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♒ U+2652, ♒
AQUARIUS
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[U+2651] 		Miscellaneous Symbols ♓ →
[U+2653]
On this 16th-century clock-face, Aquarius (from 7 o'clock to 8 o'clock on the outer dial, below Venus/Friday) indicates February.

Translingual

Alternative forms

The waves may form two saw-edges, or half-loops like handwritten w with curls at the end. The number of sawteeth/loops may vary, but is commonly three or four.

Etymology

A stylized representation of (ripples of) water.

Symbol

♒︎

  1. (astrology) The symbol for the sign Aquarius.
  2. (astronomy, rare) The symbol for the constellation Aquarius.
  3. (rare) January[1]
  4. (alchemy, archaic) multiplication
  5. (botany, obsolete) monoecious[2]
(2): The 1833 US Nautical Almanac using the symbol ⟨♒︎⟩ for stars in the constellation of Aquarius, here λ ♒︎ (Lambda Aquarii), φ ♒︎ (Phi Aquarii), ι ♒︎ (Iota Aquarii), ψ ♒︎ (Psi Aquarii).
(2): The 1833 US Nautical Almanac using the symbol ⟨♒︎⟩ for stars in the constellation of Aquarius, here λ ♒︎ (Lambda Aquarii), φ ♒︎ (Phi Aquarii), ι ♒︎ (Iota Aquarii), ψ ♒︎ (Psi Aquarii).


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 ️
  • A glyph from 1493
    A glyph from 1493
  • A glyph from the 1500s
    A glyph from the 1500s
  • A glyph from ca. 1750
    A glyph from ca. 1750
  • A glyph from 1840
    A glyph from 1840
  • A glyph from 1908
    A glyph from 1908
  • Font variant
    Font variant
  • The symbol on a background colored as Saturn, the ruling planet
    The symbol on a background colored as Saturn, the ruling planet
  • Coin with symbol and icon
    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
  1. Rudolf Koch (1955 [1930]) The Book of Signs. Dover, p. 54
  2. Simpson, Niki (2010 February) “Botanical symbols: a new symbol set for new images”, in Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society‎, volume 162, number 2, →DOI, archived from the original on 2021-12-19, pages 117–129
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