Why does Pisces lie?
March 9, 2007 by Jeffrey Kishner
Pisces has two planetary rulers: Jupiter (exaggeration and idealism) and Neptune (fantasy and imagination). So, whether you’re a traditionalist (those astrologers who think the solar system stops at Saturn) or a modernist, there’s a good explanation for Pisces’ deceptive nature.
Neptune governs illusions and delusions. Sometimes fantasy is preferable to reality, don’t you think? Can you blame Pisces the Daydreamer for spending more time in escapist thought than in the daily grind? And if he’s lying to you, how do you know he’s not lying to himself as well?
Jupiter (and this also goes for you Sagittarians!) doesn’t so much lie as expand on the truth, and overlook details. Signs ruled by this planet will ignore facts that don’t fit into their Grand Theory.
Tall tales, utter falsehoods. A lying Pisces is not likely to have malicious intent — he just doesn’t want to embrace reality as everyone else perceives it. That, or he doesn’t want to get caught!
Comment below: Have you caught your Pisces in a lie?
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leo female
Actually sounds a lot like a Man lying, of any sign 
Tells you what you want to hear…….
I love your devil comparison
Yup, the devil ALWAYS wears pants!!! Women always get the bad rap and yes, there are bad women out there. But take a look at the state of the world…..didn’t get there by the actions of women and it’s usually women in the world who suffer the most. And always at the hands of a devil. Or devils, in the case of those poor Afghan women.
Leo Female
I couldnt agree more
The world still belongs to men
Only because most women are too passive and if truth be told too stupid to do anything about it. Especially the newer generation of females. All they worry about looking sexy for guy. And worse. I call them the Playboy Generation and I don’t mean that as a compliment.
It sickens me actually. Maybe it’s my Leo ego but I can’t stand the way these girls act.
Yeah, unfortunatley I get in passive mode too sometimes, then we have to snap out of it and remind ourselves it doesnt make us less feminine to be strong minded. You’re a very perceptive person LF
Thank you LibraLady!!
My boyfriend is a Pisces! He lies for no reason. He would admit is wrongs if caugHt, but if you Have no evidence, He will continue to deny tHe TrutH! I am pregnant, and He promised to make it to tHe prenatal appointment, in wHicH He did not make. He said tHere were guys cHasing Him and SHooting at Him in Broad Day ligHt! Dumb lies He expects you to beleive. Pisces make empty promises and too wisHy WaSHy.. or sHould I say… FisHY
Yes, totally wishy washy!!! Frustrating for most of us to relate.
I can’t believe he told you he was being s*** at!!!
lol sad but true He said tHat. WHen He told me I was smirking I am tHinking a 15 year old can come up witH a better lie THan THat! But He was not laugHing He was trying to make me believe tHat He was being SHot at. It occur to me How tHey can make tHeir self appear to be telling tHe TrutH, tHey believe in tHeir own lie. Pisces MEN are like dealing witH PsycHological liars. THey are actors, tHey will reHearse a script to make it seem believable wHen portraying it to tHe person, but its just tHings He deems you want to Hear. THey love to play victims and make it seems as tHougH it was your fault for THings!
i am currently in a sort of ‘thing’ with a pisces man, actually WAS. i decided to cut it because his a$$holeness got to the bone. so here’s whow he lied:
‘i’ve been thinking a lot about you, your skin, me inside of you’- bullshiz! he just wanted to get laid. i should also mention this icky old-school gaming line was said after a month and a half of not hearing from him. he naturally expected me to crawl to his feet just because he was showing some interest. nooo way, i hate this style of pricky show-off.
‘let’s go out/stay in/ do something together’ and then when it came to actually doing that thing he would blow me off for his friends and say he’s experiencing a change of plans. well eff you, big jerk, don’t make promises you can’t keep.
i think they lie for the same reason all water signs lie- to get what they want, fast and all at a time. doesn’t matter what happens after as long as they’ve gotten with theirs. make me sick to the stomach.
I think you hit the nail on the head. I think mine must be playing that same game. I hate that I fall for it all the time in the pathetic hope I will get my may just once. Master manipulators pisces men are. Not all I’m sure but some have got a degree in it!
@ leo female: you are absolutely right. what infuriates me (and i guess it’s the same for you) is that I AM AWARE of the game he’s playing and i willingly give in hoping that by giving him a chance he’s gonna…i don’t know what he’s gonna do. grow attached to me? i don’t know why we women are so weak…it’s like we have this conception that spending time with a man is going to bring a closeness between us. never gonna happen, most men confronted with this situation would take their shiz and migrate a.s.a.p.
for example, this morning i was completely pissed, then he called to apologize for having blown me off yesterday, instead of coming to my place he went to some party with his friends. and I NEVER KNOW WHAT TO DO! i need some advice, you see…it’s like i’m trapped. i went thinking like this, while i left the phone ring for 20 seconds before answering:
‘if i don’t answer he’s gonna think i am immature and rude. but who cares, he’s also rude and immature and he doesn’t seem to care about what i think about it! nevertheless, i don’t wanna give this impression.’ and ‘if i seem too pissed he’s gonna know his behavior gets to me big time, and it’s going to be his score. still. if i pretend i’m okay he’s gonna think i’m a stupid bitch and continue his gaming’. i pretended i wasn’t upset, just irritated from the night before and just a bit socially ‘bugged’, and told him he’s an ass, and academically explained him where he made the mistake. i felt a bit stoopid because HE KNOWS he shouldn’t do this yet he does it. i feel like such an idiot…i shouldn’t have talked nicely to him, i should’ve slapped him around and hung up on him before he had time to say anything. it’s always like that, i never know what to do, i don’t wanna appear too lenient but not too affected either. ugh! any thoughts? should i continue seeing him?
Jolie,
The best thing you can do in your Pisces situation is to completely ignore him while you gather your strength and get your words together. Thne when you are ready, you let him know in no uncertain terms what you will and will not tolerate. Ignoring him will drive the fish crazy, and give it time to sink in that he may be about to lose you.
I agree… you cannot just walk away; you have feelings which make walking away an invalid option. And while don’t have the strength I can tell you that’s exactly what yo need to do; back off and let him come around. These pisces guys seem to need to lose you to realize they want and need you. They need a little rough treatment to make them realize their loss and their actions are wrong and hurt people who genuinely care.
I feel exactly like you do and go through the same nonsense.
you guys…it’s amazing you’re jumping in with an advice, thank you so much…this is something i avoid talking about even to my friends because i don’t want to bother them too much and appear too obsessed or something.
the story with the pisces guy is not based on feelings, is not a relationship, we’re just sleeping together. his lifestyle and sporadic rudeness make me not want a relationship with him and i don’t have feelings for him. i like him a lot, but i could give him up in a moment. and then, five seconds after, i don’t know why i wouldn’t, probably because the sex is so amazing. anyways, he’s generally ok but what pisses me off big time is the fact that his behavior signals his emphasizing of the asymmetry between us, he’s the one calling the shots and i’m along for the ride. i HATE being jerked around, disrespected and blown off because i’m a nice girl and i always try to see the positive side of the people, and by forgiving these episodes i’m afraid he’s gonna take me for an idiot, which i am not. on the other hand, talking openly to him about this will make things worse since it will let him know it affects me…and we’ve already had a little conversation on this topic and he agreed he was an a******, and he apologized. it is not his excuses that i need, i need for that behavior to stop because i’m not very proud, but i do care about my dignity above all things. i’ve been taken for granted once and i’ve sworn to myself it was never going to happen again.
i don’t know if i want a relationship with him because he travels a lot thus hard to control…and i’m not a bunny boiler and a psychotic jealous bitch but i just need to feel comfortable about my relationship.and we’re just having sex so yeah, that’s what’s always going to be like, and i don’t mind.
how to make this guy stop acting like this? i mean he’s an ass and then he calls and says he’s sorry and excuses himself. what to do, what to do. ignore him, well….i don’t want him to see i’m THAT upset. and i miss him
Wow-
This is freaking me out!!! Your story and mine are almost identical!!! It’s really scary how similar your and I are and how your pisces and mine are!!
We really should try and figure it out together because the stories are the same. I don’t have a relationship with mine either, not per se. We don’t date. It’s just physical. But I still give him a hell of a lot more respect than he gives me. At least anymore….what we need to do is stop weakening hoping like you said they will come around and just give them the sh**….somewhere along the way they lost respect for us cause in this we lost ourselves….
@ leo female: wow. i can’t believe it’s the same. i’m in for some debates here…i think is one thing. i think it maybe has something to do with every man out there because they still haven’t gotten over the ‘women are housewives’ bull$hit. they expect women to be clingy and needy and sensitive by default, and when you make him a lucky man and show him you’re both on the same page-interested in crazy sex-they just act weird and twist your arm just for the fun of it (i can’t find any realistic reasons for this behavior). maybe it’s something about the assumption of a man that the woman he’s sleeping with is still ‘a woman’ who must be sentimental and everything, they don’t accept ladies with an attitude that easily.
or maybe not. my pisces is sometimes okay…sometimes i feel like ripping his heart out of his chest….for example he had the nerve to text me yesterday at around 21.00 to ask what am i doing at 2.30 in the morning! just because he wanted to get laid! i mean it’s okay, but just asking like that, about a specific hour…looks like MAJOR BOOTY CALL TO ME AND I DON’T DO THAT THANK YOU VERY MUCH! anyways, i texted him back saying i don’t know what am i gonna do later on, then at 1.30 when i was sleeping he starts calling….i didn’t answer at all, then called him 40 minutes after and saying i can see him tomorrow….which is today. he called me at 12 today asking about my whereabouts (we arranged to meet sometime in the afternoon) and i was like WTF, I SAID NOOOON! and he goes like ‘yeah, but i have a corporate thing in the evening’. please, who corporates themselves on a sunday evening? i didn’t say i didn’t believe him and i told him to text me later on…now he’s gonna come here at around 17 because I SAID SO. at least i’m getting what i want in THIS case if i can’t get away with anything else when it comes to him.
anyways. it would be too much if yours did the exact same things….i think men sense when we like them and everything and start behaving like a$$es just because they think they can.
i think the best you could do (not that i am standing so good right now, it’s just that i’ve tried it and worked…) is not answer his texts for a while, like ignore him, or answer two hours later, and don’t see him for two weeks or so. hope it’s gonna work…in my case it worked, partially. he was like ‘you have integrity, you don’t take bulls***’ but then continued being the same idiot. i don’t even know if this man is worth anything, it’s like HE is the one ruining everything instead of enjoying what we’ve signed up for, mindless sex…
Jolie-
I’m the last one to defend men and tend to lunp them all together as a**holes but I don’t think this behavior you describe is all men. I think it’s what we have created….we only wanted sex and well, at least you are getting that. At least it sounds like it, even if it isn’t always on your terms. It isn’t always going to be…men are a confusing lot I’ll agree with you on that.
I’m not sure i understand your situation though. To me it sounds like it is just sex but then when he wants sex you get irritated. I am confused there.
That’s all I wanted, as well, but i can’t even get that. Mine is scared and more into the fantasy….yours at least can put the sex on a real level and contacts you. I’m convinced my guy has serious emotional issues….I would love to ignore his emails but they are few and far between to do that so I just ignore him…when I can….nothing works though he is so screwed up…..
i’m sorry, i wasn’t expressing myself correctly. i also got the impression that my story sounds like ‘i want sex but i don’t want it’.
the truth is, i don’t know what i want, and i still do, but only to a small amount. i signed up for sex but on respectful terms, first of all. i do not mind him calling me for sex as long as it’s not disrespectful-for example, he wants to get laid only in weekends, because he’s busy, then when he calls or texts always has this attitude of showing me what a big favor he’s doing by contacting me for sex. i don’t mind the fact that he wants me (who would mind that?) but i can’t come to terms with his way of expressing himself. and yes, it is just sex and sometimes i wish it was more, but then i realize if the sexual relation with him is not very rosy, what would a real story be like? i am afraid to think of it.
i like him and i don’t, at the same time. i know my confusion is not helping but what i’m trying to do is find out a way to get through to him…i would like to make him respect me without having to stop having sex or having an argument. i don’t wanna make a big deal out of it, because most people i know wouldn’t even care about these aspects that affect me so much. i think it’s just me, i have a problem.
i am sorry to hear about your pisces. what exactly is he doing to you? and how many times a week/month are you having sex? is he busy at work, married or something? i mean if he gives you shiz and you meet up only twice a month or something like that then he is not worth it….i’m sure you can find better sexual partners as i can do myself. you have to find a way to channel your energy into something else, like trying to materialize the fact that nothing should depend on him. if you don’t have sex on a regular basis then maybe it’s the attraction fading away, and the resorting to one another only in case of emergency, which is not very good if you like him as you said you did. does he treat you badly, or offend you? what does he treat you like? do you know about him and other women, has he ever talked about this?
Jolie-
Ok now I got you. It’s another confusing pisces situation. It sounds to me, cause I am in the same boat, that you need to set boundaries if you want more out of this guy than he is giving you. It doesn’t seem like he knows that you may want more so he is only giving you what he thinks you want. But do it face to face if you can. Take my word, you gotta see their eyes when you have a serious conversation. Email or txting doesn’t work. My pisces and i happened to be outside at work together on fri afternoon nand he was talking sports or work or something harmless and i was looking into his soul at that point if you know what i mean trying to feel him out. He knew and lowered his eyes. He didn’t want me to see that there might be something there or he felt uncomfortable looking at me looking at him. I thought that was very interesting but don’t know what to make of it.
he doesn’t offend me or treat me badly in a physical sense he is just completely ignorant of my desires. I don’t really want to go into it in a public forum…he is just scared and confused and very bad about opening up. he says he still wants to be physical with me but it never really goes any further. he goes from hot to cold overnight and i just can’t keep it up anymore. i’m sure my behavior is confusing to him but it’s only because i have changed my behavior with him since i feel rebuked by him so i can’t really be open and caring….if we can’t get together to talk it out neither of us will really ever know what’s up….not sure he really even cares anyway….
i typed a lot and then deleted it….
sorry for asking details on a public forum.
and a revelation. i haven’t talked to him about it but he just left my place, and i think everything is daylight clear now. and i am fine with it, when i thought i was going to be very affected.
the thing is, if our pisces men wanted something more from us than sex they would have already sent clear signals. i hate myself a little for saying this but i guess that’s the ultimate truth everything boils down to. and i know it is such a platitude, and i am even a bit embarrassed for not having understood it earlier…
my pisces wants just sex. we have a great time, he is very gentle, romantic, wild in bed, we talk and have fun, we even watch a movie or eat together. he just doesn’t want more because, as they say, ‘who needs a wife when you have a life’- i’m not justifying men who turn their backs to women because of stupid reasons but in his case, he’s just busy, i’ve known this ever since i met him and the most striking thing is that i am more than fine with it! it’s like i’ve been awaken!
so i think i have wasted my energy pondering on something that should have remained untouchable because i have voluntarily signed up for it. my pisces is a bit of an a$$ sometimes, i’m not denying it. but ….what can i do about it? this is it. yes it is stupid and i should’ve seen it before, I WAS STUPID. it’s actually hilarious when i think of it. it’s not about hidden meanings, playing games or anything like that, he just doesn’t want to take the relationship further. i can’t force him, if he wanted it i think he would have clued me in by now, at least a little.
so i think this is my story. of course, this means i am back to where i started- what to do in this case? am i going to be able to keep the relationship going exactly as it is or will i fall for him and disaster will happen? i am so afraid of this. although judging by my current attitude, i think i got enough insight not to fall for him. still, what if it happens? god i’m such a mess it’s actually funny!
Jolie-
I am laughing for you!!! I’m glad you got the clarity you sought and I hope you are ok with it. It is SOOOO much easier when you are able to talk with the one with whom you need info. I wish i could get what you got!!!
that is so untrue… i lie when it comes to make me secure or defense from threats or from anyone i think who might take advantage out of me… but when it comes in personal thought of balance or justice… we make that nobody gets too much we play it fair… it is not natural in our piscean soul to hurt anyone… specially the woman that we (pisces men) loves…. it is true… that when we love someone… it is like a fairytale in our hearts…. and it breaks our hearts a million times when our woman betray us or cheated on us…. : (
i know it’s kinda funny. well i hope from now on i won’t be coming back to the same thing again…hope that won’t be necessary.
anyway, i also hope your pisces situation will clear up. however, keep in mind i didn’t talk to him:) i just did the math all by myself….
@ pisces boy:
i am a cancer and i know that pisces man-cancer woman is the best compatibility in the zodiac. then what is going on??
i understand what you mean and my comments were not intended to make false judgments and generalize over a category of people. however, i am experiencing a weird situation with a pisces man and, as Leo Female also commented, we’re kinda trying to figure it out. it’s silly to advance the argument that a man is a liar just because he’s a piscean and i haven’t said that. nevertheless, i believe in the zodiac signs and the characteristics of each sign, which is why i am currently on this blog. my pisces boy is not my boyfriend and we don’t spend a lot of time together, therefore i don’t know him that well. why does he act a tad offensive sometimes? why does he take me for granted? why does he introduce me to all his friends and then blows me off an entire evening to socialize with them, saying ‘i have to get back to my friends’, as if I wasn’t his friend as well? of course that there are individual answers to these questions and i assume you won’t be able to answer them just because you share the same zodiac sign. however, it would be interesting to see a man’s opinion, especially a piscean’s
always keep your sweetness… and heart melting hugs to the pisceans… we always love it mutually… the only key to our piscean hearts is sweetness and kind hearted type of women… we may not show it… but our hearts is full of butterflies when women whisper a little sweetness and alarming care to us… (sigh ) I miss my baby….
we always not show our affections like leos… we hide it perfectly… and show our emotions when we feel secured… (like a fish hiding in sea reefs and shows up when there is no predators) because most of us in our young past… we always show our feelings when we were young and always got turned down for expecting too much…. sometimes tortured by our own mistakes and own sensitiveness… which is why most of us always finds our weaknesses and turn it into a defensive fortress… i hope you got me
my comment for his word of what he said to you at the party ” i had to get back to my friends”….. he said it but it doesnt mean that you are not his friend… you are special to him… or maybe just a little bit more and you will be special to him… there is always a negative and positive zodiac… negative pisces are really tend to be hostile and loner because of our sensitiveness to our past emotional struggles… while the positive ones are the ones who make their mistakes a no more mistakes and will still maintain friendliness and warmness
thank you for the advice. i’m the type of person who loves very hard but gets mad in a second, i can be sweet and turn to a shrew in a second. anyway, i don’t think i’ll be able to muster sweetness with this guy, he seems more into strong-willed women, a bit bitches if i can say so. i think i should look back for what made him like me to understand his method of appreciation. GOD! PISCES ARE SO COMPLICATED! 2 hours ago i thought i had my problem solved. now it turned into something else, like an enigma. why are you pisces so secretive and show only the exact part you want to show, nothing more? it’s hard for me to guess because no matter how much i trust my intuition i want to abstain from making clear cut judgments, i don’t want to end up expecting too much and not getting anything in return.
i feel like i’ve been blabbing for two days now on this blog, because of a man. PISCES ARE SO COMPLICATED!
dont get caught to it… if you really want to know if the pisces man really loves you… well you can ask a tarot fortune card teller… guessing up of on his movements and actions or thinking is like decoding an old relic book,… pisces are difficult to distinguish emotionally and mentally… because some of us already achieved higher level of consciousness at the young age,,, thats including albert einstein and alexander graham bell… sor i totally suggest a fortune tarot card reader to find out if a pisces man is tied up his heart fo you… or not… anyways kurt cobain and courntey love are pisces and cancer couples… and some of my relatives too are pisces and cancer couples… ^ ^
You have to judge Pisces by their actions, not their words. They will say anything to serve their own purpose.
kate beckinsale and len wiseman…… leo and pisces
demi moore and bruce willis… scorpio and pisces
Mileva Mari? and albert einstein…. Sagittarius and pisces
It’s just very hard to keep giving to pisces and continue to maintain sweetnes and get nothing but that pisces coldness sand evasivemess in return. I never hurt him, or turned on him, I only react to his hurting me, so why should he turn on me?
Pisces boys (not men– the mature guys are great) can be smooth talkers. They’re just not smooth enough to fool a Libra is all!
Oh, I know when I’m being taken in, I’m just addicted to him right now, through and through. Can’t do anything about it. Try as I will I just can’t walk away no matter what anyone says. Deep down my gut tells me it isn’t totally over for him either so until the fat lady sings, as they say….
I had a Pisces ex and it was a bumpy ride. He was always lying or at least twisting the truth in his favor. He borrowed lots of money from me swearing on his life, but once it kept happening in a pattern, I realized he had no intention in paying me back. He used my cell phone to make long distance calls after I told him never to do it and he acted like a child when I confronted him. He was an unrealistic dreamer, he didn’t have a plan, didn’t have 2 cents in his bank account, and somehow his plan always included my efforts, money, and time. His crises were suddenly my reponsibility. It was as if I was mothering some guy 10 years old than me. Eventually I had enough and left and after about a month, there wasn’t a feeling left inside me for him. He’s the type of person that goes through life in misery….and tries to bring anyone down that he can. Sorry not all Pisces but my old Pisces boyfriend.
@ pisces boy:
excuse me but i have never heard of a great relationship between a pisces and a fire sign, as i haven’t heard of a successful story between a water sign and a fire one. i’ve had myself a story with a Leo (i am a Cancer) and it didn’t end up very well, despite barrels of initial fun and physical attraction.
water signs are waaay to sensitive to stand up fire signs’ caprices, mood swings and constant need for intense suck up, not to mention the non-contradictory manner you always have to use with them. i am sorry but it never worked for anyone i’ve met or for myself…it doesn’t make sense logically either. sooner or later it will blow up and nobody’s happy in the end. this is a general observation, as there can be perfectly happy couples depending on each person’s personality.anywyas, considering past records, i wouldn’t bet on that. it’s almost statistically proven that sooner or later one of them will have the fate of the moth who goes to the flame. one of my ex-best friends is an aries and we would always have a hard time, fighting and emphasizing each other’s flaws. it was quite a bumpy friendship. now she’s married to a cancer guy and they’re also fighting all the time because the differences in their characters surfaced as expected. it’s like the fire manages to make the water simmer in the beginning but the water ends up putting out the fire…
@amanda:
omg…i can’t believe it!!! in fact, you’re not the first person complaining about the pisces man’s childishness, tendency to take advantage of the people around him and materialism. and although i don’t see the first and third traits in my pisces, i must say i perfectly agree with the second one. that’s actually strange, my pisces is VERY attentive with money, from the financial point of view he’s completely self sufficient. uhm. and he also has a successful career, travels quite a lot for his work. is he a special pisces? i guess so…haven’t met too many pisces men before and i was never involved with one before.
howeverrrrrr…..this guy i’m seeing is also sort of concerned about getting things his own way, saying whatever it takes to get what he wants and is very concerned with superficial aspects. i was quite surprised to see this in him, he’s mature and appears to be responsible at a first glance, then when he starts judging people’s ways of dressing it gets a bit weird. it’s like being in college again, he reminds me of one of my classmates (a pisces girl) who wouldn’t date a guy if he wasn’t properly attired or commenting on our friends’ garments whenever we went out, if she didn’t like it she’d be embarrassed of going out together. having a sense of style is one thing, having a fixation on such superficial aspects creeps me out a little.
Amanda-
Sorry that happened to you. I don’t think all pisces are that way. Different levels of annoyance they come in!! yours is the worst.
Jolie-
I am a Leo and I do not have capricious mood swings, rather my pisces did. He could stand up to me but you are right about being staightforward with us; I don’t know why anyone would feel the need to be any different. I don’t have any experience with water signs but pisces can definitely put out leo’s fire and pisces aren’t man enough ti be straightforward. Not all Pisces I’m sure….
In the beginning they are so attentive, like a man should be with a woman regardless of signs, but their fear takes over and leo is left out in the cold. Fear is not something leo’s deal well with. It isn’t insense suck up leo’s need just if a man starts out hot then he should staythat way or have the courage to tell the woman he cannot hang.
I can speak directly to Pisces being childish. It seems they can be even more immature than most men. It depends on each fishe’s level of maturity and/or potential to evolve. I know that my fish can be super silly at timesand it did present a problem at one point when it came down to taking care of business. Now, even though we were able to overcome that obstacle, he’s still silly for no reason. But I learned to let him have his fun as long as he’s serious when need be.