♊
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Translingual
Alternative forms
The horizontal strokes may be convex or flat.
Etymology
A stylized representation of twins.
Symbol
♊︎
- (astrology) The symbol for the sign Gemini.
- (astronomy, rare) The symbol for the constellation Gemini.
- (rare) May[1]
- (alchemy, archaic) fixation
(2): The 1833 US Nautical Almanac using the symbol ⟨♊︎⟩ for stars in the constellation of Gemini, here η ♊︎ (Eta Geminorum), μ ♊︎, ν ♊︎, ζ ♊︎ and δ ♊︎.
| Text style | Emoji style |
|---|---|
| ♊︎ | ♊️ |
| Note: Character's appearance may be different on each system. Text style is forced with ︎ and emoji style with ️ | |
Gallery
- A glyph from 1493
- A glyph from the 1500s
- A glyph from ca. 1750
- A glyph from 1840
- A glyph from 1908
- Font variant
- The symbol on a background colored as Mercury, the ruling planet
- Coin with symbol and icon
See also
| Zodiac signs (translingual) (layout · text) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ariēs | taurus | geminī | cancer | ||||||||
| leō | virgō | lībra | scorpiō | ||||||||
| sagittārius | capricornus | aquārius | piscēs | ||||||||
References
- Rudolf Koch (1955 [1930]) The Book of Signs. Dover, p. 55
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