Gift Ideas for a Pisces: 12 Presents, Reviewed by Pike the Pike
Looking for gift ideas for a Pisces? Buying for a Pisces (19 February – 20 March) is a lovely thing to do, because a Pisces will feel your present as much as open it. They’ll understand what you meant by it. Sometimes they’ll understand things you didn’t know you meant.
Pisces is ruled by Neptune, planet of dreams, imagination and the deep blue sea. Pisceans are gentle, kind and creative, and they live partly in this world and partly in a much more interesting one. Their Astrominal is Pike the Pike, who plays the saxophone, paints in her head and occasionally swims off mid-sentence.
We asked Pike to review twelve gift ideas. It took a while. Not because she was slow. Because she kept seeing pictures in the clouds.
1. A sketchbook and good pencils
Somewhere for all those daydreams to land.
Pike says: “I drew a fish. Then the fish turned into a cloud. Then the cloud turned into a song. I’ve no idea what the sketchbook thinks.”
2. A ukulele
An easy instrument for a musical soul.
Pike says: “Four strings. Very sensible. I usually play the saxophone, but this one fits in a rucksack, and the neighbours seem happier.”
3. A book of poems
Short, beautiful, and best read slowly by a window.
Pike says: “I read one poem. Then I looked out of the window for an hour. That’s the right way to read a poem.”
4. An ocean sounds machine
Waves, rain, distant whales: the soundtrack of home.
Pike says: “Oh, that’s the deep bit near the reef. I’d know that hum anywhere. I’ve gone a bit misty-eyed. It’s fine. I’m a fish. Nobody can tell.”
5. A trip to an aquarium
A day out among the relatives.
Pike says: “That’s my auntie behind the glass. She doesn’t wave. She’s very shy. And also behind glass.”
6. Fairy lights
A little soft magic for the bedroom ceiling.
Pike says: “Now my room looks like the inside of a daydream. Which saves me a journey.”
7. A dream journal
For writing down last night’s adventures before they swim away.
Pike says: “Last night I was a lighthouse. A lonely lighthouse, but a happy one. Write that down. I’ve already forgotten it.”
8. A watercolour paint set
For colours that blend into each other, like everything a Pisces feels.
Pike says: “I don’t paint lines. Lines are for maps. I paint feelings that happen to be blue.”
9. A movie night with a big soppy film
Blankets, snacks and a story that needs tissues.
Pike says: “I cried at the beginning, the middle and the end. Also at the adverts. That’s how you know it’s a good night.”
10. A sea-glass necklace
A small piece of the ocean, smoothed by a long journey.
Pike says: “It’s been tumbling around in the sea for years, getting gentler. I relate to that.”
11. A cosy, oversized hoodie
For floating around the house and pretending to be a jellyfish.
Pike says: “Hood up. Sleeves down. Totally invisible. That’s not hiding. That’s resting in plain sight.”
12. An Astrominals Pisces birthday card
Whatever you choose, put it with a card that gets them. The Astrominals zodiac birthday cards feature Pike as an artist lost in her work, framed by a border of true-to-sign Pisces traits.
Pike says: “That’s me painting. I don’t remember sitting for it. I’m often somewhere else when things happen.”
Pike’s three rules for buying a Pisces a present
- Make it feel like something. “I don’t mind what it costs. I mind what it means.”
- Leave room for imagining. “Give me a blank page, a song, a story. I’ll do the rest. Possibly at three in the morning.”
- Be gentle. “No loud surprises, please. A quiet surprise is perfect. A quiet surprise with a biscuit is perfect-er.”
So, which present would Pike choose for herself?
Pike says: “The dream journal. Then tonight I’ll dream about the other eleven. That’s the same as having them, if you ask me. Which you did.”
Not sure which Astrominal you’re buying for? Take the quiz, or meet Pike the Pike and the rest of Team Water.
Astrological and zoological. Illogically logical.