Pike + Arri (Aries)

Arri zoomed round my pond eleven times while I was watching the moon’s reflection. On the twelfth lap, he stopped and watched it with me. Just for a second. Then he zoomed off again.

Verdict: I’m teaching him to notice things. He’s teaching me to hurry. Neither of us is very good at it.

Pike + Taur (Taurus)

I daydream, Taur daynaps. We can spend a whole afternoon doing absolutely nothing together, and it’s one of the loveliest things in the world.

Verdict: the calmest friendship in the universe.

Pike + Gem & Eye (Gemini)

I tell them a dreamy story, and they act it out, doing every single voice. One of them always plays the moon. The moon has never been so chatty.

Verdict: my favourite theatre company.

Pike + Canny (Cancer)

Fellow water sign. Canny and I can sit together for hours without a word and both know exactly how the other one feels.

Verdict: the gentlest friendship in the sea.

Pike + Leo (Leo)

I wrote Leo a poem. It was all about him. He framed it, then had it printed on a T-shirt, then a mug, then a flag.

Verdict: my biggest fan. Well, his own biggest fan, but he likes my poems.

Pike + Virgo (Virgo)

My opposite sign. Virgo packs me a lunch because I always forget. I remind Virgo to look up from the list and notice the sky. We both end up with a lovely lunch under a lovely sky.

Verdict: opposites who look after each other.

Pike + Libby (Libra)

When the others fall out, I write a poem about it and Libby reads it out, balanced on one leg. By the end, everyone’s forgotten what they were cross about.

Verdict: the zodiac’s peace-keeping force.

Pike + Score (Scorpio)

Fellow water sign. Score tells me her real feelings, and only me. I write them into a poem and then forget which poem. Her secrets have never been safer.

Verdict: best friends, in the deep end.

Pike + Sagg (Sagittarius)

I dream about faraway places. Sagg actually goes to them and tells me all about it. Then I write a poem that makes it sound even better than it was. Sagg says that’s cheating.

Verdict: dreamer meets doer. Both happy.

Pike + Cap (Capricorn)

Cap climbed to the top of a mountain and didn’t look at the view. I asked what it was like. Cap went back up to check. Cap said it was “quite nice”. That’s Cap for “wonderful”.

Verdict: I help Cap stop and smell the flowers. Cap helps me remember where I left them.

Pike + Aqua (Aquarius)

I dream up impossible things and Aqua tries to build them. My swimming pool in the sky is on version three. Version two is still raining on the garden.

Verdict: imagination meets invention. Bring an umbrella.

Pike + Pike (Pisces)

Two fish in a pond, both gazing at the same star, both thinking it’s winking at them. It probably is.

Verdict: a beautiful, slightly forgetful friendship.

Pike’s sign-off: If you know a Pisces, be gentle with us. We feel everything, we forget where we put our shoes, and we’ll love you with our whole heart. That part, we never forget.

Want more Pike? Read The 10 Best Things About Being a Pisces.