U+2649, ♉
TAURUS

[U+2648]
Miscellaneous Symbols
[U+264A]

Translingual

Alternative forms

Etymology

A bull's face and horns.

Symbol

♉︎

  1. (astrology) The symbol for the sign Taurus.
  2. (astronomy) The symbol for the constellation Taurus.
  3. (rare) April[1]
  4. (alchemy) congelation
  5. (alchemy) The symbol for bismuth in Torbern Bergman's work (1775).
(2): The 1833 US Nautical Almanac using the symbol ♉︎ for stars in the constellation of Taurus, here δ (Delta Tauri) and ζ (Zeta Tauri).
Presentations of ♉
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Text style is forced with ︎
and emoji style with ️


See also

Zodiac signs (translingual) (layout · text)
♈︎ ♉︎ ♊︎ ♋︎
♌︎ ♍︎ ♎︎ ♏︎
♐︎ ♑︎ ♒︎ ♓︎

References

  1. Rudolf Koch (1955 [1930]) The Book of Signs. Dover, p. 55
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