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Historically,astrological andastronomical symbols have overlapped. Frequently used symbols include signs of thezodiac,planets,asteroids, and other celestial bodies. These originate from medieval Byzantine codices. Their current form is a product of the EuropeanRenaissance. Other symbols forastrological aspects are used in various astrological traditions.
Symbols for theclassical planets, zodiac signs, aspects, lots, and the lunar nodes appear in the medieval Byzantine codices in which many ancient horoscopes were preserved.[1] In the original Greek horoscope papyri, the Sun was depicted by a circle bearing the ancient glyph for radiance (.svg)
), while the Moon was symbolized by a crescent.[2]
The written symbols for Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn have been traced to forms found in late Classical Greek papyri.[3] The symbols for Jupiter and Saturn are monograms of the initial letters of the corresponding Greek names, and the symbol for Mercury is a stylizedcaduceus.[3]Annie S. D. Maunder finds antecedents of the planetary symbols in earlier sources, used to represent the gods associated with the classical planets.Bianchini'splanisphere, produced in the 2nd century,[4] shows Greek personifications of planetary gods charged with early versions of the planetary symbols: Mercury has acaduceus; Venus has, attached to her necklace, a cord connected to another necklace; Mars, a spear; Jupiter, a staff; Saturn, a scythe; the Sun, acirclet with rays radiating from it; and the Moon, a headdress with a crescent attached.[5] A diagram in Johannes Kamateros' 12th-centuryCompendium of Astrology shows the Sun represented by the circle with a ray, Jupiter by the letterzeta (the initial ofZeus, Jupiter's counterpart inGreek mythology), Mars by a shield crossed by a spear, and the remaining classical planets by symbols resembling the modern ones, without the cross-mark seen in modern versions of the symbols.[5]
The modern sun symbol, pictured as a circle with a dot (U+2609 ☉SUN), first appeared in the Renaissance.[2] (The conventional symbols for the signs of the zodiac also develop in the Renaissance period as simplifications of the classical pictorial representations of the signs.)[citation needed]The modern sun symbol resembles the Egyptianhieroglyph for "sun" – a circle that sometimes had a dot in the center, (U+131F3 𓇳EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH N005).Similar in appearance were several variants of the ancestral form of the modern Chineselogograph for "sun", which in theoracle bone script andbronze script were
.It is not known if the Egyptian and Chinese logographs have any connection to the European astrological symbol.
Symbols for Uranus, Neptune and Pluto were created shortly after their discovery. For Uranus, two variant symbols are seen. One symbol,.svg)
, invented byJ. G. Köhler and refined byBode, was intended to represent the newly discovered metalplatinum; since platinum, sometimes described as white gold[a] was found by chemists mixed with iron, the symbol for platinum combines the alchemical symbols foriron, ♂, andgold, ☉.[6][7] An inverted version of that same symbol,.svg)
was in use in the early 20th century.[8] Another symbol,.svg)
, was suggested byJérôme Lalande in 1784. In a letter toWilliam Herschel, Lalande described it as "a globe surmounted by the first letter of your name" (French:un globe surmonté par la première lettre de votre nom).[9] After Neptune was discovered, theBureau des Longitudes proposed the name Neptune and the familiar trident for the planet's symbol, though at bottom may be either a cross.svg)
or an orb.svg)
.[10]Pluto, like Uranus, has multiple symbols in use. One symbol, ♇, is amonogram of the lettersPL (which can be interpreted to stand for Pluto or for astronomerPercival Lowell), was announced with the name of the new planet by the discoverers on May 1, 1930.[11] Another symbol, popularized in Paul Clancy'sAmerican Astrology magazine, is based on Pluto'sbident:.svg)
.[12]
The astrological symbols for the first four objects discovered at the beginning of the 19th century —Ceres,Pallas,Juno andVesta — were created shortly after their discoveries. They were initially listed as planets, and half a century later came to be called asteroids, though such "minor planets" continued to be considered planets for perhaps another century. Shortly afterGiuseppe Piazzi's discovery ofCeres, a group of astronomers ratified the name, proposed by the discoverer, and chose the sickle as a symbol of the planet.[13] The symbol for Pallas, the spear ofPallas Athena, was invented by Baron Franz Xaver von Zach, and introduced in hisMonatliche Correspondenz zur Beförderung der Erd- und Himmels-Kunde.[14]Karl Ludwig Harding, who discovered and named Juno, assigned to it the symbol of a scepter topped with a star.[15]
The modern astrological form of the symbol for Vesta, ⚶, was created by Eleanor Bach,[16] who is credited with pioneering the use of thebig four asteroids with the publication of herEphemerides of the Asteroids in the early 1970s.[17] The original form of the symbol for Vesta,.svg)
, was created by German mathematicianCarl Friedrich Gauss. Olbers, having previously discovered and named one new planet (as the asteroids were then classified), gave Gauss the honor of naming his newest discovery. Gauss decided to name the planet for the goddessVesta, and also specified that the symbol should be the altar of the goddess with thesacred fire burning on it.[18][19]Bach's variant is a simplification of 19th-century elaborations of Gauss's altar symbol.[16]
The symbol for the centaurChiron, ⚷, is both a key and a monogram of the letters O and K (for 'Object Kowal', a provisional name of the object, for discovererCharles T. Kowal) was proposed by astrologer Al Morrison, who presented the symbol as "an inspiration shared amongst Al H. Morrison, Joelle K.D. Mahoney, and Marlene Bassoff."[20]
A widely used convention for othercentaurs, proposed by Robert von Heeren in the 1990s, is to replace the K of the Chiron key glyph with the initial letter of the object: e.g. P orφ for Pholus and N for Nessus (U+2BDB ⯛PHOLUS,U+2BDC ⯜NESSUS).
Symbols for other large trans-Neptunian objects have mostly been proposed on the Internet;[21] some created by Denis Moskowitz have been used by NASA[22]and are used by the popular open-source astrological softwareAstrolog, as well as being used less consistently by commercial programs.
The symbol forretrograde motion is ℞, a capital 'R' with a tail stroke.[23][24][25] An 'R' with a tail stroke was used toabbreviate many words beginning with the letter 'R'; in medical prescriptions, it abbreviated the wordrecipe[26] (from the Latin imperative ofrecipere "to take"[27]), and inmissals, an R with a tail stroke marked the responses.[26]
| Name | Meaning | Image | Text[b] | Emoji[c] | Unicode | Symbol represents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | Ram | .svg) | ♈︎ | ♈️ | U+2648 | Face and horns of a ram |
| Taurus | Bull | .svg) | ♉︎ | ♉️ | U+2649 | Face and horns of a bull |
| Gemini | Twinned | .svg) | ♊︎ | ♊️ | U+264A | Twins |
| Cancer | Crab | .svg) | ♋︎ | ♋️ | U+264B | Two arms/pincers of a crab.[citation needed] May have derived from a scarab beetle in theDemotic script[28] |
.svg) | ||||||
| Leo | Lion | .svg) | ♌︎ | ♌️ | U+264C | A lion's head and tail.[citation needed] |
| Virgo | Maiden | .svg) | ♍︎ | ♍️ | U+264D | Derived from the Greek letters ΠΑΡ, an abbreviation ofparthenos "virgin".[citation needed] May have derived from a seated woman in the Demotic script[28] |
| Libra | Scales | .svg) | ♎︎ | ♎️ | U+264E | Weighing scale.[citation needed] Libra is associated with the scales by the Babylonians, the claws of Scorpio by the Greeks, and the scales again by the Romans[29] |
| Scorpio | Scorpion | .svg) | ♏︎ | ♏️ | U+264F | Scorpion with stinging tail |
| Sagittarius | Archer | .svg) | ♐︎ | ♐️ | U+2650 | Bow and arrow of acentaur |
| Capricorn | Goat-horned | .svg) | ♑︎ | ♑️ | U+2651 | Head and forequarters of a goat with the hindquarters and tail of a fish[30] |
.svg) | ||||||
| Aquarius | Water-carrier | .svg) | ♒︎ | ♒️ | U+2652 | Ripples of water |
| Pisces | Fishes | .svg) | ♓︎ | ♓️ | U+2653 | Two fish[citation needed] |
| Name[31][clarification needed] | Image | Browser | Unicode | Symbol represents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | .svg) | ☉ | U+2609 | Apollo's shield with aboss[citation needed] |
| Moon | .svg) | ☽ | U+263D | Acrescent moon |
.svg) | ☾ | U+263E | ||
| Mercury | .svg) | ☿ | U+263F | Mercury'scaduceus; the cross-bar was added sometime after the 11th century.[3][d] |
| Venus | .svg) | ♀ | U+2640 | Venus's copper hand mirror with handle[32] or necklace with pendant.[citation needed] The cross-bar was added sometime after the 11th century.[3][d] |
| Mars | .svg) | ♂ | U+2642 | Mars' shield and spear. The shield did not appear in early papyrus, and the original symbol is perhaps unrelated to the spear.[3] (the 481 a.d. papyrus (P.Oxy. 4274) looks more like anΑ with its middle stroke extended diagonally, and the 508 a.d. papyrus (P.Oxy. 4275) looks more like the characteristic spear. Jones implied but did not explicitly claim it was a monogram-abbreviation) |
| Jupiter | .svg) | ♃ | U+2643 | MonogramΖ forZeus with an originally horizontal cross-bar indicating an abbreviation.[3][33][d] |
| Saturn | .svg) | ♄ | U+2644 | κρ forCronus with a cross-bar indicating an abbreviation.[3] The bar was originally on the bottom of ρ (as seen on the 376 a.d. papyrus (P.Oxy. 4272)) but was later lost (as seen on the 481 a.d. papyrus (P.Oxy. 4274)).[3] The new cross-bar was added sometime after the 11th century.[3][d] |
| Uranus | | ♅ | U+2645 | An orb with a monogramH for the discoverer's last name,William Herschel |
| ⛢ | U+26E2 | Derived from thealchemical symbols of the planetary metals gold (Sun) and iron (Mars) to create a symbol forplatinum, then applied to the planet | |
| Neptune | | ♆ | U+2646 | Neptune's trident |
| Pluto | .svg) | ⯓ | U+2BD3 | Pluto's orb and abident |
.svg) | ♇ | U+2647 | PL monogram forPluto andPercival Lowell | |
.svg)  | ⯔ | U+2BD4 | Symbol used mainly in France, Spain, Italy, and Germany.[34] | |
.svg) | ⯕ | U+2BD5 | Symbol invented by German astrologer Hermann Lefeldt in 1946. Used by some followers of theHamburg School of Astrology.[34] Also proposed for Pluto's moonCharon.[21][35] | |
.svg) .svg) | ⯖ | U+2BD6 | Pluto's orbit crossing that of Neptune. Symbol mostly used inGerman-speaking countries andDenmark.[34] |
Since the 1970s, some astrologers have used asteroids and other celestial bodies in their horoscopes. The symbol for the first-recognisedcentaur,2060 Chiron, was devised by Al H. Morrison soon after it had been discovered byCharles Kowal, and has become standard amongst astrologers.[36] In the late 1990s, German astrologer Robert von Heeren created symbols for other centaurs based on the Chiron model, though only those for5145 Pholus and7066 Nessus are included in Unicode, and only that for Pholus in Astrolog.[37] The following list is by no means exhaustive, but for bodies outside this list, there is often very little to no independent usage beyond the symbols' creators.[38]
| Category | Name | Image | Browser | Unicode | Symbol represents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asteroids | Ceres | .svg) | ⚳ | U+26B3 | A scythe (handle down), emblematic ofCeres as goddess of the harvest |
| Pallas | .svg) | ⚴ | U+26B4 | A spear, emblematic of Athena | |
| Juno | .svg) | ⚵ | U+26B5 | A scepter, emblematic of Juno as queen of the gods, topped with a star | |
| Vesta | .svg) | ⚶ | U+26B6 | The fire-altar ofVesta's temple | |
| Astraea[37] | .svg) | %,⯙ | U+0025, U+2BD9 | The % sign (shift-5 on the keyboard for asteroid 5)[39] | |
| Hygiea | .svg) | ⯚ | U+2BDA | Acaduceus (an apparent error for therod of Asclepius, itself an error for the snake as a symbol of Hygieia)[37] | |
| Centaurs | Chiron | .svg) | ⚷ | U+26B7 | Stylized key; simultaneously the letters OK for "Object Kowal", as the object was known when announced as a new planet. The top is half of a "perfect X", with the staff rising above so that they're radii of a circle centered where they meet. The width and height of the oval are thegolden ratio.[40] |
| Pholus |  | ⯛ | U+2BDB | Symbols devised by German astrologer Robert von Heeren in the late 1990s, based on Chiron's[37][40] | |
.svg) | |||||
| Nessus |  | ⯜ | U+2BDC | ||
| Chariklo |  | ||||
| Hylonome |  | ||||
| Cyllarus |  | ||||
| Large trans-Neptunian planetoids, incl.dwarf planets | Eris | .svg) | ⯰ | U+2BF0 | TheHand of Eris; also used non-astrologically byDiscordians[41] |
.svg){kind=icon} | ⯱ | U+2BF1 | Based on the symbols for Pluto, Mars, and Venus; proposed by Henry Seltzer and used in Time Passages[clarification needed][41] | ||
| Haumea | .svg) | 🝻 | U+1F77B | Conflation of Hawaiian petroglyphs for woman and birth, asHaumea was the goddess of both[38] | |
| Makemake | .svg) | 🝼 | U+1F77C | Engraved face of the Rapa Nui godMakemake, also resembling an M[38] | |
| Gonggong | .svg) | 🝽 | U+1F77D | Chinese character 共gòng (the first character in Gonggong's name), combined with a snake's tail[38] | |
| Sedna | .svg) | ⯲ | U+2BF2 | Monogram of theInuktitut syllabics for 'sa' and 'n', as Sedna's Inuit name is 'Sanna' (ᓴᓐᓇ)[38] | |
| Quaoar | .svg) | 🝾 | U+1F77E | A Q for Quaoar combined with a canoe, stylised to resemble the angular rock art of the Tongva[38] | |
| Orcus | .svg) | 🝿 | U+1F77F | An O-R monogram forOrcus, stylised to resemble a skull and anorca's grin[38] | |
.svg) | Inverted Pluto, from Orcus being styled the 'anti-Pluto'[38] | ||||
| Salacia | .svg) | A stylizedhippocamp[38][42] | |||
.svg) | |||||
| Varda | .svg) | ❈ | U+2748 | A gleaming star, as Varda was creator of the stars[38] | |
| Ixion | .svg) | Ixion of Greek mythology lying on the Solar wheel to which Zeus had bound him in Tartarus[39] | |||
.svg) | The solar wheel that Zeus boundIxion to in Tartarus, with the spokes stylized as an I-X for 'Ixion'[38] | ||||
.svg) | Based on the preceding, but with the Greek letters Ι Ξ forΙξιων in place of Latin I and X.[38] | ||||
| Varuna | .svg) | Devanagari वva and Varuna's snake-lasso.[38] | |||
| Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà |  | An aardvark, representing the beautiful aardvark girl Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà[38] | |||
| Typhon | .svg) | 🌀︎ | U+1F300 | Simplified representation of a hurricane, as in Greek mythology Typhon was a divine monster that could create hurricanes with his wings[39] | |
| Chaos | .svg) | Arrows pointing in all directions; thesymbol of Chaos[38] | |||
| Rhadamanthus |  | Unknown[38] | |||
| Fictitious planets | Proserpina |  | ⯘ | U+2BD8 | Object and symbol are unrelated to the asteroid26 Proserpina.[37] |
.svg) | ♁ | U+2641 | Symbol used for Proserpina and apparent synonym Kora by astrologers in Poland, and the astrology software Urania, who identify Proserpina with the dwarf planet Eris.[38] | ||
| Transpluto[37] |  | ⯗ | U+2BD7 | Fictitious planet beyond Pluto (arrow pointing beyond Pluto's orbit) |
TheHamburg School of Astrology, also called Uranian Astrology, is a sub-variety of western astrology.[43] It adds eight fictitioustrans-Neptunian planets to the normal ones used by western astrologers:[43]
| Name | Image | Browser | Unicode |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cupido |  | ⯠ | U+2BE0 |
| Hades |  | ⯡ | U+2BE1 |
| Zeus |  | ⯢ | U+2BE2 |
| Kronos |  | ⯣ | U+2BE3 |
| Apollon |  | ⯤ | U+2BE4 |
| Admetos |  | ⯥ | U+2BE5 |
| Vulcanus |  | ⯦ | U+2BE6 |
| Poseidon |  | ⯧ | U+2BE7 |
Inastrology, anaspect is anangle theplanets make to each other in thehoroscope, also to theascendant,midheaven,descendant,lower midheaven, and other points of astrological interest. The following symbols are used to note aspect:[44]
| Name | Image | Browser | Unicode | Angle | Ratio | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conjunction |  | ☌ | U+260C | 0° | - | Two or more planets in the same house (zodiacal sign). A circle with a line implying two objects are aligned (or, the starting point of an angle) |
| Vigintile | V | V | U+0056 | 18° | 20 | Also known assemidecile. |
| SD | SD | U+0053 U+0044 | ||||
| Semisextile |  | ⚺ | U+26BA | 30° | 12 | One sign apart The intersecting lines from the inner angles of the upper half of a hexagon (see Sextile). Also known asdodecile. |
| Undecile | U | U | U+0055 | 32.73° | 11 | |
| Decile | D | D | U+0044 | 36° | 10 | |
 | ⊥ | U+22A5 | ||||
| Novile | N | N | U+004E | 40° | 9 | Also known asnonile. |
| Semi-square |  | ∠ | U+2220 | 45° | 8 | Half the angle of Square. Also known assemiquartile andoctile. The symbol was originally an 'L' shape (half a square), now commonly an acute angle, though not actually drawn as a 45° angle. |
| Septile | S | S | U+0053 | 51.43° | 7 | |
| Sextile |  | ⚹ | U+26B9 | 60° | 6 | Two signs apart The intersecting lines from the inner angles of ahexagon |
| Quintile | Q | Q | U+0051 | 72° | 5 | |
 | ⬠ | U+2B20 | ||||
| Binovile | N2 | N2 | U+004E U+00B2 | 80° | 9/2 | Also known asbinonile. |
| Square |  | □ | U+25A1 | 90° | 4 | Three signs apart / Same modality A regularquadrilateral that represents theright angle. Also known asquartile. |
| Biseptile | S2 | S2 | U+0053 U+00B2 | 102.86° | 7/2 | |
| Tredecile | D3 | D3 | U+0044 U+00B3 | 108° | 10/3 | Also known astridecile. |
 | ∓ | U+2213 | ||||
| Trine |  | △ | U+25B3 | 120° | 3 | Four signs apart / Same elemental triplicity An equilateraltriangle. Also known astrinovile. |
| Sesquiquadrate |  | ⚼ | U+26BC | 135° | 8/3 | Theglyph of the Semi-Square under the glyph of the Square, implying the sum of them both. Also known as thesesquisquare,square-and-a-half, andtrioctile. |
| Biquintile | Q2 | Q2 | U+0051 U+00B2 | 144° | 5/2 | |
| bQ | bQ | U+0062 U+0051 | ||||
 | ± | U+00B1 | ||||
| Quincunx |  | ⚻ | U+26BB | 150° | 12/5 | Five signs apart The intersecting lines from the inner angles of the lower half of a hexagon (see Sextile). Also known as theinconjunct. |
| Triseptile | S3 | S3 | U+0053 U+00B3 | 154.29° | 7/3 | Also known astridecile. |
| Quadranovile | N4 | N4 | U+004E U+2074 | 160° | 9/4 | Also known asquadnovile andquadranonile. |
| Opposition |  | ☍ | U+260D | 180° | 2 | Six signs apart The glyph of the Conjunction plus a circle on top of its line, implying two objects are opposed. |
| Occultation |  | 🝵 | U+1F775 | 0° | Conjunction with eclipse.Solar eclipse when the Sun and Moon are in conjunction. Less commonly used for the Moon eclipsing any of the planets, as opposed to a mere conjunction, or for any of the planets and their moons eclipsing each other. | |
| Lunar eclipse |  | 🝶 | U+1F776 | 180° | Opposition with eclipse, or (rarely) any body in the shadow of the other. Lunar eclipse when the Sun and Moon are in opposition. |
In addition to the aspect symbols above, some Russian astrologers use additional or unique aspect symbols:[45][44]
| Name | Image | Browser | Unicode | Angle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vigintile |  | ⯳ | U+2BF3 | 18° |
| Novile |  | ⯴ | U+2BF4 | 40° |
| Quintile |  | ⯵ | U+2BF5 | 72° |
| Binovile |  | ⯶ | U+2BF6 | 80° |
| Centile (Sentagon) |  | ⯷ | U+2BF7 | 100° |
| Tredecile |  | ⯸ | U+2BF8 | 108° |
| Category | Name | Image | Browser | Unicode | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angle | Ascendant | Asc | Asc | The ascendant (also known as the "ascensum coeli") is the rising intersection of theecliptic with thecelestial horizon at a particular moment in time; it is used in the construction of ahoroscope/natal chart | |
| Midheaven | Mc | Mc | The midheaven (also known as the "medium coeli") is the point where the ecliptic crosses the localmeridian; it is used in the construction of a horoscope/natal chart | ||
| Vertex | Vx or | Vx or🜊 | U+1F70A | The vertex and anti-vertex are the points where theprime vertical intersects theecliptic. A crucible symbol, 🜊, is used byAstrolog and the HamburgSymbols font | |
| Apparent retrograde motion | Retrograde motion | ℞ | ℞ | U+211E | Symbol represents the apparent retrograde motion of a planet in anastrological chart |
| Lunar node | AscendingNode | .svg) | ☊ | U+260A | Not all astrologers use the lunar nodes; however, their usage is very important inVedic astrology. They are alternately known as the "Dragon's Head" (Rahu,Caput Draconis, orAnabibazon) and the "Dragon's Tail" (Ketu,Cauda Draconis, orCatabibazon). The two nodes together are most commonly referred to simply as thenodal axis, thelunar nodes, or theMoon's nodes. |
| DescendingNode | .svg) | ☋ | U+260B | ||
| Lunarapogee | Black Moon, or Lilith |  | ⚸ | U+26B8 | The original Black Moon was a fictitious second, very dark moon of Earth. It is now often re-interpreted as the position of the mean lunarapogee as measured from thegeocenter; variants of the Black Moon include replacing the mean orbit with a "true" osculating orbit or with an interpolated orbit; charting the empty focus of the Moon's orbit instead of the apogee; and measuring the desired point'sbarycentric or topocentric position instead of its geocentric position.[46] |
| True Black Moon |  | ⯞ | U+2BDE | The lunar apogee calculated from its current position (disregarding solar perturbation), as opposed to itsmean position.[37] | |
| symbols related to Lilith | White Moon, or Selena |  | ⯝ | U+2BDD | Russian astrologer Pavel Globa invented this to serve as the symbolic opposite of the Black Moon in the 1980s.[37] |
| True White Moon, or Arta |  | ⯟ | U+2BDF | Similar to White Moon, but calculated from the "true" Black Moon rather than the mean Black Moon.[37] | |
| Solar apogee |  | -- | -- | Assumes an Earth-centered universe; the heliocentric equivalent would beterrestrial aphelion. Used to derive the (true) White Moon from the (true) Black Moon: ⯟ = ☊ + 7⁄4(⯞ − + 180°) | |
| Zodiac sign elements | Zodiacal elements: Air (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius) | .svg) | 🜁 | U+1F701 | The four element symbols combine into a six-pointed star to form thequintessence. |
| Fire (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius) | .svg) | 🜂 | U+1F702 | ||
| Earth (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn) | .svg) | 🜃 | U+1F703 | ||
| Water (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces) | .svg) | 🜄 | U+1F704 | ||
| Alchemical 'Three primes' | Zodiacal modalities: cardinal | .svg) | 🜍 | U+1F70D | Western astrological symbolism has common early origin with alchemical shorthand glyphs, and planetary divination has long been held in association with alchemy's symbols; the three primes of Paracelsus have been associated with the zodiac sign modalities, and tendencies of their nature in an elementary way to be construed as being mutable (Quick-Silver or Mercury), fixed (Salt) or be cardinal (Sulfur). |
| fixed | .svg) | 🜔 | U+1F714 | ||
| mutable | | ☿ | U+263F | ||
| Ophiuchus | Serpent-holder | .svg) | ⛎︎ | U+26CE | Ophiuchus has been proposed as a thirteenth sign of the zodiac by astrologerWalter Berg in 1995, who gave it a symbol which gained some popularity in Japan. |
| Earth | Earth | .svg) | 🜨︎ | U+1F728 | Four quadrants of the Earth |
| Lot | Lot of fortune |  | 🝴 | U+1F774 | Glyph for planetEarth rotated 45 degrees. In some fonts thetensor product, U+2297 ⊗, can be used as a substitute for the symbol. |
It is now possible to trace the medieval symbols for at least four of the five planets to forms that occur in some of the latest papyrus horoscopes (P.Oxy. 4272, 4274, 4275 ...). That for Jupiter is an obvious monogram derived from the initial letter of the Greek name. Saturn's has a similar derivation ... but underwent simplification. The ideal form of Mars' symbol is uncertain, and perhaps not related to the later circle with an arrow through it. Mercury's is a stylized caduceus.
{{cite book}}:ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)ISBN 9789110494060....the ℞ with the stroke across the tail stands for Retrograde.
A chart with "℞" by a retrograde Jupiter appears on p. 35; on p. 37, describing the construction of the chart, Lilly says: "And because [Jupiter] is noted Retrograde I place the letter 'R', the better to informe my judgement."
The symbol for retrograde looks like an "R" with an "X" going through it, the same as the symbol for a prescription.
Of the two emblems related to [Capricorn], one is a horizontal line terminating with a downward moving arc ending with a loop having an extended arc, and the other has a V-shaped beginning whose downward arc convexing to the right
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The symbol, the stylized hand mirror of the Goddess Venus, also represents femininity. It has also been used for the element copper: Mirrors had been manufactured frompolished copper.
In general, only the signs for Vesta have enough variance to be regarded as different designs. However, all of these Vesta symbols ... are differing designs for 'the hearth and flame of the temple of the Goddess Vesta' in Rome, and can thus be regarded as extreme variants of a single symbol.
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