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Pisces is a constellation of the zodiac.Its vast bulk – and main asterism viewed in most European cultures per Greco-Roman antiquity as a distant pair of fishes connected by one cord each that join at an apex – are in the Northern celestial hemisphere.
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°.
In Greek mythology, this constellation is known as the Great Fish and it is portrayed as swallowing the water being poured out by Aquarius, the water-bearer constellation. The two fish of the constellation Pisces are said to be the offspring of the Great Fish.
It is currently located near the end of the constellation Pisces, having been within that constellation since the 2nd century AD. [79] The subsequent 30° of the ecliptic is nominally designated the zodiac sign Taurus, and so on through the twelve signs of the zodiac so that each occupies 1 ⁄ 12 th (30°) of the zodiac's great circle. Zodiac ...
“What was an Aries 2,000 years ago is now a Pisces. The earth is doing a wobble motion where one full rotation of the wobble is 26,000 years. ... Folks born under this constellation (between ...
The modern constellation Pisces lies across two of the quadrants symbolized by the Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武, Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ) and White Tiger of the West (西方白虎, Xī Fāng Bái Hǔ), and Three Enclosures (三垣, Sān Yuán), that divide the sky in traditional Chinese uranography.
This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Pisces, sorted by decreasing brightness. Name B F G. Var HD HIP RA Dec vis. mag. abs. mag. Dist. Sp. class Notes
Zeta Piscium (ζ Piscium, abbreviated Zet Psc, ζ Psc) is a quintuple [2] star system in the zodiac constellation of Pisces.Based upon parallax measurements obtained during the Hipparcos mission, it is located roughly 170 light-years (52 parsecs) distant from the Sun.