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golden antique keyPisces on the House Cusps

Pisces Fish drawing, zodiac symbol

Since Pisces is mutable water, you need to allow your intuition to guide you, for you will feel as if you are acting blindly in the house with Pisces on the cusp. No one can give you proof for the affairs of this house, so allow yourself to be guided by your intuition. In your personal birth chart, the house with Pisces on the cusp is ruled by the planet Neptune (and traditionally Jupiter). So look to the position and sign of Neptune (and Jupiter) for more clues regarding the sphere of life with Pisces on the cusp.

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Pisces on 1st House Cusp

If Pisces is on the 1st house cusp (Pisces Rising), you have the ability to act as a mirror to others, and can take on the persona of whomever you idolize. Others will see you as selfless, self-sacrificing and inspiring compassion. You’re sympathetic, adaptable, ethereal, and visionary. Your achievements are the result of your sensitivity to the subtle currents of your surroundings. Your mystical insight allows you to penetrate the subtleties of human nature. They also have artistic and musical ability. Read more about Pisces Rising…

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Pisces on 2nd House Cusp

If Pisces is on the 2nd house cusp, you may feel confused about money matters and have difficulty making ends meet. You value your sense of compassion. There is likely to be a laxity and impracticality in professional and money matters due to excessive generosity. However, it’s this generous spirit that often brings you good luck financially. You love the beautiful and good things of life, although this appreciation never makes you greedy.

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Pisces on 3rd House Cusp

If Pisces is on the 3rd house cusp, you may be vague in your communications. You have a vivid fantasy life and could be a creative writer. This position creates persons who are surprisingly cryptic and highly emotional in their thoughts and communication. Very often their ideas are based upon intuitive insights. You organize your plans and ideas secretly. You also like to be alone when doing mental work.

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Pisces on 4th House Cusp

If Pisces is on the 4th house cusp, you have an idyllic view of your family. You may not see family members as they really are. One of your parents may have been absent, ill, or drunk during your childhood. However, as an adult you remember only the good times. You may try to re-create an idyllic family life. For people with this cusp overlay, the home is often a place of retreat, set aside for retrospection. Sometimes their houses are provided by institutions; they may live in parsonages, communal homes, university dorms, etc. Either way, they enjoy privacy in their homes.

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Pisces on 5th House Cusp

If Pisces is on the 5th house cusp, you are creative and artistically talented. You enjoy music, dance, art, theatre - any pastime which is uplifting and helps you escape. You’re surprisingly sentimental in affairs of the heart; you serve your loved ones selflessly. Your children and your lovers are often a source of disillusionment to you. You gain pleasure from seclusion and from the study of mysticism.

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Pisces on 6th House Cusp

If Pisces is on the 6th house cusp, your daily routine may be vague and disorganized. You may find it difficult to concentrate on daily chores. You may suffer from ill-health. Circumstances in work and service require your unselfish devotion. You’re sympathetic to co-workers and employees. Sometimes, however, you assume more work than you can effectively handle, thereby creating confusion and problems. You may become a hypochondriac if you’re looking for an escape from your professional responsibilities. Your health is dependent upon your emotional state of being.

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Pisces on 7th House Cusp

If Pisces is on the 7th house cusp, you are a compassionate and loving partner, with possibly some martyr-like tendencies. You can be idealistic when it comes to personal relationships. You need to share spiritual or artistic endeavors with your partner. Partners are often the avenue by which you expand into new fields; partners enhance your human understanding and emotional involvement. You attract people who are not nearly so well organized as you are.

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Pisces on 8th House Cusp

If Pisces is on the 8th house cusp, you are not clear about joint resources; suffering from confusion about what is yours and what belongs to the other person. A joint artistic endeavor may be a positive outlet. You may also experience confusion about your sexual feelings. Even though you know that death ultimately comes to all people, you don’t dwell on the idea of dying. Conversely, you do everything possible to postpone the final day. Males especially, with this cusp overlay, are frequent pill poppers, even if the pills are vitamins and minerals. Generally there are strange conditions concerning inheritances. For many with this cusp overlay, their inheritances are dissipated even before they receive them.

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Pisces on 9th House Cusp

If Pisces is on the 9th house cusp, you travel the world in your dreams, but have difficulty coping with the practicalities of travel and study. You may choose to study or travel for artistic purposes. Religion plays a dominant role in the lives of these people, and their beliefs have a mystical connotation. Insights that seem to come from heaven help them solve their problems. Many with this cusp overlay (Cancer Rising) have written books on mystical subjects that have emotional appeal. They like to take journeys by sea.

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Pisces on 10th House Cusp

If Pisces is on the 10th house cusp, you will serve humanity through your career. You may suffer through changes of profession, and chase fantasy ideas about your life direction. You may feel overwhelmed by career decisions. You tend to be "otherworldly" and visionary, and not always practical with regard to work and public reputation. You’re elusive and hard to pin down in professional matters. Peculiar conditions are sometimes associated with your job and reputation, and there is always an element of mystery in your professional activity.

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Pisces on 11th House Cusp

If Pisces is on the 11th house cusp, you enjoy spiritual and artistic pastimes with your friends. You show compassion for your friends, and may join a group or club with a humane purpose. Your compassion and sympathy is expressed by generosity to your friends. But friends can be a source of disillusionment to you if you’re unwise in your choice of friends.

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Pisces on 12th House Cusp

If Pisces is on the 12th house cusp, you have an ability to sense the undercurrents within happenings around you. You may find meditation beneficial for spiritual renewal. Your greatest fear is of fear itself. You have an unconscious spiritual wisdom that is not apparent on the surface. You possess an intense empathy for humankind, yet at times you feel alone. Confusion on the unconscious level may sometimes be your undoing.

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