僼

Han char

僼 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 人廿田廿 (OTWT), composition ⿰亻豊)

(mythology) (ancient Chinese folklore) Taoist immortal, celestial being


螣

螣 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 月火手戈 (BFQI), four-corner 7923₆, composition ⿰月䖭)

(mythology) Only used in 螣蛇 (téngshé, “a kind of flying serpent or dragon of Chinese mythology.”).


魊

魊 (Kangxi radical 194, 鬼+8, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹戈戈口一 (HIIRM), four-corner 2321₅, composition ⿺鬼或)

(mythology) a mythical creature which supposedly hurts humans by casting sand out of its mouth


(astrology) The symbol for the sign Aries.


A stylized representation of a scorpion with a stinging tail.

(astrology) The symbol for the sign Scorpio.


A (copper/bronze) handmirror, symbol of the Greek goddess Aphrodite (and her Roman equivalent Venus). The cross was added in the 16th century to Christianize the symbol of a pagan god.


The circle and arrow represent the shield and spear, respectively, of the Ancient Greek god of war Ares (and his Ancient Roman equivalent Mars). In the Medieval era the spear had crossed in front of the shield, and the ancient form lacked the shield altogether.


The lunar crescent is an ancient symbol for the moon.
Its orientation varies between increscent and decrescent.

(astronomy, astrology, rare) The last quarter of the Moon.


(Christianity, astronomy): A globus cruciger (the globe surmounted by a Christian cross), representing Christ's or the Church's rule over the redeemed world. Alchemical extension to newly-discovered antimony, motivated by an attempt to retain an association between the basic metals and the known planets. Astronomical use is reinforced by the graphic similarity to the symbol ⟨♀⟩ for Venus, which is the planet that is most similar to Earth.

(astrology, rare) The fictitious planet Proserpina, which one Polish school of astrology identifies as the dwarf planet Eris.


A simple caduceus (☤) of the Greek god Hermes (and his Roman equivalent Mercury), as seen with a much longer staff in stylized representations of that god e.g. on pottery. The cross was added in the 16th century to Christianize the symbol of a pagan god.


From ᵒ/c, from Nᵒ/c, an abbreviation of Italian numero per cento (“number per hundred”). For the extension to Astraea is derived from the shift-5 key on the keyboard for asteroid (5).

der

(astrology, rare) The asteroid (5) Astraea.


ψ

(astrology, italic) asteroid (16) Psyche (a stylized 𝜓)


(astrology) The symbol for the sign Taurus.


(astrology) The symbol for the sign Gemini.


(astrology) The symbol for the sign Cancer.


A stylized representation of a lion's head and tail.

(astrology) The symbol for the sign Leo.


Unknown, but it has been suggested that the symbol derives from a letter M for (the Virgin) Mary in the Middle Ages, though the sign had earlier been identified with the goddess Ceres/Demeter. It has also been suggested to be a ligature of Greek παρ (par), for Ancient Greek παρθένος (parthénos, “maiden”).

(astrology) The symbol for the sign Virgo.


(astrology) The symbol for the sign Libra


(astrology) The symbol for the sign Sagittarius.


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

(astrology) The symbol for the sign Capricorn.


A stylized representation of (ripples of) water.

(astrology) The symbol for the sign Aquarius.


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

(astrology) The symbol for the sign Pisces.


The Greek letter Zeta with an abbreviation stroke, for Ζεύς (Zeús), the Greek equivalent to the Roman god Jupiter. The form changed from Classical and early Medieval ⟨Ƶ⟩ to one with a more salient cross, ⟨♃⟩, in the 15th–16th century, at about the time that Christian crosses were added to ⟨☿⟩, ⟨♀⟩ and ⟨♄⟩, and so may have had a similar motivation.


The Greek letters kappa-rho with an abbreviation stroke at bottom, for Κρόνος (Krónos), the Greek equivalent to the Roman god Saturn. The cross at top was added later, to Christianize the symbol of a pagan god.


A globe surmounted by the letter H, the initial of Herschel, the discoverer of Uranus ('planet Herschel').

A multiple star, the beautiful trapezium in the “Fish’s mouth” of the vast nebula in the middle of Orion’s sword-scabbard. A 6, pale white; B 7, faint lilac; C 7½, garnet; D 8, reddish; and E 15, blue. This was entered 1 ♅. iii., in November, 1776, and had the honour of being the object to which the grand forty-foot reflector was first directed, in February, 1787, under the designation of “quadruple.” As a trapezium it was gazed at, measured, and delineated, for upwards of fifty years, when Σ. announced it “quintuplex,” by the addition of the little star E. Now when we consider the eye of ♅., the measures of S., and the rigorous examination of H., this little companion must be looked upon as variable; […]

1844, William Henry Smyth, “θ¹ Orionis”, in Cycle of Celestial Objects, for the Use of Naval, Military, and Private Astronomers, volume the second (The Bedford Catalogue) (in English), London: John W[illiam] Parker, […], page 130:


The trident of Neptune, the Ancient Roman god of the sea.

bismuth (alternative)
Ψ (alternative)
psi (alternative)


A monogram of the capital letters P and L, the first two letters of "Pluto" as well as the initials of Percival Lowell.

(astronomy, astrology) Pluto (as one of the nine planets).


The shield of the sun god Apollo, with a boss in the center. Medieval replacement of ⟨🜚⟩, the sun with a single ray, which in ancient times had replaced a sun orb surrounded by multiple rays.
Compare the Egyptian hieroglyph ⟨⟩ and the Chinese character ⟨⟩, both of which mean 'sun' and 'day'.

A subscript to variables in mathematical equations, such as π_☉ (solar parallax).

Suppose the apparent angular distance of the sun & moon's nearest limbs [...] to be 110°.2′.30″ the app. alt of ☉'s lower limb measuring 20°.40′ and that of ☽'s lower limb 35°.24′

1803, Robert Patterson, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, volume 40 (in English), Princeton University Press, published 2013, page 71:


(astrology) A tredecile (3⁄10) aspect of 108°.


A scythe, representing the Roman harvest goddess Ceres. Invented soon after discovery in the early 19th century. The cross at bottom recalls ⟨☿⟩ and ⟨♀⟩. The symbol was once sometimes reversed to incorporate the letter 'C' as the initial for 'Ceres'.

(astronomy, astrology) The dwarf planet and asteroid 1 Ceres.


A spear, representing the goddess Pallas Athena. Invented soon after discovery in the early 19th century. The head of the spear took on various shapes, depending on typographic convenience, including a triangle △ and a spade ♤ or inverted heart ♡, but is now usually a diamond ◇ or lozenge ◊. The cross at bottom recalls ⟨☿⟩, ⟨♀⟩, ⟨⚳⟩.

(astronomy, astrology) The asteroid 2 Pallas.

alchemical symbol for sulfur, a variant form of Athena's spear that was sometimes easier to typeset


The scepter of the Roman queen of the gods, Juno, surmounted by a star. The scepter took various forms in the 19th century, some rather elaborate, but soon the original printer's hack of an asterisk ⟨*⟩ over an inverted dagger ⟨⸸⟩ was settled on for typographic convenience.

(astronomy, astrology) The asteroid 3 Juno.


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 1852 form below.

(astronomy, astrology) The asteroid 4 Vesta.


Note: there is no dedicated Unicode character for the astronomical symbol for a star. Publishers make different choices.

The notation M_∗ indicates the mass of a particular star; it is not a unit of measurement.


(astrology, dated) A fictitious invisible second moon of Earth, claimed to have been observed in the early 20th century.

(astrology) The position of the apogee of the actual Moon, or sometimes the empty focus of the Moon's elliptical orbit, which lies in approximately the same direction as the apogee.

(astrology) The mean Black Moon: the mean position of the lunar apogee, disregarding gravitational perturbations by the Sun or the planets, as opposed to the "true" Black Moon ⟨⯞⟩.


Venus in conjunction with Jupiter


Venus in opposition to Jupiter


A key stylized as the letters OK for 'Object Kowal', the initial temporary designation of the object.

(astrology) The outer asteroid and centaur 2060 Chiron.


The lunar crescent is an ancient symbol for the moon.
Its orientation varies between increscent and decrescent.

a subscript to variables in mathematical equations, such as π_☽ (lunar parallax)

(astronomy, astrology, rare) the first quarter of the Moon.


At least in sense [2], this is a cross for the root crux in 'crucible', which is sometimes written ⟨🜊ᵇˡᵉ⟩.


A solar disk with a single ray; simplified from a disk with a halo of rays

(astronomy, astrology, archaic) Classical and Byzantine Era symbol for the Sun


(astrology, rare) asteroid (40) Harmonia


(astrology) The symbol for the sign Ophiuchus.


(astronomy, astrology) ascending node, north node


(astronomy, astrology) descending node, south node


A proposed alchemical symbol for platinum, derived from the symbols for the planetary metals gold ⟨☉⟩ and iron ⟨♂⟩, as platinum (previously known as 'white gold') was often found mixed with iron. This symbol for the newly discovered metal platinum was created in order to have a symbol to apply to the newly discovered planet Uranus.


(astrology) The trans-Neptunian asteroid 174567 Varda


(astronomy, alchemy): The four quarters of the world, divided by the four rivers out of Eden and surrounded by the Ocean Sea. Later interpreted as a globe with equator and line meridian.
(meteorology): A sun cross

units of measurement: M_🜨 Earth mass; R_🜨 Earth radius


Pluto's bident, stylized like Neptune's trident and surmounted by a globe or cap. Popularized by Paul Clancy, founder in 1933 of American Astrology magazine.


Created by Denis Moskowitz from the Canadian syllabics letters ⟨ᓴ⟩ sa and ⟨ᓐ⟩ n, from the modern Inuktitut form of Sedna, ᓴᓐᓇ Sanna. Intended to visually suggest a seal leaping from the water.

(astronomy, astrology) The dwarf planet Sedna.


A globe with a downward arrow, signifying catastrophe. Proposed in 2007 by Henry Seltzer and used in his commercial software, alongside ⟨⟩ for Haumea and ⟨⟩ for Makemake.

(astrology, rare) The dwarf planet Eris.


Created by Denis Moskowitz from the "five-fingered hand" symbol ⟨⟩ of the goddess Eris, a symbol found in modern Discordianism. Moskowitz rotated the hand symbol upright like the related Discordian POEE symbol ⟨⟩, and added a cross-bar, ⟨[Alt: Э]⟩, so that it would resemble a double lunate letter epsilon, the initial letter of 'Eris'. However, the Discordian community objected that this produced a "seven-fingered hand," and in response he removed the cross-bar.

(astronomy, astrology) The dwarf planet Eris.


(astronomy): A lunar crescent and the globe of Pluto's symbol ⟨⯓⟩, visually suggesting Pluto and its moon, and iconically suggesting Charon's boat and the coin needed for passage

(astrology, rare) a symbol used by some chapters of the Hamburg school of astrology ("Uranian" astrology) for Pluto.


Pluto's orbit transecting that of Neptune

(astrology) a northern continental European symbol for Pluto, commonly used in Germany and Denmark.


The ⟨⚷⟩ symbol for 2060 Chiron, with the 'K' replaced with either a Latin 'P' or a Greek 'φ' for 'Pholus'/Φόλος.

(astrology) The outer asteroid and centaur (5145) Pholus.


The ⟨⚷⟩ symbol for 2060 Chiron, with the 'K' replaced with an 'N' for 'Nessus'. The 'N' is sometimes stylized as a rising zigzag.

(astrology) The outer asteroid and centaur (7066) Nessus.


A simplified form of the ⟨☤⟩ caduceus, due to confusion in the United States between the caduceus and the ⟨⚕⟩ rod of Asclepius, which itself is the masculine equivalent of the serpent-and-bowl symbol ⟨🕏⟩ of the goddess Hygieia. The original astronomical symbol was Hygieia's snake and a star, approximately ⟨🝹⟩.

(astrology) A modern symbol for the asteroid (10) Hygiea. (This symbol has no history of use in astronomy.)


(astrology) Transpluto (a fictitious planet claimed to orbit beyond Pluto).


Created by Denis Moskowitz from stylized Hawaiian petroglyphs for women and childbirth, representing the Hawaiian fertility and creation goddess Haumea. It faintly recalls the initial letter 'H'.

(astronomy, astrology) The dwarf planet Haumea.


Created by Denis Moskowitz from the large-eyed and phallic-nosed petroglyphs of the Rapa Nui creation god Makemake that are found scattered on Easter Island. It faintly recalls the initial letter 'M'.

(astronomy, astrology) The dwarf planet Makemake.


Created by Denis Moskowitz as an OR monogram, stylized to resemble the gape of Orcus's skull or of an orca (a homophonic connection to Orcas Island, which influenced the choice of the name of the dwarf planet).

(astronomy, astrology) The dwarf planet Orcus.


Created by Denis Moskowitz as the initial letter Q of the Tongva creator god 'Quaoar', with the tail stylized to resemble a canoe and with the bowl later made angular to resemble Tongva rock art.

(astronomy, astrology) The dwarf planet Quaoar.


Created by Denis Moskowitz from the initial character ⟨共⟩ of the Chinese name 共工 (Gònggōng), with the bottom strokes replaced by the serpentine body of the Chinese demon/deity Gonggong.

(astronomy, astrology) The dwarf planet Gonggong.


(astrology) the Lot of Fortune, a.k.a. Part of Fortune.


'moon in conjunction with Jupiter'

'moon occults Jupiter'

'Moon occults Sun' (i.e. solar eclipse, commonly abbreviated )

(astronomy, astrology) symbol for occultation, most commonly a solar eclipse.


'moon in opposition to the Sun' (full moon)

'moon shadowed from the Sun' (i.e. lunar eclipse, commonly abbreviated )

Ⅰ 'Io in Jupiter's shadow'

(astronomy, astrology) symbol for a lunar eclipse, or, more generally (but rarely), for any celestial body found in the shadow of another, such as the timing of Io entering Jupiter's shadow, used by Rømer to calculate the speed of light.


For Astraea, this is an inverted anchor, 🝸, presumably a typographic substitute for the mythologically associated set of scales, and dates to 1849.
It's not known if the Pluto symbol is related. It has been in use since at least 1950 without an orb and 1969 with an orb.

(astrology) a southern continental European symbol for Pluto, commonly used in Spain, France, Italy and Germany.


*a fusion of ⟨♀⟩ copper and ⟨🜹⟩ sal-ammoniac.

(rare, astrology) planetoid (cf. ⟨🜬⟩ asteroid)


(astrology) Proserpina: a fictitious planet in Russian astrology claimed to orbit beyond Pluto


ALMANACK FOR NOVEMBER, 1887. 1 T[uesday] 🌞 rises 6.55 a.m.

1887 November, The Leisure Hour (in English), London: Religious Tract Society, title page:


(astrology, Russia) the "true" White Moon, also called "Artha" (Арта), with its position calculated from the "true" Black Moon ⟨⯞⟩, as opposed to the mean White Moon ⟨⯝⟩.

(astrology) (with an optional orb at bottom) A graphic variant of the Pluto symbol ⟨⯔⟩.


(astrology) The "true" black moon: the lunar apogee as calculated from the Moon's current oscillating position using Kepler's laws (assuming no further perturbations), as opposed to the mean Black Moon ⟨⚸⟩.


белая Луна
белая Луна

Селена Селена

(astrology, Russia) the White Moon (белая Луна) a.k.a. Selena (Селена), a "hypothetical" point that serves as the thematic opposite to the Black Moon a.k.a. Lilith, ⟨⚸⟩. It traverses the zodiac in exactly seven years.

(astrology, Russia) the mean White Moon, its position calculated from the mean Black Moon ⟨⚸⟩, as opposed to the "true" White Moon ⟨⯟⟩.


(astrology, Uranian) Cupido, one of eight fictitious trans-Neptunian planets used by the Hamburg school of astrology.


(astrology, Uranian) Hades, one of eight fictitious trans-Neptunian planets used by the Hamburg school of astrology.


(astrology, Uranian) Zeus, one of eight fictitious trans-Neptunian planets used by the Hamburg school of astrology.


(astrology, Uranian) Kronos, one of eight fictitious trans-Neptunian planets used by the Hamburg school of astrology.


(astrology, Uranian) Apollon, one of eight fictitious trans-Neptunian planets used by the Hamburg school of astrology.


(astrology, Uranian) Admetos, one of eight fictitious trans-Neptunian planets used by the Hamburg school of astrology.


(astrology, Uranian) Vulcanus, one of eight fictitious trans-Neptunian planets used by the Hamburg school of astrology.


(astrology, Uranian) Poseidon, one of eight fictitious trans-Neptunian planets used by the Hamburg school of astrology.


(for semidecile)

(astrology, Russian) A vigintile (1⁄20) aspect of 18°.


(astrology, Russian) A novile (1⁄9) aspect of 40°.


(astrology, Russian) A quintile (1⁄5) aspect of 72°.


(astrology, Russian) A binovile (2⁄9) aspect of 80°.


(astrology, Russian) A centile aspect of 100°.


(astrology, Russian) A tredecile (3⁄10) aspect of 108°.


(astrology) A quintile (1⁄5) aspect of 72°.


trans-Neptunian object
trans-Neptunian object

(astrology) the trans-Neptunian object (42355) Typhon