The Pisces emoji is the zodiac symbol for the mystical fish, representing Feb 19–Mar 20. It’s the curvy H-like glyph of two fish swimming opposite directions, a mood for indecision, daydreaming, and “I absorbed everyone’s feelings again.” People drop it in bios, dating profiles, and thirst tweets to broadcast water-sign softness and intuitive drama. In chats, it doubles as shorthand for “I’m emotional today” or “I saw a poetically tragic TikTok at 3am.”
On Apple/iOS, Pisces shows up as a glossy purple rounded square with a white Pisces glyph centered—two elegant arcs bridged by a bar—clean, slightly three-dimensional gradient from violet to indigo. It reads instantly among the other zodiac tiles, and pairs aesthetically with ✨, 💧, 😭, and 🔮. You’ll also see it in astrology memes during Pisces season, often next to Rihanna/Bieber shout-outs and “delulu but self-aware” jokes. Sarcastically, people send it after apologizing for overtexting—or not apologizing at all—like “sorry I’m a Pisces, it’s part of my character arc.” Flirt-wise, it can be a soft opener: “Water sign check ♓” followed by a playlist link.
Culturally, the symbol nods to duality and escapism, so it pops up when someone is torn between productivity and a bath with lo-fi beats. In group chats, it’s the license to romanticize everything, to cry at a commercial, and to manifest under the moon while eating cereal. Use it sincerely for horoscopes, ironically to meme your sensitivity, or dramatically when you’re about to send a paragraph-length feelings dump.
Definition
Pisces is the twelfth astrological sign of the zodiac. The Fish. Compassionate, emotional, sensitive, mysterious, escapist. The zodiac is a method of dividing the sky into twelve non-overlapping 30 degree sections. The twelve sections total 360 degrees and together make up the full sky visible from earth during the complete annual orbit of the earth around the sun.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
The code generated for this emoji was changed slightly in iOS 7 / OSX 10.9 (a variation selector was added) advising the OS to display character emoji style instead of black and white text when available. We don't mind Apple, thank you! We just love our emojis! [Sources 11438-emoji-var.pdf 13.7 Variation Selectors (unicode.org)]
