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PISCES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A group of vertebrates comprising both cartilaginous and bony fishes and sometimes including the jawless vertebrates; not used technically
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pisces" is a kind of...):
division ((biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category)
Meronyms (members of "Pisces"):
fish (any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills)
Holonyms ("Pisces" is a member of...):
Craniata; subphylum Craniata; subphylum Vertebrata; Vertebrata (fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20
Synonyms:
Fish; Pisces; Pisces the Fishes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
house; mansion; planetary house; sign; sign of the zodiac; star sign ((astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A large faint zodiacal constellation; between Aquarius and Aries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)
Holonyms ("Pisces" is a part of...):
zodiac (a belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic; divided into 12 constellations or signs for astrological purposes)
Sense 4
Meaning:
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces
Synonyms:
Fish; Pisces
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pisces" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Domain category:
astrology; star divination (a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon)
Context examples:
Take advantage of the darling new moon February 23 in Pisces at four degrees for traveling.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The new moon of February 23 in Pisces at four degrees will be an exciting moment of the year.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
You will start discussing money in earnest once you arrive at the February 23 new moon in Pisces at four degrees.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Finally, if you have a planet in Virgo, Capricorn, Taurus, Pisces, Scorpio, or Cancer at 20 degrees, plus or minus five degrees, you will also benefit from this glorious full moon.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
This new moon will add a jewel to your crown, even though Mercury will be retrograde in Pisces in that very same tenth house of prestigious career advancement.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Venus expresses her most loving qualities in Pisces, and because Pisces is a water sign like yours, Cancer, you will easily absorb the goodness of Venus and the transiting moon.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Now let’s turn to the new moon in Pisces four degrees on February 23 (plus two weeks).
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Pisces are known to be highly creative, and at this new moon, which will be close to Neptune, you will prove this truth 12 times over.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
At the time of the new moon, Mars will be in Capricorn and will signal the Sun and new moon in Pisces, both placed in your second house of earned income.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Considered exalted in Pisces, a divine water sign, Venus here could set off lovely sparks.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
