Pronunciations
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/fɪʃ/
Proper noun
A surname.
Proper noun
The constellation and zodiacal sign Pisces.
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The Fiſh directeth the feet: and theſe three be the ſigns of Winter.
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.
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The Ram, the Bull, the heavenly Twins, And next the Crab, the Lion shines, The Virgin and the Scales; The Scorpion, Archer, and Sea-Goat, The Man that carries the Water-pot, And Fish with glittering scales.
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.
Pisces the Fish, the twelfth Sign, had been easy to find.
Noun
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces
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