With the Pisces Full Moon energy still resonating and a stream of beautiful Pisces Moon souls flowing into my life this week, I thought I’d update and expand this little piece from the Facebook page. Hope you enjoy!
Moon is the inner self. It’s how we feel on a day-to-day basis. How we nurture ourselves and others and how we allow ourselves to be nurtured. The transiting Moon (where the Moon is on any given day) will tend to be an emotional filter for how we experience the world. For example on an Aries Moon day, you’ll probably notice that people are driving much more aggressively than usual. On a day where the Moon is in Cancer, you may find childhood memories pulling you strongly into the past or crave the ritual of cooking a nice pot of soup or baking cookies.
Pisces Moon is ultra-sensitive to the immediate environment. Pisces is the sign of oceanic emotionality, of universal emotional connectivity. Which means that under the Pisces Moon, our visionary compassion is stimulated – we tend to feel more than ever that we are All-One. But the negative side of this transit is that we tend to be extra susceptible to bleed-through from the emotions of the people around us. It can be hard to tell which feelings are properly “ours” and which are feelings we’ve picked up from the people around us.
All of these qualities apply to Pisces Moon natives (Pisces Moon in your birth chart). Pisces Moon people, whatever their outer demeanor may be, are ultra-sensitive on the inside. Pisces’ biggest challenge is its inherent lack of boundaries, and learning how to have appropriate boundaries and to get (and stay) grounded can be a lifelong task for Pisces Moon people.
Pisces Moon is also easily influenced by entities in the astral realm – my feeling is that Pisces Moon people can, especially earlier in life, have a much harder time than other people with addiction – to drugs and alcohol, sure, but also and perhaps more frequently to energy vampires and to the kind of sexuality and/or fantasy that promises union with the Divine but ultimately leaves the native drained, depleted and disillusioned.
Where Pisces Sun natives are especially prone to physical addiction (Sun = the body), Pisces Moon natives are more drawn to psychological or emotional addictions. [This is a fine line, but seems to have validity in my experience. If you're the proud owner of a Pisces Moon, I'd love to hear your comment.]
Pisces feels so comfortable in the astral realms that the temptation to repeatedly use marijuana, alcohol or sex to escape into these dream-spaces can be a major block to moving forward in real life. Learning to use creativity, nature, meditation, visualization, mantra, energy work, etc., as portals to the higher realms of consciousness can greatly restore Pisces Moon people’s energy and self-confidence because it enables them to journey without paying the high price of having their energy drained by the entities that can come in when we use drugs, alcohol and sex to force open the aura.
The Need to Own Your Energy
One of the biggest challenges for Pisces Moon natives is owning their own energy. Because her aura is so naturally permeable, the Pisces Moon native tends to soak up the psychic energy of the people around her. Pisces Moon people often become overwhelmingly tired when they are stuck with people who are in a negative emotional state. This is especially true of close relationships but also extends to situations such as a negative work environment or even a city that is going through tough economic times or high crime and where the majority feeling tone of the populace is one of fear, negativity and despair.
Feeling energetically drained is a clear sign that your Pisces Moon is feeling overwhelmed, either because you’re allowing another person or entity to suck your energy or because you’re taking on the emotions or energy of another person or entity. (It takes a lot of energy to hold someone else’s negative emotions in your body!)
I always tell my Pisces Moon clients: “You have a right to your own energy. No matter how much someone else appears to be suffering, you are not helping them by letting them drain your life energy. And you’ll never be able to manifest your own destiny until you learn how to hang on to your energy.”
The Pisces Moon has its advantages. Not only are these people able to experience moments of transcendent beauty that few of us every attain to, the Pisces Moon can operate like a secret spy network for these people. Their extraordinary ability to psychically tap into the emotional currents of people and of the world and to see in the astral realm gives them a sort of sixth sense about what is going to happen next. For Pisces Moon people to thrive, however, they must develop a daily grounding and centering practice that enables them to:
- Check in honestly with their emotions;
- Discern which feelings are properly “theirs” and which feelings are emotional imprints they’ve picked up from others; and
- Cleanse themselves of toxic emotional build-up and replenish their energy by grounding into the Earth.
Mastering their own energy won’t make these people less sensitive. But it will enable them to use that sensitivity to help their own cause, rather than depleting their energy to every energy vampire and hungry ghost that wanders through the room.
Tips & Tricks
- There’s a great little book called The Art of Psychic Protection by Judy Hall with a whole bunch of easy and effective visualizations for cutting ties to energy vampires and grounding yourself in a healthy way. She also mentions stones and flower essences that help with specific conditions.
- One of my mentors, New Orleans Psychic Cari Roy, recommends carrying a piece of petrified wood in one’s left pocket and a piece of red jasper in one’s right pocket. I found this practice tremendously helpful in learning to navigate the highly-charged psychic environment of New Orleans without being totally swamped.
- I also recommend the black stones — tourmaline, jet, onyx, obsidian — for reflecting away negative energy. Just remember to clean your stones of accumulated energy occasionally by “smoking” them with sage, washing them under running water, etc.
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Thank you for this article on the Pisces Moon! It is so wonderfully helpful to me, I had to express my gratitude.
Yea! Thanks Erin.
I absolutely love this. It describes my emotional nature to a T. I have pisces moon (cancer rising and leo sun). I would have to agree on the addiction part unfortunately. In the midst of it all, it doesn’t feel like an addiction (to me at least). It just feels like a way of life (that probably sounds so bad), I don’t think about it I go about my day. I’m talking about psychological and emotional addiction by the way, this is actually the first time I heard of an addiction being called that. I understand the physical addiction as well, I have definitely been there. Fortunately with my intuition I feel when I need to back off a bit.
Hey Rashel, Thanks for the really honest share. I feel like one of the keys to dealing with any difficult energy (and having Sun or Moon in Pisces in this day of mass chaos and unconscious panic certainly qualifies in my book) is being able to speak about it honestly with one another. Much love, DK
Rashel, so bizarre, I have exactly the same sun-moon-rising combination.
Rashel and DK, I relate heavily to this. I have never been subject to physical addictions (substances don’t sway me) but I get intensely addicted to people, in particular, men with whom I have a sexual connection. I’ve often had what I know ISN’T but what FEELS LIKE an entire relationship in my head before I’ve even dated the man…a dreadfully dangerous habit that has improved with age. And invariably, I find I’ve psychically bonded myself to a vampire who’s all too willing to take my energy with him and leave me in a heap.
Peace.
Hey Leonessa, Awareness is the key – so you’re on your way with that pattern for sure. Not knowing what degree your Moon is, but with Chiron in Pisces for the next few years you can be sure that your awareness will bring exponential healing. Much love, DK
I have a Pisces moon (Cancer with a Gemini rising) and just recently quit smoking pot on a regular basis (everydayish…couple times a day) and started breathing with a metranome while I play bass. After 13 years of smoking it feels like a revelation reading about “why” I’m attracted to the dream-state so much. And, energy Vampires…..I live in New Orleans, and probably need all the help I can get. I’m a cook, too, so any guidence to avoid stress, and toxic people would be greatly appreciated.
Hey congratulations, man,
I knew I had to quit alcohol when I did. No question I couldn’t handle the hard stuff anymore. But I sure struggled with letting go of pot. And I do feel marijuana helped me at a certain period of my life, I just got to a point where my Inner Guide was telling me, “If you want to grow more, you’ve got to let it go.” Funny you mention music, cuz that’s eventually about the only place I miss it sometimes. But I’m finding that I’m starting to develop that same ability to tune in to different vibrations and instruments I used to only get via pot. Enough about me, though, just wanted to say way to go. I’d recommend getting the book I reference in the post and working with whatever visualizations, flower essences, crystals, etc that resonate with you. Also, you’ve got to make it your own martial arts practice — if you’re drawn to martial arts at all check out NOLA Aikido on Louisa St in the Bywater — and do the grounding, centering, running off excess psychic energy EVERY DAY. If you can make it as a Pisces Moon in New Orleans, you can make it anywhere. But you seriously have to make the psychic protection and honoring your energy a #1 priority, warrior style.
Keep me posted!
DK
Wow, it’s 3am in Australia. I’m having trouble sleeping tonight. I’m awake sensing a sudden episode of creative thought. It’s intensely personal and wonderous. I can’t believe i was drawn to checking my astrological influence at this time and found this article. You have been a preferred consultant of mine and again you have not let me down. Tonight you are inspirational. Thankyou for being there for me. I am pisces moon/sun cancer and rising cancer. I believe you truly understand and show great compassion for pisces moon, It is very demanding at times. Take good care and god bless.
Thanks Melisa!
How Pisces Moon of you to be up at 3 am. When the rest of the world is quiet and there’s not such psychic interference, the inspiration flows. At least that is my Pisces Sun experience of it. Much as I try to get on a more diurnal schedule, I’m so drawn to the psychic quiet of night time. I’m so glad you found the article helpful – thanks for letting me know.
So, here’s a question I’ve been meaning to ask – I write from a Northern Hemisphere perspective – how do you filter that being from Oz? Is it challenging if I’m writing about the Summer Solstice, for example, and it’s Winter Solstice where you are?
God bless you,
DK
I don’t mind hearing about whats happening in the North Hem every now and again, but obviously if a (or many) posting is written with regard to North then I am not your intended audience. I am very happy with a few writers who acknowledge both North and South..to see a mention of Australia is pretty special and again it is broadening audience base.
The solstice is not big here at all as far as i am aware. Our Indigenous Australian do not believe in pagan rituals, the closest they come to observing season/celebration is their burning off for bush regeneration, we do not have cultural history that focuses on seasonal change we are however interested in elements of human personality.
We all benefit from feeling belonging.
Hey Melisa,
Thanks – I’ve often wondered about that and will make an honest effort to mention you more than I have. I spent a few months in NZ in 1987 (only stopped through Sydney, alas — ran out of money) and really loved my time down under. (Though I know Oz-NZ is kind of like USA and Canada….).
Peace!
DK
Soo I was looking up things on Pisces moon tonight, it’s 3 a.m. in the morning here. And after reading this article something inside of me just came alive again like it used to, and I felt really ‘flowing’. I wrote a poem.
I’m a Pisces moon/cancer sun/Aquarius ascendant.
And lately I have been so interested in the northern/southern hemisphere astrology differences. I asked people I know what astrology would be like in Australia in particular and since in my astrology book it says that people born in summer or winter are different it made me think. Because here I was born in summer, there I was born in winter.
I cannot sleep at night because I love it so much. I am the biggest night owl I know and I feel at peace during the night.
Just thought it was strange that this post had so much in common with my own experiences as of recently. Even though I’m a few months late haha.
Hey Rara,
Thanks for the beautiful feedback. Night time is often the right time for sensitive souls (including Pisces Moon natives) because the psychic vibes are quieter. With most of the local world asleep, it’s easier to tune into the astral and etheric realms and other dimensional realities where your imagination can take you, without being blocked by the heavy emotional vibrations of a world of mostly frustrated people!
If you ever feel like sharing your poem, please do. No pressure, but we are poetry-friendly here at Words for the People.
Warmly,
DK
yep i’m another with a moon in pisces, actaully (sun – capricorn, pisces rising) and i’ve smoked pot my whole teen life just to get the ‘other reality” on tap within myself connected . i’m 27 now and i can tell you when i’m at my lows i tend to reach out for alcohol but i’m working on that . . also have the moon in 1st house, yeah it’s like living with the seahorses at the bottom till the whale scopes you up on a ride up the surface . quit rthythmatic turbulate if you ask me *shugs* but my love is more of a spirtual reach on all things that touch me, no words to express just where i’m suppose to be . your article was great! thank you ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Jamie – Thanks for sharing. That’s a lot of Pisces! Sounds like you’ve got a high degree of awareness, which is so key for making it through to the ‘good side’ of the Pisces energy. I drank pretty much every day from age 20 to age 33 – I just didn’t know how else to shut off the overwhelm from picking up everyone else’s psychic energy. It worked for a while but then the remedy starting hurting worse than the original disease. I’m so glad and GRATEFUL that I’ve found that I can (a) ground and protect myself enough to deal pretty well with life on life’s terms most days and (b) that I can survive those periods when the emotions overwhelm me, without having to escape or turn off with drugs or alcohol. It was a long journey here, and having the awareness through astrology of why I felt so overwhelmed and sensitive was a big part for me. Hope it is for you too! Much love, DK.
I just came across your website today. I love your style of interpretation and your candor re: your own experience. I have a Pisces moon, Libra sun, Sadge rising.
The alcohol and ganja dependence has been huge for me, since my early twenties. It comforts me to see others with their Pisces moon sensitivities and helps me to understand why I have been so drawn to substances for relief. Never so much for the “party” aspect as the mental relief I feel, (or think I feel). I still “struggle” (now in my early 40′s) with releasing these things which I know allow so much psychic junk into my space that it’s keeping me stuck in a pattern that serves no one. I know much of the astrological intensities of the summer were calling this pattern into awareness for healing… I still sit here with myself, trying to find that thing to propel me out of this pattern… i know it’s inside… i still search. blessings. e
E: Thank you for your candor as well. It’s a trip. I needed to get help for my addictions, AA/12-Step/ACOA, plus a lot of different energy work and meditation. I guess what I’m trying to say is, Keep at it and you’ll get it, but also ask for help if you need it. We labor under this horrible ego pattern that says we’re weak if we can’t figure out how to do it on our own. Only a crazy society would ever propagate that point of view! Or a society that is set up to profit from the misery of its citizens. Hmmm…..I am thankful every day for my sobriety. I don’t usually mention it unless someone brings it up, but I do remember several years ago just thinking I could never survive my sensitivities without using ganja or alcohol to numb my mind; learning to live without the substances was like learning to walk all over again – really tough at times and some times I thought i’d never enjoy life again. But once you get the hang of it, it’s amazing. Yes, you have to feel the highs and the lows but what a joy it is to be able to interact with people without having to take on their energy or without having to drug myself in order to cope! You can get there if you want it badly enough, and also – i think maybe this is key – if you believe that joyful authentic living exists. It does.
Hope this isn’t preachy – just wanted to share my experience, strength and hope as they say in AA.
Much love,
DK
i appreciate your connection and i take in deeply what you say. i have rec’d much energy and healing work (have done and been on so many trips, 12 step incl.) and continue to be led where i can find more assistance.
love to you.
e
As one of my mentors, Gerald O’Donnell, says: “Many happy trips!” Love back to you,
DK
A very thought provoking and helpful article to my mind (double Piscean with both the sun and moon in Pisces) have never really gone along personally with the ‘Pisceans are addictive personalities’ but realise now that emotionally it fits. Will be checking back regularly so keep up the good work!
Thanks Amanda!
“Where Pisces Sun natives are especially prone to physical addiction (Sun = the body), Pisces Moon natives are more drawn to psychological or emotional addictions. [This is a fine line, but seems to have validity in my experience. If you’re the proud owner of a Pisces Moon, I’d love to hear your comment.”
I was born in July 22 1989 at 4:27am. So I’m a Cancer (29 degrees), my ascendant is also in cancer, and I have a Pisces moon. I’m a girl, but I think it’s important to mention that I have a twin brother born two minutes after me. We’re very different, and I tend to believe that he is more influenced negatively by our pisces moon (although our moon has very good aspects).
I think we both have “addictions” that are expressed in a different way. To be honest, I think I received much more love from our mother (our father being almost inexistant in our lives). Today, although I’m 21, my mother’s approval is super important. I have great difficulty to do something without her benediction (she has a four planets in Virgo). Plus, I’m a double cancer, so this doesn’t really improve the situation. I’m very attracted on mystic things. For instance, I’ve seen an hypnotherapist, a reiki professional, and I’ve done a purification ritual…
On the other hand, my brother is less stable. When he was younger, he had problems with authority; he was a troubled kid. Many teachers encouraged my mother to let him take Ritalin, but she never accepted that idea. Last year, my brother went to the doctor, and she prescribed that famous little pill. He is very sensitive to substances; he drinks and uses drugs quite often. I’m the complete opposite; I’ve never been attracted to drugs and alcohol.
When we were younger, I always thought that my brother was very artistic. He had a great sense of humour, and was incredibly imaginative. All of these characteristics were supported by our planets in Leo (Mercury, Venus and Mars conjunction). Instead, he decided to follow the wrong path…
I’ve read that prisons and hospitals can be important in Pisces Moon people. In our case, it’s true. I’m studying in the medical field whereas my brother had some troubles with the authority. We’re both extremely compassionate with really sweet hearts, very generous… I seem to attract people who are pessimistic, and need help… I know that I should try to avoid them because they just make me feel like I have the responsibility to help them..
I do not speak English; I’m French.. I’m sorry for all the grammar errors..
Tu parles anglais tres bien! I’ve long wondered about twins who basically share the same chart but manifest it very differently. In your case, it sounds like your brother was “chosen” by your mother – maybe not consciously at all – to carry her Shadow projection. Thanks so much for the feedback – interesting stuff. I’m glad you are aware of that big challenge for Pisces Moon people – attracting people who want energy from you and see you as the answer to their problems. Of course, with your double Cancer, this is even more of a challenge, because part of you really wants to mother those people back to health. Doing this as part of your occupation is a good “life answer” in my opinion – that super-compassionate mother archetype within you needs to nurture and soothe and heal, but doing it in the context of your career will give it a healthy outlet, rather than having to experience it so much in your private relationships. – Warmly, DK
I do want to help others, but the paradox is that I feel that I am emotionally immature. Sometimes being in the position of the “caregiver” is difficult because I don’t feel that I’m strong enough to help others…
Hi CCC,
the constatation that you recieved more love from your mom than your brother saddened me quite a bit ;/ . . . .
Altough such senario would be no less possible too, i think the problemtic could be of a more substantial nature, that been, within your own family dynamic having the female parent present and thus, reflecting as a more positve circumstance within your personal development versus the absent male parent and the liability that your brother’s had to cope with.
You are a Cancer Sun, my Sun is in house 4th and i’m a Piscean Moon too, quite on eager therms with family pyschodynamics, i’m aware how the absence of the guiding roles the parents provide find the way to take it’s toll, moreover that we ‘tune’ ourseves and draw the strusctural blueprint from (energetically speaking eaven priori to socially) the parent we are sharing the same gender with.
How’d I miss this??
What a nice thing to find heading into a new moon, when my energy’s getting lower and more hemmed-in already. So I’ve got the Pisces moon (with Pisces rising/Cancer sun) and I’m here to testify about the psychological/emotional addictions. Though I smoked like a chimney for 11 years, when it was time to give it up once and for all (or when circumstances forced me to give it up – funny story, but never mind), it was no problem. And I sure enjoyed drinking a lot socially in my 20′s and 30′s, but never had a problem cutting down/dropping it when I was partnered with people who couldn’t drink.
It’s the emotional addiction/fantasy/lingering around in the astral plane stuff that has my number. And I’m a huge sponge for other people’s stuff. It’s always a revelation to me when I recognize that I’m carrying something that’s not mine. It registers as an amazing treat to realize that I can just hand it back/put it down/wash it off and go about my much lighter business. When I was much younger, I just thought life was like that, and it was almost my duty/fate to vacuum up bad vibes, which in turn made me want to hide/escape in unhealthy ways. I may be more conscious about it now, but it’s so good to remember that this is something built-in with me, and that dynamic could (and does) attack at any time. Gotta stay alert!
Thanks, D.K. – and I’m so delighted that I finally made it work with PayPal to get my premium membership. I was thwarted for a few tries, and I was like, YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME. This, the most no-brainer purchase of all time. ((Lemme in, clowns.)) Whew!
Hey Tina,
Thanks for the feedback. That’s quite a set-up you agreed to in this incarnation. I think your point about the astral plane/soaking up other people’s energy stuff is very relevant to not only Pisces and Pisces Moon people but all of us in this society (though us watery types may be on the frontlines). One of the things that feels imperative for me to convey with the expanded member content is that our thoughts are not all or even mostly our own. What we do with them is our responsibility, but feeling guilty about our thoughts or responsible for other’s thoughts and feelings that we then internalize…that’s what the Matrix wants us to do!
Much love,
DK
Way to go D.K. !
I’m so glad you found appropriate to point this thing out !
I find the dichtomy of the mental plane reality unbelievably twisted in our consciouss sector :/
We hold to an unspoken internal belief, and that would be that we really “own our minds, ‘if no thing else’ in fact” as individual (id)entities, but the thing appears to me, at least as i see it, that the only plane on which we are REALLY conjoined to be the mental plane itself.
We have individual bodies and emotions, at large we are still spiritually dorment or unavare, but if we turn our attention on the mental plane, there’s no such thing as manifesting ‘real’ reality if plugged out of sync and without global consensus. We only have mental drafts that end as energetic ‘garbage’. And as we hold onto our minds as the dearest-most-privat-and-personal by belief parts of ourselves and fiercly battle for it’s pecularities respectively, there is no positive/constructive resolution for us on a large scale. Ppl dont usually discern between souls and thoughts, isnt that sad . . . .
I’m not sure it’s ‘sad’ in the Big Picture but I do agree that the results for individuals and the collective are sad. It has taken me a lot of courage and wading through years of fear (being weird, being perceived as weak, being mocked as being ‘too sensitive’ – especially as a male of the species) for me to begin talking more openly about how primary feelings are in creating our reality. That seems kind of sad, too, but it’s very liberating to be able to reclaim that territory in myself – and to help my clients reclaim it in their lives.
We have a long way to go as a species and we won’t get there by fighting these mock mental battles. But by the same token we could reach a new level as a species really quickly if we would work on all four elements rather than putting all our energy into the Air element. Thanks for your perceptive comments.
Himy name is,Isaiah…I am a cancer with my moon in pisces…I have been wondering but now I finally got some details….I have noticed that even when I’m around people they even magnetically are pulled towards me even when I am sour faced to be alon…I went through drugs for 3 years until Ihad a jundalini awakening and well I already was very prophetic and seen everything from entities to spirits to auras psychedelic waves and stufff…Now i dont need it….What my problem is the sexual stufff…I noticed that i do tend to escape into for the out of this world experience like I dd when I used weed and pillss….I feel much better but as u know an awakening is tough and I already feel others energies along with my own….phew …
Hey Isaiah,
That’s a lot of water in your chart. It’s awesome you were able to let the drugs go – one thing I would recommend is that you establish a daily practice of ground and centering. With as much sensitivity as you have, it may be difficult for you to not absorb others’ energy – without resorting to harsh shield-building behaviors (the balance between openness and self-protection is the major evolutionary question for Cancerians). But having a practice or better yet a toolkit of practices you can use several times a day to release energy that you’ve picked up and send it back into the Earth would be really helpful. I’ll post a blog on this in the next few days – remind me if you don’t see it!
The other thing to remember is that this is a journey and if you didn’t have any challenges to deal with you probably wouldn’t still be here.
Much love,
DK
I must say that I completely agree with this.. I was born a Pisces moon (Virgo rising, and Taurus sun sign- The same nartul chart as leonardo da vinci). And as a Pisces moon, I have always been well in tuned with others. When something is wrong with a friend I’m always able to tell what is going on without them ever saying a word.. This can somethings be a negative trait. I don’t always like knowing whats going on with the people around me. and it especially becomes annoying when I go to party’s or just hang out with friends. Because I feel like I never truly enjoy myself, I just enjoy what everybody else is. My Pisces moon also becomes a problem when I pick a boyfriend; Since every relationship I have ever had has been dependent on one person being a sad story and the other being a caretaker.. This job usually falls on my part. Though Pisces does have its good quality’s, They have alot of negative ones lay out too. I’ve always had a fear in the back of my mind that one day I’ll be like Kurt Cobain (also a Pisces moon). And take my own life.. I do admit I’m addicted to pot and I quiet often like to drink. These are all things that I would like to change. But I just never seem to quiet find something to ground myself with.. its especially hard when now that I am reaching the dawn of adulthood in my life. I feel lost, I still day dream. Which worries me beyond belief because I don’t like to do it.. Nor do I like to be such a pushover and spend all my time in such a wasteful manner. I was recently in an argument with an ex boyfriend, he said to me “You put off such a hard exterior, But your such a mess on the interior”. This made alot of sense to me.. My Taurus side makes me seem sturdy and solid. But my moon makes me weak and vulnerable. This I hate, I really wish I could have been born with a different moon or at least find a way to come to terms with my Pisces.
Hey Emmy,
The most important factor in being able to change our patterns is awareness. And you have the awareness of how you’re dealing with your astrological challenges, so change is inevitable. (I’m sure the self-critical aspect of the Virgo Rising plays into the whole picture, too, eh?) One thing I would urge you to open your heart, mind and intention to is finding a regular practice of grounding and centering. This could be a martial art, yoga, visualization, recapitulation, or just committing to spend fifteen minutes a day leaning with your back against a tree or standing barefoot with your feet on the ground gazing at nature. It’s a Catch-22 situation with the Pisces Moon and other astrological signatures that leave us more open to the world than other people are. If you don’t ground and run out the excess energy, you almost can’t help the energetic addictions because you need them to “fill you up”….Much love and wishing you all the best, DK
Hi my name is ,Isaiah…I have a pisces moon and my sun sign is a cancer…I had a kundalini awakening recently which has been a tough time..I am just now grasping whole of everything…I smoked weed everday up until 8 months ago for about 2-3 years…I feel much better! although the day to day life like school gets so annoying..i am so comfortable in the astral plane and psychic activities that a lot of ppl get me confused although I knw me.lol…is there a way to find out what your rising sign may be? and what benefits do i have with moody cancer lol….although i wouldnt have it any other way…
Hey Isaiah, Congrats on going weed-free! Took me many years to get to that point. Although the plant like all medicines has its virtues, it can block us eventually from going to higher levels. Do you know your birth time? That’s what you need in order to determine your rising sign. If you do, there’s a handy online chart calculator at http://www.alabe.com that will tell you your rising sign. Blessings, DK
thank you for sharing your testimony
Hi! Another Pisces Moon here. I have Cancer sun sign and Taurus rising. And yes, I totally agree about our ‘emotional sponge’ and ‘good feelings radar’. For that reason, most of the time I prefer to be alone, coz I feel ‘suffocated’ being among many people. Have anyone of you feel that? After some time being around crowds, this lethargy and exhausted feelings is choking you up.
I did. And I have to recharge myself or ‘remove’ and ‘purify’ those unwanted energy/wave which has been absorbed in me. I guess to many Pisces Moon people here, solitude is very important to us. Not to say that we’re anti social or what, but in my opinion I rather be alone than sitting around with someone who has aggressive/negative vibe around them. I don’t know how to describe it, I can just feel it. And if don’t move or just stay there, those bad/aggressive/negative from them will consume my energy and affect my physical as well ( i tend to get migraine when Im around loud/emotionally very intense ppl)
Talk about addiction…. So far my addiction is for my anti depressant which I took to cure my major episode post traumatic syndrome (that gives me anxiety, irregular mood swings and difficulties to sleep). As for sex, I dont have anyone in my life right now. And it’s difficult for me to have physical relationship with someone who is ‘stranger’ to me. May I ask all Pisces Moon people here, if it’s really important for you to have SOUL CONNECTION and EMOTIONAL BONDING before you have sex with someone? I admit that Ive tried to have few flings with other people who has none of these with me (okay, probably just a complex chemistry and little cupid spark) But trust me, it’s really superficial and I feel like Ive been raped. Since then, I never try that again.
You know, being a Pisces Moon ppl can be very awful to us coz the ability to say NO is kind of difficult to us. Im sure many of you here experienced how many times they got taken advantage by other people around them just because “We’re nice & soft hearted ppl”. And if those ppl are family members and gud frens who are close to us, that cna be very disappointing.
Does any of you here know how to protect your own energy than being sucked up/terrorized by others? I read before about that ‘bubble method’. Perhaps you can share it with us here so we can prevent those negative/bad vibe from attacking our fragile emotional side.
Cheers~~
Hey Scarlet,
Here’s a great book that will help you, I think: The Art of Psychic Protection. I also would recommend The Language of Emotion by Karla McLaren. She will give you some techniques for working through the old wounds that cause the PTSD symptoms. Anti-depressants can be helpful to give you some psychic space and peace of mind in the short term but ultimately you’re going to need to find a healthy way to release those old traumas and rebuild your energetic boundaries. Those of us who have suffered abuse, violence, rape, abandonment or grew up around adults who used their emotions as weapons didn’t develop a safe boundary between us and the world. This is a typical Pisces Moon childhood. So really one of the most powerful things you can do to improve every area of your life is make a commitment to learning how to release emotions (yours and what you pick up from others) back into the earth and to rebuild your boundaries to you have access to your energy. Blessings to you and be brave! DK
Hi Scarlet, i know exactly what you mean by it being hard to say NO and being taken advantage of because we are kind hearted people. If I can help i will. However, what i had to REALLY come to terms with was what i was thinking and feeling (being kind) IS my own personal identification with myself…I constantly drained myself of kindness because of giving it to others. I got out of this whole mess by gaining control of my own mind…insightful meditation (vipisanna) helped me to understand suffering in the mind. Why was i being treated this way by others when i am a kind person? I began to understand that type of thinking was me making me suffer and I am the one who can STOP it with my own mind discipline. I also believe issues with drugs and alcohol come from lack of discipline in the mind, hence meditation is the only way to gain control back. DK is right on with helping us to work with the mind and the emotional elements that plague us (like tie cutting). I also like Eckart Tolle – A New Earth.. that helps to explain more about mind games and how we can increase our awareness. Michael Singer – The Untethered Soul.. is great for working with mind emotional chatter. So there is support available. I download DK meditations and i read, i’m finally giving this kindness to myself (took me long enough). REALLY hope this helps. (cancer sun/pisces moon/cancer asc, 38yrsF)
That’s a great point, Melisa. And if you can do it, with all of that water energy, anyone can, right? I too used to say I was being compassionate by giving others the “free ride” energy they demanded of me. Then one day I realized it was weakness, not kindness. A teacher showed up in my life and said, “Saying no is a learned behavior. You can learn it.” I’ve benefited a lot from studying the Toltec tradition (Carlos Castaneda, Don Miguel Ruiz, Lujan Matus); one of the central tenets of the Toltec philosophy is that we take responsibility for everything in our life. Keep seeking and you WILL find.
wow,hey once again..I apologize for the last commenet i didnt see it…i just found out that my rising sign is a scorpio..i figured it but then i was able to get a chart done…how does this affect my cancer sun pisces moon scorpio rising horoscope…peace and luv
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Hey Isaiah – well, that gives you a full hand of water signs. It also gives you, at least by sign, a Grand Trine which is a beautiful, attractive, creative energy signature, and fairly rare. The trouble with Grand Trines is that you can get stuck in them – i.e. people love you for being sweet and flowing and nurturing, so you stay stuck in that pattern rather than step out into what your soul wants to do. The positive side of that Scorpio ASC is that it will try to protect the Cancer Sun and Pisces Moon. It also gives you seriously intense and accurate radar with people, something that both Cancer and Pisces tend to struggle with more than Scorpio. Much love DK
I totally understand this. I have a cancer sun/pisces moon. Definitely understand the whole energy vampire and psychic addiction thing. I read all of the comments and noticed there are a LOT of comments from cancer sun/pisces moon people in particular.
While everything above is very true there is also a flip side to having a pisces moon… the ability to see straight through people. You test it over and over again, and you know you’re right. People really…. can’t hide from you. And if you can handle it, it builds up this unique confidence. And that’s when it can get dangerous because you can really toy with other’s.
It’s the ability to feel so comfortable with yourself, so flowy and “free” and “smooth” and that everything is great because you just KNOW that you are living in a different dimention than others… (reality is your own perception) you feel so comfortable and
can talk your way in and out of anything and everything. In my younger years I was a very manipulative person. I used the pisces moon’s “sweet” and “innocent” charm to disguise what I was really doing…picking apart people’s emotions. Could have something to do with having an aquaius ascendant though? I don’t know.
Before I ever knew anything about meditation or chakras or astrology, I always felt like… I had a big bubble surrounding me. I used to tell myself, “You have a bubble and it glows bright, and only good things can get in, nothing bad can enter.” Well that “bubble” was my aura and I could definitely… see it, in my mind.
I guess I just used major psychological protection… didn’t realize it then but it definitely worked. I feel like maybe my sun/moon combination is a bit “stronger” because I have a 2nd decan cancer which has always made me feel more “scorpion-ish” than Cancer. Could have something to do with me having Scorpio in Pluto in the 9th house also. Plus my Pisces moon is at 29 degrees, and also in the scorpio decan. Dunno, but I immensely loved reading this…it was AMAZING!!!!!
Hey Amber,
Thanks for the honest and perceptive post. You nailed the “good side” of the Pisces Moon – and really of any strong water configuration in the chart. We know what you’re feeling! We know who you are. The problem with so many water people is that they were abused/shamed/frightened out of trusting their intuitive knowing, so they get the bad side of the sensitivity without the benefits. Water signs, rise up and claim your birthright. You can trust your feelings! Best, DK
Thank you so much for this post! I’ve grown so tired of Pisces Moons being described so negatively. That we all generally wishy washy weak creatures that are too sensitive to live in the big bad world. Hmph!
I know I am extremely energy sensitive, and for a while I tried to hide it because it was so looked down upon. However now that I’m adult I have found great tools & outlets to channel this sensitivity into. I’m training to be a healer in Chinese Medicine, so I use my gifts to tune into my patients and sense the best way to navigate their waters and how to treat them better.
I graduated from a clairvoyant-psychic training and have found so many useful tools to use in order to ground myself, own my space & separate my energy from others. Its rather fantastic. I’m not nearly as weepy as I used to be since now I can clear my own aura.
For me the key to happiness is peace & silence. I need to be in nature, preferably near a body of water, or under a canopy of trees. I can connect with my intuition more readily these days and I’m surprisingly accurate too
Hey Janelle,
Goose bumps! What a delightful and succinct way of describing how to work with the Pisces Moon. Thank you. Your clients will be lucky to have your “extra-sensory perception” to help them heal! Blessings, DK
I really related to what Amber said about having a Pisces moon – I have a Pisces moon (Aries sun/Aquarius rising) and feel that I can be very sweet and charming but it also feels manipulitive because I feel like I usually know exactly what someone is thinking and so adjust myself accordingly. I also feel very weak emotionally but project myself much stronger (Aries sun).
I had a very emotionally abusive mother (Scorpio/Cancer moon) and I’ve gotten myself in a position where I made myself physically ill (I barely sleep on a nightly basis). I’m just kind of wondering what is karmic and what we have control over because it kind of feels like I can’t make myself strong no matter how hard I try – and I feel like I’ve tried everything. I am going on a meditation retreat next month and I’m really hoping it will be life changing. I totally agree that we are responsbile for whatever is in our life but I can’t seem to move forward…
That said…I think having a Pisces moon is kind of awesome (maybe that’s Aries arrogance – haha) – but I think the ability to feel profoundly is a gift – to feel and have concern for all and feel the poignancy of art and beauty…sometimes it feels truly awe-inspiring.
Hey Amy,
I appreciate your thoughtful and honest account of your experience. I always find having adjacent Sun/Moon signs is difficult because the adjacent signs are so radically different in the way they filter experience (and in their aims).
Sleep is really important! I would encourage you to work on this as one of the first steps toward getting stronger. Speaking as one who has lived through anxiety, panic attacks, mania/depression and substance abuse, it’s hard to be strong and consistent when you’re chronically sleep-deprived. By all means, get medical or psychological help if you need it. I personally would probably see a qualified herbalist who could match herbal remedies to your particular temperament.
The other life challenge I see here is that with an abusive mother (especially one who was very tapped into you emotionally and knew exactly what buttons to push and strings to pull in order to manipulate your emotions – Scorpio/Cancer) you didn’t learn how to have what psychologists call a “second skin” – which we might describe as a protective layer around your aura. There’s a great book I’ve been reading called The Language of Emotion that describes in detail how to take back ownership of your feelings and rebuild your aura. I also do this work on the level of your unconscious mind with my Words Premium program. You might find that consistently using this type of brainwave entrainment will enable you to start sleeping and to consciously relax yourself when you need to. That’s why I got into creating these programs – because this technology enabled me to relax, sleep and feel calm without needing to resort to drugs.
I’m sure the meditation retreat will also help! And with your strong intentionality, you WILL master this challenge. “No effort on this path is wasted.” – Krishna
Thank you – I will definitely check out your suggestions!
I too have a Pisces Moon, but I am a little different in that I am Pisces Moon/Virgo Sun, Cancer Ascendant. Makes for an odd combination in a person. I feel the emotions of the Pisces moon, the empathic ability of the cancer ascendant and the logistics of the Virgo sun. Also the opposition of my sun and moon make for an odd combination of introvert and extravert.
Just like I have been reading, I too, have issues with saying no, being caught up and drained by the emotions going on around me, and having problems with knowing my own emotions from others emotions. I find this particularly hardest when the other person suppresses their emotions. The more they suppress it seems, the stronger they radiate within me. The issues I have found with this are, I think someone else said this too, most people don’t want to hear about it and can’t accept what you tell them. I wonder if anyone else finds this extremely frustrating? I am tired of being consumed with everyone else’s emotions and not having time for my own.
I also read somewhere in this blog where someone mentioned always falling into relationship roles as the caretaker. I too have realized this about my personality. I always jump in and become the savior/caretaker, but then inevitable become frustrated when I find that the person is just using me and has no intention of standing on their own two feet, and yet I still to this day cannot pass up a person in need. I will always try to help a little. Is this also a Pisces trait?
I have never really had a problem with drugs or alcohol as most Pisces moon people seem to, but I am addicted to adrenaline. I suppose this is my biggest form of escapism, that and reading. Anything to provide a rush, cliff jumping, snowboarding, foreign places, and I never seem to belong anywhere.
My son too is has a Pisces moon, but with a Libra sun and already I can see the emotion in him. Any suggestions on how to allow him an outlet at an early age before it controls his life?
Hi! I just read this article, after watching an indie movie alone in my home, drinking a beer. I am Sun Cap-moon pisces, asc-pisces, mars-scorpio. I am in a very demanding program for school which has recently given me panic attacks at times, perhaps related to the, “being confined to bleak conditions,” thing.
I’ve recently found alot of peace playing the saxophone, painting, and writing poems. My colleagues think I’m a bit out there, but my job performance is never questioned…. I also think that these are things I may want to explore and to perhaps become known for. The writing on the wall says, “stick to the straight and narrow,” but my gut tells me I should go for it, because I truly feel like I could share something beautiful with the world.
From what I’ve read, I’m starting to think I may have the true ability to achieve this. Thank you for the insight, and perhaps one day you will know who I am… thank you!!
Hey Jen,
That is a bit of a challenge in your chart b/c your Sun wants the stability and validation/security of doing things the conventional way. To Capricorn, conventional = success and success is very important for Capricorn. But your Pisces Moon and ASC need to be in an environment where your creativity, emotionality and sensitivity can be respected. One avenue you might explore is reading everything you can about the new paradigm that is emerging in science, culture, religion, human consciousness. Once your Capricorn side realizes that what used to be conventional is now basically reactionary and what used to be woo-woo is rapidly becoming mainstream, it may free you up to go after what your soul wants – and create stability and security and success in the process. That’s my fond wish for you! – DK
Hi there! Thank you for writing this! Another Pisces moon native. Since my sun and rising sign are both in Taurus, my energy may be a bit more…contained? But the strongest part of my moon is the ability to read other people’s emotions. Im constantly asked to accompany friends at get togethers and let them know if “he/she” is into them. Of course I’ve used it myself during job interviews, teachers, to get along with co-workers, relationships etc. I know what people want to see out of me and can deliver it without changing who I am completely.
I’ve learned to manage my emotions pretty well but good lord, when I was a kid and even into my teens it was a nightmare. I’d cry and cry and cryyyy until my grandmother would slam the door to her room.
Art saved me from depression. I remember being depressed in elementary school but as soon as I went to middle school and began painting and writing I noticed how I could channel the energy. I also read A LOT. This was my escape. I was lucky to have guardians who were very supportive and encouraged my creativity. I skipped right over drugs and alcohol, didn’t even try them for the first time until after college and even now I only do occasional social drinking.
I completely AGREE with the psychological/emotional addiction. Both of my relationships were very long (4 and 5 yrs) and the second one I had been emotionally and physically abused. Still I stayed with him until he left me and still cry over him to this day. I was addicted to the way he made me feel because he controlled me to the point where he would tell me how to dress, who I could go out with and who I couldn’t, what I could buy, where I could work etc. And for some sick reason it made me feel safe. Perhaps I confused this with grounding? Anyhow, I have a knack for attracting and being attracted to users and abusers and I wish this pattern would stop but when I find a nice guy I can never see him as more than a friend. Its devastating. Especially since I long for soul mate.
Wow, Jessica. What a great addition to this dialog. You know the natural 7th House of Taurus is Scorpio, and your natal house too with Taurus rising, so that would explain the fascination for powerful dark-side partners. What do you do for work? You might explore the obsession/control themes in your art and find that it opens you up to more sustainable relationships. That archetype is so strong for you it has to play out – but if you channel it in your art/work you can make it less strong in your relationships. Not saying it’ll work immediately, but it will work if you stick with it. Keep us posted. Love DK
wow!!! I just read your response, and over the last few weeks, after kind of realizing that I have more to offer than a degree and papers and blah blah blah, I started “injecting,” some of this “crazy,” into my work, and people actually appreciate it! I never thought it’d be so, and I kind of think it’s awesome. Who says you can’t be a “professional,” and nothing else? I can have my piece of paper that says I am a professional and really make a difference with encouraging expression in every aspect of life? Go Pisces Moons…… we can rock this world!!!
Goose bumps Jen! Thanks so much for sharing. I’m so glad to hear that – let your Pisces Moon freak flag flie!
I’m an aquarius sun/scorpio moon/mars in cancer but i’ve been fortunate to have many pisces moon people in my life. I think they are all amazing. Great co-workers and friends, wonderful parents and extremely talented artists. What i noticed though with a few of my friends, is that they need a little bit more encouragement sometimes and also for their friends to check on them more often to make sure they are ok and things are not getting to them too much, so i try to keep that in mind. Also i know that art is a wonderful therapy for them. Most of my pisces moon friends work in the arts – music teacher, singer, music therapy and professional actors. I also know one attorney that has a pisces moon – he is the nicest attorney that i know. You guys are the best
And if you need help, just let your scorpio moon friends know and we’ll take of the bad guys for you 
Blessed be
Love it, Daniela! Can you imagine what our society could be like if we all knew each other’s Moon signs as well as Sun signs and were able to extend the kind of compassion and protection you do to your Pisces Moon friends? Scorpio tends to be very protective of Pisces, I’ve noticed. Blessings, DK
Moon in piscs
Sun in cap
venus in aquarius
mars in pisces
mercury in sagitarius
saturn in scorpio
pluto in scorpio
north node in taurus
saturn conjunct south node.
Speaking of vampires…I had a dream of vampires, they were my friends who in real life were giving me drugs endlessly until i finally left them after i had that dream..
Nice..
Much love.
This was an amazing article.
Glad you liked it – very telling dream….Love DK
I just got round to reading these posts and feel a bit – ouch! after reading Jessica’s post and DK’s response about ‘the fascination for powerful dark-side partners’ – I have Taurus sun & moon, libra rising – perhaps this is a clue…And I was always thinking I could ‘therapise’ partners into changing…Well, thanks for more insinght into the inner workings, let’s hope I can let go of this habit!
Hi there,
I am a Leo Sun/Pisces Moon/Libra Rising ( I know, what a combo of Fire/Water/ and Air, right!?). I was doing some research on Pisces Moon people via Google, and that’s how I had discovered this website. Even though I am supposed to be a confident Leo, growing up, I was always dreamy and emotional. I used to cry A LOT as a child, and I was often made fun of by my peers and even my parents (especially my mean Taurus Sun dad). My mother, a Pisces Sun, has generally been more sympathetic to me and my personality than my father has been. I have been reading some of these posts, and WOW! It feels great to know that I am not the only one who has these emotions. Of being able to know what people are thinking before they say it. Of being physically present, but spiritually and emotionally far away at times. Of feeling emotionally drained after being around certain individuals, especially those who are pessimistic and mean-spirited, or of wanting to be alone and away from the world from time to time to collect my thoughts and emotions. Or of having extreme highs and lows emotionally ( I have bouts of depression from time to time). My emotions come and go like waves. When I cry, I can CRY, but other times I can be indifferent and aloof too. I guess the aloofness can be attributed to my Libra rising as well as being hardened by life. I don’t CRY publicly AS MUCH as I used to because it has been indoctrinated in me by society that tears are a weakness, and I have internalized this idea. It also doesn’t help that I am a Cancer Venus as well. I am surprised that I am not walking around in a catatonic, dreamlike state at times! Please feel free to provide any comments or advice to me. They would be much appreciated. Thanks!
Hey Kat,
Sounds like you’re doing great. God, it’s such a bummer when kids get told to ‘snap out of it’ or ‘stop crying’ or whatever by their parents. My only advice would be to resolutely do the soul work on those places that were hurt when you were a child. See my recent post Turning Your Lead to Gold for a good framework on how to get started with that work. Each time we are wounded, we create more of an emotional ‘mass’ that then attracts further wounding – or the need to shut down and be aloof, as you describe. So the more of that old stuff you can release, the more you’ll be able to tap into the good qualities of the Pisces Moon.
But, again, the fact that you’re NOT catatonic and you’re still alive and feeling and trying = you’re doing great!
Oh, and I guess one more thing. Might sound obvious, but – AVOID MEAN PEOPLE. I know it’s easier said than done but what I mean to say is that some people can just shake it off or ‘deal with it’. That’s not the way you’re put together. So part of the journey for you is knowing yourself and purposely avoiding mean, sad, needy or pushy people and situations. Learning to say, “Sorry, but I can’t afford that.”
Thanks so much for writing, Kat – keep us posted.
Much love,
DK
sun in leo/ pisces moon/ libra ascendant – thank you for the insight on this aspect of my chart. very interesting and easily understood. i will be exploring your website thoroughly very soon. luck to your & yours! -k
So glad it helped, k.b. – much love, DK
Hi DK,
I just want to thank you for responding to my previous post. It can be oh so very hard to keep away from negative, mean people, especially when you love and care for those said people. I either have loved ones who can be emotionally abusive at times (e.g. my father and my boyfriend-both Taurus suns…I know, go figure! :/ ) or fake and two faced (relatives who are Scorpios (again, go figure! lol). I can’t exactly dump these people, particularly my relatives. I try to keep my distance from them, but it is especially difficult when you live with the source of a lot of your angst (e.g. I live with my father.). As for my boyfriend, I know that I could dump him, but I do care for him a lot, despite some of his faults. Sometimes I feel crazy for being so sensitive to these things. I sometimes think that being so sensitive is a curse. I sometimes wish that I could be more mean and callous, but that isn’t really me. I can BECOME mean and callous when provoked, but it turns ugly. You see, I am surrounded by people who do and say mean things and then when you call them out on their crap, YOU’RE the sensitive one. They either a) act as if nothing had happened, or b) blame the victim (i.e. me) by saying, “I am just joking/I am just kidding,” I HATE THAT! Their jokes aren’t funny. They are cruel and mean, period. I am made to feel wrong for not going along with the joke, but these people are often so hypoctical because you can’t joke about them, or even if you do, your jokes aren’t as good as their jokes. Ugh, so silly and childish.
Sorry for ranting, but I am wondering if you have any other suggestions on how a Pisces Moon can better handle mean people that she just can’t run away from all of the time? What can I do to better handle the angry outbursts or the cruel jokes? Thanks again for the help.
Finally a sharing place for us…. Im a sagg rising with pisces moon. There has been pain all my life without using alcohol drugs, caffeine or sugar as an escape it has been quite a challenge to say the least. Holding a regular job puts me into a state of melancholy and dips me even further into depression.
I have a calling i dont know what it is yet I related to DK when he said people think you are weird and being a guy that is sensitive and understanding of peoples feelings goes against societies beliefs of what a masculine man should be.
Being into metaphysical and not giving a rats ass about sports or cars when conversing with other guys puts you into even more exile. I moved from Texas to Arizona and reached a whole new level of what “cold” is. With the desire to connect with others and at the same time peoples energies pushing me away, Pisces certainly have to do energy work or suffer the same fate as a lot of famous pisceans who drank or drugged themselves away, We come into this world with the energy in the air against us.
Sry i will try to keep it more positive next time. One thing i have noticed though is when DK talked about area energy affecting us. It definetely made me think why i moved away from S.A in the first place. The energy after going back and forth from vegas to san antonio ( i was attending alot of seminars in vegas during the time) was light and day. I felt very content and happy in vegas even when i was staying with a friend in a bad area. I only went to the strip once, dont care about gambling or all the smoking that goes on in casinos but i felt “alive” even with doing mundane and what would typically be boring stuff.
I came back to san antonio and got immediately depressed my chest felt like it was compressing and i cried alot. Moving to phoenix wasn’t the same, although it was a big upgrade from S.A energy wise. I thought it was west coast energy but apparently its the city you live in that matters a lot. I dont have the money to move to vegas. But there is probably a place for all of us that resonates with us and doesnt have high pyschic drain.
Thanks Everybody for reading.
Thanks for sharing Jeremiah. As a Pisces Sun, I sure get the not fitting it with the masculine culture in the USA part. Absolutely learning the art of self-protection is huge for Piscean Sun, Moon or ASC. But it takes a lot of energy to try to block out all those negative vibes and finding a place where you don’t have to be on guard so much seems an ideal solution. I know the older I get the more I long to move further away from the cities and live in the woods. Much love – and courage – DK
Your sharing this has meant a lot to me. For me, Calgary was the best feeling place. In fact all through the foot hills and right into the Rocky Mountains. And like you wrote, even doing just the everyday mundane things felt great! I swear I can even sense the general political views of a region upon entry not to mention the overall moral and attitude. Certain jobs would slay me because the lighting was harsh or the phones had an annoying and constant ringing or I was seated near a troubled person and could feel their pain. Even the perfume of work mates can send me too far into their world like they have opened a window that I can look inside of only I don’t want to look in and often feel sad about what I see. Over the years I have used simple things like essential oils, lighting, music to change the feel of a room or a home or an office that otherwise would almost kill me (no exaggeration on the word kill). All this I keep inside not wanting to be a whiner but I am a whiner inside and have disliked myself for it. Now I realise it is not all me, it is everything and more and too much. It creates anxiety that seems to come from no where. It all sounds so dramatic but in daily life I am happy because of that exquisite beauty the author wrote about. The beauty eases all other troubling matters experienced throughout the day as it is much more abundant than the less desirable. It is apparent that most people are quite sad or struggling in some way. It is wonderful to feel the happiness of others when it is found.
That is much like my experience as a 7th House Pisces Sun. Have found the world – and particularly other people’s emotions – overwhelming much of the last 40 years. Being able to talk about it in a non-whiny way is a godsend. And yes, place matters big-time. The corporate world almost killed me too! Wishing you many blessings and much abundance, Beth!
Oh my God, you are a real gem, sir. Taking the time to respond to every post individually? Wow. I think I speak for all my Pisces moon brethren/sist..ren??/whatever when I say thank you so much for this post.
Also, can you believe the overwhelming cancer-pisces link in the people who responded?! Seemed like it was every post! Which brings me, of course, to me:
Sun: 27 Aries (Venus Retrograde conjunct Mercury also in Aries, within 1 degree)
Moon: 29 Pisces (conjunct Midheaven within 1 degree)
Ascendant: 19 Cancer
Saturn & Pluto: Scorpio (4th and 5th respectively)
Sometimes, my dear, I feel like I am out of my good goddamned mind. But I feel like this is pretty much a running theme for the responses to this article, no?
I feel like my curse is an abundance of self-awareness coupled with a complete lack of self-control.
Recently dropped out of law school to chase a writing career after doing everything in my life by the book for 26 years. I come from a really emotionally repressed family whose $hit I have always taken on for them with a curtsy and a smile, and I’m just not doing it anymore. I can be there for all of them, sure, but not at the expense of my own sanity. For years and years, they all took advantage of my sensitivity as a receptacle for their own angst and then laughed at me when God forbid I would cry about anything in my own life. DONE!
I don’t even really know what I’m asking/saying here, except that Pisces does not have to be some kind of death sentence. It’s an amazing power. Once you realize that power and you use it to help rather than manipulate people, suddenly you’re putting energy “out” instead of just taking energy “in.”
I also have the coinciding transits of Uranus on my moon and Saturn opposition my sun right now, both pretty damn close, and I don’t know which way is up. Any advice in handling these transits, D.K.?
Also, any insight as to how I would get along with a boyfriend with Scorpio sun, Aries Moon, Cancer Rising? Sometimes I feel like I’m dating myself only more jealous, sexually demanding, and less sensitive. He does NOT like the extent to which I see into him and how vocal I am about it. Threatens his need to be the puppet master.
Sorry for how long/A.D.D./self-centered this post is. Quite frankly, with these transits, I need some help
BUT I will definitely be subscribing to you!!
Chin up, my fellow Piscean moons!! You’re stronger than you think (and what everyone seems to want to tell you)!! Mwah!!
Wow. I guess I’m in the right place because I have a moon in Pisces and I’ve been a weed head for 18 years straight. No matter how high the grade, it’s not taking me high, but rather I’m feeling stuck. I’ve been easing up on it because it is not serving it’s stress relieving purpose or really any purpose for that matter. Now it is worsening my headaches upon contact. My life has become toxic and my tolerance for everything has nullified.
I’m facing the facts about the sources of my depression and knowing that I have to resolve those problems directly instead of trying to escape temporarily or cope. This totally sucks, but if I want to live I don’t have a choice. It’s all or nothing. Face it all head on, and just get it overwith.
I have had some really powerful dreams since I have been taking the break, they are often my source of inspiration. I am an artist but lose my creative focus on a daily basis as I run off to ‘the job’. As I go on feeling trapped and unappreciated, my life is being wasted.
I’m not sure how much this has to do with being a Pisces moon, but I was reminded about this piece of me by a dream last week. There was a cup with tiny goldfish in it. It didn’t have enough water, so I put it in my mouth and filled the cup with water. Just as I was going to spit the live fish back into the cup, it went into my throat and I started choking on it, finally I heaved it and it had grown too large for the cup and this colorful fish flew out of my mouth and danced into fresh water. I’m taking this to mean that I will continue to suffer if I do not let the world hear my songs and let the paint flow. I may choke to death on the emotion that is bottled up inside. It is just now that I am connecting the dream to my experience as a Pisces moon. Usually I identify myself with my Sun sign or the Lunar year of my birth.
Basically I am a few steps away from diving into the deep darkness with no thought or need to resurface to the bullshit injustices that are taking place daily inthis world. I am overwhelmed by the problems and no longer want to delude myself into thinking that with optimism the suffering in this world will end. It will take way more than that, I wish I had the capacity to overcome these obstacles and make everyone understand how they are hurting each other…
hi am loving this,,,,
am a virgo sun and moon pieces and asc in virgo….
Am always feeling like there is a serious dual war occuring, like the characters of the sun sign and moon are always in conflict… Is the common when one has both this opposite moon and sun in their natal……
Hi!Truely amazing article:) I was born 7.7.1985. 4:30 am
I am glad there are so much souls with pisces moon who want to speak up about energy problems – and I also have same experience- I am still not able to fully feel only my emotions without picking up negative ones around -not everybody’s energy affecting me, that is good thing , most of the time it is energy from my loving ones, I feel like if they are in a problem, I can actually help them by ” feeling ” that problem too. It helped me a lot in past when I was able to realize I live in truely toxic family, and I was so young at the time. My whole life I struggle with some kind of addiction- but like you said it was not physical addiction it was the other one- I’ve been addicted to seriously dangerous fantasies, getting loose , and ocultism was on the list too. Sadly, I realize it was my way to deal with a great talent that has been given to me- talent for painting- but I never found a good way to keep my energy focused- I am so nervous that I find hard to just seat and paint. But I find energy- mastery one of my biggest dreams now:)
Thank you for posting this.
Wow. Super-interesting thread. I was thinking us Pisces Moons should somehow unite. Maybe on a web-site? The more I read D.K.’s horoscopes, the more I think about my feelings as a tool. They are there for a reason, right?! Remember in X-Men when Mystique starts freaking out and starts turning into all the X-Men? Do other Pisces Moons feel like that, too? Or, super-drawn or super-repelled by certain people? Or even words and/or ideas?
Also, I’m curious about tackling the addiction demons. I feel it can be hard to see and accept. For me, it seems to be food, marijuana, beer, work, and maybe even your web-site! None are super-extreme………but, are they? Everyone has different limitations and priorities, it becomes hazy which is toxic. I quit smoking. I quit my toxic ex-girl-friend and toxic friends. I quit my toxic job and after a few tries I have a good one. Can I be happy with this progress and accept the others as concerns, but not unhealthy? Is this a Pisces Moon issue or just a HUMAN issue?
At times I do feel very haunted. Especially, with the toxic ex-g.f. How did I put up with an unfulfilling relationship for so long? But, some people go longer…….
I DO feel I’m on a better path, but still need to somehow play more music. Music always seems to be the answer. My mind somehow lacks the concrete disipline that I have for work. I can work 15 hour days in a kitchen, yet somehow I don’t have a band or even that many songs. This frustrates me.
Just more patience and diligence? Focus on the personal boundaries? Thanks again D.K. for all your fantastic food for thought!
I am a rising Leo, Sun Sag and Moon Pisces, and am very much in touch with my Moon aspects to the point AI am internally always struggling.
Leo/Sag are supposedly arrogant, well Leo, but actually, though have my moments, am very very very sensitive on the inside, and am for ever feeling pain about someone/s in pain in life, those without food, those without shelter..oh dear..at times feel like I am consumed my the intensity of my feelings.
I have had many things happen in my life where by there is no “logical/earth” explanation..I tend to just “sense” things….
My Sag deals with higher awareness, so maybe this coupled with my Moon is just like “Woah”…
It is 3.15 am in the morning, and have always been a nocturnal soul…
Anyhoo, enough of my wittering…
Loved this! I’ve just begun to pay more attention to my Pisces moon (Libra sun, Libra rising). I feel that I am trapped by my moods, emotions and sensitivity. I have started over in life many times but now I’m ready to start again, owning my high emotionalism and my artistic nature. Looking for guidance and wondering about the combination of the Pisces moon with my Libra traits. I will read you often now that I have found you.
Am loving this post.
I am an Aries sun with Pisces moon and Taurus rising. Am finally getting in touch with my Pisces moon. After a car accident that nearly killed me and a divorce that should have happened a long time ago, I have been forced to get in touch with my emotions the past couple of years. I’m working with children with physical and mental disabilities and would have thought I don’t have the guts to work with them. It’s been five months at my job and it feels great to be helping expand these kids’ horizons. Pisces moons’ sensivity can be overwelming, but if we find a way to channel our energy positively, I feel we can effect change. As much as we soak up others’ energy, we can also give others our energy as well.
Hey..just wanted to say wow..
my sun sign is taurus..n thats about all i knew untill rececntly..so i always knew iwas sensitive..butanyways..i just wanted to touch on the subject of addiction..i myself am 23 and i am in recovery from drugs..i have about 16 mths clean so ive been doing alot of soul ssearchingbecause i really lost myself thete for a while..and astrology is really openi.g my eyes..i am personally a believer in jesus but i figure ..why wouldnt god hav some kind of design..
Hey Elise,
Congrats on 16 months – that is huge! I am a recovering alcoholic myself and I know that the program gave me a lot of invaluable tools. As did astrology. It says right at the start of the Bible that God put the stars in the heavens to guide us – I don’t think that was a reference to oceanic navigation but rather to the intelligent design of the Universe, which astrology can help us to begin to comprehend.
Many blessings on your journey!
DK
Thank you for writing this article! It cleared so much up for me. I’m an Aries Sun, Virgo Rising, and Pisces Moon. (I also have Mercury, Mars, and Saturn in Pisces as well). Pisces is really dominant in my birth chart. All explanations about permeable energies and psychological additions are true! Due to my Virgo rising it brings me happiness to help others however I always find myself drained or sucked into their emotional chaos. I have used marijuana and sex to escape into higher planes but not to the point of addiction (thank god!) I know myself too well. I indulge in pleasures and refrain from allowing myself to get addicted. The closest I have gotten to addcition was with sex but I stopped before it could get any worse. My boyfriend wasn’t too happy with the “no sex life” rule for awhile.
Sun=Aires, Moon=Pisces, Mercury=Pisces, Lilith=Pisces, Venus=Aires…oh wow! Talk about inter conflict! Strong masculine energy of Mars, and all that inner sensitivity – it is a real challenge (but Aires thrive on challenges – but not this); the external is wholly different than the internal – the Aires masculine energy must protect the little innocent child that just loves to play – temper tantrums (the only emotion ever displayed with strength so it’s blown out of porportion) – not so much on the addiction idea though due to the independence of Aires – temporary phases (few months) then self talk – “this is boring and going nowhere’ “time to shift gears and try something’ else. Then it’s ended and never again indulged in – never an addiction, just going along with peers. I hate the taste of alcohol (drank only for the effect) and during college – of course the ‘flower children’ and exploring – but I’m an Aires and I don’t have any of that assertive nature when I really like someone – I don’t commit easily and some of the things about Aires women are really hurtful – I don’t cry (in public) but inside there is great pain. I think the Aires woman is the most misunderstood sign of the zodiac. I don’t hold grudges but the hurt stays with me for a long time.. I’ve had people project onto me things they do and put it in writing – it was shocking and hurt deeply. I don’t trust easily anyway and for them (3 guys) to put lies in writing – I cannot tell you how much it hurts – so where’s all my Aires characteristics at these times? Imagine an innocent child that just wants to play and have fun, work hard and be honest (sometimes brutally so) and to have an external appearance of strength but oh so extremely fragile and sensitive – I graduated law school – that environment was ok because those guys could handle all the verbal stuff, but outside that environment it’s just excruticating. I have a mundane meaningless job now –nothing in the legal profession, and all it does is pay the mortgage – nothing more…I feel like a gold fish trying to swim in gasoline…on top of all that I have a very intense personality (smells, tastes, feelings are all amplified)…God, I have tried but sometimes the little kid throws a temper tantrum (it’s soon forgotten and never violent nor anything but verbal) and I hate hurting others but sometimes it happens and the pain if nearly unbearable. I know that Jesus loves me and my talks with Him have helped me immensely – without Him I would have been dead, literally long ago. Thanks for you time and kind words. And for allowing me to talk. Hugs and smiles to you all. Today is all we have – be grateful and live it with as much love and happiness as you can.
I’m surprised to find this much discussion on “moon in pisces” I’ve been living the dream for so long! Lol! I also have a Scorpio Mars and Virgo Rising the only thing saving me from my overwhelming emotions is my Libra Sun(and Venus…like that helps
) So too much volcanic emotions!! Life has been so heavy! Wish I knew how to lighten up. Any suggestions?
Hey Sondra,
I would go for a serious obsession with creativity and beauty. Get that Venus and Libra into the picture for some balance. Also, with Mars in Scorpio and Virgo rising, you probably have keen insight into others’ motives and thinking, which coupled with the sensitivity of the Pisces Moon would make you a wonderful therapist, coach, healer. I find that putting the Pisces energy in situations with strong boundaries (e.g. client is with you for one hour and then you clear the energetic ties until the next appointment) enables you to access the astral/emotional planes in ways that are very satisfying without being so draining. Hope this helps! DK
Where Pisces Sun natives are especially prone to physical addiction (Sun = the body), Pisces Moon natives are more drawn to psychological or emotional addictions.
WOW. BINGO. You hit the nail on the head with that statement. I am Aries Sun, but Pisces Moon (with a square from Neptune for a double whammy on my dreamy emotions) and that describes me exactly.
I have never had an addictive personality when it comes to drugs/alcohol (and I have tried my fair share), but I do get addicted with “escaping reality” in other ways like playing video games with gorgeous visuals, rich storylines, and the ability to “level up” my character and so it becomes a world within a world. I have spent whole weekends away from my reality and plugging into that one (luckily I have learned to limit this excessiveness as I have grown older).
Learning to use creativity, nature, meditation, visualization, mantra, energy work, etc., as portals to the higher realms of consciousness can greatly restore Pisces Moon people’s energy and self-confidence because it enables them to journey without paying the high price of having their energy drained by the entities that can come in when we use drugs, alcohol and sex to force open the aura.
AGAIN, you nailed it here. You exactly described what I use to recharge. I use meditation to stay balanced, and an hour walk in nature (if I can’t hear any cars/machinery all the better) overflows my emotional wellbeing!
Hey Jax,
Sorry to take so long to reply. My Pisces Sun self floated away from the internet for a long while
Sounds like you are doing great with that Sun/Moon set up. I’m Pisces Sun/Aries Moon (Sun square Neptune), so I get it, man. Those signs next to each other tend to be experienced as at least as incompatible as opposite signs. So you often have your core energy pulling one way and your emotional energy pulling a different way. Much love, DK
Hi,
Happened to read this article and am thrilled.
I have my Sun and Moon in Pisces and Virgo rising.
I have a tough time being emotionally stable. When I meet some new people I immediately get flashes about
Hi, loved the article. Something I was looking for to explain my erratic behavior.
I have Sun and Moon in Pisces and Virgo rising, Mercury in Aquarius. To be honest, I was looking for information about the cycles of rebirth a soul undergoes and somewhere I read that if a person is in Pisces Pisces, their soul is at the end of the cycle and will remember all its previous births. I did not find anything on this so was kind of disappoointed. But, I am thrilled to read this article. I do agree with the characteristics, I surely match a lot of them. Not so much about the addiction. I used to have a problem with binge eating but now am almost obsessed with my health. I meditate and feel many times that I know people (strangers) from a previous birth. This has led to some tricky situations also. For example, I have a strong feeling that I have a karmic connection with my current boss and whenever I talk to him, I feel I know what he is thinking. I find it eery but slowly am getting used to it. Sigh! My life is like this.
Hey Nithya,
You probably DO know what your boss is thinking. The tricky thing, I guess for all of us psychics (and we’re all psychic in some way, some of us just more so than others) is learning how to filter that information and share if and when appropriate. Sounds like you are negotiating that, so kudos to you. And many blessings, DK
‘High’ there-have very strong pisces moon with a harder edged capricorn ascendant, top it off with a libra sun and you got a very contradictory personality. My moods change frequently-from one phase to another, and it has left me in a mess more than a few times…also, have been a commited negative thinker for many years, so long in fact, that the line between whats real, whats not, whats wrong, whats right. has went straight down the black hole of dissolution. Do I care though? and after asking myself…. Know what? All those years in the wilderness, I think i’m actually getting somewhere within myself, and it feels GOOD it feels REAL no more giving into negativity for me-no longer my own worst enemy. Its been a long time coming !
Hey Delorio,
So glad to hear that. You could see how that Cap ASC could be a saving grace (protecting you from some of the vulnerability of the Pisces Moon) but also Capricorn has a tendency to emphasize the negative, especially early on in life. So your description of the way that has played out makes perfect sense. One thing that Cappie energy gives you is the will to persevere until you reach your goal – keep marching forward!
Thank you for this article. It has helped me a great deal to read this and it is truly the best piece written so far on this subject. Your mention of the pieces moon being ‘comfortable in the astral realms’ was just an amazing way of putting it. You have explained a lot of things here for me and also given suggestions for what to do to get grounded and to protect the energy. Is the author a pieces moon? Sincerely, Beth
Pisces Sun with Libra South Node = lots of sensitivity but not a Pisces Moon.
Hi, my guy has moon in Pisces, sun in Gemini, sagittarus rising, Venus in cancer and mars in aries. Because of his Gemini nature, he is extremely witty and intelligent. However, I find his mood can easily changes from one to another. He is not a sweet talk guy but he can be A little clingy and then the next day he can be distant and cold. Does that mean I should leave him alone and give him space when he distant himself from me?
I am a Capricorn with moon in cancer, mars in Pisces, rising and Venus in sagittarus . I am a sensitive person but i do feel a little hurt when he is cold to me, but i am learning to accept that this is part of his character. I wish to be able to understand him better. Are we Compatible？
Hey Marcy,
Well, your Moons certainly understand each other with the shared water element. Your guy has a lot to integrate, with Sun, Moon and ASC all square to each other by sign. Gemini can be a tough relationship energy because it’s really like being with two different people. The question for you is, can you learn to live alone in those periods when he is in the “evil twin” mode? Can you be OK with that? If you think you can, then the next step would be identifying the signs or establishing a communication system so that you can recognize when he’s gone into that distant side of his persona; if you know that and can accept it, then you can say, “OK, you’re obviously in distant self mode, so I’m going to (go for a walk, spend the weekend with a friend, encourage you to spend a couple days in the basement) or whatever.
Remember that your partner is always teaching you about yourself first and foremost. Sounds like at least for now this is a good learning experience.
Blessings,
DK
Every single day I read up on the Pisces Moon. Because I’ve always been very self aware and independent with my Asc=Virgo my Sun=Aries, and my Moon in Pisces.
That being said I had to leave Reno because I had grown up there and could feel the negativity. I wondered why it affected me the way it did, I would spend days in a slump and would cry at random things for no reason. I realized that I was paying attention to certain things that no one was aware of. Like the energy that emits from someone’s eyes when they speak to you.
I had this epiphany, the majority of the people I surrounded myself with were total psychic vampires! I had been into LaVey when I was a bit younger and I knew they were bad news. Now that I live elsewhere and have begun to cultivate my center, I feel 70% better!!! Now the only issue I have is keeping my emotions and judgements in check in regards to new friends (that I don’t have yet) and my boyfriend.
This has been more in depth than my previous reads and I’m so glad I stumbled across it. Thank you!
Hey Joseph,
Thanks for the wonderful contribution to our totally awesome and multi-faceted Pisces Moon thread. Funny, I was driving home from my son’s school this morning and I had a memory of a certain intersection by where I used to live. I don’t know what happened there but every time I drove through it I felt depressed for an hour afterwards. One of the things with extreme emotional sensitivity patterns like Pisces Moon is that you really do have to limit your life in certain ways in order to regain your freedom. Knowing which people and places you can’t be around is a huge step in that direction. Many blessings, DK
hi,
a lot that u have written s true. I am leo sun/pisces moon/ aquarius rising. Now i v realised where my emotional addictions come frm. And also the need to sleep in any conflicting/stressful situation when most ppl cant sleep:p .also, cant tell my emotions from others.go with the flow kind. But theres one thing, i feel that i cant connect to people on one hand like i have shut every one off. And even though i know whats important, i feel like i am careless and not courageous enough to stand up for things and people. Spineless kind of..any suggestions?
Hey Sonali,
Sorry it’s taken me so long to respond. Check out some of the comments higher up on the thread about grounding and centering. The reason you shut people off is because early on you got the clear (and valid, at the time) message that it’s not safe to connect. If you do, you will be drained or take on some of their stuff and that’s emotionally crippling. Learning to get grounded (it’s different for everyone but you can try my grounding and centering meditation here; http://wordsforthepeople.com/store) will enable you to connect with others safely. When you are in your center, you can be aware of others’ emotions without taking them and holding them in your body/aura. I don’t think you are spineless, you just haven’t yet developed the ability to stand in your energy. When you do you will find that you can speak your truth…It’s hard to be a self when you are filled up with others’ energy or being drained!
Thanks DK, I feel that I am learning more about him everyday and I am having less hard feelings whenever he pulls away.
That’s great news Marcy! Keep us posted. I feel like this discussion is so valuable, seeing how so many people are experiencing the Pisces Moon patterns and which tools and perspectives are working in different situations!