Pisces' Symbolic Meaning
Pisces is the last sign of the zodiac. Because it is the last of the 12 signs, it contains a bit of them all. If they take the time and investigate a little, people born under this sign often realize that they are literally picking up on the feelings of others. This explains why Pisces people are so easily able to understand how other people are feeling.
In fact, Pisceans are so sensitive to the feelings of others that it is not good for them to be near people who are angry, sad or disturbed. If they are in conflict with themselves as the Piscean symbol suggests - two fish interlocked in tension, forever pulling each other in opposite ways - one side of this conflict can represent the personality whose inner self is always preparing to retreat from the world.
Pisces is associated with both empathy and telepathy. This natural ability to be invisibly connected to those around them and those around the world is both a "blessing and a curse" of all Pisceans. It enables then to feel exactly how to help those they care about, which is a piscean specialty, but it is exhausting and hard on a piscean person's emotions to have other people's lives intrude so on their own.
Pisces is the twelfth sign of the zodiac. It is symbolized by two fish swimming in opposite directions. It is a water sign. Each sign of the zodiac is associated with one of the four classic elements, fire, earth, water and air. Other water signs are Cancer and Scorpio. Water signs are associated with imagination, human feelings and one’s ability to love and sustain. Pisces is also one of the four mutable signs along with Gemini, Virgo and Sagittarius. Mutable signs are associated with the change in seasons. They are associated with change and versatility. People who are born under one of the four mutable signs are often considered to be adaptable, impressionable, sympathetic, communicative, resourceful and restless. They often have the ability to see both sides of a situation at the same time.
Since Pisces is the final sign of the zodiac it encompasses qualities of all the other signs that came before it. Most Pisceans would rather keep these traits to themselves though. Pisces are said to be focused, selfless and very in tune with the feelings of those around them. Feelings rule a Pisces life, their feelings and the feelings of those around them. Fish are often perceived as being very intuitive because of their deep perceptions of the feelings and emotions of others. Pisces born people are often thought to be very dreamy and secretive because of their preference to live in a world of illusion.
Pisces is symbolized by a pair of fish swimming in opposite directions. The fish is obviously because of the association with the water. The two fish represents the inherit duality of the sign. The two fish are the yin and yang of the sign. Pisceans often float between reality and unreality. Slipping from the conscience world to their own dreamworld. This gives them their air of introspectiveness that is often associated with the Pisces. This may make them hard to pin down and appear somewhat hazy in their day to day dealings. This is fine with the fish because it gives them a sense of safety to stay hidden away in their dream state. But often the needs of others will pull them out and into the real world.
Pisces more times then not will put the needs and desires of others above their own. Going out of their way to help a friend or satisfy a lover. This is what a Pisces lives for but more often then not the fish is taken advantage of. Most times they are aware of it but sometimes they aren’t.
Pisces are often times very creative people, especially in the areas of literature and music. They often use their creativity to escape and find their own inner peace. A fish will often put themselves out for others so much that eventually they will need to retreat into themselves for a time to refocus their energy. A Piscean is very often zapped of their own physical energy by those around them. Most times their own emotional needs are shelved to the point of being forgotten.
Because of their spectacular intuition and outstanding perceptions most fish will often appear physic and in most instances will often feel like no one actually understands them. It is at times like these that the fish will retreat to their dream worlds to be understood.