Mythology of Pisces

Pisces is the twelfth sun sign of the western zodiac symbols. Pisces is the constellation south of Andromeda. The people who are born between February 21st and March 20th belong to the sun sign Pisces. Pisces is known as a "faint constellation" and is represented by two fishes whose tails are tied together. This constellation lies between the constellations Aquarius and Aries.

According to the Greco-Roman myth, one of the sons of Gaia and Tartaros, Typhon decided to overthrow Zeus. Typhon is a monstrous god who is very tall with a wicked gleam in his eyes. He has hundred dragon-heads sprouting out in the place of his fingers. He was as strong as the Titans.

Many of the gods of the Mount Olympus went into hiding fearing his atrocities. One day, Typhon happened to see Aphrodite (Greek counterpart of Roman goddess Venus), the goddess of beauty and her son Eros (Greek counterpart of Roman god Cupid), the god of love on the banks of a river. To escape from his clutches Aphrodite and Eros turned into a fish and swam into the depths of the river. They had tied their tails together so they would not be separated. In the river, they were saved by other fishes and were later hung in the sky along with the other celestial objects in the northern skies. This was done to commemorate the day when the goddess of beauty and god of love were saved from being destroyed.

In the olden days, Pisces constellation was known to the Persians as Mahlik and the Turks as Balik. The Babylonians called them as Nunu. The Syrians considered fishes as holy animals and eating of fish was regarded as a sin. The Dark Warrior or the Northern Emperor is the name used in the Chinese astrology and Chinese horoscope for the Pisces constellation.