Astrological Symbology

living through the ancient almanac

These are just a few quick notes from Flying’s past interest—read 美少女戦士セーラームーン (“Sailor Moon”)... :^P

这里只是关于Flying过去一个课余爱好的一些小抄。找个地方记下来也总比就这样把它丢了的好吧…… :^P

Category	Name	Astronomical Symbol		Symbol Interpretation	Remarks
Category	Name		Unicode	Symbol Interpretation	Remarks
stars	Sun		U+2609 ☉		“日”的古汉字和古埃及象形文字皆与此符号相似
planets	Mercury		U+263F ☿	Mercury’s winged helmet and caduceus, or the caduceus alone	别名“辰星”
	Venus		U+2640 ♀	Venus’ hand mirror	别名“太白”、“启明”、“长庚”
	Earth		U+2295 ⊕	a globe with equator and a meridian
	Mars		U+2642 ♂	Mars’ shield and spear	别名“荧惑”
	Jupiter		U+2643 ♃	Jupiter’s thunderbolt, an eagle, or the letter Ζ (zeta) for Zeus, the Greek god analogous to Jupiter	别名“岁星”
	Saturn		U+2644 ♄	Saturn’s sickle or scythe	别名“镇星”
	Uranus		U+2645 ♅	a globe surmounted by the letter H for Herschel (the discoverer of Uranus)
	Neptune		U+2646 ♆	Neptune’s trident
dwarf planets	Pluto		U+2647 ♇	PL monogram for Pluto and Percival Lowell
	Ceres		U+26B3 ⚳	a handle-down sickle; cf. the handle-up sickle of Saturn	正式名为“① Ceres”
	Eris	—	—	—	太阳系中最巨大的矮行星；正式名为“(136199) Eris”
satellites	Moon		U+263D ☽ (U+263E ☾)	an increscent moon (an decrescent moon)	别名“太阴”
asteroid	Pallas		U+26B4 ⚴	a spear	正式名为“② Pallas”
	Juno		U+26B5 ⚵	a sceptre topped with a star	正式名为“③ Juno”
	Vesta		U+26B6 ⚶	an altar with fire on it	正式名为“④ Vesta”
centaur	Chiron		U+26B7 ⚷		正式名为“(2060) Chiron”，作为彗星的名称是“95P/开朗”
comets			U+2604 ☄		别名“扫帚星”
zodiac signs	Aries		U+2648 ♈	the pointed face and horns of the ram	0°（ 3 21 – 4 19）；亦称“牡羊座”
	Taurus		U+2649 ♉	the round face and horned head of the bull	30°（ 4 20 – 5 20）
	Gemini		U+264A ♊		60°（ 5 21 – 6 21）
	Cancer		U+264B ♋		90°（ 6 22 – 7 22）
	Leo		U+264C ♌		120°（ 7 23 – 8 22）
	Virgo		U+264D ♍	the letter M combined with the crossed legs of the virgin	150°（ 8 23 – 9 22）；亦称“处女座”
	Libra		U+264E ♎		180°（ 9 23 – 10 22）
	Scorpio		U+264F ♏		210°（ 10 23 – 11 21）
	Sagittarius		U+2650 ♐	the bow and arrow of the Archer	240°（ 11 22 – 12 21）；亦称“射手座”
	Capricorn		U+2651 ♑		270°（ 12 22 – 1 19）；亦称“山羊座”
	Aquarius		U+2652 ♒		300°（ 1 20 – 2 18）；亦称“水瓶座”
	Pisces		U+2653 ♓		330°（ 2 19 – 3 20）

Reference:

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