Pisces (astrology)

The zodiacal sign of Pisces (ancient Greek ἰχθύες Ichthýes, Latin Pisces, pi for short) corresponds to the twelfth segment of the zodiac from 330° to 360° ecliptic longitude from the vernal equinox.

The Sun is in this sign on average between February 19 and March 20. Due to the migration of the vernal equinox, the zodiac sign Pisces no longer corresponds exactly to the constellation Pisces. Currently, the Sun is in the constellation of Pisces approximately between March 12 and April 19.

In addition, since about the birth of Christ, the sun has risen in front of the constellation of Pisces on the morning of the spring equinox, March 21. According to the natural cycle of precession, it will continue to do so until about 2150. This 2,150-year sub-cycle is also called Platonic Month or World Month. From the middle of the next century, the Sun will then rise on the morning of the equinox in front of the constellation of Aquarius for the next 2,150 years.

According to the Tetrabiblos of Claudius Ptolemy

  • the fish are female (I.12) and
  • Jupiter was the ruler of the sign until Neptune became the ruler (I.17), and
  • Venus exalted in Pisces.

As a Melothesian equivalent, the feet were assigned to the fishes in ancient iatroastrology. The assigned deity was Neptune.

With Cancer and Scorpio, Pisces forms the trine of the element of water, and with Gemini, Virgo and Sagittarius, the square of the four conjunct signs.

The sign was already part of the Babylonian zodiac. On the MUL.APIN tablets it appears as the "[fish] tails" (MUL.ZIBBATI.MESH or MUL.KUN.MESH kun.mes).

Since ancient times, the sign has been represented as two fish swimming in opposite directions, connected by a string. The astrological symbol is a stylization in which the two vertical lines represent the fish and the horizontal line represents the connecting string.

The Unicode character for the symbol is U+2653 (♓).

Astrological symbol of PiscesZoom
Astrological symbol of Pisces

The fish connected by a string (medieval book illustration)Zoom
The fish connected by a string (medieval book illustration)


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