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Pisces [Lat.,=the fishes], constellation lying directly S of Andromeda and on the ecliptic (the sun's apparent path through the heavens) between Aries and Aquarius; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac . Pisces is traditionally depicted as two fishes. Because of the precession of the equinoxes , the vernal equinox has moved westward from the constellation Aries (where it was located c.2,000 years ago) into Pisces. There are no exceptionally bright stars in Pisces, but a nova was observed there in 1925. Pisces reaches its highest point in the evening sky in November.

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Pisces (the Fishes) Inconspicuous equatorial constellation situated on the ecliptic between Aquarius and Aries; it is the 12th sign of the Zodiac.

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Pisces a large constellation (the Fish or Fishes), said to represent a pair of fishes tied together by their tails. In Astrology, the twelfth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about 20 February.

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