Pisces Season is the Sun’s transit through the sign of Pisces. Before we dive in, here are some quick takes about this period:

Duration:  February 18 to March 20, 2022 

Archetypes:  Pisces – The Mystic, Dreamer, Poet, Drunk

Element:  Water

Mode:  Mutable

Lunatations:

• New Moon: 12° Pisces  on March 2 at 9:35 am PST
• Full Moon:  27° Virgo on  March 18 at 12:17 am PST

Additional planetary shifts (ingresses) during this period:

• Mars enters Aquarius:  March 6
• Venus enters Aquarius: March 6
• Mercury enters Pisces: March 9

Why do we track the Sun?

The Sun is the essential organizing body in our solar system. It is responsible for all of life. Without it, all living things would cease to exist. 

The orbit of the Earth around the Sun creates our seasons, and it’s the basis of our Gregorian calendar. 

Western Tropical Astrology also emphasizes the Sun’s annual movement through the 12 zodiac signs from our perspective here on Earth. Each thirty-day period provides a different solar quality focus and influences our day-to-day activities. Just like we know, each winter in the northern hemisphere will bring cold, darkness, and snow, and those living in that climate will have to make adjustments. 

Pisces Season, the 2022 Edition

Though the Sun moves through Pisces each year, all Pisces seasons are not created equal.

This year, in addition to Neptune, which has been in Pisces since 2011, the Sun will encounter Jupiter.  This massive planet of expansion is helping us connect to greater faith, more profound healing, and creativity. I wrote all about it here. When the Sun meets up with Jupiter on March 5th, these themes become more personal and evident. If you’ve been a bit wishy-washy around claiming your heart’s desires, this Pisces Season will help galvanize you towards a particular path. A new journey is just a step (or two) away if you believe in yourself.

Sometimes, believing in oneself requires a bit of delusion. The first person to attempt anything innovative must have seemed delusional to the rest of us. From the early explorers of the “New World” to the modern-day astronauts. How did they ever believe any of it was possible?  One word, imagination. Both delusion and imagination are important qualities of Pisces Season. 

When the Sun conjuncts Neptune around March 13, 2022, be on the lookout for possible mass delusions or equally likely immense compassion. With the dissolving of individual ego structures, we become more receptive to collective energy without discernment.

As we slowly move out of the final weeks of winter in the northern hemisphere, set aside time to imagine what you want to create actively. Set up a vision that utilizes all five senses, has no limits, and regularly linger there. What you visualize now will likely lead to feelings of bliss. 

Surrender to that feeling and hold it in your heart throughout the Sun’s journey through Pisces. It will inform the new birth that will take place in Aries season.

“Nothing is more important than reconnecting with your bliss. Nothing is as rich. Nothing is more real.”

― Deepak Chopra

The case for dreamwork

This period is made for dreaming. Turn down the lights, pour yourself a cup of chamomile tea, pull up the blanket, and relax into your dreamscape. When you awake, write down what took place and explore the content of your dreams for significant meaning.

Dreams help make the unconscious conscious. Yet they’re tricky things. Dreams are often hard to hold. You will get better over time if you can get into a regular practice of writing down your dreams immediately upon awakening.

“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life, and you will call it fate.”

― Carl Jung

While the Sun moves through Pisces, we have an incredible period for effectively doing dreamwork that is additionally supported by Mercury entering Pisces on March 9th. 

Mercury in Pisces helps to uncover and communicate hidden ego needs. This, along with a regular dreamwork practice, can deliver much healing. Sometimes we suffer in silence because we’re unaware of its root cause. The undeniable intelligence hidden inside your dreams can begin to lift the fog. Get cozy and allow it to permeate your being.

Where it’s happening in your chart

If you know your rising sign, below are some clues to where you can attempt to linger in bliss, find healing, or imagine a better future this Pisces season. Do keep in mind these are very general interpretations and do not constitute providing medical advice or professional services.

• Aries Rising.  The Sun is transiting your 12th House of spirituality, secrets, and institutions that separate, i.e., prisons/nursing homes. Be sure to carve out time to relax and retreat from the world. Your usual get up and go has permission this period to go sit somewhere. Dreamwork or meditation practices are highly recommended.

• Taurus Rising.  The Sun is transiting your 11th House of friendship, groups, aspirations. Visualize the friendships and organizations that will truly nourish you well into the future. You’re going through an unprecedented amount of turbulent change. For that reason, you’ll want to welcome in new people who better match who you’re becoming and the more creative ambitions your currently redrawing. Dream big! 

• Gemini Rising. The Sun is transiting your 10th House of career/status in society. What do you want to create for the world?  What’s your imagined ideal for your place in the world? However you answer, it will be messier than you think. There isn’t a straight path when it comes to surrendering to your imagination. That said, the feeling of bliss will always point you in the right direction.

• Cancer Rising. The Sun is transiting through your 9th House of religion/philosophy, long-distance travel, higher education. Exploring ideas and places outside your norm will bring immense creativity and support for a new vision.

• Leo Rising. The Sun is transiting through your 8th House of transformation, inheritance, and sexuality. Healing issues around intimacy and money may come up during this period. Additionally, you have an opportunity to transform unhealthy ancestral bonds into creative self-expression.

• Virgo Rising. The Sun is transiting through your 7th House of marriage and partnerships. During this Pisces season, one-on-one relationships are a source of bliss if they allow your heart to be completely open. A gift you deserve. It’s okay for someone else to be the container that you inhabit.

• Libra Rising. The Sun is transiting through your 6th House of daily routines, work, health, and pets. Each day brings more activities and tasks increasingly to the to-do list. Balancing this with an equally lengthy “to-be” list will offer some relief. What kinds of activities help you merge with that state of bliss? How many times during the day do you allow yourself to linger there?  Hint: During the Pisces season, linger in bliss more, not less. 

• Scorpio Rising. The Sun is transiting through your 5th House of children and creativity. When was the last time you’ve played? When was the last time you’ve expressed that inner child?  Letting your imagination run wild will likely help you connect to bliss and healing surrounding your creativity. If you’re not able to release this during your waking states, it may sneak through your dream time. 

• Sagittarius Rising. The Sun is transiting through your 4th House of home and family. Is your home serving well as your sanctuary?  Is it easy for you to find bliss there?  If not, it may be time to visualize what an ideal home and family situation will look like—no need to go into action just yet. First, imagine something more in alignment with who you are now. Dreamwork can also play an essential role in unlocking your deeper desires. 

• Capricorn Rising. The Sun is transiting through your 3rd House of communications, siblings, and neighbors. You’ve been through a lot these past years, and you’re still trying to figure it out. We all have an innate desire to be understood by ourselves and others. Just let that be for a while longer. Sit with the impressions, feelings, and downloads without making them into something. It will feel blissful to utilize your non-verbal means of communication.

• Aquarius Rising. The Sun is transiting through your 2nd House of money, resources, and values. Your values have been through a period of review and refinement and though they haven’t changed drastically, what has changed is your way of expressing those values. During Pisces season, indulge in visualizing those new and innovative ways of living into your values. 

• Pisces Rising. The Sun is transiting through your 1st House of identity and body image. During Pisces season, it’s easy to forget that you have a body and that it takes time and energy to care for it. Likely you’ve been on a long journey of healing the physical body and adopting healthy boundaries to everything that can easily throw off your physiological balance. Keep up the great work in building greater confidence in who you are and the limitations that sometimes come with that.