You know, for the longest time, I just heard people casually drop “Pisces” into conversations, and honestly, it always sounded kinda mystical. Like, what even is that? Is it a fish? Is it a person? More importantly, when the heck is it, and why does everyone seem to know it except me?
My buddy, Sarah, she’s super into all that star sign stuff. Every other week, she’s telling me about her “Pisces intuition” or how some Mercury retrograde is messing with her “Pisces emotional state.” And I’d just nod along, pretending to understand, but really, inside my head, I’m thinking, “Dude, what month are we even talking about?” It bugged me, not knowing. It felt like I was missing a secret handshake or something.
So, one slow Tuesday evening, I decided to just tackle it. I wasn’t looking for deep astrology dives or anything. I just wanted a simple answer. I pulled out my phone, slumped onto the couch, and just typed it straight into the search bar: “When is Pisces month?”
And boy, did I get a mixed bag of results. The first few links popped up, and immediately, I saw a bit of a spread. Some said February 19th to March 20th. Others claimed February 20th to March 20th. A couple even threw in March 21st as an end date. My first thought was, “Great, even the internet can’t agree on this basic thing!” It was kind of annoying, to be honest. I just wanted a clear, clean answer, and here I was, staring at a small but persistent discrepancy.
It turned into a mini-quest. I wasn’t just going to accept the first answer. I clicked on a few more sites. I started comparing. I opened up multiple tabs, trying to see if there was a majority vote, you know? Like, if five out of six sites said one thing, that must be the right one. I scrolled past all the “Pisces compatibility with Scorpio” articles and just zoomed in on the dates.
What I started piecing together was that most reliable sources, the ones that looked like they actually knew what they were talking about, kept pointing back to a consistent window. They generally pinned it down to:
- Beginning: Around February 19th
- End: Around March 20th
This felt like a breakthrough! It wasn’t perfectly identical across every single link, but it was close enough to form a solid idea. The minor variations, I figured, probably came down to different astrological schools of thought or maybe just a rounding error here and there. Who knows, maybe it even depends on the time zone you were born in, for all I cared.
Then I stumbled onto this concept of “cusps.” Now, this was interesting. It basically meant that if you were born right on the edge, like February 19th or March 20th, you might have traits from both signs – a bit of Pisces and a bit of the sign before or after it. That suddenly made a lot more sense of why some dates seemed a bit flexible. It wasn’t about being wrong; it was about a blend, a transition. My initial annoyance turned into an “Aha!” moment.
Armed with this newfound (to me) knowledge, I immediately thought of Sarah. Her birthday’s early March, so she was smack-dab in the middle of it. Total Pisces. Then I started mentally going through other friends’ birthdays. My pal Mark, born on March 21st, I used to think he might be a Pisces, but nope! He’s an Aries through and through. That explained a lot about his super direct, head-first approach to everything, now that I thought about it. No wonder he didn’t have Sarah’s “intuitive flow.”
It was a simple thing, really, to finally figure out those dates. But there was a genuine satisfaction in going through the process myself, digging around, comparing the info, and finally connecting the dots. It wasn’t just some random fact I’d heard; it was something I’d actually taken the time to uncover. And now, when Sarah talks about her Pisces traits, at least I know what month she’s actually talking about.
