![]() Along with the star signs of Gemini, Virgo, and Sagittarius, Pisces is a mutable sign. Pisces is the last of the 12 star signs, starting on February 20 and ending on March 20. According to myth, Aphrodite and Eros were fleeing from a monstrous giant named Typhon when they jumped into the river Euphrates and transformed themselves into fish in order to escape. The ancient Greeks adopted this meaning, and in Greek mythology the two fish represent Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, and her son, Eros. One hundred years later, a proposal was made to designate some of the stars in the Pisces constellation as a new, separate constellation named “Testudo” (the Turtle).Įven the Babylonians were familiar with the constellation of Pisces - although they knew it as “The Tails.” This reference also connected the constellation with Ishtar, the Mesopotamian goddess of love. Because of its size, 17th-century astrologers suggested that the constellation should be split into four parts: the north and south fish, and the north and south cords. Named for the Latin plural word for “fish,” the constellation of Pisces is the 14th largest in our galaxy, the Milky Way. ![]()
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