Baby Horoscopes

Pisces Child

"Life is but a dream..."

Compiled and adapted from Linda Goodman's Sun Signs

Most babies come into the world via the hospital, or even the occasional stork - not the Pisces child. This infant was born under a magical sky and tumbled down straight from fairyland with a bit of moondust still smudged behind her ear.

Dimpled and pink, these are the model babies of the Anne Geddes cards. But don't let those cherubic features fool you into thinking there's a gentle soul awaiting waiting to be molded - "Nuh-uh!"

Gentle? Yes, Malleable? Not so much. The Pisces child is demanding and will get her way as fast as any red-faced Aries, regal Leo or stubborn Taurus baby ever could. She just may do it in a less noticeable fashion, say... by charming you to death with that winning smile and oh-so-sweet way.

She may hide in long-lost places, insist that you wear a crown and act like a queen while you feed her strawberry oatmeal for breakfast or beg you to pull out the vinyl and throw a disco party [on a Thursday - at two in the afternoon].

Don't worry, you won't need more than a spare balloon, a feather boa and a smear of face-paint to keep your Pisces child happily playing for hours, her imagination will supply the rest.

The Pisces child (adult) has a never grow up attitude.

Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland are often favorites of a young Pisces. They love make-believe, dress up and have the imaginations of magnificent story-tellers. Don't be surprised to find that your child has come home and announced that she has won the lead in ALL the school plays.

The Pisces child has a deep wisdom and sympathetic understanding of circumstances and situations far beyond her chronological years. She may unnerve you with her strikingly accurate psychic ability and peculiar dream forecasts. Don't be alarmed - the information often proves exceedingly helpful. If your child mentions visiting the "Moon" and having tea with "her," don't scoff, she just might be telling the truth.

The Pisces tot will rarely throw tantrums (though tears are common), scream or balk to get you to come around to her way but she'll gradually win you over or confuse you with elusive tactics until you find yourself agreeing just as she had planned. Relax, she's not being manipulative. And you never know, you just might revel in the freedom of playing through dinner or having ice cream at midnight.

The sensitive Pisces child requires a healthy amount of attention and appreciation. They are uncertain about their abilities and need to be noticed and encouraged at every chance. Your Pisces child will also need moments of privacy. When she withdrawals into one of her mysterious moods, let her be. Her mind is a million miles away and you couldn't follow even if you wanted to.

It is most difficult to arrange a schedule for a Pisces babe. They enjoy diversions from everyday routines and patterns - which seem to be a natural enemy of the fish. Even more problematic is that once you think they've settled into having breakfast at ten and lunch at three, the Pisces child will have shuffled it all around by noon. Insisting that she do things when she is not ready is quite a task and not worth the tears.

They may sleep all day and be up all night but one thing is for sure. A Pisces wants to sleep when she's tired and eat when she's hungry and play when she's inspired and unfortunately for Mom and Dad, these times may vary.

So parents will do better to enjoy the spontaneity, flexibility and learn a lesson from the flow of their little fish - don't watch that silly clock, it's just a hunk of metal.

School can be a trying time for parents and teachers. The Pisces mind has its own unique learning methods that don't quite fit into the state requirement of fitting all pegs into round holes. Your square peg will certainly have other ideas. Speaking of ideas, Pisces has many.

These children are artistic!

Most love music and dancing and are light on their feet, regardless of body size or type. Little girls will long to be ballerinas and little boys choose to emulate knights and heroes over army generals and presidents.

Pisces kids love all kinds of books. English may be a favorite subject and they are natural story-tellers who love words. Poetry often captures the attention of many Neptune-ruled youngsters as well. They may find math hard to grasp at first but your Pisces child will have an uncanny understanding of whole concept theories behind subjects like algebra and geometry later on.

The Pisces adolescent may hide inside of her fanciful dreams, preferring them to the cold, hard reality of the materialistic world. She needs your sympathy and understanding of her whimsical musings or she may retreat into a silent, moody despair.

Delaying exposure to the harshness of the real world for as long as possible can be beneficial to the delicate Piscean sensitivity. The naked truth is too much for them to bear without having to occasionally try and dress it up with a dash of color or warm shades of romance.

The Pisces teen may be a bit irresponsible but she can do nothing else but follow her own rules. She may shy away from social and scholastic demands that stifle her individuality.

Pisces kids usually prefer the company of adults to playing with other children, even as toddlers. The may sometimes be accused of lying (remember tea with the Moon?) but this is an unfair accusation. The Pisces child has no malicious or cowardly intent, it's just that her young mind is so filled with beautiful adventures and thousands of secrets that she can't help but make them a part of the "real world."

It also helps pad the jarring impact of the truth for the Pisces child. Too much nagging by negative adults can push the them into a permanent state of fantasy. Let her slip back and forth, she needs a dollop of love to better cope with the world of poverty, disease and ingratitude. In return, the Pisces child will teach her parents the value of compassion, understanding, beauty, tolerance, imagination and gentleness.

Guide her tenderly and wisely, don't laugh at her dreams and one day she just may reach out and grab one of those silver stars to bring home for your mantle.

Babies/Toddlers

• gentle
• warm-hearted
• friendly
• sensitive
• magical
• childish
• dreamy

Adolescents:

• sensitive
• can be irresponsible
• imaginative
• visionary
• musical
• artistic
• compassionate

Parenting tips to best handle your Pisces tot or teen:

• Give lots of caring, empathetic attention and encouragement
• be flexible with your time
• offer lots of activities to channel artistic expressions
• provide a place of comfort and security for delicate emotions.

Society has yet to catch up to the Neptunian ways of the fish and the Piscean philosophy of freedom of expression, so if your own child seems a bit upside down or even crazy, take heed - don't push your child too hard to conform, teach her what people may expect and then guide her to be true to herself.