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Pisces: The Fish

Bonatti's woodcut of Pisces; two fish circle each other, connected at the tails by a string.SmartScope for January 2012:

It may be challenging for you to make decisions usually, but the New Year (and a special surprise just for you at the beginning of this month) brings added clarity to the situation. Now you are really sure you've made the right choice! Keep up this focused perspective and you will be very lucky in the year to come!

About Pisces:

Birth date:

February 19 - March 20

Element:

Water

Symbol:

♓

The Myth:

Pisces' myth begins with Aphrodite (the Greek Goddess of Love) and her son, Eros. To escape the evil monster Typhon, a serpent with 100 heads, Aphrodite and Eros turned themselves into fish and hid underwater. So that they wouldn't lose each other in the darkness of the deep water, they tied their tails together with a cord. Zeus, impressed by their strategy, placed the fish among the stars, and those fish are the constellation Pisces.

Cool Fact:

As a constellation, Pisces has almost always represented only female deities (that is, only goddesses, not gods).

A Pisces might be:

gentle, compassionate, easy-going, and imaginative

Careers a Pisces might like:

Doctor, veterinarian, physicist, chef, pharmacist, actor

Famous Female Pisces:

A head shot of Marian AndersonMarian Anderson (February 27, 1897 - April 8, 1993) was an African American singer. The Daughters of the American Revolution refused to let her perform for them because of her race, and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt quit the organization in protest. In response, she invited Anderson to perform for President and First Lady Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, head members of the NAACP, and cabinet officials on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to a massive Easter Sunday crowd. She was the first African American to sing with the New York Metropolitan Opera as well as the first African American member of the Metropolitan Opera Company. In 1963 she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.