U+2651, ♑
CAPRICORN

[U+2650]
Miscellaneous Symbols
[U+2652]
On this 16th-century clock-face, Capricorn (from 6 o'clock to 7 o'clock on the outer dial, below Jupiter/Thursday) indicates January.

Translingual

Alternative forms

This is the most variable of the signs. It may look like a V connected to an ʃ shape (see box at right), like an ɳ or ȵ shape ending in a crossing loop, or like a 7 or with a counter-clockwise crossing loop at the bottom. In the latter case the loop may be small or quite large, as seen in the gallery below. These all originate as manuscript variants of the same basic form.

Etymology

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

Symbol

♑︎

  1. (astrology) The symbol for the sign Capricorn.
  2. (astronomy, rare) The symbol for the constellation Capricornus.
  3. (rare) December[1]
  4. (alchemy, archaic) fermentation, putrefaction
    Synonym: 🝤
(2): The 1833 US Nautical Almanac using the symbol ⟨♑︎⟩ for stars in the constellation of Capricornus, here γ ♑︎ (Gamma Capricorni) and δ ♑︎ (Delta Capricorni).
(2): The 1833 US Nautical Almanac using the symbol for stars in the constellation of Capricornus, here γ (Gamma Capricorni) and δ (Delta Capricorni).


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 ️

See also

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

References

  1. Rudolf Koch (1955 [1930]) The Book of Signs. Dover, p. 56
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