♏
| 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 symbol may have three humps before the tail, not just two; the tail may or may not have barbs (end in an arrowhead).
Etymology
A stylized representation of a scorpion with a stinging tail.
Symbol
♏︎
- (astrology) The symbol for the sign Scorpio.
- (astronomy, rare) The symbol for the constellation Scorpius.
- (rare) October[1]
- (alchemy, archaic) separation
(2): The 1833 US Nautical Almanac using the symbol ⟨♏︎⟩ for stars in the constellation of Scorpius, here δ ♏︎ (Delta Scorpii) in line 4.
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 Mars, 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. 56