Pisces Constellation Meaning in Astrology

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Pisces Constellation [Stellarium]

Constellation Pisces the Fishes is one of the 12 ecliptic constellations and lies between Aquarius and Aries. It also borders Triangulum, Andromeda, Pegasus and Cetus.
Pisces is one of the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy in the 2nd century and remains one of the 88 modern constellations. It spans 43 degrees of the zodiac in the Signs Pisces and Aries.
Abbreviation: Psc
Genitive: Piscium

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′

Pisces Star Names

α Psc is officially named Alrescha, meaning “the cord.”

β Psc is officially named Fumalsamakah, meaning “the Fish’s Mouth.”

γ Psc is sometimes called Simmah, after the Babylonian fish goddess. ^[1]
ŠIM.MAḪ, meaning “The Great Swallow,” was the 16th Sumerian zodiacal constellation, comprising SW Pisces and ε Peg (the western fish). ^[2]
γ Psc belongs to the Chinese asterism Pīlì, “Thunderbolt,” representing “A thunderclap,” and has the traditional name Pīlìèr, “2nd star of Thunderbolt.” IAU Catalog of Star Names.

δ Psc is traditionally named Kuton, Coptic for “Cord.” ^[4]
The uniting cords branching from α through ο, π, η, and ρ to the tail of the northernmost Fish, and through ξ, ν, μ, f, e, ζ, ε, and δ to ω that marks the tail of the one to the south, were Ptolemy’s λίνον, “thread.” Cicero called them Vincla, “the Bonds,” and the scholiast on Germanicus, Alligamentum linteum or luteum, divided by Hevelius into Linum boreum and austrinum. Some of these terms also were applied to the star δ Psc as marking one of the cords. ^[5]
δ Psc belongs to the Chinese asterism Wàipíng, “Outer Fence,” representing “A fence to screen off the cesspit of Celestial Pigsty (Tiānhùn),” and has the traditional name Wàipíngyī, “1st star of Outer Fence.” ^[3]
Stellarium lists δ Psc as Kuton I. Many online sites use the name Linteum.

ε Psc is traditionally named Kaht.
ε and ζ Psc were the Persian lunar station Kaht and the Coptic Kuton, “Cord.” ^[5]
ε Psc belongs to the Chinese asterism Wàipíng, “Outer Fence,” representing “A fence to screen off the cesspit of Celestial Pigsty (Tiānhùn),” and has the traditional name Wàipíngèr, “2nd star of Outer Fence.” ^[3]
Unsourced from Wikipedia: In Japanese, 悠翔星 (Haruto-boshi), meaning “Soaring Forever Star,” refers to the Japanese description of ε Piscium. ^[6]

ζ Psc is officially named Revati, from Revatī, a Hindu mother goddess, in Sanskrit written रेवती. It is also the name of the 27th nakshatra and specifically the star ζ Psc. The Sun passing this star designates the beginning of a new (solar) year. ^[7]
ζ Psc also has the traditional name Kuton, Coptic for “Cord.” ^[4]
ζ, a double 5th- and 6.3‑magnitude, apparently unnamed, was prominent in Hindu astronomy as marking the initial point of the celestial sphere about the year 572, when it coincided within 10′ of longitude with the vernal equinox. It formed part of the Khorasmian lunar station Zidadh, the Sogdian Riwand, and of the 26th nakshatra, Revatī, “Rich,” being the junction star between Revatī and Açvini. With ε it was the Persian lunar station Kaht and the Coptic Kuton, “Cord.” ^[5]
ζ Psc belongs to the Chinese asterism Wàipíng, “Outer Fence,” representing “A fence to screen off the cesspit of Celestial Pigsty (Tiānhùn),” and has the traditional name Wàipíngsān, “3rd star of Outer Fence.” ^[3]
Stellarium lists ζ Psc as Revati (Kuton II).

η Psc is officially named Alpherg, meaning “the Neck” or “the Overflow” of the Bucket of the Well.

θ Psc belongs to the Chinese asterism Pīlì, “Thunderbolt,” representing “A thunderclap,” and has the traditional name Pīlìsān, “3rd star of Thunderbolt.” ^[3]

ι Psc belongs to the Chinese asterism Pīlì, “Thunderbolt,” representing “A thunderclap,” and has the traditional name Pīlìsì, “4th star of Thunderbolt.” ^[3]

κ Psc belongs to the Chinese asterism Yúnyǔ, “Cloud and Rain,” and has the traditional name Yúnyǔyī, “1st star of Cloud and Rain.” ^[3]

λ Psc belongs to the Chinese asterism Yúnyǔ, “Cloud and Rain,” and has the traditional name Yúnyǔsì, “4th star of Cloud and Rain.” ^[3]

μ Psc belongs to the Chinese asterism Wàipíng, “Outer Fence,” representing “A fence to screen off the cesspit of Celestial Pigsty (Tiānhùn),” and has the traditional name Wàipíngsì, “4th star of Outer Fence.” ^[3]

ν Psc belongs to the Chinese asterism Wàipíng, “Outer Fence,” representing “A fence to screen off the cesspit of Celestial Pigsty (Tiānhùn),” and has the traditional name Wàipíngwu, “5th star of Outer Fence.” ^[3]

ο Psc is officially named Torcular. The traditional name Torcularis septentrionalis (northern wine press) was taken from the 1515 Almagest (Latin translation) and abbreviated. ^[7]
ο, 4.6, appeared in the 1515 Almagest as Torcularis septentrionalis, a translation of ληνός, erroneously written for λίνος, this star being on the Thread northeast from α. But the Latin word should read Torcular. ^[5]
ο Psc belongs to the Chinese asterism Yòugēng, “The Right-hand Watch,” representing “Livestock manager,” and has the traditional name Yòugēngsì, “4th star of The Right-hand Watch.” ^[3]

τ Psc is named Anunitum. A.NU.NI.TUM, meaning “The Goddess Anunitu,” was the 17th Sumerian zodiacal constellation, comprising NE Pisces and Andromeda (the northern fish). ^[2]
τ Psc belongs to the Chinese asterism Kuí, “Legs,” meaning “between the two thighs” (the sixteen stars of the Kui constellation are arranged in two halves, resembling the shape of two thighs). ^[8] τ Psc has the traditional name Kuísùshíyī, “11th star of Legs.” ^[3]

υ Psc belongs to the Chinese asterism Kuí, “Legs,” meaning “between the two thighs” (the sixteen stars of the Kui constellation are arranged in two halves, resembling the shape of two thighs). ^[8] τ Psc has the traditional name Kuísùshísān, “13th star of Legs.” ^[3]

χ Psc belongs to the Chinese asterism Kuí, “Legs,” meaning “between the two thighs” (the sixteen stars of the Kui constellation are arranged in two halves, resembling the shape of two thighs). ^[8] τ Psc has the traditional name Kuísùshíwǔ, “15th star of Legs.” ^[3]

ω Psc is traditionally named Dzaneb al Samkat, from the Arabic dhanab al‑samaka, “the tail of the fish.” ^[4]
ω Psc is also named Vernalis, Latin for “spring,” which may refer to the vernal equinox. ^[9]
ω Psc belongs to the Chinese asterism Pīlì, “Thunderbolt,” representing “A thunderclap,” and has the traditional name Pīlìwu, “5th star of Thunderbolt.” ^[3]

30 Psc belongs to the Chinese asterism Lěibìzhèn, “Line of Ramparts,” representing “Fortifications around the barracks,” and has the traditional name Lěibìzhènshíèr, “12th star of Line of Ramparts.” ^[3]

33 Psc belongs to the Chinese asterism Lěibìzhèn, “Line of Ramparts,” representing “Fortifications around the barracks,” and has the traditional name Lěibìzhènshíyī, “11th star of Line of Ramparts.” ^[3]

Constellation Pisces [Urania’s Mirror]

Pisces Constellation Astrology

Manilius (@ 35 AD)

Last Double Pisces, from their shining scale
Spread watry influences, and incline to Sail;
To trust their Lives to Seas, to plow the Deep,
To make fit Rigging, or to build a Ship.
In short, what e’re can for a Fleet be fram’d,
A thousand Arts, too numerous to be nam’d.
Beside to steer, observe the Stars, and guide
As they direct, and never lose the Tide;
To know the Coasts, the Winds, the Ports, and Shores
To turn the Helm, or ply the bending oars;
To sweep smooth Seas with Nets, to drag the Sand
And draw the leaping Captives to the Land,
Lay cheating Wires, or with unfaithful bait
The Hook conceal, and get by the deceit:
To fight at Sea, to stain the Waves with blood,
Whilst War lies floating on th’ unstable flood:
Fruitful their Births, of Pleasure fond, engage
In Love, are quick, but changing with their Age. ^[10]

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. T he pilot must have sound knowledge of the earth, its rivers and heavens, 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 [a deep, still pool or a kind of trap for fish]. 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. ^[11]

ASCENDING

But could I rule, could I the Fates design,
The rising Fishes ne’re should govern mine;
The give a Hateful, Pratling, Railing Tongue,
Still full of Venom, always in the wrong;
That Blows up Jealousies, and heightens Fears,
By muttering Poys’nous Whispers in Mens Ears.
Faithless the Births, and full of Wild desire;
Their faith is Treachery, and their Love is Fire.
For when the skies grew weak, when Giants strove,
And snaky Typhon shook the Throne of Jove,
Fair Venus fled, an in a Fish’s shape
(This Syria knows) secur’d her mean escape;
Then did she through the Scaly Kind inspire
New Heats, and with the Ocean mixt her Fire.
No Single Births, for which this Sign begins,
Twins shall be born, or those that shall have Twins. ^[10]

Lest your mind yearn also for the first portion of the Fishes to come forth, be told that their gift is hateful loquacity, a poisonous tongue which ever passes on slanderous talk to fresh ears, and an eagerness to carry to the people on treacherous lips the people’s indiscretions. Trustworthiness will not be found in this sign’s progeny; instead a consuming desire urges their fevered minds to go through fire to attain their ends. Certain it is that the goddess of Cythera [Venus] changed herself into a fish when she plunged into the waters of Babylon to escape from snake-footed Typhon of the winged shoulders; and she has implanted in the scaly Fishes the fire of her own passions. No birth under the two Fishes will be marked by singleness; a brother will be born as well, or a darling sister, or else the mother of twins. ^[11]

Ptolemy (@150 AD)

Of the stars in Pisces,⁠ those in the head of the southern Fish act in the same way as Mercury and somewhat as does Saturn; those in the body, as do Jupiter and Mercury; those in the tail and the southern cord, as do Saturn and, in some degree, Mercury; those in the body and backbone of the northern Fish, as do Jupiter and, in some degree, Venus; those in the northern part of the cord, as do Saturn and Jupiter; and the bright star on the bond, as do Mars and, in some degree, Mercury. ^[12]

Maternus (@335 AD)

III.32. Ascendant in Pisces. If the horoscope is found in Pisces, 32 <will be> an intelligent, kind-hearted, loyal friend and necessary, and will be promoted in some matters, but in such a way that other power is preferred to his power and honors. He will have enemies, but he will be avenged by these very easy reasons, and by some long He will achieve glory in business, but in the course of time he will acquire ornaments of greater dignity, and will have a great increase of happiness, and < will be> constantly known with the knowledge of many people in his travels.
33. If MC. is in Sagittarius, he will be involved in many errors, and various dangers will come to him. He will be agile in all his conversations, and he will have no small conflicts with more powerful people, and because of a certain person he will run into traps, and he will lose everything he first possessed, and he will again gain control of other people’s things, always showing his friends a loyal relationship of friendship. But the desire gathered through his eyes always drives him to sexual intercourse.
34. If the setting is in Virgo, he will be courageous and will provide food for other people. He will be such as to whom faithful secrets are entrusted. He will relieve many friends with his food or his protection, and a great accumulation of wealth will come to him, and friends will often be ungrateful, and he will be bound by flattering affections towards his wife. But she will also be often ungrateful towards him. He will suffer severe torments of grief from the misfortune of his wife or children.
35. If the IMC is in Gemini, he will be worn out by many illnesses, and will be applied to many labors, he will have some pain or vice that will be completely gone, and after the inconveniences of unhappiness, the greatest happiness will be bestowed upon him, so that he will also supply the sustenance of life to others, and having lost all the previous ones, wealth will be bestowed upon him by a sudden chance. He will possess and have resources that will supply him with everything, and when he is oppressed by the burden of old age, he will die a sudden death in foreign places. But in this too the lord of procreation is required.

III.56. Saturn in Pisces. Whoever has Saturn in Pisces will possess neither their paternal nor their maternal substance, and they are left naked, having lost all their possessions. But whatever they possessed in their early life, of whatever kind, they lose even this with miserable laceration. But by themselves, performing great acts, they seek the greatest capacity for substance. They will also have the greatest illnesses and the greatest dangers, especially when they have entered the seventh or ninth years, <that is> the ebdomatic or enneatic, and the continuation of the dangers extends up to the age of thirty-three.
57. But in these dangers there will be not only illnesses, but also lawsuits and accusations conceived without cause and without reason, there will be sudden riots and seditions and constant torments of the mind and unexpected dangers in the waters, and dissensions with women. But neither will they benefit from whatever first wives they have got. But Saturn, placed in Pisces, does not decide wives for virgins, and since he will be going around all the pivots of procreation, he will cause them to be involved in the greatest difficulties <and> the greatest contrariety, especially in the first circle of his course.
58. But as long as they have completed 30 years and have entered the spaces of their second age, so long Saturn decides the disadvantages of evils. But when he comes to Cancer, then he decides better times for them. But when in the sign If Leo enters, then he corrects their affairs, then glory, then patrimony, then the greatest honors will follow, then all actions will follow with success, then they will be trusted with the affairs of great men, from which administration of patrimony increases will follow.
59. But in the outer parts of the body or in a part of the body <hidden> *** they will also have constant pains in those parts, they will also have the greatest scars from iron. But they will have constant pains from the cases of their children. But when Saturn has shaken them with the storm of the previous time, then he decrees for them happiness both from children and from conjugal grace, according to the measure and substance of the procreation, which the other stars have decreed by their authority. ^[13]

Allen (1889)

Pisces, The Fishes,
The figures are widely separated in the sky, the northeastern one lying just south of β Andromedae, heading towards it, and the southwestern one east of it, heading towards Aquarius and Pegasus, the lucida marking the knot of the connecting bands. Both are north of the ecliptic. In the early days, they were shown close together, one above the other, but in reversed directions, although united as now.
The Greeks knew them as Ἰχθύε, and Ἰχθύες, in the dual and plural; the Romans, as we do, often designating them as Imbrifer Duo Pisces, Gemini Pisces, and Piscis Gemellus.
Miss Clerke thinks that the dual form of this constellation recalls the additional month which every six years was inserted into the Babylonian calendar of 360 days; and Sayce, agreeing in this opinion, translates the early title for these stars as the Fishes of Hea or Ia. It has also been found on Euphratean remains as Nuni, the Fishes, a supposed equivalent of its other title, Zib, in the later Graeco-Babylonian astronomy; although this last word may mean “Boundary,” as at the end of the zodiac. Another significance is the Water, which we have already seen with Aratos for this part of the sky; this also is the meaning of the word Atl, the Aztecs’ name for Pisces.
It was the Babylonian Nūnu, the Syriac Nūno, the Persian Mahīk, and the Turkish Balīk, all translated “Fish”; while Kircher cited, from Coptic Egypt, Πικοτώριων, Piscis Hori, which Brown translates “Protection,” but claims for a Coptic lunar asterism formed by β and γ Arietis.
With the Arabians it was Al Samakah, — Chilmead’s Alsemcha, — or, in the dual, Al Samakatain; and Al Hūt, the Fish, referring to the southern one, the Vernal Fish, as marking that equinox; the northern being confounded with Andromeda’s stars and so not associated with the zodiac.
The 26th nakshatra, Revatī, Abundant or Wealthy, lay here in the thirty-two stars from ζ northwards, figured as a Drum or Tabor. But the manzil, Baṭn al Ḥūt, the Fish’s Belly, or Al Rishā᾽, the Cord, and the corresponding sieu, Koei, or Kwei, Striding Legs, were formed by sixteen stars in a figure 8 from ψ Piscium to ν Andromedae, and mainly lay in this constellation, although β and ζ in Andromeda seem to have been their determinant points. All of these stations, however, may have been even more extended, for there certainly is “a perplexing disagreement in detail among the three systems.”
But the Greeks confounded this divinity with another Syrian goddess, Astarte, identified with Ἀφροδίτη (Venus), who precipitated herself, together with her son Ἔρως (Cupid), into the Euphrates when frightened by the attack of the monster Typhon; these became two fishes that were afterwards placed in the zodiac. Latin classical authors, with the same groundwork of the story, made Pisces the fishes that carried Venus and her boy out of danger, so that, as Manilius said,
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.
Ptolemy distinguished the members of the constellation as ἐπόμενος, “the rear or eastern,” and ἡγουμένος, “the front or western”; the Southern Fish being his νότιος; a precaution rendered necessary by the frequent confounding of these three by classical writers. A notable instance of this is seen in the Poeticon Astronomicon, where our Pisces are made to receive the water from the Urn. In Humboldt’s Cosmos, they are Pisces boreales.
The constellation is popularly thought to have taken its name from its coincidence with the sun during the rainy season, and the symbol for the sign, ♓, represents the two Fishes joined, but Sayce thinks it is the Hittite determinative affix of plurality. ^[5]

Pisces Constellation [Bullinger]

Bullinger (1893)

The Sign PISCES (The Fishes).
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. ^[14]

Robson (1923)

PISCES. The Fishes.
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.” ^[15]

Rigor (1979)

PISCES: Symbolized by two fishes, one swimming upstream, the other swimming downstream.

MYTHOLOGY: In the 12 tribes of Israel, Joseph is associated with this sign. He is a fruitful bough by the well, whose branches run over the wall. The archers shot at him and hated him, but his bow abode in strength. The ancients poets mounted the winged horse, Pegasus, while soaring in their imagination. Pegasus lived on Mount Helicon. It was here that he struck the earth sharply with his hoof, causing the waters to gush forth, giving rise to the fabled spring of Hippocrene, and all who partook of its waters became inspired.

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.

KEYWORDS for the Pisces constellation:

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

(–) Negative: Indecision, indifference, worry, stubborn, anxious, morbid, despondent, emotional.

SUN IN PISCES (+) 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.

SUN IN PISCES (–) 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 PISCES (+) 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.

MOON IN PISCES (–) 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 PISCES (+) 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.

MERCURY IN PISCES (–) 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 PISCES (+) 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.

VENUS IN PISCES (–) 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 PISCES (+) 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.

MARS IN PISCES (–) 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. ^[16]

Noonan (1984)

When Venus was frightened by the attack of the monster Typhon, she threw herself, and her son Cupid, into the Euphrates in order to escape. Two fishes came along and carried Venus and Cupid to safety. As a reward, these fish were placed in the sky as the twelfth sign of the zodiac: Pisces. Within Pisces, in the year 747 auc, three conjunctions of the planets Saturn and Jupiter took place. It is the year 7 B.C. that many assign to the birth of Christ. This conjunction is in striking agreement with Saint Matthew’s account of the Star of Bethlehem. Masha’allah in the 9th century asserted that this conjunction ushered in the Birth of Jesus; and the opinion that these appearances guided the Magi in their visit to Judea was advanced by Kepler, and worked out in 1826 by Ideler, and in 1831 by Encke. It is remarkable that the Rabbis held tradition, recorded in the 15th century by the Jewish scholar Abrabanel (1487-1508), that a similar conjunction took place in Pisces three years previous to the birth of Moses; and that they anticipated another such conjunction in Pisces at their Messiah’s advent.
Jewish astrologers considered Pisces a malign influence in human affairs, “a dull, treacherous, and phlegmatic sign.” But this opinion was probably given by their Egyptian teachers of astrology who are said to have abstained from eating sea-fish out of dread and abhorrence; and when they would express anything odious, represented a fish in their hieroglyphics. It is ibn Ezra’s opinion that those born under the sign of Pisces will “indulge freely in sleeping, gluttony, and inebriety. He will not be peremptory, but he will be irascible, polite, and deceitful.” Pliny asserted that the appearance of a comet here indicated great troubles from religious differences. These troubles were said to be other than was and pestilence. The sign has traditionally been predominant in influence with mariners. Pisces is one of the fecund signs, and presages large families.
In physical appearance those born in this sign will have a good figure, but with delicate joints. They will have a smooth skin and a fine handsome face. They will be of medium stature with a fairly broad chest, narrow shoulders, small head, narrow forhead and black eyes. Their look will be downcast. Modern astrologers assert that the chin is somewhat weak and indeterminate, the nose is larger and the eyes slightly protuberant.
The personality of the Pisces person is generous and elegant. They are of a good disposition, unstable in their opinions, of good faith, and mediocre in business. They can be lustful, trifky and deceitful. Al-Biruni adds that they are forgetful, liable to err, foolish, and bold. Those born in the first decanate will be seekers after truth; in the second decanate they will be hostile to all men; and in the third decanate the natives so born will be often ill and have a tendency to suicide (or so said the classical astrologers).
Modern astrologers assert that the personality traits of those born under the sign of Pisces include attributes of being helpful, just, misunderstood, stubborn, vague, sentimental, impressionable, kind, intuitive, worrying, modest, and too affectionate.
The professions of those born under Pisces are those of the most revered and religious people (e.g. priests, ministers, and rabbis). Al-Biruni says that the last part of the sign indicates blind men (and those that operate on them for cataracts), and sailors. The Modernists add artists, mediums, poets, psychics, spies, wine merchants, and all those professions having to do with the sea. ^[17]

Noonan (1990)

The Constellation of the Fishes
The constellation of Pisces (Psc) portends events concerning the sea, especially those that affect the destiny of kings and large numbers of mankind. ^[18]