Constellation Pisces, the Fishes, is an ecliptic constellation between Aquarius and Aries. Pisces Constellation spans 43 degrees of the zodiac in the Signs Pisces and Aries.

Pisces Constellation Stars

2000	2050	Star	Name	Sp. Class	Mag.	Orb
18♓35	19♓17	β Psc	Fumalsamakah	B6	4.48	1°10′
21♓28	22♓10	γ Psc	Simmah	G7	3.70	1°30′
22♓54	23♓36	κ Psc		A0	4.95	1°00′
25♓11	25♓53	θ Psc		K1	4.27	1°20′
26♓35	27♓17	λ Psc		A7	4.49	1°10′
27♓39	28♓21	ι Psc		F7	4.13	1°20′
28♓03	28♓45	30 Psc		M3	4.37	1°10′
28♓57	29♓39	33 Psc		K1	4.61	1°00′
02♈35	03♈17	ω Psc	Dzaneb al Samkat	F4	4.03	1°20′
14♈09	14♈15	δ Psc	Kuton I	K5	4.44	1°10′
17♈32	18♈14	ε Psc	Kaht	K0	4.27	1°20′
19♈53	20♈35	ζ Psc	Revati	A7	5.21	1°00′
23♈08	23♈51	μ Psc		K4	4.84	1°00′
24♈32	25♈14	χ Psc		K0	4.66	1°00′
25♈30	26♈13	ν Psc		K3	4.45	1°10′
26♈49	27♈31	η Psc	Alpherg	G8	3.62	1°40′
27♈45	28♈27	ο Psc	Torcular	K0	4.26	1°20′
28♈19	29♈01	τ Psc	Anunitum	K0	4.51	1°10′
28♈47	29♈29	υ Psc		A3	4.74	1°00′
29♈23	00♉05	α Psc	Alrisha	A0	3.82	1°30′

Ascendant in Constellation Pisces

PISCEANS are generally honest and sympathetic and have a desire to take life’s experiences rather easily. Some Pisceans are apt to become morbid and despondent at times. They have a strong love of beauty and refinement and surroundings have an important influence on Pisceans. There are two distinct types of Pisceans; the more positive ones have an uplifting influence while the negative Pisceans can become unnecessarily pessimistic, full of self-pity, some having a feeling of being persecuted, misunderstood and unwanted. They tend to be aimless in thought and action. They are their own worst enemy.

Positive Keywords: Philosophical, sympathetic; modest, intuitive, just, kind, wisdom, considerate, generosity, understanding, idealism, creativeness.

Negative Keywords: Indecision, indifference, worry, stubborn, anxious, morbid, despondent, emotional.

Sun in Constellation Pisces

Positive: The native is endowed with a sensitive nature, is mentally receptive, has kind and hospitable personality, one who is compassionate and with an adaptable nature. A disposition to help others. One who is intuitive and of abstract philosophical nature. A mentally receptive idealist. One who is rather easily influenced by their surroundings. A humble person.

Negative: The native may be overly sentimental, too plastic, too demanding, of a jealous nature, may be too pessismistic, even withdrawn. Native is their own worst enemy. Native may feel unduly persecuted, becomes moody and feels misunderstood, full of self pity with aimless thought and appears quite timid. The native lacks direction, lacks purpose, and is too sensitive. Mentally receptive, inwardly too ready to take offense. Native is easily confused, indecisive. One who is very compassionate, quite hospitable. A passive type of kindness.

Moon in Constellation Pisces

Positive: Endows its natives with a hospitable nature, one who is sensitive. Native may become quite fluent, develop a fertile expression. Native is imaginative. An adaptable and companionable nature. One who seeks after personal knowledge, has great empathy. Endowed with originality, creativeness.

Negative: Native may develop a tendency to brood, unnecessarily over unimportant Subjects, people, ideas and fancied wrongs. May develop neurotic tendencies, may feel unnecessarily persecuted. Native may become highly emotional, overly sentimental, even withdrawn. Imagination could run wild. Subject to unusual fancies. Native lacks coherent expression. Tendency to become lazy, gullible, restless. Has impractical ideas. Self-indulgent.

Mercury in Constellation Pisces

Positive: Endows its natives with an impressionable personality, a keen perception, a keen intuition, a fondness for pleasure, travel. One who is kind and charitable. A creative imagination, a tendency to be secretive. The native is analytical but cautions. One who is religious and has a philosophical nature. A talent for entertaining.

Negative: The native may develop a tendency to entertain distressing thoughts and ideas, become of a melancholy nature. Liable to gloom that would turn others against them. The natives mind could be subject to constant worries, often needlessly. There might be a tendency to fantasize, possibly indulge in secret bad habits. The native is highly impressionable, overly sentimental. A tendency towards being an exhibitionist to cover up secret ‘bad habits’ or ‘bad thoughts’. The native may become carping and critical. NOTE: Negative Mercury generally brings domestic and/or romantic problems.

Venus in Constellation Pisces

Positive: The native is endowed with a charitable nature, tends to be sympathetic, somewhat emotional, sensitive and idealistic. Generally they desire peace comfort and luxury. Native prefers harmonious relationships. Native tends to be of an artistic nature. Tends to develop an impulse for accomplishing something for the ones they are associated with – family or business. Generally they misjudge people.

Negative: The native feels they are misunderstood and easily imposed upon. They tend to squander their emotions. Very easily moved by sympathy. A tendency to be indolent, desirous of peace and luxury. May be an attraction to inferiors and the native may be fickle and careless in matters of affection.

Mars in Constellation Pisces

Positive: Endows its natives with an enterprising nature. They tend to be sympathetic and sensitive, understanding and of a devotional nature. Native can exhibit a fluent and expressive imagination, have an adaptable nature. One who is prone to vacillation and not too consistent in their approach to physical activities. One who is of a passive nature. An inclination towards emotionally inclined activities.

Negative: Native indulges in too much fantasy. Subject to slander, false accusations. One who engages in clandestine affairs. A complete lack of forthrightness by the native gets them involved in unforeseen problems not easily resolved. Native is indecisive, indolent. Native is too pliant, not facing up to facts and entirely too sentimental’ and inconsistent. Native is easily influenced. ^[1]

Manilius

The folk engendered by the two Fishes, the last of the signs, will possess a love of the sea: they will entrust their lives to the deep, will provide ships or gear for ships and everything that the sea requires for activity connected with it. The consequent skills are numberless: so many are the components of even a small ship that there are scarcely enough names for things. There is also the art of navigation, which has reached out to the stars and binds the sea to heaven. The pilot must have sound knowledge of the earth, its rivers and havens, its climate and winds; how on the one hand to ply the mobile helm this way and that, and brake the ship and spread apart the waves, and how on the other to drive the ship by rowing and to feather the lingering blades. The Fishes further impart to their son the desire to sweep tranquil waters with dragnets and to display on shores which are their own the captive peoples of the deep, either by hiding the hook within the bait or the guile within the weel. Naval warfare too is of their gift, battles afloat, and blood-stained waves at sea. The children of this sign are endowed with fertile offspring, a friendly disposition, swiftness of movement, and lives in which everything is ever apt to change. ^[2]

Robson

Legend. Venus and her son Cupid while sitting on the bank of the Euphrates suddenly saw Typhon, the enemy of the Gods, approaching them. They leapt into the river and were saved from drowning by two fishes, who were afterwards placed in the heavens by Venus in gratitude for their help.

Influences. Ptolemy makes the following observations: “Those stars in Pisces which are in the head of the southern fish have the same influence as Mercury, and, in some degree, as Saturn: those in the body are like Jupiter and Mercury: those in the tail and in the southern line are like Saturn, and, moderately, like Mercury. In the northern fish, those on its body and backbone resemble Jupiter, and also Venus in some degree: those in the northern line are like Saturn and Jupiter.” By the Kabalists Pisces is associated with the Hebrew letter Pé and the 17th Tarot Trump “The Stars.” ^[3]

Allen

Pisces, the Fishes… The figures are widely separated in the sky, the northeastern one lying just south of beta Andromedae, headed towards it, and the southwestern one east from and headed towards Aquarius and Pegasus, the lucida (Alrisha) marking the knot of the connecting bands. Both are north of the ecliptic… In early days they were shown close together, one above the other, but in reversed directions, although united as now.

By reason of precession this constellation is now the first of the zodiac, but entirely within its boundaries lies the sign Aries; the vernal equinox being located in a comparatively starless region south of omega in the tail of the southwestern Fish, and about 2° west of “a line from alpha Andromedae through gamma Pegasi continued as far again.” This equinoctial point is known as the First of Aries, and the Greenwich of the Sky; and from their containing it, the Fishes are called the Leaders of the Celestial Host.

In early astrology the constellation appropriately was under the care of the sea-god Neptune, and so the Neptuni Sidus of Manilius; and it was the Exaltation of Venus… Thus it naturally ruled the Euphrates, Tigris, and the Red Sea, and Parthia; but in later days was assigned to the guardianship of Jupiter, whose House it was, reigning over Egypt, Calabria, Galicia, Normandy, Portugal, Spain, and Ratisbon. It was predominant in influence with mariners, and had charge of the human feet; the designated color being a glistening white, as of fish just out of the water; and it was fruitful, like its namesakes, for, according to Manilius. “Pisces fill the Flood.” ^[4]

Bullinger

The Sign is pictured as two large fishes bound together by a Band, the ends of which are fastened separately to their tails. One fish is represented with its head pointing upwards towards the North Polar Star, the other is shown at right angles, swimming along the line of the ecliptic, or path of the sun. The ancient Egyptian name, as shown on the Denderah Zodiac, is Pi-cot Orion, or Pisces Hori, which means the fishes of Him that cometh.

The Hebrew name is Dagim, the Fishes, which is closely connected with multitudes, as in Genesis 48:26, where Jacob blesses Joseph’s sons, and says, “Let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.” The margin says, “Let them grow as fishes do increase.” It refers to the fulfilment of Genesis 1:28, “Be fruitful and multiply.” The multitude of Abraham’s seed is prominent in the pronouncement of the blessings, where God compared his future posterity to the stars of the sky, and the sand upon the sea shore. “A very great multitude of fish,” as in Ezekiel 47:9. The Syriac name is Nuno, the fish, lengthened out (as in posterity).

Indeed, this sign of PISCES has always been interpreted of Israel. Both Jews and Gentiles have agreed in this. ABARBANEL, a Jewish commentator, writing on Daniel, affirms that the Sign PISCES always refers to the people of Israel. He gives five reasons for this belief, and also affirms that a conjunction of the planets Jupiter and Saturn always betokens a crisis in the affairs of Israel. Because such a conjunction took place in his day (about 1480 AD) he looked for the coming of Messiah…

But why two fishes? and why is one horizontal and the other perpendicular?… The fish, shooting upwards to the Polar Star, exquisitely pictures this “heavenly calling”; while the other fish, keeping on the horizontal line, answers to those who were content with an earthly portion. ^[5]

References

1. The Power of the Fixed Stars, Joseph E. Rigor, 1979. p. 207, 320, 324-325, 329-330, 334, 339.
2. Astronomica, Manilius, 1st century AD, book 4, p.243.
3. Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology, Vivian E. Robson, 1923, p.57.
4. Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning, Richard H. Allen, 1889, p.337-342.
5. The Witness of the Stars, E. W. Bullinger, 1893, Pisces (the Fishes).