Constant Need for Change

Me in a nut shell…The Pisces Aries cusp is one of rest and rebirth; the twin-fish sign Pisces ends the astrological year, while Aries leads the charge of the next one.

We have two very different figures at war today: Pisces is calm, empathetic, and psychic—the mystic by the river. Aries is the knight who charges into action, someone who doesn’t feel, rarely thinks, and instead just acts. So will their combined energy be explosive? “It’s kind of confusing to feel the Piscean urge to merge mixed in with the Arian need to joust, but there’s a way to balance it out and embrace both sides of you,” Weiss says.

“It’s kind of confusing to feel the Piscean urge to merge mixed in with the Arian need to joust, but there’s a way to balance it out and embrace both sides of you.” —Stefanie Iris Weiss, astrologer

But first, a final reminder that even if you’re born close to the edge of your sun sign’s cut off, you are still always one sign or another, just with traits influenced by your cosmic neighbor. And with that, check out Weiss’s breakdown of what it means to be born on the Pisces Aries cusp.

One more time, these are the traits of a Pisces

The main gift of a Pisces is their sensitivity. They’re able to read another person’s energy with expert precision, and feel the feelings of empathy. They’re compassionate and artistic, idealistic and gentle. When you’re feeling down, they always have the perfect playlist to reflect what you’re going through.

But that sensitivity can be a double-edged sword for a Pisces; you cannot call a Pisces out on their flakier tendencies, because they may well burst into tears and play the victim. Still, you can’t help but adore a Pisces, even if the twin fish is always flip-flopping in two different directions.

And finally, here are the traits of an Aries

A ram, on the other hand, has no problem with direction, specifically the one direction in which it wants to travel: forward. Aries are self-starters with the headstrong qualities common to leaders. People are drawn to them like a moth to the flame (ahem, total fire-sign quality) and will follow them anywhere.

Even though Aries can have that firstborn quality of being exceptionally selfish and not think of someone else before making a decision, these amazing and loyal friends are highly forgivable.

So what does it mean to be born on the Pisces Aries cusp?

If you’re a late-degrees Pisces, your telepathic abilities are actually fine-tuned by Aries energy. According to Weiss, you feel all your feels and then everybody else’s feels without words. Seriously, you’re that psychic.

“By the time we get to the end of this sign, you’ve so finely attuned to your ESP signals that you’re less apt to suddenly cry on a whim and not understand why, as mid-season Pisces can sometimes do. You’ve evolved—been there and done that—and at the very end of the zodiac, you’re ready to start again. Aries cusp Pisces contain all the wisdom of all the signs in one—that’s what it means to be last, at least in this case.”

You also have a little spark in you—a determined ability to fight for your rights that other Pisces don’t have. That’s because you’re cozied up with Aries, who basically doesn’t take anyone’s BS.

“Early-degree rams are surely fierce like their later-degree sisters, however they’re just a bit softer around the edges from that compassionate Pisces influence,” says Weiss. “They will stand up for what they believe in, but sometimes falteringly, because there’s a Piscean voice floating around their heads, saying ‘Don’t go too hard this time.'”

Author: Stephanie Iris Weis