True mystics have always enjoyed hanging around with a bad crowd. This is not to say that every bad-ass looking kid slouching around the corner convenience store is a mystic, or even a nice guy; it's just to point out the obvious: If you want to learn how to truly love everybody, hang around with those society finds most difficult to love. You'll either turn to the bottle, end up insane, dead, or disillusioned, or become a black-belt in unconditional love.

Pisces is a true mystic. Unlike his opposite sign, Virgo, Pisces has to work to develop the gift of discrimination; he treats everyone he meets as a singer, and does his best to find the harmony line. He sees himself in everyone, but particularly identifies with the meek and powerless. And Pisces is sensitive, all right; but unlike his water sign brethern, Cancer and Scorpio, he has no crusty exoskeleton to protect him. So early on, Pisces learns the art of escape - it's his only survival technique when fisherman stalk him with nets, spears, and tasty lures.

While the Moon is in Pisces, remove your shell for a couple of days and try seeing life through another's eyes. Be humble. Practice compassion for those you feel deserve it least. And set down the burden of judgement - you'll be amazed how much more energy you have! If you find all this immersion in the human race exhausting, go ahead and escape in a nap, a day at the beach, or a favorite CD. But the best in our Pisces selves will never escape from our responsibilities to those under our care, or to whom we've made important commitments.