♊
| Text style | Emoji style | |||||||
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| ♊︎ | ♊️ | |||||||
| Text style is forced with ⟨︎⟩ and emoji style with ⟨️⟩. | ||||||||
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Translingual
Alternative forms
The horizontal strokes may be convex or flat.
Etymology
A stylized representation of twins.
Symbol
♊︎
- (astrology) The symbol for the sign Gemini.
- (astronomy, rare) The symbol for the constellation Gemini.
- (rare) May[1]
- (alchemy, archaic) fixation
(2): The 1833 US Nautical Almanac using the symbol ⟨♊︎⟩ for stars in the constellation of Gemini, here η ♊︎ (Eta Geminorum), μ ♊︎, ν ♊︎, ζ ♊︎ and δ ♊︎.
Gallery
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A glyph from 1493
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A glyph from the 1500s
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A glyph from ca. 1750
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A glyph from 1840
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A glyph from 1908
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Font variant
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The symbol on a background colored as Mercury, the ruling planet
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Coin with symbol and icon
See also
| Zodiac signs and symbols (layout · text) | |||||||||||
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Aries |
Taurus |
Gemini |
Cancer | ||||||||
Leo |
Virgo |
Libra |
Scorpio | ||||||||
Sagittarius |
Capricorn |
Aquarius |
Pisces | ||||||||
References
- ^ Rudolf Koch (1955 [1930]) The Book of Signs. Dover, p. 55