Everything You Need To Know About Pisces Rising—From Compatibility To Career & More

You may know your sun sign in astrology, and maybe even your moon sign—but your rising sign can clue you in to how you show up in the world and how other people perceive you.

As a refresher, your rising sign, also known as your "ascendant," is the zodiac sign that was rising over the eastern horizon the moment you were born.

Where your sun sign relates to the position of the sun relative to the astrological year (i.e., people are born during Libra season or Taurus season), your rising sign relates to the position of the sun relative to the time of day. (The sun spends about two hours traveling through each sign every day.)

Your rising sign reveals how you interact with the world, from your appearance to your attitude to the first impressions you make on others. For example, a Leo sun with a Pisces rising will likely exhibit Pisces-like traits you wouldn't expect from typical Leo energy, or will even physically look more like a Pisces.

Your rising sign also determines where your first house of identity falls in your chart (your ascendant is always your first house), which sets the stage for the rest of the houses in your chart.

Pisces is the 12th and final sign of the astrological year, and ruled by Neptune, the planet of illusions, dreams, and spirituality. For folks who have this rising sign, they outwardly embody these qualities, with an almost dreamlike presence.

As aforementioned, your rising sign can even influence your appearance, and Pisces risings often have round eyes with long lashes that reveal the depths of their soul. They tend to appear graceful, soft, and even whimsical, with an ethereal way of carrying themselves.

With their strong connection to Neptune, Pisces risings are sensitive and empathetic. Neptune is associated with the dissolution of boundaries—and Pisces happens to be the only water sign without armor. While the other water signs, Scorpio and Cancer, share in their emotional sensitivity, the scorpion and crab have outer shells. The fishes do not.

As such, Pisces risings may struggle with boundaries and protecting their peace. Being such empathetic people, they often romanticize or project fantasies onto an otherwise unsatisfactory reality.

When it comes to astrological compatibility, comparing both people's entire charts (aka "synastry" or relationship astrology) is necessary to get the full picture.

But in general, Pisces risings will likely get along with some signs better than others. For instance, the other water signs (Cancer, Scorpio, or another Pisces) will always understand Pisces risings' deep emotions, and vice versa. Of course, in this case, too much watery emotion can still be too much!

Pisces risings may also be attracted to the grounding and structure that the earth signs (Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn) provide. In fact, Virgo is Pisces astrological opposite, which some say makes them astrological soulmates.

Indeed, Virgo does generally rule a Pisces rising's seventh house of longterm partnership, so the qualities Virgo embodies—like practicality, organization, and intellectualism—are the perfect balance for Pisces.

In terms of Pisces risings in relationships, astrology expert Imani Quinn tells mindbodygreen, they do need to watch out for that telltale' susceptibility to illusions and fantasy that Piscean folks are known for.

"They're a water sign, and they're a mutable sign, so that can make them very impressionable in love. They can kind of take on the personality of the person they're dating, especially if the person they're dating has a stronger personality," Quinn explains.

Nevertheless, Pisces risings are generally very romantic, intuitive, and thoughtful partners. "They're going to idealize romance, which means they're going to want to do acts of romance that are really sweet," Quinn says.

These are people who will wear their heart on their sleeve, according to Quinn, which can be a great thing because they're not afraid to give love their all—but it can also lead to codependence.

While the midheaven (or 10th house) of your birth chart typically relates more to your career path in life, your rising sign can still influence the kinds of careers you might be well suited for or attracted to.

For Pisces risings, they want to put their caring and creative strengths to use. As the AstroTwins previously told mindbodygreen, these folks "really know how to work with the energy of difficult, charged emotions that can come up in relationships or a group setting."

That said, these are your healers and your caregivers, but also your artists and creative types. They might even thrive in a career that requires some sort of intuitive or psychic strength. As astrologer Kayse Budd, M.D. notes, "Water sun signs, water rising signs, and water moon signs create sensitive and intuitive humans," adding that Pisces is the most classically psychic sign and "more Pisces placements means more classically psychic."