The twelve signs · XVIII The Moon
Pisces
Aphrodite and Eros, turned into fish to escape Typhon. They tied themselves together with a cord so they would not lose each other in the river.
Its card
XVIII The Moon
The sign
19 February – 20 March
The Sun in the real constellation
about 12 March – 19 April
Brightest stars
Alpherg, Alrescha
Why two sets of dates? The signs were fixed more than two thousand years ago. Since then the Earth's axis has slowly turned, and today the Sun crosses each constellation weeks later than its sign. Our cards draw the sky as it truly is.