Pisces, the Fishes

Hebrew name: Dagim, “the fishes.”

Egyptian name: Pi-cot Orion or Pisces Hori, “the fishes of Him who comes.”

Syriac Name: Nuno, “lengthened out” (in posterity).

Description: The figure of two fish, one headed toward the North Pole Star, and the other parallel to the Sun’s path along the ecliptic. They are bound together by a large band that is also connected to Cetus, the Sea Monster.

Biblical Meaning: Pisces portray the two fish held captive by Cetus, the Sea Monster. In the Old Testament these fish are represented by Judah and Israel. In the New Testament they are represented by the Church (true “Jews” of Rom. 2:28) and the Overcomers true Israelites even as Jacob became an Israelite in His character after wrestling with the angel in Gen. 32:28). The fish was a common symbol of the Church as early as the first century. Both fish are held captive by the Sea Monster. The book of Jonah shows the prophet swallowed up by the great fish, the Sea Monster—and then shows Jonah going to Nineveh, the “city of fish” that worshipped the great Fish god. Nineveh would later conquer and swallow up the northern House of Israel. One of the decans of Pisces is Andromeda, the chained woman, portraying both Israel’s Assyrian captivity and Judah’s Babylonian captivity.

Stars in Pisces:

1. Okda, “the united.”
2. Al Samaca, (Arabic name) “the upheld.”

Isaiah 52:2, 3

“Shake yourself from the dust, rise up, O captive Jerusalem; loose yourself from the chains around your neck, O captive daughter of Zion. For thus says the Lord, You were sold for nothing, and you will be redeemed without money.”

Jer. 16:14-16

“. . . As the Lord lives, who brought up the sons of Israel from the land of the north and from all the countries where He had banished them. For I will restore them to their own land which I gave to their fathers. Behold, I am going to send for many fishermen, declares the Lord, and they will fish for them. . .”

Hosea 11:4

“I led them with cords of a man, with bonds of love, and I became to them as one who lifts the yoke from their jaws; and I bent down and fed them.”

Decans (lesser constellations) associated with Pisces:

1. The Band, binding the fish to Cetus.
2. Andromeda, the chained woman.
3. Cepheus, the King.