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Historically,astrologicalandastronomical symbolshave overlapped. Frequently used symbols include signs of thezodiacandclassical planets.These originate from medieval Byzantine codices. Their current form is a product of the EuropeanRenaissance.Other symbols forastrological aspectsare used in various astrological traditions.

History and origin

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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 papyri of these Greek horoscopes, there was a circle with the glyph representing shine () for the Sun; and a crescent for the Moon.[2]

Classical planets

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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]A.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, acircletwith rays radiating from it; and the Moon, a headdress with a crescent attached.[5]A diagram in Johannes Kamateros' 12th-centuryCompendium of Astrologyshows 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+131F3𓇳EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH N005). Similar in appearance were several variants of the ancestral form of the modern Chineselogograph for "sun",which in theoracle bone scriptandbronze scriptwere. It is not known if the Egyptian and Chinese logographs have any connection to the European astrological symbol.

Major planets discovered in the modern era

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Symbols for Uranus and Neptune were created shortly after their discovery. For Uranus, two variant symbols are seen. One symbol,,invented byJ. G. Köhlerand 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,was in use in the early 20th century.[8]Another symbol,,was suggested by Lalande in 1784. In a letter to Herschel, Lalande described it as "un globe surmonté par la première lettre de votre nom" ( "a globe surmounted by the first letter of your name" ).[9]After Neptune was discovered, the Bureau des Longitudes proposed the name Neptune and the familiar trident for the planet's symbol, though at bottom may be either a crossor an orb.[10]

Asteroids

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The astrological symbols for the first four objects discovered at the beginning of the 19th century —Ceres,Pallas,JunoandVesta— 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.[11]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.[12]Karl Ludwig Harding,who discovered and named Juno, assigned to it the symbol of a scepter topped with a star.[13]

The modern astrological form of the symbol for Vesta, ⚶, was created by Eleanor Bach,[14]who is credited with pioneering the use of thebig four asteroidswith the publication of herEphemerides of the Asteroidsin the early 1970s.[15]The original form of the symbol for Vesta,,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 fireburning on it.[16][17] Bach's variant was a simplification of 19th-century elaborations of Gauss's altar symbol.[14]

Centaurs

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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."[18]

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 orφfor Pholus and N for Nessus (U+2BDB⯛PHOLUS,U+2BDC⯜NESSUS).

Trans-Neptunian objects

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Pluto,like Uranus, has multiple symbols in use. One symbol, ♇, is amonogramof 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.[19]Another symbol, which was popularized in Paul Clancy's astrological publications, is based on Pluto'sbident:[citation needed].This symbol is described byDane Rudhyaras "suggest[ing] the planetary character of the Pluto mind by the circle, floating above the open cup." Although, this meaning is readily debatable due to Blavatskian origins, rather than a properly traditional understanding, such as may be found inHermeticism.[20]

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.

Miscellaneous orbital stations

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The symbol forretrograde motionis ℞, a capital 'R' with a tail stroke.[23][24][25]An 'R' with a tail stroke was used toabbreviatemany 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]

Meanings of the symbols

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A late-15th-century manuscript with the twelve zodiac symbols. Note the flat Cancer, upright Sagittarius and cursive Capricorn.
A mid-18th-century manuscript with symbols for the signs and planets. Note the distinctive shapes of Virgo (6), Scorpio (8), Capricorn (10) and Aquarius (11).
Awheel chartproduced byAstrolog,showing symbols for the signs of the zodiac (outer ring), classical planets, dwarf planets and asteroids (inner ring). In the inner ring, clockwise from Gemini, are theMoon,Ceres,ascending node,Sedna,Uranus,Eris,Chiron,Neptune,Pallas,Gonggong,Jupiter,Saturn,Pluto,Quaoar,Juno,descending node,Venus,Vesta,Haumea,Mercury,Mars,Makemake,HygieaandOrcus.

Signs of the zodiac

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Further information:ZodiacandAstrological sign
Name Meaning Image Text[28] Emoji[29] Unicode Symbol represents
Aries Ram ♈︎ ♈️ U+2648 Face and horns of a ram
Taurus Bull ♉︎ ♉️ U+2649 Face and horns of a bull
Gemini Twinned ♊︎ ♊️ U+264A Twins
Cancer Crab ♋︎ ♋️ U+264B Two arms/pincers of a crab[citation needed]
Leo Lion ♌︎ ♌️ U+264C A lion's head and tail[citation needed]
Virgo Maiden ♍︎ ♍️ U+264D Derived from the Greek letters ΠΑΡ, an abbreviation ofparthenos"virgin"[citation needed]
Libra Scales ♎︎ ♎️ U+264E Scales[citation needed]
The claws of Scorpio[citation needed]
Scorpio Scorpion ♏︎ ♏️ U+264F Scorpion with stinging tail
Sagittarius Archer ♐︎ ♐️ U+2650 Bow and arrow of acentaur
Capricorn Goat-horned ♑︎ ♑️ U+2651 Head and forequarters of a goat with the hindquarters and tail of a fish[30]
Aquarius Water-carrier ♒︎ ♒️ U+2652 Ripples of water
Pisces Fishes ♓︎ ♓️ U+2653 Two fish[citation needed]

Planets

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Further information:Planets in astrology
Name[31] Image Text Unicode Symbol represents
Sun ☉ U+2609 Circle with a dot as asolar symbolfrom Apollo's round shield with aBoss
Moon ☽ U+263D Acrescentmoon
☾ U+263E
Mercury ☿ U+263F Mercury'scaduceus;cross added in 16th century CE.[citation needed]
Venus ♀ U+2640 Perhaps a copper hand mirror with handle or necklace with pendant; cross added in 16th c. (seeVenus symbol)
Mars ♂ U+2642 Mars' shield and spear
Jupiter ♃ U+2643 MonogramΖforZeuswith a cross-bar indicating an abbreviation (perhaps later seen as a cross)[citation needed]
Saturn ♄ U+2644 κρforCronuswith a cross-bar indicating an abbreviation; cross added in 16th c.[citation needed]
Uranus ♅ U+2645 An orb with a monogramHfor the discoverer's last name,Herschel
⛢ U+26E2 Derived from thealchemical symbolsof the planetary metals gold (Sun) and iron (Mars) to create a symbol forplatinum,then applied to the planet
Neptune ♆ U+2646 Neptune'strident
Pluto ⯓ U+2BD3 Pluto's orb and abident
♇ U+2647 PL monogram forPluto andPercival Lowell
⯔ U+2BD4 Symbol used mainly in France, Spain, Italy and Germany.[32]
⯕ U+2BD5 Symbol invented by German astrologer Hermann Lefeldt in 1946. Used by some followers of theHamburg School of Astrology.[32]Also proposed for Pluto's moonCharon.[21]
⯖ U+2BD6 Pluto's orbit crossing that of Neptune. Symbol mostly used inGerman-speaking countriesandDenmark.[32]

Asteroids and other celestial bodies

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Further information:List of asteroids in astrology

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.[33]In the late 1990s, German astrologer Robert von Heeren created symbols for other centaurs based on the Chiron model, though only those for5145 Pholusand7066 Nessusare included in Unicode, and only that for Pholus in Astrolog.[34]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.[35]

Category Name Image Text Unicode Symbol represents
Asteroids Ceres ⚳ U+26B3 A scythe (handle down), emblematic ofCeresas goddess of the harvest
Pallas ⚴ U+26B4 A spear, emblematic of Athena
Juno ⚵ U+26B5 A scepter, emblematic of Juno as queen of the gods, topped with a star
Vesta ⚶ U+26B6 The fire-altar ofVesta's temple
Astraea[34] %,⯙ U+0025, U+2BD9 The % sign (shift-5 on the keyboard for asteroid 5)[36]
Hygiea ⯚ U+2BDA Acaduceus(an apparent error for therod of Asclepius,itself an error for the snake as a symbol of Hygieia)[34]
Centaurs Chiron ⚷ 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.[37]
Pholus ⯛ U+2BDB Symbols devised by German astrologer Robert von Heeren in the late 1990s, based on Chiron's[34][37]
Nessus ⯜ U+2BDC
Chariklo
Hylonome
Cyllarus
Large trans-Neptunian planetoids, incl.dwarf planets Eris ⯰ U+2BF0 TheHand of Eris;also used non-astrologically byDiscordians[38]
⯱ U+2BF1 Based on the symbols for Pluto, Mars, and Venus; proposed by Henry Seltzer and used in Time Passages[clarification needed][38]
Haumea 🝻 U+1F77B Conflation of Hawaiian petroglyphs for woman and birth, asHaumeawas the goddess of both[35]
Makemake 🝼 U+1F77C Engraved face of the Rapa Nui godMakemake,also resembling an M[35]
Gonggong 🝽 U+1F77D Chinese character cộnggòng(the first character in Gonggong's name), combined with a snake's tail[35]
Sedna ⯲ U+2BF2 Monogram of theInuktitut syllabicsfor 'sa' and 'n', as Sedna's Inuit name is 'Sanna' (ᓴᓐᓇ)[35]
Quaoar 🝾 U+1F77E A Q for Quaoar combined with a canoe, stylised to resemble the angular rock art of the Tongva[35]
Orcus 🝿 U+1F77F An O-R monogram forOrcus,stylised to resemble a skull and anorca's grin[35]
Inverted Pluto, from Orcus being styled the 'anti-Pluto'[35]
Salacia A stylizedhippocamp[35][39]
Varda ❈ U+2748 A gleaming star, as Varda was creator of the stars[35]
Ixion

The solar wheel that Zeus boundIxionto in Tartarus, with the spokes stylized as an I-X for 'Ixion'[35]
Based on the preceding, but with the Greek letters Ι Ξ forΙξιωνin place of Latin I and X.[35]
Varuna Devanagari वvaand Varuna's snake-lasso.[35]
Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà An aardvark, representing the beautiful aardvark girl Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà[35]
Chaos Arrows pointing in all directions; thesymbol of Chaos[35]
Rhadamanthus Unknown[35]
Fictitious planets Proserpina ⯘ U+2BD8 Object and symbol are unrelated to the asteroid26 Proserpina.[34]
♁ 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.[35]
Transpluto[34] ⯗ 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.[40]It adds eight fictitioustrans-Neptunianplanets to the normal ones used by western astrologers:[40]

Name Image Text 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

Aspects

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Further information:Astrological aspects

Inastrology,anaspectis anangletheplanetsmake 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:[41]

Name Image Text 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 assemiquartileandoctile.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 regularquadrilateralthat 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 Theglyphof 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 asquadnovileandquadranonile.
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 eclipsewhen 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.
Russian aspects

In addition to the aspect symbols above, some Russian astrologers use additional or unique aspect symbols:[42][41]

Name Image Text 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°

Miscellaneous symbols

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Category Name Image Text Unicode Explanation
Angle Ascendant Asc Asc The ascendant (also known as the "ascensum coeli") is the rising intersection of theeclipticwith thecelestial horizonat 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 Vxor Vxor🜊 U+1F70A The vertex and anti-vertex are the points where theprime verticalintersects theecliptic.A crucible symbol, 🜊, is used byAstrologand 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 ☊ 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 ☋ 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 lunarapogeeas 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'sbarycentricor topocentric position instead of its geocentric position.[43]
True Black Moon ⯞ U+2BDE The lunar apogee calculated from its current position (disregarding solar perturbation), as opposed to itsmeanposition.[34]
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.[34]
True White Moon, or Arta ⯟ U+2BDF Similar to White Moon, but calculated from the "true" Black Moon rather than the mean Black Moon.[34]
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°)
Alchemical 'Three primes' Zodiacal modalities:
cardinal		 🜍 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 🜔 U+1F714
mutable ☿ U+263F
Ophiuchus Serpent-holder ⛎︎ U+26CE Ophiuchushas been proposed as a thirteenth sign of the zodiac by astrologerWalter Bergin 1995, who gave it a symbol which gained some popularity in Japan.
Earth Earth 🜨︎ U+1F728 Four quadrants of the Earth
Lot Lot of fortune 🝴 U+1F774 Glyph for planetEarthrotated 45 degrees. In some fonts thetensor product,U+2297 ⊗, can be used as a substitute for the symbol.

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Notes

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  1. ^Today,white goldmeans a silvery alloy of gold mixed with another metal, usuallynickel,silver,or both.

References

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