Aquarius and Pisces

Aquarius has organized the fundraiser. Pisces has been crying about the people it’s for. They are both completely sincere, and they’ve both forgotten about dinner.

A big shared heart, in two languages

These neighbors both look beyond their own little lives. They tend to care about strangers, animals, the planet and anyone who’s been left out. Aquarius comes at it through ideas and fairness, and Pisces through compassion. Aquarius finds Pisces’s gentleness a surprise, and a relief from always having to be clever. Pisces likes that Aquarius doesn’t judge them for being strange, and it feels good to be with someone who takes the weird stuff for granted.

Cool head and full heart

When Pisces is upset, they want someone to come closer, and maybe not say much. Aquarius, wanting to help, asks what the problem is, and comes back with a sensible suggestion and three articles. Pisces feels unmet. Aquarius feels that they tried, and that nothing they offered was accepted. Then Pisces drifts, Aquarius goes to do something useful somewhere else, and neither is really angry, which makes it harder to notice how far apart they’ve got.

Boundaries can get odd as well. Both may give so much to friends, causes and people in trouble that there’s not much left over for the person they live with.

Showing up closer to home

Aquarius can try one simple question: “Do you want ideas, or company?” Often it’s company, and it takes less effort than anything on your list. Pisces can put a feeling into a sentence, knowing that’s a kindness to a person who can’t read the air. Choose one night a week that belongs to you two and doesn’t go to any cause, however deserving it may be.

Saying a pair is “neighbors” just means the Suns have no strong angle, so the shape of this relationship is really decided elsewhere. Look at how Mercury and the Moon get along, or at Sun conjunct Moon, which can give this couple a much closer sense of each other than the signs imply.

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