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U+2653, ♓
PISCES

[U+2652]
Miscellaneous Symbols
[U+2654]

Translingual[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

The joining stroke may not extend past the arcs, or the arcs may touch in the middle without any joining stroke.

Etymology[edit]

A pair of fish; the stroke joining them is relatively recent.

Symbol[edit]

♓︎

  1. (astrology) The symbol for the sign Pisces.
  2. (astronomy, rare) The symbol for the constellation Pisces.
  3. (rare) February[1]
  4. (alchemy, archaic) projection
  5. (botany, obsolete) heterophytous[2]
(2): The 1833 US Nautical Almanac using the symbol ⟨♓︎⟩ for stars in the constellation of Pisces, here r ♓︎ (r Piscium) and s ♓︎ (s Piscium).
(2): The 1833 US Nautical Almanac using the symbol ⟨♓︎⟩ for stars in the constellation of Pisces, here r ♓︎ (r Piscium) and s ♓︎ (s Piscium).
Presentations of ♓︎
Text
style
Emoji
style
♓︎ ♓️
Note: Character's appearance
may be different on each system.
Text style is forced with ︎
and emoji style with ️


Gallery[edit]

See also[edit]

Zodiac signs (translingual) (layout · text)
ariēs taurus geminī cancer
leō virgō lībra scorpiō
sagittārius capricornus aquārius piscēs

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rudolf Koch (1955 [1930]) The Book of Signs. Dover, p. 54
  2. ^ Simpson, Niki (2010 February) “Botanical symbols: a new symbol set for new images”, in Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society[1], volume 162, number 2, →DOI, archived from the original on 2021-12-19, pages 117–129