♐
| 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 arrow may be horizontal or vertical, but is most commonly set at an angle. The bow (cross-stroke) may be minimal or pronounced, and occasionally curved.
Etymology
A bow and arrow (of a centaur).
Symbol
♐︎
- (astrology) The symbol for the sign Sagittarius.
- (astronomy, rare) The symbol for the constellation Sagittarius.
- (rare) November[1]
- (alchemy, archaic) ceration
(2): The 1833 US Nautical Almanac using the symbol ⟨♐︎⟩ for stars in the constellation of Sagittarius, here 1 and 2 ν ♐︎ (Nu Sagittarii).
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 Jupiter, 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