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Ruled by Neptune, the planet of dreams and illusions, Pisceans frequently experience vivid dreams, prophetic visions, and strong intuition. This blurs the line between reality and the subconscious, often guiding their spiritual path.
Jupiter traditionally ruled Pisces, but Neptune's 1846 discovery led modern astrologers to assign it as Pisces' co-ruler. Neptune's association with dreams, illusions, spirituality, and the subconscious perfectly aligns with the sign's ethereal nature.
Unlike the gas giants Jupiter and Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are primarily composed of "ices" — water, ammonia, and methane — in their interiors, rather than just hydrogen and helium. These icy materials are compressed into a super-dense fluid state beneath their frigid, turbulent atmospheres.
Scientists theorize that in the atmospheres of gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn, lightning storms can turn methane into soot. This soot then compresses into graphite and further into diamonds as it falls through the planets' incredibly dense atmospheres.
Scientists believe that under the extreme pressures and temperatures deep within these ice giants, methane breaks down, and carbon atoms are compressed into solid diamonds that then "rain" down through the planets' mantles.