The Fish

See also: fish, Fish, and FISH

English

Etymology

Semantic loan from Latin Pisces.

Proper noun

The Fish

  1. (astronomy, astrology) The constellation and zodiacal sign Pisces.
    Synonym: the Fishes
    • 1668, ‘Godfridus’, The Knowledge of Things Unknown, London: G.P. for G. Sawbridge, page 20:
      The Fiſh directeth the feet: and theſe three be the ſigns of Winter.
    • 1862, [Frances Rolleston], Mazzaroth, or, The Constellations: Part III, London: Rivingtons, page 7:
      The Fish, His Church in union bound;
      The Lamb, once slain, but now enthroned;
      The Bull the victory shall gain;
      The Twins, Divine and human reign.
    • 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 48:
      Considering that after the domination of Taurus and Aries, the Fish (Pisces) comes next in succession as the Zodiacal sign for the Vernal Equinox, and is now the constellation in which the Sun stands at that period, it seems not impossible that the astronomical change has been the cause of the adoption of this new symbol.
    • 1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 150:
      Pisces the Fish, the twelfth Sign, had been easy to find.

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