Man, I never thought I’d be the guy digging deep into zodiac signs and career paths. Seriously. I usually scoff at all that horoscope stuff. But late last year, I kept seeing these ridiculous articles popping up, all promising the “perfect 2023 career for water signs,” and honestly, the advice was just useless fluff. Zero substance. Zero connection to real job markets.
A buddy of mine, a classic Pisces—super empathetic, always daydreaming—just got laid off from a decent, but boring, admin job. He needed a pivot, and he needed actual steps, not just “be a healer.” That’s when I decided to stop reading the nonsense and actually build a system to figure this out. I wanted to see if the alleged traits of Pisces could actually be mapped to in-demand, high-paying jobs in the post-pandemic economy.
The Messy Start: Trying to Quantify Empathy
First thing I did was assemble a comprehensive list of core Pisces traits based on the major astrological texts—not the pop culture stuff. I boiled it down to four main categories: Intuition/Insight, Creativity/Artistry, Empathy/Compassion, and Adaptability/Fluidity. My goal was to assign a numerical weight to each trait, say 1 to 10.
Then, I plunged into the job market. I scraped data from three massive job platforms, focusing specifically on titles listed as having high growth potential in 2023. I initially pulled about 500 unique job titles. The real work began when I had to manually categorize each job title based on how much it required those four traits. This step was brutal. How do you quantify the “Intuition” needed for a “Mid-level Data Scientist” versus a “Non-profit Program Manager”?
I wrestled with this for weeks. For example, I initially gave “Graphic Designer” a high Creativity score and low Adaptability. But when I looked at the actual job descriptions, most modern design roles required heavy adaptability and technical integration (Fluidity) just to keep up with tool changes. So I had to redefine the scores, constantly cross-referencing industry reports on skill needs, not just generic job titles.
The Data Blowup and the Unexpected Pivot
About a month into the project, the data blew up in my face. The traditional Pisces roles—artist, musician, social worker—almost universally scored high on the trait matrix but consistently ranked low on the Salary Potential and Market Demand filters I had set up. If I had simply gone with the “intuitive matches,” my buddy would have ended up broke and frustrated.
I realized I had to shift my entire filtering mechanism. Instead of looking for jobs that were purely creative or compassionate, I started searching for roles that used Pisces traits as a competitive advantage in a structured, often tech-adjacent field. I needed to find where that deep intuition could meet a high-paying problem.
I created a new filter prioritizing “Roles requiring Insight into human behavior for technical implementation.” I ran the analysis again, and suddenly, the results were totally different. The sweet spots weren’t the obvious ones at all.
- UX Researcher/Designer: High Empathy (understanding the user) + High Insight (predicting user needs) + High Salary/Demand. I never thought of this as a “Pisces job,” but it’s perfect.
- Compliance and Regulatory Analyst (specifically in ESG/Ethical Tech): High Adaptability (fluid rules) + High Intuition (sniffing out hidden risks). This was a total curveball, but the demand is huge, and it needs a specific moral compass that aligns well with the compassionate Pisces stereotype.
- Content Strategist for Niche Markets: This isn’t just “writing.” This is using deep insight to predict how different fragmented audiences will react to information. High Fluidity, High Creativity, great pay.
The Outcome and What I Learned
After all that crunching, I finally produced a concrete, actionable list for my friend. I didn’t tell him “Be an artist”; I told him to enroll in a UX bootcamp or target roles that needed strong narrative skills, even if the industry was finance or software.
He followed the path, focused on learning the technical vocabulary, and within three months, he landed a junior UX Researcher position at a medium-sized SaaS company. The pay is double his old admin job, and he actually feels engaged because his core trait—understanding people—is now his main job function.
What I figured out is that you can’t just trust the vague descriptions online. You have to drill down and see where those soft, intuitive skills actually intersect with hard market demand. It took manually sifting through hundreds of messy data points and completely revising my methodology, but the end result was real, tangible advice, proving that sometimes, even goofy astrology can point you toward a paycheck, if you know how to read the data correctly.
