Round and round everything spins, and wherever it stops it always begins. The paradox of life is everywhere we look, yet we do not have time to look. The Zodiac is an eternal paradox, which no science nor spiritual leader can explain. When and where it was created, is Unknown, many have theories, but it is still unknown.

It is said that in ancient Egypt, they did not know about, what today is known as the Zodiac, but I personally believe they mastered it.

We use the Greek alphabet here in the West, probably because it was the Greeks that conquered a very large part of the world, during the Punic war. Not only that, they were great politicians, not destroying their enemies, but making compromises, so people could co-exist.
Anyway this is some of the reason that most of the educational material we use today, directly descend from the Greeks. This is a little bit interesting, especially if you dig deeper into what this has brought with it. But no matter what we can thank the Greeks for our very basic alphabet.

The Zodiac word (Greek: ζῳδιακός, zōdiakos). Ptolemy I conquered Egypt from the last pharaohs, and then him and his family began to re-create temples. The round zodiac circle is seen in Egypt around 200 B.C and it was some from the Ptolemy's family line that changed it so. But they were hardly the creator of such complex knowledge. Many do not notice the ancient Egyptian zodiac signs, and not many bring light upon this topic, I do wonder why? The ancient Egyptian would not put the zodiac signs into a circle, as the Greeks chose to do, they placed the signs wherever they liked, or wherever it was needed. I haven't been to one temple, which does not portray the zodiac signs. Their whole religious system, is build up by the complexity of both universal as well as the earthly nature.
But I also agree in the point that it was not the ancient Egyptian that created the round Zodiac, which probably descend from Babylonian (the Chaldean people).
A Note: The Zodiac circle existed before this time, but was first seen in Egypt at this time (even thou some ancient texts come very close to presenting almost the same idea, just with different images).
I would say that the Zodiac circle is the first, and greatest tool when you are working with horoscopes.

The Zodiac signs making up this circle, are
Aries
Taurus
Gemini
Cancer
Leo
Virgo
Libra
Scorpio
Sagittarius
Capricornus
Aquarius

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As I was playing around with the images in the post before this, I had some interesting thoughts, which I thought I would share. So this is a little case study of Cetus and its surrounding.

I find it very interesting that on many old star maps, Pisces seems to be connected to the neck of Cetus through the cord (drawn in red on the image). It also looks as if Aries is lying down upon Cetus head (see the glow on the image). The notable thing here is the fact that Aries is the 1. House (the beginning) and Pisces is the 12. House (the Ending), we could call Cetus the beginning of the outer planes, as the inner plane could be seen as ending in Pisces the twelfth zodiac sign.
Sea monsters are known to almost all ancient cultures, and the people back then seemed to have classified these creatures to an even more ancient time then themselves.
In Chinese mythology a mysterious giant sea creature is known as Kun, this creature was said to be able to turn itself into a bird.
But not everyone gave this constellation the look of something enormous and scary, this is probably how we each preserve what we are looking at. Interesting to compare to these star maps, would be the zodiac circle, which must be the first ancient Greek perception of this field of stars.

another ancient sea monster is known as Tiamat, she was a primal ancient mother goddess, she was the salt water ocean. Her physical description only seem to exist in words, rather than in images. She is said to have a tail, and all other features a human or animal has like a neck, lips, mouth etc. My personal opinion; not every culture would make an image of the primal gods or goddess, probably because they saw them as being much greater than a human or anything a human can preserve.
Nammu was the primal sea goddess of the Sumerian people, she is said to have given birth to the earth and heaven. She is thought to be the first Sumerian personification of the cosmos.

In ancient Egypt the primal sea god was known as Nun, he would hold up the boat with other gods. I think the illustrations of Nun, make it looks as if he is holding the earth up in the celestial abyss. Like Tiamat and Nammu he was a god of the old creation myths, in Egypt Nun had no temple like the other gods, I suspect it is because of their nature being nothing like what we can even imagine.

Even in the old Viking age did they know about the sea creature, and I would bet you that this is where the whale hunting thing descends from. He is known as Jörmungandr(Midgard Serpent), He was one of Loki's children. It is said that he was thrown into the ocean, and there the serpent like creature grew so big, that its body could surround the earth and bite his own tail.

Oannes, I am not sure this god should be mentioned in this post. This was the ancient god which the Sumerian said thought them many advanced things. He would raise from the sea and use the day teaching them how to become a better civilization, and at night he would return to the deep sea.

This was just a short study into the constellation Cetus's surroundings, it seems like an ancestor in every sense of the word, yet for me it also seems futuristic.

I also found something else, which I find most interesting. A link from this creature to an ancient city of Egypt. I will write some of what I have found about this topic on my Egypt Blog

Behold for these words are written in anguish and should not be read lightly. There is no earthly reason why one life is more than another, when life is life! (even a little Hedgehog, which some Danish evil people roasted alive last night...)
I was forced to watch a creature of the Lord suffer, even thou we had the possibility to save him. I am struck to the core of my heart, and the tears I have cried for him will create floods. I saw the ancient in him, and yet he was so very young. Hungry and alone he was caught by the deadly trap of the North. His mother and father could most likely hear him calling for help, these creatures hear so much better than us, another frequency.
As the old poets would gather all their inner strength and ask Zeus-Amun to recognize a deceased, so do I ask the overall creative force to place this young fin whale (and the little Hedgehog) among the stars, Let Cetus call him home.

Cetus the Great creature of the sea.

This beautiful creature is more known as a monster like thing, than what it really is, namely a unknown giant, a power force of the sea. When we don't know something (or someone) we as humans, tend to begin speculating, often letting our imagination get in the way and colorizing the picture a little bit. This is probably also what happened with the mythology behind Cetus, who very often became the villain of the old Greek history.

In our modern days we have come to know Cetus as the whale, the giant of the sea. In ancient Greek mythology, the story about Cetus is entangled with the story of Andromeda and Perseus, two other constellations.
The more modern version of this myth is illustrated in many books, such as Greek Gods and Heroes by Leo Hjortsø and Gods and heroes in the old Greece by David Bellingham.
Very short: Andromeda was punished for her mothers sins, and she was chained to a cliff where she was supposed to be eaten by the great sea monster Cetus (also known as Ketos).
As I have said in earlier post's the ancient Greek mythology is entangled in, should we say elevating ways.

From a Book from 1888 (Old Greek/German manuscripts with ancient Greek mythology).
Fare, fare away over the mountains, Perseus flew. Finally he reached the land of Ethiopian. There he saw a beautiful girl, so beautiful that he had never seen an equal. She was chained to a cliff in the ocean, and around her stood men and women, crying and complaining about the girl and the ocean.
Perseus flew from heaven down to earth and asked, what would happen to her? "The girl is called Andromeda" a man said; "She is the daughter of the Ethiopian king Cepheus and his wife, the beautiful Cassiopeia. The mother praised herself an her daughters as the most beautiful, even more beautiful than the sea gods Nereus daughters. The sea god Nereus became so angered by what she said, that he has sent forth a sea monster, that each day raises from the sea, and eats as many people as it can. Nereus commanded that Andromeda be offered to the Sea monster."
Perseus was intrigued by what he was told, and his empathy made him offer to slay the sea monster, if the king would let him marriage his daughter. Cepheus gladly accepted. Perseus eagerly fought the sea monster, and it would not take long before Perseus was confronted by a splashing and aggressive wares, the whale was coming at him with its mouth wide open. Perseus delivered many blows with his sword, but the monsters skin could not be penetrated, and Perseus could feel he was getting tired to quickly. Suddenly he remembered that he had the head of Medusa. He quickly took the head and the sea monster looked into Medusa's eyes and it was turned to stone.
What happens next is more about the promises made between the king and Perseus, but the story for Cetus ends here.
It is thought that this story comes from a poem written in the 6 century B.C.

From the past to the present, we have always known of our lovely Selena (Moon) and her passing over our heaven. With her, all female creatures obeys a hidden secret of our universe, they are key holders of the universal life, yet without knowing it. As the Lovely Selena she is our Moon and she bears the marks of our emotions, all of the Lords creatures moves to her beat, even the tremendous ocean, draws closer and creates our tides, to the beat of Selena's heart. She is a true daughter of her father the Lord, and her light is of the heavenly lights.

I took the picture above, on my last trip to Egypt. I would personally call these engravings of the ancient Greeks, the most beautiful of them all (in Egypt). The decorations of Gods and Goddess are still as beautiful as the day that they were created.
I was drawn to the Image of the Eye, my first thoughts were, that it looked a lot like the small mirrors of ancient Egypt (On the above picture you see the close-up of the eye, and the glow around the object, shows you the shape of the small mirror). It fits pretty well to the Moon, in that these mirrors were most often used by the ladies, and the mirror is kind of magical reflecting one self. Actually mirrors have often been used in ancient sacred rituals, as a bowl of water also would be. You can see Thoth praising the Eye, which is part of the Egyptian mythology, which the Greeks chose to re-create. You can read more about this at Mysteries of ancient Egypt Blog post about the two Eyes.

This is a short post about the normal astrological fact surrounding the zodiac sign Pisces.

Caelestis Aeternus eternus
Latin: It says, The universial Lord is Everlasting / ertainel

Weekday: Thursday.
Element: Water.
Polarity: Negative.
Planet Ruler: Neptune (traditionally, Jupiter).
House: 12.

This sign is seen as the last stage of the archetypal evolution. This last stage, is also the hardest to understand, because here we do not serve any social group, but instead we serve the universe itself, and that which drives it. Through this sign all other signs surrender to that which is higher. But only few ever do this.

Character: Pisces has a slight tendency to hide their true selves, this is because the planet ruler is Neptune, which is the mystical, the secretive, even irrational, imaginative. They might become a real mystery for their surroundings, some might even think that some Pisces live in their own world.
Pisces is actually the most sensitive sign in the zodiac circle, they have tremendous empathy capability. They often use their intuitions in service of others, without expecting anything in return. Pisces sometimes has to retreat from others, to rebuild their energy and strength. Their partners often misunderstand this, believing that the Pisces is looking for new adventures, which is fare from the truth, as they are very loyal by nature.

People with Pisces as their Sun sign, are often very delightful people and have a great sense of humour, with a curtain charm to their nature. They are not usually driven by materialistic desirers, something in them makes them feel like they should search for their true inner self (which we all should do). They might struggle a little bit with this, because it means giving up all materialistic needs, which is probably mankind's greatest obstacle.
They might not know this, but their very sensitive nature can be a basic for their artistically and creative abilities. This is because Neptune is the ruler, and with it, all levels of imagination comes too.

It is important to understand that Pisces is the ending of the Zodiac circle, thus also making this zodiac sign a part of the new beginning.

Love: Pisces relationship to love is devoting, romantic, and sentimental. But even thou they are wonderful lovers and loyal towards their partners, they might also be afraid of committing to a relationship.

If you have planets placed in the Pisces sign in your horoscope chart, then you will feel the empathy of the planets, rather than feeling the forcefulness of the planets themselves. Neptune and Pisces belongs to the ego transcending and ultimate union with the universe higher existence. But with this level of empathy and imagination, they can easily be lure into a dream world, hereby weakening the hold on reality - the Moon is the most vulnerable in this area. Mars in Pisces looses a lot of its power and becomes more passive in its nature.

In the Catholic religion we also find that each Zodiac sign/house, is ruled over by an angel. In the case of Pisces, it is the angel Barchiel that governs. Barchiel is one of the seven archangels, his name means The blessings of God. Actually he has many names, one rather interesting if you ask me. He is also known under the name Baraqiel, but he was one of the Fallen angels, and his name means Lightning of God.
I had a rather interesting thought about this, maybe it is like the gods and goddess of ancient Egypt (these could also be called angels). The ancient people believed that their angels/gods/goddess were two sided creatures, meaning that they could either be destructive or show compassion. I think it might be the same in the old bible text, you have them possessing two natures/sides, probably depending on which assignment the Lord has them on.

So much more could be written about this Zodiac sign.