(This first star is the beginning of the Age of Pisces)
a Alrisha, Rischa', Alrescha, or Al Rescha' is Arabic for "the knot," or "ropes," so-called because it ties the two fish together.

• This star lies on the Plane, which represents the year 210 B.C.
• Arabic Ar-Risha', "The rope."
  • Babylonian Risku [Pisces] "The Cord".
• Arabic Al-'Uqdah, "the knot."
  • Okda is Hebrew meaning "The United."    One source claims that it is the brightest star.
    • Unity.
      • Hebrew yachad, yaw-khad', also yahadh, unitedness, join, unite
      • Greek henotes, oneness.
      • In the "Gospel of the Stars," by Joseph Seiss, page 82 "Okda, the United."
      • Rolleston also states "Hebrew Okda, the united."
• J. Epping (1889) "Astronmisches Aus Babylon," provides the Babylonian and Hassan Al-Saba (Saudia Arabia) provides the Arabic source for the 28 lunar mansion names:
  • Babylonian #1 Kullat-nûnu.
  • Arabic #28 Batn al Hut, Arrexhe, Al Batn al Hut, "Belly of the Fish."
    • Another source shows Arabic lunar station #26 Batn al Kut (? e Ceti), Kalb al Hut, Al Risha (a Piscium).
    • To Rolleston it is the 28th manzil of the lunar mansion, called "Al Risha, the band (Job 30:11, "cord" Heb. yether)."
      • In "The Witness of the Stars," by E.W. Bullinger, page 100 "Its Arabic name is Al Risha, the band, or bridle."
    • In the "Gospel of the Stars," by Joseph Seiss, page 142, the 16th name of the lunar mansion, "Al Risha, the band, the joined together."
    • The Coptic Mansion of the moon according to Kircher is kuton, fish the belly of the whale, or the fish, associated with Albotham, Alchalh, the fishes, Pisces, Latin piscis Venter Caeti, sive piscis, connection to Al Batn al Hut, The Belly of the Fish (Bathnealoth).
      • Richard H. Allen comments: The 26th nakshatra, Revati, Abundant or Wealthy, lay here in the thirty-two stars from zeta northwards, figured as a Drum or Tabor.    But the manzil (Moon Mansion), Batn al Hut, the Fish's Belly, or Al Risha’, the Cord, and the corresponding sieu, Koei, or Kwei, Striding Legs, were formed by sixteen stars ... from psi Piscium to nu Andromeda, and mainly lay in this constellation, although beta and zeta, in Andromeda seem to have been their determinant points.    All of these stations, however, may have been even more extended, for there certainly is "a perplexing disagreement in detail among the three systems."
    • Under Aries is the star name d Botein, Arabic, "belly," is defined as follows.
      • Belly.
        • Hebrew beten, beh'-ten, from an unused root probably meaning to be hollow, the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything.
        • Sumerian tùn: n., wrap, bandage; pouch, case; stomach; lip; adj., intact, bound.
        • Sumerian šag₄, šà: n., intestines; gut; heart; stomach; abdomen; entrails; womb; midst, inside; bed of a river; prep., in; at.
    • Arabic word for "of the Fish" here is "al Hut."
      • Sumerian *ha: fish (not the usual word for fish, but the fish sign may get its syllabic reading of HA from *h 'many' + a 'water' = 'fish', an alternative to the usual ku₆, kua).
        • Sumerian há, hi-a: numerous; diverse; assorted; mixed.
        • Sumerian hà, hù, a₆, u: ten (usually written: u).
    • It is noted in the Ram (or Lamb, i.e. Aries) that it laid down his life as a sacrifice and is dying, yet out of the tail of the Ram is emerging a very vigorous fish.    The Ram is giving birth to the fish that is Pisces, fully formed and swimming in the sea of the heavens.
    • Jonah was also seen in the whale's belly Matthew 12:40, during 790-750 B.C.
      • The star z Baten Kaitos seen in Cetus, is Arabic for "belly of the" + Greek "sea monster."
• Other names for Alrisha: AlRischa, AlRescha, El Rischa, Kaitain, Al Richa, Recsha, Ok'da, 'Ukud al H'aitain'.

• One source claims this star as named Fum al Sa'makah, which means "the fish's mouth."
  • Note that Fomalhaut (Fum al Hut) in Piscis Austrinus means "Mouth of the fish."
  • Al Samaca is one of the brightest stars and means "The Upheld."
    • Isaiah 41:10 "I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness."
    • Hebrew samak, saw-mak', a primary root to prop (lit. or fig.), reflex, to lean upon or take hold of.
    • In the "Gospel of the Stars," by Joseph Seiss, page 82 "Al Samaca, the Upheld."
    • Rolleston "Arabic Al Samaca, the upheld."
• Other names for b Piscium: Al sem'cha (Chilmead), Al Sam'akah, Al Sam'akatain, Sam'eh.

• Possibly named Torcularis Septentrionalis.

• This star is at the point of 1806 A.D. and aligns with the Cetus' star b Deneb Kaitos or Diphda "second frog."