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Pisces the Fish: Babylonian KUN.MES ('the tails'), the Greek myth of Aphrodite and Eros transformed into fish to escape Typhon.

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Engraved illustration of the Two Fish (Pisces) from Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary, 1908.
Pisces the Fish, from Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (1908). The two fish appear in Babylonian astronomical texts as KUN.MEŠ ('the tails'); in Greek myth they are Aphrodite and Eros who transformed into fish to escape Typhon (Hyginus, Astronomica 2.30; Ovid, Fasti 2.459–474). Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (1908). Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Pisces is the Two Fish (February 19 – March 20, Water element). Babylonian KUN.MES ('the tails'). The Greek myth: Aphrodite and Eros, fleeing the monster Typhon, transformed into fish and tied themselves together with a cord so they would not be separated (Hyginus Astronomica 2.30, Ovid Fasti 2.459–474). Primary animal: fish.

Pisces is the Two Fish. Babylonian KUN.MES. Greek Aphrodite-and-Eros-as-fish escape-from-Typhon myth. Primary: fish. Secondary: dolphin (see our dolphin page).

Frequently asked

What animal is Pisces?
The Fish, specifically two fish tied together by a cord. Babylonian KUN.MES ('the tails'). Greek myth: Aphrodite and Eros transformed into fish to escape Typhon (Ovid Fasti 2.459–474, Hyginus Astronomica 2.30). Primary animal: fish; secondary: dolphin.

Sources

  1. PRIMARYMUL.APIN (KUN.MES) — Hunger & Pingree, 1989.
  2. PRIMARYOvid, Fasti 2.459–474 — Loeb Classical Library.
  3. PRIMARYHyginus, Astronomica 2.30 — Grant trans., University of Kansas, 1960.
  4. PRIMARYPtolemy, Tetrabiblos — Loeb.