Hermaphroditus was a figure in Greek mythology, known as the son of Hermes, the messenger god, and Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty.
In every heathen mythology it was the universal emblem of the goddess or mother of heaven, by whatsoever name she was addressed--whether as Mylitta, Astarte, Aphrodite, Isis, Mata, or Venus; and the several eminences consecrated to her worship were, like those upon which Jupiter was originally adored, of a conical or pyramidal shape.
Ouranos has daughters named Astarte (Ashtoreth) and Rhea, and Dagon, "after he had found out bread-corn and the plough, was called Zeus-Arotrius".
He ambushed Uranus as he approached Gaia and castrated him, casting the severed parts into the sea, from which arose various other deities and mythical beings, including Aphrodite, who emerged from the sea foam.
Pygmalion, says the classic story, which is really a Phœnician myth of creation, made woman of marble or ivory, and Aphrodite, in answer to his prayers, endowed the statue with life.
Minerva and Aphrodite give her skill and charm, and Hermes gives her a crafty, shameless mind.
She is equivalent to the Greek goddess Aphrodite, but has distinct Roman characteristics and origins.
In Greek mythology, Pisces represents two fish, who were placed in the sky by the goddess Aphrodite to honor their bravery and devotion.