Pisces people are apt to talk too much, and they have a tedious habit of asking questions. When united in marriage to those who object to giving an account of themselves, and who, as in the case of Libra people, have no patience with those who exact reasons and explanations, serious trouble is the inevitable result.

Some of the people born under this sign are also very inattentive, and will interrupt a speaker or a conversation with the most irrelevant remarks, plainly showing that they have not understood a word that has been said. This causes them to appear very impolite, and sometimes exceedingly stupid. When told of their faults, their mortification leads them to a quick resentment or a deep-seated sullenness.

Their faults can be summed up in restlessness, recklessness in giving, lack of judgment and discrimination, and disloyalty to self. These people are the ones who efface themselves for others, to the detriment of those they assist, and their own health and prosperity. They are careless with their words, very illogical, constantly asking questions, and never waiting for answers.

Diseases

The diseases to which Pisces people are subject are pains in the head, feet, and back, and weakness of the digestive organs. The male is often attacked by periods of despondency and self-censure, which lead to serious illness. The female is troubled by fits of melancholy and weeping, and frequently suffers from uterine difficulties.

These ailments and every other known to man can be entirely dominated, forever cast out, by those who realize that mind is master and the body the servant of mind.

Mode Of Growth

People born under this sign should first of all learn the value of silence. They should have a private retiring place, a sanctuary, where for a few moments each day they can be safe from conflict and intrusion. They should not allow anything to break into these vitally necessary pauses. On such occasions they should hold every muscle and nerve in strict obedience to the will, compelling the body to absolute quiet. Their restlessness, anxiety, and heedlessness are at the bottom of much of the trouble that sometimes affects this peculiar but most lovable people. They must first learn to work out their own salvation before they accept the responsibility of saving others, and to realize that prodigality in giving always defeats the purpose of the giver. They should try to understand that money has made more vagabonds than poverty, and that the weakness of fond relatives has often driven to destruction those who might have been saved had they been wisely helped to self-reliance.

All those born under this sign should strive to develop their natural trust in an Infinite Power. This will prevent them from crossing bridges before they are built, and from the various apprehensions from which they constantly suffer. A good logos for them is "God understands," and still another more positive one should be kept ever in mind. It is, "I can, and I will I can, and I will conquer my heedlessness, restlessness, my heart-breaking anxiety, the disposition to talk of myself, the foolish desire to help those whom God evidently intends shall help themselves. I can, and I will attend strictly to my own business. I can, and I will put a curb on all foolish emotions. I can, and I will hold my tongue; and I can, and I will become a willing and discreet server to humanity."

"I can, and I will," will be found an equally helpful and inspiring logos for every person who reads this book.

Marriage

When a Pisces and a Virgo person are united in marriage, the offspring are usually very bright and intellectual. This is also true of a Pisces and Capricorn union, and the children are likely to be well formed and healthy in both cases, though there will be fewer offspring from the later union. Domestic comfort and satisfaction are the general results of such marriages.

The domestic relations between Pisces and Gemini people are sometimes very harmonious, but Pisces and Libra people, and Pisces and Sagittarius people should not marry unless they have learned to conquer their faults. Those born under Libra are not happy in giving reasons, and those born under Sagittarius will give only such responses as suit themselves, and which are never satisfying to the Pisces mind.

Government Of Children

Many precocious little ones are born in this sign, and the average child is sensible, affable, kind-hearted, and exceedingly sensitive. Even in early childhood they do not like to be dependent upon others, and illustrate one of the chief weaknesses of the sign in the endeavor to give away all they possess. This trait, sweet and praiseworthy as it seems to the fond parent, is one to be very carefully dealt with, as it frequently develops into dishonesty. If a Pisces child is not early restrained from such prodigality, he will deceive his guardians, and sometimes take things that do not belong to him, to gratify this inordinate desire.

It is well to see that these children have a regular allowance, which is to cover certain clearly indicated expenses, as their future usefulness will be seriously impaired if they are not made to understand the value of money. They must be taught that an acknowledgment of their faults or their disobedience is something to be proud of, instead of something to be ashamed of. They should be treated with steady kindness, but they should be made to feel the responsibility of their tasks and studies. Too much attention cannot be directed to the formation of neat and tidy habits, and a respect for other people's things. If they kick up a rug, they should be made to straighten it. If they lose or mislay their belongings, they should be expected to find them without assistance, or to go without them.

Every possible care should be given to the development of the will power of these children. They sometimes show a peculiar obstinacy, which is mistaken for will, and which the parents foolishly talk of breaking. One might better break the neck of a Pisces child than attempt to break his will. His stubbornness is usually the result of shame, which owes its origin to real delicacy and sensitiveness, and which has been brought to the front by a mistake in government. These children should be led to think and to decide things for themselves by means of principles which they are exceedingly quick to understand if properly trained.

The governing planets are Jupiter and Neptune. The gems are chrysolite, pink-shell and moonstone. The astral colors are white, pink, emerald-green and black.