⚶

⚶ U+26B6, ⚶ VESTA ← ⚵ [U+26B5] Miscellaneous Symbols ⚷ → [U+26B7]

Translingual

Etymology

The eternal fire in the Roman temple to the goddess Vesta. The current form, which incorporates the letter 'V', is an astrological simplification, from the 1970s, of the 19th-century form at below right.

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  Gauss's original symbol

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  An early (19th-century) variant (a more complex depiction of Vesta's hearth), from which modern ⟨⚶⟩ is a simplification

Symbol

⚶

1. (astronomy, astrology) The asteroid 4 Vesta.

Synonyms

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