The Fishes
Pisces
Genitive: Piscium · abbreviation Psc
Best evening month
November
Visible from
75°S to 90°N
Centre RA
1h 18m 00s
Centre Dec
+15° 00′
In your sky
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Mythology & origin
Aphrodite and Eros transformed into fish to escape the monster Typhon, tying themselves together with a cord. The March equinox point now lies in Pisces.
Ptolemy · Almagest, 2nd century AD
Zodiac
♓︎ The sign of Pisces
The astrological sign shares this name but no longer matches the stars' dates — see why.