Rashi · Sign 12/12
Pisces मीन Meena
compassion · imagination · spirituality · surrender
Meena (Pisces) is mutable water ruled by Jupiter — the final sign, of compassion, imagination and spiritual surrender. Its natives are dreamy, empathic and artistic, dissolving the boundary between self and other. The last sign of the wheel, it carries the soul toward moksha.
| Sanskrit name | Meena मीन |
|---|---|
| Symbol | The Fishes |
| Order | 12th of 12 |
| Zodiac span | 330°–360° sidereal |
| Ruling planet | Jupiter (Guru) |
| Element | Water |
| Modality | Dual (Dvisvabhava) |
| Gender | Female |
| Body part | Feet and lymphatic system |
| Planet exalted here | Venus |
| Planet debilitated here | Mercury |
Pisces personality & traits
Strengths: Compassionate, imaginative, spiritual, gentle, artistic and selfless.
Challenges: Escapist, impressionable, boundary-less and prone to confusion.
Ruling planet — Jupiter
Pisces is ruled by Jupiter, so the condition of Jupiter in a chart strongly shapes any Pisces placement — and especially a Pisces ascendant. wisdom, fortune, the guru — the great benefic (Brihaspati).
A note on sidereal signs
Vedic astrology uses the sidereal zodiac (Lahiri ayanamsa), measured against the fixed stars — not the season-based tropical zodiac of Western astrology. The two differ by about 24°, so your Vedic Sun sign is often the one before your familiar Western sign. See how sidereal positions are calculated.