The presence of the symbol in Babylonian culture is probably the earliest, predating Egyptian astrological records by about two millennia. The Greeks took their mythology into the skies by identifying constellations with their gods and heroes. The myth of Typhon has been linked to the 11 starred constellation of Pisces.

Zodiac Origins

Traditionally, Pisces is a Zodiac constellation between Aquarius and Aries, and the twelfth sign of the Zodiac that completes the great cycle. The two fishes in the symbol for Pisces are variously represented in, for example, 'criss cross' form, one above the other facing opposite directions, and often with a cord joining them to each other. The cord between the two fishes suggests an unbroken link between the Piscean duality of other-worldliness and the everyday, a link that enables them to slip easily between the world of imagination and the concrete everyday world, without losing contact with either.

The astrological symbol for Pisces has appeared in various forms in different civilizations through the ages. One of the earliest uses of the symbol was in the Babylonian Zodiac, something noted in the works of Carl G Jung. The presence of the symbol in Babylonian culture is probably the earliest, predating Egyptian astrological records by about two millennia. The Greeks took their mythology into the skies by identifying constellations with their gods and heroes. The myth of Typhon has been linked to the 11 starred constellation of Pisces.