U+2653, ♓
PISCES

[U+2652]
Miscellaneous Symbols
[U+2654]

Translingual

Etymology

A pair of fish; the stroke joining them is relatively recent.

Symbol

♓︎

  1. (astrology) The symbol for the sign Pisces.
  2. (astronomy) The symbol for the constellation Pisces.
  3. (rare) February[1]
  4. (alchemy) projection
(2): The 1833 US Nautical Almanac using the symbol ♓ for stars in the constellation of Pisces, here r (r Piscium) and s (s Piscium).
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)
♈︎ ♉︎ ♊︎ ♋︎
♌︎ ♍︎ ♎︎ ♏︎
♐︎ ♑︎ ♒︎ ♓︎

References

  1. Rudolf Koch (1955 [1930]) The Book of Signs. Dover, p. 54
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