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English: Moskowitz's design for the Zodiac symbol, in the same style as the symbols for the other IAU constellations, but with the spacing between the lines increased by 1.333 px. Alchemical symbol for multiplication.
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Symbols for the classical planets, zodiac signs, aspects, lots, and the lunar nodes appear in the medieval Byzantine codices in which many ancient horoscopes were preserved. [1] In the original papyri of these Greek horoscopes, there was a circle with the glyph representing shine ( ) for the Sun; and a crescent for the Moon.
Note the distinctive shapes of Virgo (6), Scorpius (8), Capricornus (10) and Aquarius (11). The zodiac symbols have several astronomical interpretations. Depending on context, a zodiac symbol may denote either a constellation, or a point or interval on the ecliptic plane.
Symbol Constellation Tropical zodiac dates [1] Sidereal zodiac dates [2] [3] [4] (Lahiri ayanamsa) Dates based on 14 equal length sign zodiac used by Schmidt [5] [i] Based on IAU boundaries [6] Aries: Mar 21 – Apr 19: April 14 – May 14: April 16 – May 11: Apr 18 – May 13 Cetus [i] — — May 12 – June 6 [i] — [dubious – discuss ...
Aquarius is an equatorial constellation of the zodiac, between Capricornus and Pisces. Its name is Latin for "water-carrier" or "cup-carrier", and its old astronomical symbol is (♒︎), a representation of water. Aquarius is one of the oldest of the recognized constellations along the zodiac (the Sun's apparent path). [2]
Miscellaneous Symbols is a Unicode block (U+2600–U+26FF) containing glyphs representing concepts from a variety of categories: astrological, astronomical, chess, dice, musical notation, political symbols, recycling, religious symbols, trigrams, warning signs, and weather, among others.
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