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[[File:Pisces-drawing.jpg|thumb|right|In Pisces, where [[Venus]] is exaltat,— ~ [[Geoffrey Chaucer]] ]]
{{Short description|Twelfth astrological sign of the zodiac}}
{{About|the astrological sign|the constellation|Pisces (constellation)}}
'''[[w:Pisces (astrology)|Pisces]]''' ('''♓''') is the twelfth astrological sign in the Zodiac, originating from the Pisces constellation.
{{Infobox zodiac
| name = Pisces♓
| image = Pisces Astrological Sign at the Wisconsin State Capitol.jpg|thumb|Pisces at the Wisconsin State Capitol
| image symbol = Pisces symbol (bold).svg
| symbol = two [[fish]]
| nr = [[12]]
| constellation = [[Pisces (constellation)|Pisces]]
| element = [[Water sign|Water]]
| quality = [[Mutable sign|Mutable]]
| domicile = [[Jupiter (astrology)|Jupiter]] (traditional), [[Neptune (astrology)|Neptune]] (modern)
| exaltation = [[Venus (astrology)|Venus]]
| fall = [[Mercury (astrology)|Mercury]]
| detriment = [[Mercury (astrology)|Mercury]]
}}
{{Astrology}}


==Quotes==
'''Pisces''' ({{Emoji presentation|♓️|text}}; {{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|aɪ|s|iː|z}};{{sfn|Oxford University Press}}{{sfn|O'Shea|Ellsworth|Locke|1920|p=4638}} {{langx|grc|Ἰχθύες}} ''Ikhthyes'', Latin for "fishes") is the twelfth and final [[astrological sign]] in the [[zodiac]]. It is a [[mutable sign]]. It spans 330° to 360° of [[celestial longitude]]. Under the tropical zodiac, the [[Sun (astrology)|sun]] transits this area between about [[February 19]] and [[March 20]].{{efn|name=dates}} In classical interpretations, the symbol of the fish is derived from the [[ichthyocentaurs]], who aided [[Aphrodite]] when she was born from the sea.{{sfn|Atsma|2017}}
[[File:Ichthys.svg|thumb|When the [[equinox]] entered Pisces, the [[Savior]] of the [[World]] "[[appeared]] as the [[Christ|Fisher of Men]]." ~ Benson Bobrick]]
* For quivering are the Fishes on the horizon,<br>And the Wain wholly over Caurus lies.
** [[Dante Alighieri]], ''The Divine Comedy'' (c. 1308-1321), ''Inferno'' XI


* When the [[equinox]] entered Pisces, the [[Savior]] of the [[World]] "[[appeared]] as the [[Christ|Fisher of Men]]."
According to some tropical astrologers, the current astrological age is the [[Age of Pisces]],<ref>[[Nicholas Campion]], (1988) ''The Book of World Horoscopes'' Aquarian Press, Wellingborough {{ISBN|0-85030-527-6}}</ref> while others maintain that currently it is the [[Age of Aquarius]].
** [http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Benson-Bobrick/20468404 Benson Bobrick], in [http://books.google.com/books?id=zcWiK755EnwC ''The Fated Sky : Astrology in History'' (2006), p. 10]


* And here fantastic fishes duskly float,<br>Using the calm for waters, while their fires<br>Throb out quick rhythms along the shallow air.
==Background==
** [[Elizabeth Barrett Browning]], "A Drama of Exile", as quoted in Richard Hinckley Allen, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=5xQuAAAAIAAJ Star-names and their meanings]'' (1899: G. E. Stechert), oclc 1285139, p. 336
{{see also|History of astrology}}
[[File:Pisces.jpg|thumb|right|"A cord joins the tails of Pisces, the two fishes", from ''[[Atlas Coelestis]]'']]
While the astrological sign Pisces per definition runs from [[ecliptic longitude]] 330° to 0°,{{sfn|Louis|1998|p=169}} this position is now mostly covered by the constellation of Aquarius due to the precession from when the constellation and the sign coincided. Today, the [[First Point of Aries]], or the [[March equinox|vernal equinox]], is in the [[Pisces (constellation)|Pisces constellation]].{{sfn|Ridpath|2001|pp=84–85}}{{sfn|O'Shea|Ellsworth|Locke|1920|p=4638}} There are no prominent stars in the constellation,{{sfn|O'Shea|Ellsworth|Locke|1920|p=4638}} with the brightest stars being of only [[Luminosity#Magnitude|fourth magnitude]].{{sfn|Star Tales}} One star in the constellation, [[Alpha Piscium]], is also known as Alrescha, which comes from the {{Langx|ar|الرشآء|translit=al-rišā’}}, meaning "the [[water well|well]] rope",{{sfn|Allen|1899|p=538}} or "the cord".{{sfn|Star Tales}} The constellation, however, is different from the astronomical location where the sign occupies space. The constellations in earlier times were primarily used as markers to help determine what influence was in the sky. Nevertheless, the sign of Pisces remains in the 30-degree span of 330°–0°.


* Who will not commend the wit of astrology? Venus, born out of the sea, hath her exaltation in Pisces.
[[Ptolemy]] described Alpha Piscium as the point where the cords joining the two fish are knotted together.{{sfn|Star Tales}} The astrological symbol shows the two fishes captured by a string,{{sfn|Leo|1899|p=39}}{{sfn|Roback|1854|p=41}}{{sfn|Hutton|1815|p=368}}{{sfn|Cross Smith|1828|p=57}} typically by the mouth or the tails.{{sfn|Mowat|Cooper|MacTavish|1903|p=34}} The fish are usually portrayed swimming in opposite directions; this represents the duality within the Piscean nature. They are ruled by the planet Jupiter (Neptune in modern astrology).{{sfn|Leo|1899|p=39}}{{sfn|Guttman|Guttman|Johnson|1993|p=359}} Although they appear as a pair, the name of the sign in all languages originally referred to only one fish with the exception of [[Greek language|Greek]],{{sfn|Allen|1899|p=338}} Ukrainian, Polish, Romanian, Bulgarian, Russian, Dutch, Swedish, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Italian and Portuguese. Pisces is the [[mutable sign|mutable]] [[astrological sign|water sign]] of the zodiac.
** [[Thomas Browne]], in [https://books.google.com/books?id=KoljAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA382 "Extracts from Commonplace Books" in ''Sir Thomas Browne's Works'' (1835), p. 382]


*She eyes me like a Pisces when I am weak<br>I've been locked inside your heart-shaped box for weeks
==Mythology==
** [[Kurt Cobain]], "Heart-Shaped Box", ''[[In Utero (album)|In Utero]]'', [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]. Ref. ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=nX4_2TddHEsC Nirvana: The Lyrics]'' (2004: Hal Leonard Corporation), {{ISBN|9780634068027}}, p. 53
Divine associations with Pisces include [[Poseidon]]/[[Planets in astrology#Neptune|Neptune]], [[Aphrodite]], [[Eros]], [[Typhon]], [[Vishnu]]{{sfn|Battistini|2007|p=62}} and the Sumerian goddess [[Inanna]].


* Venus ow'd her Safety to their Shape.
===In early mythology===
** Marcus Manilius, ''Astronomica'', as quoted in Richard Hinckley Allen, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=5xQuAAAAIAAJ Star-names and their meanings]'' (1899: G. E. Stechert), oclc 1285139, p. 339
"Pisces" is the [[Latin language|Latin]] word for "fishes".{{sfn|Britannica.com}} It is one of the earliest zodiac signs on record, with the two fish appearing as far back as {{circa|2300 BC}} on an Egyptian coffin lid.{{sfn|Guttman|Guttman|Johnson|1993|p=357}}


* Among others, the fable of the Greeks, that the constellations of ''Piscis Australis'', the Southern Fish, was the fish into which Venus transformed herself to escape from the terrible giant Typhon. This evidently arose from the astrological doctrine, that the sign ''Pisces'' is the exaltation of Venus. That this original intent of mythology was afterwards corrupted both by poets and priests, there needs no argument to prove, as it is abundantly evident in history; but that fact only serves to confirm its real and reasonable origin. Let it no longer be supposed that the sages of the East occupied themselves in inventing childish and unmeaning fables. When unlocked by the key of astrology, the secrets of ancient mythology are replete with science, harmony, and intelligence.
According to one [[Greek mythology|Greek myth]], Pisces represents the fish, sometimes represented by a [[shark]], into which [[Aphrodite]] (also considered [[Venus (mythology)|Venus]]){{sfn|Allen|1899|p=339}} and her son [[Eros]] (also considered [[Cupid]]){{sfn|Allen|1899|p=339}} transformed in order to escape the monster [[Typhon]].{{sfn|O'Shea|Ellsworth|Locke|1920|p=4638}}{{sfn|The Metropolitan|1834|p=94}}{{sfn|Britannica.com}} Typhon, the "father of all monsters", had been sent by [[Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]] to attack the gods, which led [[Pan (god)|Pan]] to warn the others before himself changing into a [[Capricorn (astrology)|goat-fish]] and jumping into the [[Euphrates]].{{sfn|Star Tales}} A similar myth, one in which the fish "Pisces" carries Aphrodite and her son out of danger, is resounded in [[Marcus Manilius|Manilius]]' five-volume poetic work ''Astronomica'': "Venus ow'd her safety to their Shape."{{sfn|Allen|1899|p=339}} Another myth is that an egg fell into the Euphrates River. It was then rolled to the shore by fish. Doves sat on the egg until it hatched, out from which came Aphrodite. As a sign of gratitude towards the fish, Aphrodite put the fish into the night sky.{{sfn|Star Tales}} Because of these myths, the Pisces constellation was also known as "Venus et Cupido", "Venus Syria cum Cupidine", "Venus cum Adone", "Dione" and "Veneris Mater",{{sfn|Allen|1899|p=339}} the latter being the formal Latin term for mother.
** Richard James Morrison, ''The Metropolitan'', [http://books.google.com/books?id=NvcEAAAAQAAJ Vol. 10] (1834), p. 94


* But nowe sadde winter welked hath the day,<br> And Phoebus, weary of his yerely taske,<br>Ystabled hath his steeds in lowly laye,<br>And taken up his ynne in Fishes haske.
The Greek myth on the origin of the sign of Pisces has been cited by English astrologer [[Richard James Morrison]] as an example of the fables that arose from the original astrological doctrine, and that the "original intent of [it] was afterwards corrupted both by poets and by priests."{{sfn|The Metropolitan|1834|p=94}}
** [[Edmund Spenser]], ''Shepheardes Calender'', as quoted in Richard Hinckley Allen, [http://books.google.com/books?id=5xQuAAAAIAAJ ''Star-names and their meanings''] (1899: G. E. Stechert), oclc 1285139, p. 341


* Hence Syrians hate to eat that kind of fishes,<br>nor is it fit to make their gods their dishes.
===In modern mythology and religion===
** [[Ovid]], ''Fasti'', as quoted in Richard Hinckley Allen, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=5xQuAAAAIAAJ Star-names and their meanings]'' (1899: G. E. Stechert), oclc 1285139, p. 339
[[Purim]], a [[Jewish holiday]], falls at the full moon preceding the Passover, which was set by the full moon in Aries, which follows Pisces.{{sfn|Bobrick|2006|p=9}} The story of the birth of Christ is said to be a result of the spring equinox entering into the Pisces, as the Savior of the World appeared as the Fisher of Men. This parallels the entering into the Age of Pisces.{{sfn|Bobrick|2006|p=10}}


* In Pisces, where Venus is exaltat,—
====Astrological age====
** [[Geoffrey Chaucer]], ''The Wife of Bath's Tale'', as quoted in Richard Hinckley Allen, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=5xQuAAAAIAAJ Star-names and their meanings]'' (1899: G. E. Stechert), oclc 1285139, p. 340
[[File:Ephesus IchthysCrop.jpg|Early Christian inscription [[ichthys]] carved with Greek letters into marble in the ancient Greek ruins of [[Ephesus]], [[Turkey]]|thumb]]
{{see also|Astrological age}}
An astrological age is a time period in [[astrology]] that parallels major changes in the development of Earth's inhabitants, particularly relating to culture, society and politics, and there are twelve astrological ages corresponding to the twelve zodiacal signs. Astrological ages occur because of a phenomenon known as the [[Axial precession (astronomy)|precession of the equinoxes]], and one complete period of this precession is called a [[Great Year]] or Platonic Year{{sfn|Spencer|2000|p=116}} of about 25,920 years.

The age of Pisces began {{circa|AD 1}} and will end {{circa|AD 2150}}.{{efn|name=age}} With the story of the birth of [[Christ]] coinciding with this date,{{sfn|Freke|Gandy|2001|loc=Myth becomes History}} many Christian symbols for Christ use the astrological symbol for Pisces,{{sfn|Scott|1996|p=73}} the fishes.{{sfn|Freke|Gandy|2001|loc=The New Age}} The figure Christ himself bears many of the temperaments and personality traits of a Pisces,{{sfn|Ankerberg|2011|loc=10}} and is thus considered an [[archetype]] of the Piscean.{{sfn|Guttman|Guttman|Johnson|1993|p=360}} Moreover, the [[twelve apostles]] were called the "fishers of men", early Christians called themselves "little fishes", and a code word for Jesus was the Greek word for fish, "ΙΧΘΥΣ ''ICHTHYS''".{{sfn|Freke|Gandy|2001|loc=The New Age}} With this, the start of the age, or the "Great Month of Pisces", is regarded as the beginning of the Christian religion.{{sfn|Freke|Gandy|2001|loc=The Greatest story ever told}} [[Saint Peter]] is recognized as the [[apostle]] of the Piscean sign.{{sfn|The Open Court|1920|p=300}}

==In the arts==
[[File:Zodiakas.Zuvys.jpg|thumb|right|''Žuvys'' (Pisces) by [[Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis]]]]
Venus exalted in Pisces is representative of divine love in the first [[canto]] of [[Dante]]'s ''[[Purgatorio]]''.{{sfn|Bobrick|2006|p=114}} Pisces is the subject of [[Luca Della Robbia]]'s 15th century ''Plate with the Month of February''.{{sfn|Battistini|2007|p=63}} They are also the subject of one of [[Elizabeth Barrett Browning]]'s poetic works:{{sfn|Allen|1899|p=336}}

{{Blockquote|text=And here fantastic fishes duskly float,<br />Using the calm for waters, while their fires<br />Throb out quick rhythms along the shallow air.|sign=[[Elizabeth Barrett Browning]]|source=A Drama of Exile}}

==In popular culture==
In the January 1970 edition of the ''[[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]]'' (No. 72), the [[supervillain]] group [[Zodiac (comics)|Zodiac]] introduced the member "[[Pisces (comics)|Pisces]]" whose abilities allowed him to live underwater, which included fins, scales and gills.{{sfn|Marvel Universe Appendix}}

In the 1979 sports fantasy film ''[[The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh]]'', the fictitious [[basketball team]] the "Pittsburgh Pythons" turn to astrology after a continuous losing streak, and fill the roster with players born under the astrological sign of Pisces. They are reborn as the "Pittsburgh Pisces" and enter into a championship.{{sfn|The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh}}

==Gallery==
{{Gallery
|width=165|height=160|align=left
|File:Kitab al-Bulhan --- zodiac fish pisces.jpg|Depicted in 14th century Arabic manuscript, ''[[Book of Wonders]]''
|File:Vitrail Chartres Zodiaque 210209 03.jpg|Appearing in [[Chartres Cathedral]] in [[Chartres]]
|File:Fotothek df tg 0004439 Astrologie ^ Sternzeichen ^ Kalender.jpg|16th-century [[woodcut]] by [[Johannes Regiomontanus]]
|File:PikiWiki Israel 14039 Zodiac on the Wishing Bridge in Old Jaffa.JPG|Pisces on "Wishing Bridge" in [[Old Jaffa]], [[Tel Aviv]], Israel
|File:India, gran moghol jahangir, 1605-1628.JPG|[[Gold]] coin minted during the reign of [[Jahangir]] depicting Pisces
|File:De Grey Hours f.2.r. Pisces.png|Depicted in a 14th western British [[Book of Hours]]
|File:Symbole_du_signe_astrologique_des_poissons.png|A representation of the Pisces symbol
}}{{Clear}}

==See also==
{{div col}}
*[[Astronomical symbols]]
*[[Chinese zodiac]]
*[[Circle of stars]]
*[[Cusp (astrology)]]
*[[Elements of the zodiac]]
*[[Water (classical element)]]
{{div col end}}

==References==

===Notes===
{{notelist|notes=
{{efn|name=dates|The dates during which the sun is in Pisces, as with all the signs, is dependent on the leap year cycle; the dates February 19 to March 20 are given by ''Encyclopedia Britannica''.{{sfn|Britannica.com}} Other sources give the beginning on February 20,{{sfn|Oxford University Press}} and ending on March 21.{{sfn|Carey|Perry|2003|p=308}}}}
{{efn|name=age|There are some discrepancies in when the astrological ages begin and end. The variation in the "Age of Pisces" is said to be from AD 1 until AD 2150, AD 498 to AD 2656, and 100-90 BC until AD 2680 according to the interpretations of Neil Mann, Heindel Rosicrucian, and Shephard Simpson, respectively.}}}}

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==External links==
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* [https://iconographic.warburg.sas.ac.uk/category/vpc-taxonomy-017070 Warburg Institute Iconographic Database (ca 340 medieval and early modern images of Pisces)]

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In Pisces, where Venus is exaltat,— ~ Geoffrey Chaucer

Pisces (♓) is the twelfth astrological sign in the Zodiac, originating from the Pisces constellation.

Quotes

When the equinox entered Pisces, the Savior of the World "appeared as the Fisher of Men." ~ Benson Bobrick
  • For quivering are the Fishes on the horizon,
    And the Wain wholly over Caurus lies.
  • And here fantastic fishes duskly float,
    Using the calm for waters, while their fires
    Throb out quick rhythms along the shallow air.
  • Venus ow'd her Safety to their Shape.
  • Among others, the fable of the Greeks, that the constellations of Piscis Australis, the Southern Fish, was the fish into which Venus transformed herself to escape from the terrible giant Typhon. This evidently arose from the astrological doctrine, that the sign Pisces is the exaltation of Venus. That this original intent of mythology was afterwards corrupted both by poets and priests, there needs no argument to prove, as it is abundantly evident in history; but that fact only serves to confirm its real and reasonable origin. Let it no longer be supposed that the sages of the East occupied themselves in inventing childish and unmeaning fables. When unlocked by the key of astrology, the secrets of ancient mythology are replete with science, harmony, and intelligence.
    • Richard James Morrison, The Metropolitan, Vol. 10 (1834), p. 94
  • But nowe sadde winter welked hath the day,
    And Phoebus, weary of his yerely taske,
    Ystabled hath his steeds in lowly laye,
    And taken up his ynne in Fishes haske.
  • Hence Syrians hate to eat that kind of fishes,
    nor is it fit to make their gods their dishes.
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