♎

♎ U+264E, ♎ LIBRA ← ♍ [U+264D] Miscellaneous Symbols ♏ → [U+264F]

🝞 U+1F75E, 🝞 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR SUBLIMATION ← 🝝 [U+1F75D] Alchemical Symbols 🝟 → [U+1F75F]

On this 16th-century clock-face, Libra (from 3 o'clock to 4 o'clock on the outer dial, just below the moon hand) indicates October.

Translingual

Alternative forms

(astrology) The curve in the top stroke may vary from a capital Ω-shape to a small bump.

(alchemy) The bottom horizontal line is sometimes omitted, both in isolation and in compounds, making it identical to some forms of ⟨🝇⟩. The lines may or may not end in serifs. Cursive form ⟨🝠⟩.

Etymology

A balance (pair of scales).

Symbol

♎︎

1. (astrology) The symbol for the sign Libra
2. (astronomy, rare) The symbol for the constellation Libra
3. (alchemy, archaic) Symbol for sublimation

   Synonyms: ☊, 🝠

   Antonym: 🝟

4. (rare) September

(2): The 1833 US Nautical Almanac using the symbol ⟨♎︎⟩ for stars in the constellation of Libra, here 2 ξ ♎︎ (Xi2 Librae), γ ♎︎ (Gamma Librae), η ♎︎ (Eta Librae), θ ♎︎ (Theta Librae).

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 ️

Derived terms

1. 🜐
2. 🝟

Gallery

• 
  A glyph from 1493
• 
  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 Venus, the ruling planet
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  Coin with symbol and icon

See also

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