Born in March: zodiac sign and personality

March holds two signs. Those born from 1 to 20 March are Pisces, mutable water ruled by Jupiter, and those born from 21 to 31 March are Aries, cardinal fire ruled by Mars. In this one month the zodiac closes and begins again: Pisces is the last of the twelve signs, and Aries the first.

March people know endings and beginnings from the inside. The Pisces born carry the memory of everything that came before; the Aries born arrive with nothing to carry and everything to start. Between them they hold the whole range of the year, from the deepest feeling to the quickest action.

Born 1 to 20 March: Pisces

March Pisceans belong to the second and third decans of their sign. In the first ten days of the month the Moon colours the decan through Cancer: these natives are tender, devoted to home and family, and they feel the moods of a household before anyone speaks. From around the eleventh, Mars enters through Scorpio and the gentleness acquires a spine: intense, private and tougher than anyone expects in a crisis.

All of them live close to the unseen. They read people by instinct, remember their dreams and are moved by music and by suffering alike. Their gift is compassion; their discipline is to protect it with boundaries.

Born 21 to 31 March: Aries

Those born from 21 March to the end of the month are Aries of the first decan, where Mars rules both the sign and the days. This is the zodiac's first spark: brave, direct, competitive and impatient with delay. They decide on the move and forgive as quickly as they flare. March Aries are pioneers by nature, happiest at the start of something and restless once it runs itself. What they need is a fight worth having, and someone who is not afraid of their honesty.

The Pisces Aries cusp: 18 to 23 March

The spring equinox, around 20 or 21 March, carries the Sun from the last sign of the zodiac into the first, and the days around it belong a little to each. This stretch is called the cusp of rebirth. Those born here join Piscean vision to Aries courage: dreamers who act, idealists who start things, people who feel deeply and move quickly.

March born in love and marriage

Pisces gives everything in love and needs a partner who will not take advantage of it. Cancer and Scorpio meet them in depth, Taurus and Capricorn give them steady ground, and Virgo, the opposite sign, brings order to their tenderness. In marriage the March Pisces is loyal, forgiving and quietly protective.

Aries loves with heat and speed. They pursue, they declare, and they need a partner with a strong will of their own. Leo and Sagittarius share their fire, Gemini and Aquarius keep them interested, and Libra, their opposite, teaches them patience and give and take. Boredom is the real danger in an Aries marriage, never a lack of feeling.

March born at work and with money

Pisces works best where imagination or care is the work itself: the arts, music, film, counselling, teaching, hospitality and charity. The Scorpio decan of mid March adds a gift for research and investigation. With money they are generous and loose, and a fixed habit of saving serves them better than good intentions.

Aries belongs at the front: running a business, in sport, sales, the armed forces, the emergency services, or any job that rewards speed and nerve. They earn quickly and spend quickly, and their best investments are the ventures they start themselves.

March birthstones and colours: aquamarine and bloodstone

March has two birthstones. The aquamarine, pale blue like sea water, was the sailor's talisman for a calm crossing, and it suits the Pisces born. The bloodstone, dark green flecked with red, was carried by soldiers as a stone of courage, and it belongs to Aries. Together they mark the month's turn from water to fire.

March's colours are sea blue and spring green. Pisces adds lilac, silver and sea green; Aries adds scarlet and the red of a first flame.

The spiritual meaning of March

March is named after Mars, and the Roman year once opened with it. In England, Lady Day on 25 March was New Year's Day until 1752, and astrologers still count the spring equinox as the true start of the zodiac year. The spiritual reading of the month is rebirth: what has run its course in Pisces is released so that Aries can begin clean.

In the tarot, Pisces answers to the Moon, the card of the tides beneath thought, and Aries to the Emperor, the card of will, order and authority. Those born in March learn both lessons: to trust what they sense in the dark, and to stand up and build in the daylight.

What zodiac sign is March?

March has two signs. Those born from 1 to 20 March are Pisces, and those born from 21 to 31 March are Aries.

Is 20 March Pisces or Aries?

Our table keeps 20 March in Pisces and starts Aries on 21 March. The equinox arrives at a different hour each year, so births on either day are settled by the recorded time of birth.

What is the birthstone for March?

March has two birthstones: the aquamarine, a pale sea blue stone of calm and safe passage, and the bloodstone, a dark green stone flecked with red, traditionally worn for courage.

What are people born in March like?

March people are either deeply intuitive or boldly direct. The Pisces born are compassionate and imaginative; the Aries born are brave, honest and quick to act.

Which signs are compatible with people born in March?

March Pisceans match best with Cancer, Scorpio, Taurus and Capricorn. March Aries match best with Leo, Sagittarius, Gemini and Aquarius.