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Pisces (the fishes) is a zodiac constellation which lies between Aquarius to the west and Aries to the east.

1 Notable features

Pisces is quite a dim constellation; the brightest star, η Piscium, is only of magnitude 3,6. α Piscium is called Alrisha, "the knot," being the knot that ties the two fishes together.

The point at which the eclipticThe ecliptic is the geometric plane that contains the orbit of the Earth. The orbits of most planets in the Solar System lie very close to it. Seen from the Earth, this is a bisecting great circle, superimposed upon the celestial sphere, which contains th crosses the celestial equator heading northward, the vernal equinoxIn astronomy, the vernal equinox spring equinox, March equinox, or northward equinox is the equinox at the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere: the moment when the sun appears to cross the celestial equator, heading northward. The equinox occur, is found about 8° south of the star ω Piscium.

2 Notable deep-sky objects

M74, an attractive but dim spiral galaxy, is found just northeast of η Piscium.

3 Mythology

According to one version in Greek mythologyGreek mythology comprises the collected legends of Greek gods and goddesses and ancient heroes and heroines, originally created and spread within an oral-poetic tradition. Our surviving sources of mythology are either transcriptions of this spoken word, o, this constellation represents fish into which AphroditeAphrodite (φροδτη, "risen from sea-foam") is the Greek goddess of love and beauty. Worship The epithet Aphrodite Acidalia was occasionally added to her name, after the spring she used to bathe in, located in Boeotia ( Virgil and ErosIn Greek mythology, Eros was the god responsible for lust, love, and sex; he was also worshipped as a fertility deity. His name is the root of words such as erotic''. His Roman equivalent was Cupid "desire", also known as Amor "love". He was often associa transformed in order to escape the monstrous TyphonTyphon (Typhaon, Typhoeus, Typhus), in Greek mythology, was the youngest son of Gaia and Tartarus. Other accounts make the monster a son of archaic Hera in her Minoan form, produced out of herself, like a monstrous version of Hephaestus. He is described a. The two fishes are often depicted tied together with a cord, to make sure they do not lose one another.

3.1 Astrology

The constellation also gives its name to the astrological signWestern astrology employs the tropical zodiac which divides the ecliptic into twelve signs of equal length starting at the first point of Aries, which is defined as the point at which the ecliptic (the apparent path of the Sun through the heavens) crosses Pisces, ( February 19 - March 20). Its ruling planet is Neptune (prior to Neptune's discovery Jupiter was considered Pisces' ruling planet).

In zoological taxonomy, Pisces is the scientific name of the superclass Pisces. See also " fishes".

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