Due to its fascinating nature, many people are now taking up astronomy as a hobby. Constellations are the most exciting thing about astronomy, and the Pisces constellation is head and shoulders above the rest. Pisces compares to other zodiac signs in that they are all constellations. A constellation refers to a pattern of stars that have been named after a mythological figure or what the pattern looks like. It is interesting to study constellations and the stars within them. To learn more about the Pisces constellation, you can read more on this page.
You are going to have a hard time locating it. Although it is the fourteenth largest constellation from the eighty-eight constellations that we can see, spotting the Pisces constellation is not as easy as it may seem. This explained by the weak brightness of the stars in Pisces which is way lower than the brightness of the stars in different constellations. You need to stand in a specific angle in a particular position to be able to see the stars in Pisces. Their visibility is actually exclusive to the northern and southern hemispheres. They are also only visible in areas away from light pollution. In the northern hemisphere, you can see the starts from August through January. They are predominantly visible anytime within the soring months if you are in the southern hemisphere. All you need to do is look towards the north quadrant in the west during the night and look for the circlet of Pisces.
The Pisces constellation and its mythological origin. According to Greek mythology, Mother Earth, or Gaia as it is referred to, gave birth to a one hundred snake-headed monster. It was sent to kill the gods by destroying Mount Olympus and each snake could shoot fire from its eyes. Mother earth was angry that the gods had defeated here children at war and decided to send Typhon (the snake-headed monster). The god Aphrodite and her son Eros decided to escape by turning into fish when they saw Typhon approaching. To avoid being separated, they tied a rope around each other’s tails. Everything went to plan, and they made the image of two fish tied together by rope to appear in the night sky as a celebration which formed the constellation Pisces. The Pisces constellation, yet, has a lot of myths all from different cultures trying to explain its origin. In some cultures, the source of the Pisces constellation is linked to fish of the Koi species, a type of fish that is also surrounded by many myths.