partner notices what is untidy, and Pisces rising can hear a plain remark as a verdict. In turn, Pisces rising may idealize the person across the table and see the flaws late.
Guides picture this ascendant in love as romantic, loyal and quick to give. The warning is self-sacrifice, with boundaries that dissolve into the other person's wants. Look to Venus and the Moon for what you need once the first months have passed. A match is judged from two whole charts, so treat the Sun-sign links below as a starting point.
Sun-sign pairs with Pisces: Aries · Taurus · Gemini · Cancer · Leo · Virgo · Libra · Scorpio · Sagittarius · Capricorn · Aquarius · Pisces
One more detail: Mercury rules Virgo, so the planet running your partner's side of the chart is neither Jupiter nor Neptune.
Example: July 15, 1990, 10:45 p.m., New York
Yes: you are a ♓︎ Pisces rising, 14°23′.
Your ascendant is in Pisces. That is 35 min from the nearest sign change, so a few minutes of rounding will not move it.
On that date in New York City, Pisces was rising from 10:10 p.m. to 11:21 p.m. Anyone born there in that window is a Pisces rising.
For your Sun, Moon and rising sign together, with every step of the calculation, use the rising sign calculator.
Pisces rising with each Sun sign
What happens when the Sun and the ascendant are different signs? Each Sun sign falls in a different house of this chart, and astrologers read that house as where the Sun's energy gets spent. Under every sign you get the house, plus the New York hours when Pisces came up at that time of year. Your own Sun sign shows in the birth chart calculator.
♈︎ Aries Sun
Aries comes right after Pisces, so the Sun falls in the 2nd house, the one astrologers tie to earnings, belongings and what you value. A cardinal fire Sun under a soft water ascendant starts things and then keeps them going quietly. These are births just before sunrise.
Sun in your Whole Sign 2nd house. In New York around April 4, Pisces rises 4:52 a.m. to 6:04 a.m. Aries zodiac sign
♉︎ Taurus Sun
Taurus sends the Sun to the 3rd house of siblings, neighbors and errands. The ascendant is fluid and a fixed earth Sun is not, so the pairing is often pictured as a dreamer with a stubborn streak and a taste for comfort. Births in the small hours.
Sun in your Whole Sign 3rd house. In New York around May 5, Pisces rises 2:51 a.m. to 4:02 a.m. Taurus zodiac sign
♊︎ Gemini Sun
Gemini and Pisces are both mutable and sit 90 degrees apart, a square, which astrologers read as friction: two minds changing at once. The Sun lands in the 4th house, home and family roots, the deepest point of the wheel, so expect births soon after midnight.
Sun in your Whole Sign 4th house. In New York around June 5, Pisces rises 12:49 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. Gemini zodiac sign
♋︎ Cancer Sun
A water Sun under a water ascendant, a trine apart, an angle the tradition calls harmonious. Cancer puts the Sun into the 5th, which astrologers tie to dating and creative work. People with this mix are described as tender, protective and easy to hurt. They are born in the late evening.
Sun in your Whole Sign 5th house. In New York around July 7, Pisces rises 10:39 p.m. to 11:50 p.m. Cancer zodiac sign
♌︎ Leo Sun
Leo wants the stage and Pisces rising prefers the wings. The Sun in the 6th, the area of work, routine and health, points that pride at daily craft more than at applause. Evening births.
Sun in your Whole Sign 6th house. In New York around August 7, Pisces rises 8:37 p.m. to 9:48 p.m. Leo zodiac sign
♍︎ Virgo Sun
Virgo is the sign opposite, so the Sun stands on the descendant and opens the 7th house of partners. The Virgo Sun plans and the Pisces ascendant dreams, and they face each other across the chart. Astrologers read someone drawn to other people who still checks the details of what draws them. Births near sunset.
Sun in your Whole Sign 7th house. In New York around September 7, Pisces rises 6:35 p.m. to 7:46 p.m. Virgo zodiac sign
♎︎ Libra Sun
Libra puts the Sun in the 8th, linked to shared money, debts and deep ties. A balanced, pleasant Sun behind a receptive front makes an agreeable pair, perhaps too agreeable, since neither sign likes to say no. Late-afternoon births.
Sun in your Whole Sign 8th house. In New York around October 8, Pisces rises 4:33 p.m. to 5:44 p.m. Libra zodiac sign
♏︎ Scorpio Sun
Water again, with the Sun in the 9th, tied to long trips, study and faith. Scorpio adds depth and privacy to an open ascendant, so the person seems easy to read and is not. Born in the early afternoon.
Sun in your Whole Sign 9th house. In New York around November 7, Pisces rises 1:35 p.m. to 2:47 p.m. Scorpio zodiac sign
♐︎ Sagittarius Sun
Jupiter rules both signs in the traditional scheme, so one planet speaks for the Sun and the ascendant. The Sun is in the 10th, the highest house, which is why these births come around midday. Frank Sagittarius and soft Pisces make a generous, restless mix.
Sun in your Whole Sign 10th house. In New York around December 7, Pisces rises 11:37 a.m. to 12:49 p.m. Sagittarius zodiac sign
♑︎ Capricorn Sun
Capricorn sets the Sun in the 11th, the area of friends, groups and long-range hopes. Earth-sign discipline gives an imaginative ascendant a way to organize its plans, and the group is often where the ideas get done. A morning birth.
Sun in your Whole Sign 11th house. In New York around January 6, Pisces rises 9:42 a.m. to 10:54 a.m. Capricorn zodiac sign
♒︎ Aquarius Sun
The Sun sits in the 12th, the house just before the ascendant, which astrologers connect with solitude and whatever is kept out of sight. Aquarius brings detachment and ideas to a sign already inclined to withdraw, so time alone matters. Born in the hour or two after sunrise.
Sun in your Whole Sign 12th house. In New York around February 5, Pisces rises 7:44 a.m. to 8:56 a.m. Aquarius zodiac sign
♓︎ Pisces Sun
Sun and ascendant share Pisces, so the Sun stands in the 1st house. That takes a birth close to sunrise in Pisces season. Astrologers read the sign with no counterweight, so the receptiveness and the drift both show at full strength.
Sun in your Whole Sign 1st house. In New York around March 5, Pisces rises 5:50 a.m. to 7:02 a.m. Pisces zodiac sign
Pisces rising and your Moon sign
The tradition gives the Moon your instincts, what soothes you and your first reflex, and keeps it apart from the ascendant, which stands for manner. A Moon in a drier sign is read as steadying a Pisces ascendant and a Moon in water as amplifying it. Look up your Moon sign first, then read its line beside your Sun paragraph above.
| Moon sign | With this ascendant, in the tradition |
|---|---|
| ♈︎ Aries Moon | quick, hot reactions behind a soft front; sorry as fast as it is angry |
| ♉︎ Taurus Moon | steady appetites and a need for comfort; anchors the drifting ascendant |
| ♊︎ Gemini Moon | chatty and changeable inside; feels better once the feeling is in words |
| ♋︎ Cancer Moon | deeply tender and protective; homesick for people more than for places |
| ♌︎ Leo Moon | warm and proud; wants to be seen kindly and gives the same back |
| ♍︎ Virgo Moon | sits in the descendant sign: worries in detail and calms down by helping |
| ♎︎ Libra Moon | wants peace above most things; gives way too fast to keep the evening smooth |
| ♏︎ Scorpio Moon | intense feeling kept out of sight; remembers every slight and every kindness |
| ♐︎ Sagittarius Moon | restless and hopeful; needs a plan for the future to feel steady |
| ♑︎ Capricorn Moon | self-controlled and dry; shows care by doing and holds the dreamy side back |
| ♒︎ Aquarius Moon | friendly and detached; needs freedom to sort out whose feelings are whose |
| ♓︎ Pisces Moon | doubles the rising sign: very sensitive, absorbs moods and needs real time alone |
Jupiter and Neptune: the two rulers of a Pisces rising chart
Start with the sample birth in the check below: 10:45 p.m. on July 15, 1990, in New York. Calculated, it has Pisces rising, Jupiter in Cancer in the 5th house and Neptune in Capricorn in the 11th, so one ascendant gives you two planets to read.
The planet that governs your ascendant sign is known as the chart ruler. Pisces has two: Jupiter in the traditional scheme, and Neptune, added by modern astrologers after its discovery. A ruler's sign is read as the style it works in, and its house as the part of life it targets. Whole Sign houses run from your own sign: Pisces fills the 1st, then Aries, Taurus and the rest in order, down to Aquarius in the 12th.
Each ruler comes with a strength and a price. Jupiter is the planet of growth and generosity, so it lends this chart faith and an open hand, at the price of saying yes to more than a week can hold. Neptune is the planet of dreams, music and fog. It lends imagination and sympathy, and costs a vagueness that can slide into idealizing people and overlooking facts.
Where Jupiter falls with this ascendant, by Whole Sign house. We took every third date from 1930 to 2025 and one moment every 12 minutes of New York clock time, and kept the 69,538 moments with Pisces on the horizon.
| House | 5th | 8th | 7th | 9th | 10th | 6th | 4th | 11th | 12th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ♃ Jupiter | 9.1% | 9.0% | 9.0% | 8.9% | 8.7% | 8.5% | 8.4% | 8.2% | 7.7% | 7.7% | 7.5% | 7.4% |
Jupiter by sign in the same count: Cancer 9.1%, Libra 9.0%, Virgo 9.0%, Scorpio 8.9%, Sagittarius 8.7%, Leo 8.5%, Gemini 8.4%, Capricorn 8.2%, Aquarius 7.7%, Taurus 7.7%, Aries 7.5%, Pisces 7.4%.
Neptune moves slowly, so its sign and house depend mostly on the decade you were born in:
| Born in the | Neptune's sign in those births |
|---|---|
| 1930s | Virgo 100.0% |
| 1940s | Libra 69.5%, Virgo 30.5% |
| 1950s | Libra 67.2%, Scorpio 32.8% |
| 1960s | Scorpio 100.0% |
| 1970s | Sagittarius 94.8%, Scorpio 5.2% |
| 1980s | Capricorn 55.4%, Sagittarius 44.6% |
| 1990s | Capricorn 83.4%, Aquarius 16.6% |
| 2000s | Aquarius 100.0% |
| 2010s | Pisces 82.7%, Aquarius 17.3% |
| 2020s | Pisces 90.6%, Aries 9.4% |
Neptune by Whole Sign house, all decades together: 10th 14.5%, 11th 14.5%, 9th 14.4%, 1st 14.3%, 8th 14.3%, 12th 14.0%, 7th 13.6%, 2nd 0.6%.
Jupiter is the quicker of the two, and across births its spread is nearly flat: its busiest house is the 5th house (9.1%), its quietest the 1st house (7.4%), and the sign it visits most is Cancer (9.1%). Counted by sign, Jupiter looks the same for this ascendant as for all birth dates together, with under 0.1 point between them, since where Jupiter stands in the sky has nothing to do with your ascendant. Only the house does.
Neptune is the opposite case. It moves so slowly that it mostly marks a generation: Capricorn for most births of the 1980s, Aquarius in the 2000s and Pisces in the 2010s, when it stood in the ascendant's own sign. Between 1930 and 2025 it was never in the 3rd to 6th houses (Taurus to Leo). Its rarest spot is the 2nd house (0.6%), the Aries placement of the youngest births.
Pisces rising and the midheaven: Sagittarius across the northern cities
Which sign stands highest in the sky when Pisces is on the horizon? Sagittarius, and nothing else, for all five US and Alaskan cities in our table. The midheaven, or MC, is that top point, read as career and public role. It comes from the same birth minute as the ascendant, and with Pisces rising it came out Sagittarius in all five cities on our table, from Miami to Anchorage.
Sagittarius is the 10th house of this wheel, the standard seat of career and reputation, so the MC lands squarely there. Jupiter rules Sagittarius in the tradition, which puts one planet in charge of both the face you show and the role you are known for. Neptune adds its modern layer on the ascendant side only.
| City | Midheaven sign that comes with it |
|---|---|
| Miami (26° N) | Sagittarius 100.0% |
| Los Angeles (34° N) | Sagittarius 100.0% |
| New York (41° N) | Sagittarius 100.0% |
| Seattle (48° N) | Sagittarius 100.0% |
| Anchorage (61° N) | Sagittarius 100.0% |
Read further: midheaven in Sagittarius. The birth chart calculator prints your own MC.
How common is Pisces rising? One of the rarest in New York
Astrologers have long sorted the signs into slow risers and fast ones, and at northern latitudes Pisces is a fast one. The reason is geometry: the ecliptic, the path of the zodiac, meets the horizon at a steep angle where Pisces and Aries come up, and that stretch crosses quickly. New York gives the sign 1 hr 12 min at a time, 5.0% of the clock, tied with Aries for the smallest share of any sign.
Going north shortens it. Seattle gets 1 hr, and Miami, at the other end of the range, 1 hr 29 min. In Anchorage the stay is only 24 min, and Pisces holds 1.7%. The equator gives it 7.8%.
| Latitude | Share of the day | Time on the horizon |
|---|---|---|
| 0° N Equator (Quito, Singapore) | 7.8% | — |
| 25.8° N Miami | 6.2% | 1 hr 29 min |
| 34.1° N Los Angeles | 5.6% | 1 hr 20 min |
| 40.7° N New York | 5.0% | 1 hr 12 min |
| 47.6° N Seattle | 4.2% | 1 hr |
| 55° N Edinburgh, Moscow | 3.1% | — |
| 61.2° N Anchorage | 1.7% | 24 min |
| 33.9° S Sydney | 9.9% | — |
Below the equator the picture flips, and Sydney gives Pisces 9.9%, which puts it among the longer signs there. Those percentages count minutes on the clock, not babies, since births do not spread evenly over the hours. Rarest only means shortest window.
When is Pisces rising? Hours by month, not dates
Someone reads 6:40 a.m. on a birth certificate from mid-March, searches for Pisces rising dates, sees Pisces season and decides it fits. It does, by luck, because the reasoning runs the wrong way.
The myth hands Pisces rising to people born in Pisces season. The data says every date has a Pisces window, because all twelve signs cross the horizon in turn each day. New York clocks put it around sunrise in March, just after dawn in February, mid-morning in January and near noon in December. November and October make it an afternoon sign, September and August an evening one, and July a late-night one. June brings it around midnight, and May and April in the small hours. Month by month the window opens about two hours sooner, with a one-hour hop when the clocks change. The table below is for the 15th. Longitude matters too, so a birth well east or west of New York lands a few minutes off, and the check above finds the window for your own city and day.
| Born around the 15th of | Pisces on the horizon (New York clock time, 2025 calendar) |
|---|---|
| January | 9:03 a.m. – 10:14 a.m. |
| February | 7:01 a.m. – 8:13 a.m. |
| March | 6:11 a.m. – 7:22 a.m. |
| April | 4:09 a.m. – 5:21 a.m. |
| May | 2:11 a.m. – 3:23 a.m. |
| June | 12:10 a.m. – 1:21 a.m. |
| July | 10:08 p.m. – 11:19 p.m. |
| August | 8:06 p.m. – 9:17 p.m. |
| September | 6:04 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. |
| October | 4:06 p.m. – 5:17 p.m. |
| November | 1:04 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. |
| December | 11:06 a.m. – 12:17 p.m. |
Each stay in New York is 1 hr 12 min long, so a recorded birth time that is an hour out can put you in the wrong sign.
Famous people with Pisces rising
Our Pisces rising count is 8, out of 143 charts, and every time is rated AA or A by Rodden:
Whitney Houston Pisces 8°25′
Born August 9, 1963, 8:55 p.m., Newark, New Jersey; Rodden rating AA. Leo Sun, Aries Moon; Mars in Libra in the 8th house, Pluto in Virgo in the 7th.
Pisces had been on the horizon for 20 minutes when she was born and kept rising for 51 more. Jupiter, which traditionally rules Pisces, is in Aries and shares the 2nd house by Whole Sign with her Moon.
Kourtney Kardashian Pisces 9°14′
Born April 18, 1979, 3:15 a.m., Los Angeles Cedars Sinai Hospital, California; Rodden rating AA. Aries Sun, Capricorn Moon; Mars in Aries in the 2nd house, Pluto in Libra in the 8th.
Pisces rises at 9°14′ in her chart, with Venus, exalted in this sign, in the 1st house. Jupiter, the traditional ruler, sits in the last degree of Cancer in the 5th, and Neptune, the modern one, is in Sagittarius in the 10th, 2.9° from the midheaven.
Demi Moore Pisces 22°24′
Born November 11, 1962, 2:16 p.m., Roswell, New Mexico; Rodden rating A. Scorpio Sun, Taurus Moon; Mars in Leo in the 6th house, Pluto in Virgo in the 7th.
Demi Moore has Pisces rising at 22°24′, and Jupiter, the planet that traditionally governs the sign, also occupies Pisces, so it falls in the 1st house. Venus is in Scorpio in the 9th, and the Moon in Taurus in the 3rd.
George Clooney Pisces 11°57′
Born May 6, 1961, 2:58 a.m., Lexington, Kentucky; Rodden rating AA. Taurus Sun, Capricorn Moon; Mars in Leo in the 6th house, Pluto in Virgo in the 7th.
The ascendant lies at 11°57′ of Pisces. Jupiter has left the sign for Aquarius, which makes it a Whole Sign 12th-house planet, and Venus in Aries is in the 2nd. The Moon and Saturn share Capricorn and the 11th.
Jenna Ortega Pisces 22°18′
Born September 27, 2002, 5:59 p.m., Rancho Mirage, California; Rodden rating AA. Libra Sun, Gemini Moon; Mars in Virgo in the 7th house, Pluto in Sagittarius in the 10th.
The ascendant is at 22°18′ of Pisces. Jupiter, the traditional ruler, is placed in the 6th house, in Leo. Libra holds the Sun in the 8th, and Venus lies in Scorpio, the 9th.
Gwyneth Paltrow Pisces 7°05′
Born September 27, 1972, 5:25 p.m., Los Angeles, California; Rodden rating AA. Libra Sun, Gemini Moon; Mars in Virgo in the 7th house, Pluto in Libra in the 8th.
Pisces rises at 7°05′ on her AA time. Jupiter has just entered Capricorn (0°13′), a Whole Sign 11th, and Neptune is in Sagittarius, the 10th.
Eric Dane Pisces 1°39′
Born November 9, 1972, 1:42 p.m., San Francisco, California; Rodden rating AA. Scorpio Sun, Sagittarius Moon; Mars in Libra in the 8th house, Pluto in Libra in the 8th.
Pisces rises at 1°39′, early in the sign. Jupiter, the traditional ruler, falls in Capricorn (11th), and Neptune, the modern one, in Sagittarius (10th).
Simone Biles Pisces 4°17′
Born March 14, 1997, 6:02 a.m., Columbus, Ohio; Rodden rating AA. Pisces Sun, Gemini Moon; Mars in Virgo in the 7th house, Pluto in Sagittarius in the 10th.
Pisces rises at 4°17′ and the Sun, Venus and Mercury all stand in Pisces in the 1st house. Jupiter, the traditional ruler, is in Aquarius (12th), and Neptune, the modern one, in Capricorn (11th).
The rest of the set is on the celebrity chart index.
Questions about Pisces rising
What is Pisces rising?
Pisces was the sign on the eastern horizon when you were born, so it is your ascendant. Astrologers read that point as first impressions, and for Pisces they mean gentle, receptive and imaginative. Knowing it takes the clock time and place of birth along with the date.
Which rising sign is the rarest?
In New York, Pisces and Aries tie, each with 5.0% of the day (odds of 1 in 20 at a random moment). It depends on latitude. In Sydney Pisces gets 9.9% of the day, so it is not rare there.
How do you find your rising sign?
Gather the birth date, the exact minute and the city. Put them into the rising sign calculator, or run the check on this page for a yes or no on Pisces. If you remember only roughly when you were born, the hours-by-month table narrows it down.
What are the traits of Pisces rising?
Astrologers describe sensitivity, kindness, imagination and a quick read of moods. The warnings are blurred boundaries, a yes said too fast and a habit of avoiding conflict. Jupiter and Neptune, the two rulers, color the reading.
What does Pisces rising look like?
A 1647 astrology text describes a short body, a large face and a pale complexion, and is blunt about the rest. Modern guides soften that into a gentle, faraway look. Treat it as folklore, since family and age decide far more.
What is a Pisces rising man like?
He is pictured as gentle, a good listener, easy to talk to and slow to commit to a plan. The usual warning is steering around confrontation. His Mars sign says more about how he acts when pushed than the ascendant does.
What is the difference between Pisces rising and a Pisces Sun?
A Pisces Sun comes from the birthday alone. Pisces rising comes from the minute and the city, so a person born in any month might have it. The two coincide for births near sunrise in Pisces season, when the Sun stands in the 1st house.
Which planets rule Pisces rising?
Jupiter in traditional astrology and Neptune in modern. Jupiter's sign and house get read first, while Neptune moves so slowly that its sign mostly marks your generation. In our five northern cities the midheaven is Sagittarius, another sign Jupiter rules.
Sources
- Astronomy Engine: the open-source ephemeris library behind our planet positions, dates and statistics
- Jean Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms (Willmann-Bell, 1991): formulas for the ascendant, midheaven, mean node and mean Lilith
- William Lilly, Christian Astrology (London, 1647): scan of the original edition
- Astro-Databank (Astrodienst): published birth charts we test the calculation against
- How we create our readings: our own calculation of sign dates, positions and the 1930 to 2025 statistics
More rising signs and your chart
Find your own ascendant with the rising sign calculator (Sun, Moon and rising together) or see the whole chart with the birth chart calculator. The ascendant starts the 1st house; its opposite point, the descendant, starts the 7th house. Pisces as your Sun sign: Pisces zodiac sign. Not sure of your Sun sign? Find your zodiac sign by birthday. The Pisces card in tarot: The Moon. Other rising signs: Aquarius rising · Aries rising · Cancer rising · Capricorn rising · Gemini rising · Leo rising · Libra rising · Sagittarius rising · Scorpio rising · Taurus rising · Virgo rising.
Astrology is a symbolic tradition, not a science. We explain what the tradition says and show the calculation so you can check it. Rising signs and planets come from the astronomy-engine ephemeris in the tropical zodiac, the same code as our calculator, checked against five published charts from Astro-Databank to within 0.02°; time zones from the IANA database; the city list from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). More in How we work.