The Vesica Pisces is a symbol consisting of two circles of the same radius which are cut so that the center of each circle is above the other. The Latin words mean, literally, "fish bladder."
It is believed that, before Christianity, the vesica pisces, also expressed the sense of "vulva" or "matrix".
The Mother Goddess. It was often represented with pendulous breasts, wide hips and a very conspicuous vulva. This is a vertical vesica piscis, which later Christians turned ninety degrees and adopted as a symbol, like a fish. long before the cross of Calvary became the principal. It is interesting to observe how a symbol of fullness preceded another death.
The early Christians of the Roman Empire should be protected and keep their secret meeting places. To point the way to their ever-changing centers, they developed the vesica piscis symbol with a tail (a fish) that could paint on the walls before a meeting and erased later
The length / width ratio Vesica Pisces was expressed by Pythagoras (who considered a sacred figure) and 153: 265, a reason sometimes known as "the measure of the fish".
In the Bible, when Jesus helps his disciples to fish, take exactly 153 fish.
This ratio 153: 265 of the Vesica Pices.
