U+264B, ♋
CANCER

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

Translingual

Etymology

A pair of crab claws.

Symbol

♋︎

  1. (astrology) The symbol for the sign Cancer.
  2. (astronomy) The symbol for the constellation Cancer.
  3. (rare) June[1]
  4. (alchemy) dissolve
    Synonyms: 🝡, 🝢
(2): The 1833 US Nautical Almanac using the symbol ♋ for stars in the constellation of Cancer, here δ (Delta Cancri).
Presentations of ♋
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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)
♈︎ ♉︎ ♊︎ ♋︎
♌︎ ♍︎ ♎︎ ♏︎
♐︎ ♑︎ ♒︎ ♓︎

References

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