魚座 – Pisces: The Western Zodiac in Japanese

The twelfth and final astrological symbol of the Western Zodiac is Pisces. This is the sign for people’s birthdays between around February 18 to March 21. Let’s take a look at what to call this sign in Japanese.

What is Pisces Japanese?

The word for Pisces in Japanese is 魚座うおざ. We can split this word into 魚 and 座ざ. First, 座 is a suffix added after the names of words in the zodiac or after constellations. 魚 is one word for fish in Japanese.

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水瓶座 – Aquarius: The Western Zodiac in Japanese

魚座 is the common way to refer to Pisces in Japanese. However, there is also another word for Pisces in Japanese. That is 双魚宮そうぎょきゅう and this is the more formal name for Pisces. 双魚 can mean something like two fish, or even twin fish or a pair of fish.

Resources

• 双魚宮 – Wikipedia (Japanese)