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♑︎ ♑️
Text style is forced with ⟨︎⟩ and emoji style with ⟨️⟩.
U+2651, ♑
CAPRICORN

[U+2650]
Miscellaneous Symbols
[U+2652]

Translingual

Alternative forms

This is the most variable of the signs. It may look like a V connected to an ʃ shape (see box at right), like an ɳ or ȵ shape ending in a crossing loop, or like a 7 or with a counter-clockwise crossing loop at the bottom. In the latter case the loop may be small or quite large, as seen in the gallery below. These all originate as manuscript variants of the same basic form.

Etymology

A stylized representation of the chimeric capricorn (head and forelegs of a goat, curling tail of a fish).

Symbol

♑︎

  1. (astrology) The symbol for the sign Capricorn.
  2. (astronomy, rare) The symbol for the constellation Capricornus.
  3. (rare) December[1]
  4. (alchemy, archaic) fermentation, putrefaction
    Synonym: 🝤
(2): The 1833 US Nautical Almanac using the symbol ♑︎ for stars in the constellation of Capricornus, here γ ♑︎ (Gamma Capricorni) and δ ♑︎ (Delta Capricorni).


See also

Zodiac signs and symbols (layout · text)

Aries

Taurus

Gemini

Cancer

Leo

Virgo

Libra

Scorpio

Sagittarius

Capricorn

Aquarius

Pisces

References

  1. ^ Rudolf Koch (1955 [1930]) The Book of Signs. Dover, p. 56