February 19 - March 20

The mythology of Pisces begins with the descent onto Mt. Olympus of the great monster Typhon, a giant made up of a human torso and head with red eyes, his main head was composed of 100 snake heads that matched his legs made of vipers, and his body was covered with wings.

Because there was no way for a single god to defeat this monster on his or her own, they often resorted to morphing into animals to evade the beast.

As one line of mythology tells, Aphrodite (goddess of beauty and sensuality) and her son Eros (Greek god of love, aka Cupid in Roman mythology) were trying to escape Typhon and looked to the Euphrates river for help. They were being chased my Typhon when they came across this river and there, they transformed into two fish and tied themselves together so they wouldn't lose one another as they tried to escape.

Once in the water, they were met by two other fish who helped them swim to safety. Aphrodite and Eros were able to be free of the beast and as repayment, placed the two fish in the night sky, tethered together as mother and son were.

The constellation points north and west and is fainter than most constellations to represent Aphrodite and Eros' attempt to evade Typhon.