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{{Special characters|image = Uranus symbol (fixed width).svg|alt = Uranus}}
Historically, astrological and astronomical symbols have overlapped. Frequently used symbols include signs of the [[Astronomy:Zodiac|zodiac]] and [[Astronomy:Classical planet|classical planet]]s. These originate from medieval Byzantine codices. Their current form is a product of the European Renaissance. Other symbols for [[Unsolved:Astrological aspect|astrological aspect]]s are used in various astrological traditions.

==History and origin==
Symbols for the [[Astronomy:Classical planet|classical planet]]s, zodiac signs, aspects, lots, and the lunar nodes appear in the medieval Byzantine codices in which many ancient horoscopes were preserved.<ref name=neugebauer-1975>{{cite book
| title = A history of ancient mathematical astronomy
| last = Neugebauer
| first = Otto
| date = 1975
| pages = 788–789
}}</ref> In the original papyri of these Greek horoscopes, there was a circle with the glyph representing shine ([[File:Old symbol for sun.svg|16px|old sun symbol]]) for the Sun; and a crescent for the Moon.<ref name=neugebauer-1987>
{{cite book
  | url-access = limited
  | last1 = Neugebauer  | first1 = Otto
  | last2 = Van Hoesen  | first2 = H. B.
  | date = 1987
  | title = Greek Horoscopes
  | url = https://archive.org/details/greekhoroscopesm00neug_004
  | pages = [https://archive.org/details/greekhoroscopesm00neug_004/page/n6 1], 159, 163
| publisher = American Philosophical Society | isbn = 9780871690487 }}
</ref>

===Classical planets===
The written symbols for Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn have been traced to forms found in late Classical Greek papyri.<ref name=jones-1999>
{{cite book
  | last = Jones | first = Alexander
  | year = 1999
  | title = Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus
  | isbn = 9780871692337
  | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=8MokzymQ43IC
  | quote = It is now possible to trace the medieval symbols for at least four of the five planets to forms that occur in some of the latest papyrus horoscopes (P.Oxy. 4272, 4274, 4275 ...). That for Jupiter is an obvious monogram derived from the initial letter of the Greek name. Saturn's has a similar derivation ... but underwent simplification. The ideal form of Mars' symbol is uncertain, and perhaps not related to the later circle with an arrow through it. Mercury's is a stylized caduceus.
 | pages = 62–63
| publisher = American Philosophical Society
 }}
</ref> The symbols for Jupiter and Saturn are monograms of the initial letters of the corresponding Greek names, and the symbol for Mercury is a stylized [[Caduceus|caduceus]].<ref name=jones-1999/> A.S.D. Maunder finds antecedents of the planetary symbols in earlier sources, used to represent the gods associated with the classical planets. ''Bianchini's [[Astronomy:Planisphere|planisphere]]'', produced in the 2nd century,<ref name=imss>
{{cite web
 |title=Bianchini's planisphere 
 |publisher=Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza (Institute and Museum of the History of Science) 
 |location=Florence, Italy 
 |url=http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/BianchinisPlanisphere.html 
 |access-date=2010-03-17 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091030005806/http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/BianchinisPlanisphere.html 
 |archive-date=2009-10-30 
}}
</ref> shows Greek personifications of planetary gods charged with early versions of the planetary symbols: Mercury has a [[Caduceus|caduceus]]; Venus has, attached to her necklace, a cord connected to another necklace; Mars, a spear; Jupiter, a staff; Saturn, a scythe; the Sun, a circlet with rays radiating from it; and the Moon, a headdress with a crescent attached.<ref name=maunder>
{{cite journal
  | last = Maunder | first = A.S.D.
  | year = 1934
  | title = The origin of the symbols of the planets
  | journal = The Observatory
  | volume = 57
  | pages = 238–247
  | bibcode = 1934Obs....57..238M
}}
</ref> A diagram in Johannes Kamateros' 12th-century ''Compendium of Astrology'' shows the Sun represented by the circle with a ray, Jupiter by the letter ''zeta'' (the initial of [[Religion:Zeus|Zeus]], Jupiter's counterpart in [[Religion:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]]), Mars by a shield crossed by a spear, and the remaining classical planets by symbols resembling the modern ones, without the cross-mark seen in modern versions of the symbols.<ref name=maunder/>

The modern sun symbol, pictured as a circle with a dot ({{unichar|2609|Sun}}), first appeared in the Renaissance.<ref name=neugebauer-1987/> (The conventional symbols for the signs of the zodiac also develop in the Renaissance period as simplifications of the classical pictorial representations of the signs.){{cn|date=November 2022}}
The modern sun symbol resembles the Egyptian hieroglyph for "sun" &ndash; a circle that sometimes had a dot in the center, ({{unichar|131F3|EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH N005}}).
Similar in appearance were several variants of the ancestral form of the modern Chinese logograph for "sun", which in the [[Social:Oracle bone script|oracle bone script]] and [[Social:Chinese bronze inscriptions|bronze script]] were [[File:日-bronze.svg|25px]].
It is not known if the Egyptian and Chinese logographs have any connection to the European astrological symbol.

===Major planets discovered in the modern era===
Symbols for Uranus and Neptune were created shortly after their discovery. For Uranus, two variant symbols are seen. One symbol, [[File:Uranus symbol (fixed width).svg|16px|Uranus]], invented by J. G. Köhler and refined by Bode, was intended to represent the newly discovered metal platinum; since platinum, sometimes described as white gold{{efn|Today, ''white gold'' means a silvery alloy of gold mixed with another metal, usually nickel, silver, or both.}} was found by chemists mixed with iron, the symbol for platinum combines the alchemical symbols for iron, ♂, and [[Chemistry:Gold|gold]], ☉.<ref name=bode-uranus>
{{cite book
 | last = Bode | first = J.E.
 | date = 1784
 | title = Von dem neu entdeckten Planeten
 | trans-title = About the Newly Discovered Planet
 | publisher = Beim Verfaszer
 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ZqA5AAAAcAAJ/page/n98 95]–96
 | bibcode = 1784vdne.book.....B
 | url = https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ZqA5AAAAcAAJ
}}
</ref><ref name=gould-uranus>
{{cite book
 | title = Report on the history of the discovery of Neptune
 | url = https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_uyANAQAAIAAJ
 | last = Gould
 | first = B. A.
 | publisher = Smithsonian Institution
 | date = 1850
 | page = [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_uyANAQAAIAAJ/page/n8 5]
}}
</ref> An inverted version of that same symbol, [[File:Uranus_symbol_(inverted).svg|16px]] was in use in the early 20th century.<ref name=Websters-2nd-Intl>
{{cite book
  |title=Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language
  |year=1950
  |edition=2nd, unabridged
  |chapter=Appendix: Signs and symbols
  |at=Astronomical symbols: Uranus
  |publisher=G. & C. Merriam Webster
  |place=Springfield, MA
  |isbn=9110494065
}} {{ISBN|9789110494060}}.
</ref> Another symbol, [[File:Uranus monogram (fixed width).svg|16px|Uranus]], was suggested by Lalande in 1784. In a letter to Herschel, Lalande described it as "un globe surmonté par la première lettre de votre nom" ("a globe surmounted by the first letter of your name").<ref name="Francisca">
{{cite journal
 |first=Francisca |last=Herschel
 |date=1917
 |title=The meaning of the symbol "H+o" for the planet Uranus
 |journal=The Observatory
 |volume=40 |page=306
 |bibcode=1917Obs....40..306H
}}<!--|access-date=2007-08-05-->
</ref> After Neptune was discovered, the Bureau des Longitudes proposed the name Neptune and the familiar trident for the planet's symbol, though at bottom may be either a cross [[File:Neptune symbol (fixed width).svg|16px|Neptune]] or an orb [[File:Neptune orb symbol (fixed width).svg|16px|Neptune]].<ref name=gould-neptune>
{{cite book
  | last = Gould  | first = B.A.
  | date = 1850
  | title = Report on the history of the discovery of Neptune
  | publisher = Smithsonian Institution
  | place = Washington, DC
  | page = [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_uyANAQAAIAAJ/page/n25 22]
  | url = https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_uyANAQAAIAAJ
}}
</ref>

===Asteroids===
The astrological symbols for the first four objects discovered at the beginning of the 19th century — [[Astronomy:Ceres (dwarf planet)|Ceres]], [[Astronomy:2 Pallas|Pallas]], [[Astronomy:3 Juno|Juno]] and [[Astronomy:4 Vesta|Vesta]] — were created shortly after their discoveries. They were initially listed as planets, and half a century later came to be called asteroids, though such "minor planets" continued to be considered planets for perhaps another century. Shortly after [[Biography:Giuseppe Piazzi|Giuseppe Piazzi]]'s discovery of [[Astronomy:Ceres (dwarf planet)|Ceres]], a group of astronomers ratified the name, proposed by the discoverer, and chose the sickle as a symbol of the planet.<ref name=bode-1801>
{{cite book
  | editor = Bode, J.E.
  | year = 1801
  | title = Berliner astronomisches Jahrbuch führ das Jahr 1804
  | trans-title = The Berlin Annual Astronomical Handbook for the year 1804
  | volume = 1804  | pages = 97–98  |language=DE
  | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=6GElAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA98
}}
</ref> The symbol for Pallas, the spear of Pallas Athena, was invented by Baron Franz Xaver von Zach, and introduced in his ''Monatliche Correspondenz zur Beförderung der Erd- und Himmels-Kunde''.<ref name=mcbeh-v6>
{{cite journal
  | last = von Zach  | first = Franz Xaver
  | year = 1802
  | title = [no title cited]
  | journal = Monatliche Correspondenz zur Beförderung der Erd- und Himmels-Kunde [Monthly Correspondence on the Advancement of the Terrestrial and Celestial Sciences]
  | volume = 6  | pages = 95–96  |language=DE
  | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nR04AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA95
}}
</ref> [[Biography:Karl Ludwig Harding|Karl Ludwig Harding]], who discovered and named Juno, assigned to it the symbol of a scepter topped with a star.<ref name=mcbeh-v10>
{{cite journal
  | last = von Zach  | first = Franz Xaver
  | year = 1804
  | title = [no title cited]
  | journal = Monatliche Correspondenz zur Beförderung der Erd- und Himmels-Kunde [Monthly Correspondence on the Advancement of the Terrestrial and Celestial Sciences]
  | volume = 10  | page = 471  |language=DE
  | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=vnIEAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA471
}}
</ref>

The modern astrological form of the symbol for Vesta, ⚶, was created by Eleanor Bach,<ref name=suberic-asteroid>
{{cite web
  | title       = Asteroid symbols
  | series      = Graphics
  | website     = suberic.net
  | url         = http://www.suberic.net/~dmm/graphics/astro/asteroids.html
  | access-date = 2010-05-20
}}
</ref> who is credited with pioneering the use of the [[Astronomy:List of exceptional asteroids#Largest by mass|big four asteroids]] with the publication of her ''Ephemerides of the Asteroids'' in the early 1970s.<ref>
{{cite web
 |title       = Eleanor Bach
 |series      = Memorial for Astrologer
 |website     = Solstice Point
 |url         = http://www.solsticepoint.com/astrologersmemorial/bach.html
 |access-date = 2010-05-20 |url-status  = dead
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101130075136/http://www.solsticepoint.com/astrologersmemorial/bach.html
 |archive-date = 2010-11-30
}}
</ref> The original form of the symbol for Vesta, [[File:Vesta symbol (original, fixed width).svg|16px|Vesta]], was created by German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss. Olbers, having previously discovered and named one new planet (as the asteroids were then classified), gave Gauss the honor of naming his newest discovery. Gauss decided to name the planet for the goddess [[Biology:Vesta (mythology)|Vesta]], and also specified that the symbol should be the altar of the goddess with the sacred fire burning on it.<ref name=mcbeh-v15>
{{cite book
  | last = von Zach   | first = Franz Xaver
  | year = 1807
  | title = Monatliche Correspondenz zur Beförderung der Erd- und Himmels-Kunde
  | volume = 15   | page = 507  |language=DE
  | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=_Rw4AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA507
}}
</ref><ref name=effemeridi-1809>
{{cite book
  | last = Carlini  | first = Francesco
  | year = 1808
  | title = Effemeridi astronomiche di Milano per l'anno 1809
  | trans-title= Astronomical Ephemeridies of Milan for the year 1809
  | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=LPMNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA100
}}
</ref>
Bach's variant was a simplification of 19th-century elaborations of Gauss's altar symbol.<ref name=suberic-asteroid/>

===Centaurs===
The symbol for the centaur [[Astronomy:2060 Chiron|Chiron]], ⚷, is both a key and a monogram of the letters O and K (for 'Object Kowal', a provisional name of the object, for discoverer [[Biography:Charles T. Kowal|Charles T. Kowal]]) was proposed by astrologer Al Morrison, who presented the symbol as "an inspiration shared amongst Al H. Morrison, Joelle K.D. Mahoney, and Marlene Bassoff."<ref>
{{cite journal
| last = Morrison
| first = Al H.
| date = 1977
| title = Chiron
| journal = CAO Times
| volume = 3
| page = 57
}}
</ref>

A widely used convention for other [[Astronomy:Centaur (minor planet)|centaurs]], proposed by Robert von Heeren in the 1990s, is to replace the K of the Chiron key glyph with the initial letter of the object: e.g. P or φ for Pholus and N for Nessus ({{unichar|2BDB|Pholus}}, {{unichar|2BDC|Nessus}}).

===Trans-Neptunian objects===
[[Astronomy:Pluto|Pluto]], like Uranus, has multiple symbols in use. One symbol, ♇, is a monogram of the letters '''PL''' (which can be interpreted to stand for Pluto or for astronomer [[Biography:Percival Lowell|Percival Lowell]]), was announced with the name of the new planet by the discoverers on May 1, 1930.<ref name=popular-astronomy>
{{cite journal
 | last = Slipher | first = V. M.
 | date = 1930
 | title = The Trans-Neptunian planet
 | url = http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-journal_query?volume=38&plate_select=NO&page=415&plate=&cover=&journal=PA...
 | journal = Popular Astronomy
 | volume = 38  | page = 415
}}
</ref> Another symbol, which was popularized in Paul Clancy's astrological publications, is based on Pluto's [[Bident|bident]]:{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} [[File:Pluto symbol (large orb, fixed width).svg|16px|⯓]]. This symbol is described by Dane Rudhyar as "suggest[ing] the planetary character of the Pluto mind by the circle, floating above the open cup."  Although, this meaning is readily debatable due to Blavatskian origins, rather than a properly traditional understanding, such as may be found in [[Philosophy:Hermeticism|Hermeticism]].<ref>
{{cite web
| url = http://www.khaldea.com/rudhyar/astroarticles/planetssymbols_5.shtml
| title = PART FIVE: Mercury and Pluto
| last = Rudhyar
| first = Dane
| date = 1966
| work = The Planets and their Symbols
| access-date = 2010-05-20
}}
</ref>

Symbols for other large trans-Neptunian objects have mostly been proposed on the Internet;<ref name="/www.suberic.net/~dmm/astro/tno.html">{{cite web|url=http://www.suberic.net/~dmm/astro/tno.html |title=Symbols for large trans-Neptunian objects |publisher=Suberic.net |date=2013-07-03 |access-date=2018-03-22}}</ref> some created by Denis Moskowitz have been used by NASA<ref name=DP>{{cite web |url= https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/infographics/what-is-a-dwarf-planet |author= JPL/NASA |date= April 22, 2015  |website= Jet Propulsion Laboratory |title= What is a Dwarf Planet? |access-date= 2021-09-24}}</ref>
and are used by the popular open-source astrological software [[Unsolved:Astrolog|Astrolog]], as well as being used less consistently by commercial programs.

===Miscellaneous orbital stations===
The symbol for [[Astronomy:Apparent retrograde motion|retrograde motion]] is {{not a typo|℞}}, a capital 'R' with a tail stroke.<ref>
{{cite book
| last = Randall
| first = Sidney
| title = The ABC of the Old Science of Astrology
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=m1antzbw_DcC&pg=PA14
| date = 2006
| page = 14
| publisher = Cosimo
| quote = ...the with the stroke across the tail stands for Retrograde.
| isbn = 978-1-59605-920-7
}}
</ref><ref>
{{cite book
| last = Lilly
| first = William
| title = Christian Astrology
| date = 1659
| pages = 35, 37
| url = http://www.skyscript.co.uk/texts.html
| quote = A chart with {{not a typo|"℞"}} by a retrograde Jupiter appears on p.&nbsp;35; on p.&nbsp;37, describing the construction of the chart, Lilly says: "And because [Jupiter] is noted Retrograde I place the letter 'R', the better to informe my judgement."
}}
</ref><ref>
{{cite web
 |url=http://janetsplan-its.com/info/MercRetro.shtml 
 |title=Mercury Retrograde 
 |last=Booth  |first=Janet 
 |work=JanetsPlan-Its.com 
 |date=2005 
 |access-date=2010-10-20 
 |quote=The symbol for retrograde looks like an "R" with an "X" going through it, the same as the symbol for a prescription. 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114084238/http://janetsplan-its.com/info/MercRetro.shtml 
 |archive-date=2010-11-14 
}}
</ref> An 'R' with a tail stroke was used to [[Scribal abbreviation|abbreviate]] many words beginning with the letter 'R'; in medical prescriptions, it abbreviated the word ''recipe''<ref name="medical-examiner"/> (from the Latin imperative of ''recipere'' "to take"<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=recipe
 |title=Recipe definition
 |publisher=M-w.com
 |date=2007-04-25
 |access-date=2010-01-22
 |archive-date=2007-10-17
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017165739/http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=recipe
 |url-status=dead
 }}</ref>), and in missals, an R with a tail stroke marked the responses.<ref name="medical-examiner">
{{cite journal
| editor-last = Smith |editor-first = Frances Gurney

| author = E.B.G.
| title = (Review) The Prescriber's Complete Handbook
| journal = The Medical Examiner, and Record of Medical Science
| date = 1852
| volume = 8
| page = 804
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=1hYCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA804
}}
</ref>

==Meanings of the symbols==
{{Multiple image
| align = left
| image1 = Nuremberg chronicles f 11r 2.png
| caption1 = A late-15th-century manuscript with the twelve zodiac symbols. Note the flat Cancer, upright Sagittarius and cursive Capricorn.
| image2 = 12 houses of heaven.jpg
| caption2 = A mid-18th-century manuscript with symbols for the signs and planets. Note the distinctive shapes of Virgo (6), Scorpio (8), Capricorn (10) and Aquarius (11).
| image3 = Astrolog.png
| caption3 = A wheel chart produced by ''[[Unsolved:Astrolog|Astrolog]]'', showing symbols for the signs of the zodiac (outer ring), classical planets, dwarf planets and asteroids (inner ring). In the inner ring, clockwise from Gemini, are the [[Astronomy:Moon|Moon]], [[Astronomy:1 Ceres|Ceres]], ascending node, {{dp|Sedna}}, [[Astronomy:Uranus|Uranus]], {{dp|Eris}}, [[Astronomy:2060 Chiron|Chiron]], [[Astronomy:Neptune|Neptune]], [[Astronomy:2 Pallas|Pallas]], {{dp|Gonggong}}, [[Astronomy:Jupiter|Jupiter]], [[Astronomy:Saturn|Saturn]], [[Astronomy:Pluto|Pluto]], {{dp|Quaoar}}, [[Astronomy:3 Juno|Juno]], descending node, [[Astronomy:Venus|Venus]], [[Astronomy:4 Vesta|Vesta]], {{dp|Haumea}}, [[Astronomy:Mercury (planet)|Mercury]], [[Astronomy:Mars|Mars]], {{dp|Makemake}}, [[Astronomy:10 Hygiea|Hygiea]] and {{dp|Orcus}}.
}}
{{clear}}
===Signs of the zodiac===
{{further|Astronomy:Zodiac|Unsolved:Astrological sign}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Name
!Meaning
!Image
!Text<ref>Text format can be forced by appending the character U+FE0E to the sign</ref>
!Emoji<ref>Emoji format can be forced by appending the character U+FE0F to the sign</ref>
!Unicode
!Symbol represents
|-
| [[Unsolved:Aries (astrology)|Aries]]
| Ram
| [[File:Aries symbol (fixed width).svg|32px]]
| {{huge|{{emoji presentation|♈|text}}}}
| {{huge|{{emoji presentation|♈}}}}
| U+2648 
| style="text-align: left;" | Face and horns of a ram
|-
| [[Unsolved:Taurus (astrology)|Taurus]]
| Bull
| [[File:Taurus symbol (fixed width).svg|32px]]
| {{huge|{{emoji presentation|♉|text}}}}
| {{huge|{{emoji presentation|♉}}}}
| U+2649
| style="text-align: left;" | Face and horns of a bull
|-
| [[Unsolved:Gemini (astrology)|Gemini]]
| Twinned
| [[File:Gemini symbol (fixed width).svg|32px]]
| {{huge|{{emoji presentation|♊|text}}}}
| {{huge|{{emoji presentation|♊}}}}
| U+264A
| style="text-align: left;" | Twins
|-
| [[Unsolved:Cancer (astrology)|Cancer]]
| Crab
| [[File:Cancer symbol (fixed width).svg|32px]]
| {{huge|{{emoji presentation|♋|text}}}}
| {{huge|{{emoji presentation|♋}}}}
| U+264B
| style="text-align: left;" | Two arms/pincers of a crab{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
|-
| [[Unsolved:Leo (astrology)|Leo]]
| Lion
| [[File:Leo symbol (fixed width).svg|32px]]
| {{huge|{{emoji presentation|♌|text}}}}
| {{huge|{{emoji presentation|♌}}}}
| U+264C
| style="text-align: left;" | A lion's head and tail{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
|-
| [[Unsolved:Virgo (astrology)|Virgo]]
| Maiden
| [[File:Virgo symbol (fixed width).svg|32px]]
| {{huge|{{emoji presentation|♍|text}}}}
| {{huge|{{emoji presentation|♍}}}}
| U+264D
| style="text-align: left;" | Derived from the Greek letters ΠΑΡ, an abbreviation of ''parthenos'' "virgin"{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
|-
| [[Unsolved:Libra (astrology)|Libra]]
| Scales
| [[File:Libra symbol (fixed width).svg|32px]]
| {{huge|{{emoji presentation|♎|text}}}}
| {{huge|{{emoji presentation|♎}}}}
| U+264E
| style="text-align: left;" | Scales{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} <br />The claws of Scorpio{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
|-
| [[Unsolved:Scorpio (astrology)|Scorpio]]
| Scorpion
| [[File:Scorpius symbol (fixed width).svg|32px]]
| {{huge|{{emoji presentation|♏|text}}}}
| {{huge|{{emoji presentation|♏}}}}
| U+264F
| style="text-align: left;" | Scorpion with stinging tail
|-
| [[Unsolved:Sagittarius (astrology)|Sagittarius]]
| Archer
| [[File:Sagittarius symbol (fixed width).svg|32px]]
| {{huge|{{emoji presentation|♐|text}}}}
| {{huge|{{emoji presentation|♐}}}}
| U+2650
| style="text-align: left;" | Bow and arrow of a [[Unsolved:Centaur|centaur]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Unsolved:Capricorn (astrology)|Capricorn]]
| rowspan="2" | Goat-horned
| [[File:Capricornus symbol (fixed width).svg|32px]]
| rowspan="2"| {{huge|{{emoji presentation|♑|text}}}}
| rowspan="2"| {{huge|{{emoji presentation|♑}}}}
| rowspan="2"| U+2651
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;" | Body and head of a goat with the tail of a fish<ref name="behari">{{cite book
| last = Behari
| first = Bepin
| title = Myths & Symbols of Vedic Astrology
| date = 2003
| page = 155
| quote = Of the two emblems related to [Capricorn], one is a horizontal line terminating with a downward moving arc ending with a loop having an extended arc [[File:Capricorn symbol (European, fixed width).svg|16px]], and the other has a V-shaped beginning whose downward arc convexing to the right [[File:Capricornus symbol (fixed width).svg|16px]].
}}</ref>
|-
| [[File:Capricorn symbol (European, fixed width).svg|32px]]
|-
| [[Unsolved:Aquarius (astrology)|Aquarius]]
| Water-carrier
| [[File:Aquarius symbol (fixed width).svg|32px]]
| {{huge|{{emoji presentation|♒|text}}}}
| {{huge|{{emoji presentation|♒}}}}
| U+2652
| style="text-align: left;" | Ripples of water
|-
| [[Unsolved:Pisces (astrology)|Pisces]]
| Fishes
| [[File:Pisces symbol (fixed width).svg|32px]]
| {{huge|{{emoji presentation|♓|text}}}}
| {{huge|{{emoji presentation|♓}}}}
| U+2653
| style="text-align: left;" | Two fish{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
|}

=== Planets ===
{{further|Astronomy:Planets in astrology}}
The symbols of the planets are usually (but not always) broken down into four common elements by astrologers: A circle denoting spirit, a crescent denoting the mind, a cross denoting practical/physical matter and an arrow denoting action or direction.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uranian-institute.org/bfglyphs.htm |title=Glyphs of the general astrological and Uranian planets |publisher=Uranian-institute.org |date=2001-10-22 |access-date=2018-03-22}}</ref> This is not the historical origin of the symbols. (The cross, for example, was an attempt to Christianize pagan symbols.)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Name<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hand |first1=Robert |title=Horoscope symbols |date=1981 |publisher=Para Research |isbn=0-914918-16-8}}</ref>
! Image
! Text
! [[Unicode]]
! Symbol represents
|-
| [[Astronomy:Sun|Sun]]
| [[File:Sun symbol (fixed width).svg|32px|Sol]]
| {{huge|☉}}
| U+2609
|style="text-align:left;"| Circle with a dot as a [[Astronomy:Solar symbol|solar symbol]] from Apollo's round shield with a boss
|-
|rowspan=2| [[Astronomy:Moon|Moon]]
| [[File:Moon crescent symbol (fixed width).svg|32px|Crescent moon]]
| {{huge|☽}}
| U+263D
|rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;"| A [[Crescent|crescent]] moon
|-
| [[File:Moon decrescent symbol (fixed width).svg|32px|Decrescent moon]]
| {{huge|☾}}
| U+263E
|-
| [[Astronomy:Mercury (planet)|Mercury]]
| [[File:Mercury symbol (fixed width).svg|32px|Mercury]]
| {{huge|☿}}
| U+263F
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Religion:Mercury (mythology)|Mercury]]'s [[Caduceus|caduceus]]; cross added in 16th century CE.
|-
| [[Astronomy:Venus|Venus]]
| [[File:Venus symbol (fixed width).svg|32px|Venus]]
| {{huge|♀}}
| U+2640
|style="text-align:left;"| Perhaps a copper hand mirror with handle or necklace with pendant; cross added in 16th c. (see [[Venus symbol]])
|-
| [[Astronomy:Mars|Mars]]
| [[File:Mars symbol (fixed width).svg|32px|Mars]]
| {{huge|♂}}
| U+2642
|style="text-align:left;"| Mars' shield and spear
|-
| [[Astronomy:Jupiter|Jupiter]]
| [[File:Jupiter symbol (fixed width).svg|32px|Jupiter]]
| {{huge|♃}}
| U+2643
|style="text-align:left;"| Monogram Ζ for [[Religion:Zeus|Zeus]] with a cross-bar indicating an abbreviation (perhaps later seen as a cross)
|-
| [[Astronomy:Saturn|Saturn]]
| [[File:Saturn symbol (fixed width).svg|32px|Saturn]]
| {{huge|♄}}
| U+2644
|style="text-align:left;"| κρ for [[Religion:Cronus|Cronus]] with a cross-bar indicating an abbreviation; cross added in 16th c.
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Astronomy:Uranus|Uranus]]
| [[File:Uranus monogram (fixed width).svg|32px|Uranus]]
| {{huge|♅}}
| U+2645
|style="text-align:left;"| An orb with a monogram H for the discoverer's last name, Herschel
|-
| [[File:Uranus symbol (fixed width).svg|32px|Uranus]]
| {{huge|⛢}}
| U+26E2
|style="text-align:left;"| Derived from the [[Unsolved:Alchemical symbol|alchemical symbol]]s of the planetary metals gold (Sun) and iron (Mars) to create a symbol for [[Chemistry:Platinum|platinum]], then applied to the planet
|-
| [[Astronomy:Neptune|Neptune]]
| [[File:Neptune symbol (fixed width).svg|32px|Neptune]][[File:Neptune orb symbol (fixed width).svg|32px|Neptune]]
| {{huge|♆}}
| U+2646
|style="text-align:left;"| Neptune's trident
|-
|rowspan="5"| [[Astronomy:Pluto|Pluto]]
| [[File:Pluto symbol (fixed width).svg|32px|Pluto (bident symbol)]] [[File:Pluto symbol (large orb, fixed width).svg|32px|Pluto (bident symbol)]]
| {{huge|⯓}}
| U+2BD3
|style="text-align:left;"| Pluto's orb and a [[Bident|bident]]
|-
| [[File:Pluto monogram (fixed width).svg|32px|Pluto (PL monogram)]]
| {{huge|♇}}
| U+2647
|style="text-align:left;"| PL monogram for '''Pl'''uto and [[Biography:Percival Lowell|Percival Lowell]]
|-
| [[File:Pluto symbol (southern Europe).svg|32px|Pluto]][[File:Crossed Aries symbol.svg|32px|Pluto]]
| {{huge|⯔}}
| U+2BD4
|style="text-align:left;"| Symbol used mainly in France, Spain, Italy and Germany.<ref name="L216067">{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16067r-astrological-plutos.pdf|title=L2/16-067R: Astrological Plutos|date=2016-08-12|first=David|last=Faulks}}</ref>
|-
| [[File:Charon_symbol (fixed width).svg|32px|Pluto]]
| {{huge|⯕}}
| U+2BD5
|style="text-align:left;"| Symbol invented by German astrologer Hermann Lefeldt in 1946. Used by some followers of the [[Organization:Hamburg School of Astrology|Hamburg School of Astrology]].<ref name="L216067"/> Also proposed for Pluto's moon [[Astronomy:Charon (moon)|Charon]].<ref name="/www.suberic.net/~dmm/astro/tno.html"/>
|-
| [[File:Pluto symbol (northern Europe).svg|32px|Pluto]][[File:Pluto symbol (northern Europe, variant).svg|32px|Pluto]]
| {{huge|⯖}}
| U+2BD6
|style="text-align:left;"| Pluto's orbit crossing that of Neptune. Symbol mostly used in German-speaking countries and {{wipe|Denmark}}.<ref name="L216067"/>
|}

===Asteroids and other celestial bodies ===
{{further|Astronomy:List of asteroids in astrology}}
Since the 1970s, some astrologers have used asteroids and other celestial bodies in their horoscopes. The symbol for the first-recognised [[Astronomy:Centaur (small Solar System body)|centaur]], [[Astronomy:2060 Chiron|2060 Chiron]], was devised by Al H. Morrison soon after it had been discovered by Charles Kowal, and has become standard amongst astrologers.<ref name="faulks">{{cite web
 | last = Faulks | first = David 
 | date = May 9, 2006
 | title = Proposal to add some Western Astrology Symbols to the UCS
 | page = 4
 | url = https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06171-astroprop.pdf
 | access-date = November 20, 2017 | url-status=live
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615214658/https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06171-astroprop.pdf
 | archive-date=June 15, 2018
 | quote = In general, only the signs for Vesta have enough variance to be regarded as different designs. However, all of these Vesta symbols ... are differing designs for 'the hearth and flame of the temple of the Goddess Vesta' in Rome, and can thus be regarded as extreme variants of a single symbol.
}}</ref> In the late 1990s, German astrologer Robert von Heeren created symbols for other centaurs based on the Chiron model, though only those for [[Astronomy:5145 Pholus|5145 Pholus]] and [[Astronomy:7066 Nessus|7066 Nessus]] are included in Unicode, and only that for Pholus in Astrolog.<ref name="L216080"/> The following list is by no means exhaustive, but for bodies outside this list, there is often very little to no independent usage beyond the symbols' creators.<ref name=miller/>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Category
! Name
! Image
! Text
! [[Unicode]]
! Symbol represents
|-
|rowspan=6| [[Astronomy:Asteroid|Asteroid]]s || [[Astronomy:1 Ceres|Ceres]] || [[File:Ceres  symbol (fixed width).svg|32px|Ceres]] || {{huge|⚳}} || U+26B3
| style="text-align: left;" | A scythe (handle down), emblematic of Ceres as goddess of the harvest
|-
| [[Astronomy:2 Pallas|Pallas]] || [[File:Pallas  symbol (fixed width).svg|32px|Pallas]] || {{huge|⚴}} || U+26B4
|style="text-align:left;"| A spear, emblematic of Athena
|-
| [[Astronomy:3 Juno|Juno]] || [[File:Juno  symbol (fixed width).svg|32px|Juno]] || {{huge|⚵}} || U+26B5
|style="text-align:left;"| A scepter, emblematic of Juno as queen of the gods, topped with a star
|-
| [[Astronomy:4 Vesta|Vesta]] || [[File:Vesta symbol (fixed width).svg|32px|Vesta]] || {{huge|⚶}} || U+26B6
|style="text-align:left;"| The fire-altar of [[Biology:Temple of Vesta|Vesta's temple]]
|-
| [[Astronomy:5 Astraea|Astraea]]<ref name="L216080"/> || [[File:Astraea symbol (astrology).svg|32px]] || {{huge|%}}, {{huge|⯙}} || U+0025, U+2BD9
|style="text-align:left;"| The % sign (shift-5 on the keyboard for asteroid 5)<ref name=astunicode>{{cite web |url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2023/23207-historical-asteroids.pdf |title=Unicode request for historical asteroid symbols |last1=Bala |first1=Gavin Jared |last2=Miller |first2=Kirk |date=18 September 2023 |publisher=Unicode Consortium |access-date=26 September 2023 |quote=}}</ref>
|-
| [[Astronomy:10 Hygiea|Hygiea]] || [[File:Hygiea symbol (astrological, fixed width).svg|32px|Hygiea]] || {{huge|⯚}} || U+2BDA
|style="text-align:left;"| A [[Caduceus|caduceus]] (an apparent error for the [[Rod of Asclepius|rod of Asclepius]], itself an error for the snake as a symbol of Hygieia)<ref name="L216080">{{cite web |id=L2/16-080 |title=Additional Symbols for Astrology |date=2016-05-28 |first=David |last=Faulks |url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16080r-add-astrology.pdf}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="7"| [[Astronomy:Centaur (minor planet)|Centaurs]] || [[Astronomy:2060 Chiron|Chiron]] || [[File:Chiron symbol (fixed width).svg|32px|Chiron]] || {{huge|⚷}} || U+26B7
|style="text-align: left;"| Stylized key; simultaneously the letters OK for "Object Kowal", as the object was known when announced as a new planet. The top is half of a "perfect X", with the staff rising above so that they're radii of a circle centered where they meet. The width and height of the oval are the [[Golden ratio|golden ratio]].<ref name=chironcomment>{{cite web |id=L2/21-225 |title=Comment on U+26B7 CHIRON |date=26 August 2021 |first1=Kirk |last1=Miller |first2=Zane |last2=Stein |url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2021/21225-chiron-comment.pdf}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Astronomy:5145 Pholus|Pholus]] 
| [[File:Pholus symbol.svg|32px]] 
| rowspan="2"| {{huge|⯛}} 
| rowspan="2"| U+2BDB 
| style="text-align: left;" rowspan=6 | Symbols devised by German astrologer Robert von Heeren in the late 1990s, based on Chiron's<ref name="L216080"/><ref name=chironcomment/>
|-
| [[File:Pholus symbol (Greek).svg|32px]] 
|-
| [[Astronomy:7066 Nessus|Nessus]] || [[File:Nessus symbol.svg|32px]] || {{huge|⯜}} || U+2BDC
|-
| [[Astronomy:10199 Chariklo|Chariklo]] || [[File:Chariklo symbol.svg|32px]] || ||
|-
| [[Astronomy:10370 Hylonome|Hylonome]] || [[File:Hylonome symbol.svg|32px]] || ||
|-
| [[Astronomy:52975 Cyllarus|Cyllarus]] || [[File:Cyllarus symbol.svg|32px]] || ||
|-
|rowspan="18"| Large trans-Neptunian planetoids, incl. [[Astronomy:Dwarf planet|dwarf planet]]s || rowspan="2"| Eris
| [[File:Eris symbol (fixed width).svg|32px|Eris]] || {{huge|⯰}} || U+2BF0
|style="text-align:left;"| The Hand of Eris; also used non-astrologically by Discordians<ref name=erissedna/>
|-
| [[File:Eris arrow symbol (fixed width).svg|32px|Eris]] || {{huge|⯱}} || U+2BF1
|style="text-align:left;"| Based on the symbols for Pluto, Mars, and Venus; proposed by Henry Seltzer and used in Time Passages{{huh?|reason=which is what? a book?|date=October 2023}}<ref name=erissedna>{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16173-eris-sedna.pdf|title=Eris and Sedna Symbols|last=Faulks|first=David|date=June 12, 2016|publisher=Unicode Consortium|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170508160706/http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16173-eris-sedna.pdf|archive-date=May 8, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[Astronomy:Haumea|Haumea]] || [[File:Haumea symbol (fixed width).svg|32px|Haumea]] || {{huge|🝻}} || U+1F77B
|style="text-align:left;"| Conflation of Hawaiian petroglyphs for woman and birth, as [[Astronomy:Haumea (mythology)|Haumea]] was the goddess of both<ref name=miller/>
|-
| [[Astronomy:Makemake|Makemake]] || [[File:Makemake symbol (fixed width).svg|32px|Makemake]] || {{huge|🝼}} || U+1F77C
|style="text-align:left;"| Engraved face of the Rapa Nui god [[Religion:Makemake (deity)|Makemake]], also resembling an M<ref name=miller/>
|-
| {{dp|Gonggong}} || [[File:Gonggong symbol (fixed width).svg|32px|Gonggong]] || {{huge|🝽}} || U+1F77D
|style="text-align:left;"| Chinese character 共 ''gòng'' (the first character in Gonggong's name), combined with a snake's tail<ref name=miller/>
|-
| [[Astronomy:90377 Sedna|Sedna]] || [[File:Sedna symbol (fixed width).svg|32px|Sedna]] || {{huge|⯲}} || U+2BF2
|style="text-align:left;"| Monogram of the Inuktitut syllabics for 'sa' and 'n', as Sedna's Inuit name is 'Sanna' (ᓴᓐᓇ)<ref name=miller/>
|-
| [[Astronomy:50000 Quaoar|Quaoar]] || [[File:Quaoar symbol (fixed width).svg|32px|Quaoar]] || {{huge|🝾}} || U+1F77E
|style="text-align:left;"| A Q for Quaoar combined with a canoe, stylised to resemble the angular rock art of the Tongva<ref name=miller/>
|-
| rowspan=2|{{dp|Orcus}} || [[File:Orcus symbol (fixed width).svg|32px|Orcus]] || {{huge|🝿}} || U+1F77F
|style="text-align:left;"| An O-R monogram for ''Orcus'', stylised to resemble a skull and an [[Biology:Orca|orca]]'s grin<ref name=miller/>
|-
| [[File:Orcus anti-Pluto symbol (fixed width).svg|32px|Orcus Anti-Pluto]] || || 
|style="text-align:left;"| Inverted Pluto, from Orcus being styled the 'anti-Pluto'<ref name=miller/>
|-
| rowspan=2|{{dp|Salacia}} || [[File:Salacia symbol (fixed width).svg|32px|Salacia]] || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2| 
|rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;"| A stylized hippocamp<ref name=miller/>
|-
| [[File:Salacia symbol (fixed width, Greek).svg|32px|Salacia]] 
|-
| {{dp|Varda}} || [[File:Varda symbol (fixed width).svg|32px|Varda]] || {{huge|❈}} || U+2748
|style="text-align:left;"| A gleaming star, as Varda was creator of the stars<ref name=miller/>
|-
|rowspan=2| [[Astronomy:28978 Ixion|Ixion]]||<!--[[File:Ixion symbol (X-spoke).svg|32px|Ixion]] || ||
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Unsolved:Ixion|Ixion]] of Greek mythology lying on the Solar wheel to which Zeus had bound him in Tartarus-->
[[File:Ixion symbol (Latin, fixed width).svg|32px|Ixion]]
| ||
|style="text-align:left;"| The solar wheel that Zeus bound [[Unsolved:Ixion|Ixion]] to in Tartarus, with the spokes stylized as an I-X for 'Ixion'<ref name=miller/>
|-
| [[File:Ixion symbol (Moskowitz, fixed width).svg|32px|Ixion]] || || ||style="text-align:left;"|Based on the preceding, but with the Greek letters Ι Ξ for ''Ιξιων'' in place of Latin I and X.<ref name=miller/>
|-
| {{dp|Varuna}} || [[File:Varuna symbol (Moskowitz, fixed width).svg|32px|Varuna]] || || 
|style="text-align:left;"| Devanagari व ''va'' and Varuna's snake-lasso.<ref name=miller/>
|-
| [[Astronomy:229762 Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà|Gǃkunǁʼhomdima]] || [[File:Gǃkunǁʼhomdima symbol.svg|32px|Typhon]] || ||
|style="text-align:left;"| An aardvark, representing the beautiful aardvark girl Gǃkunǁʼhomdima<ref name=miller/>
<!--|-
| [[Astronomy:42355 Typhon|Typhon]] || [[File:Typhon symbol proposal.svg|32px|Typhon]] || {{huge|🌀}} || U+1F300
|style="text-align:left;"| Simplified representation of a hurricane, as in Greek mythology Typhon was a divine monster that could create hurricanes with his wings<ref name=Stein/>-->
|-
| [[Astronomy:19521 Chaos|Chaos]] || [[File:Chaos symbol (fixed width).svg|32px|Chaos]] || ||
|style="text-align:left;"| Arrows pointing in all directions; the [[Symbol of Chaos|symbol of Chaos]]<ref name=miller/>
<!--|-
| [[Astronomy:471143 Dziewanna|Dziewanna]] || [[File:Dziewanna symbol.svg|32px|Dziewanna]] || ||
|style="text-align:left;"| <ref name=Stein/>
|-
| [[Astronomy:38628 Huya|Huya]] || [[File:Huya symbol.svg|32px|Huya]] || ||
|style="text-align:left;"| <ref name=Stein/>-->
|-
| [[Astronomy:38083 Rhadamanthus|Rhadamanthus]] || [[File:Rhadamanthus symbol.svg|32px|Rhadamanthus]] || ||
|style="text-align:left;"| Unknown<ref name=miller/>
<!--|-
| [[Astronomy:88611 Teharonhiawako|Teharonhiawako]] || [[File:Teharonhiawako symbol.svg|32px|Teharonhiawako]] || ||
|style="text-align:left;"| Twins orbiting each other<ref name=Stein/>
|-
| [[Astronomy:65489 Ceto|Ceto]] || [[File:Ceto symbol.svg|32px|Ceto]] || ||
|style="text-align: left;"| <ref name=Stein/>-->
|-
|rowspan="3"| Fictitious planets || rowspan=2| Proserpina || [[File:Astrological planet Proserpina.svg|32px]] || {{huge|⯘}} || U+2BD8 || style="text-align: left;" | Object and symbol are unrelated to the asteroid [[Astronomy:26 Proserpina|26 Proserpina]].<ref name="L216080"/>
|-
| [[File:Globus cruciger (fixed width).svg|32px|Proserpina]] || {{huge|♁}} || U+2641  
|style="text-align:left;"|Symbol used for Proserpina and apparent synonym Kora by astrologers in Poland, and the astrology software Urania, who identify Proserpina with the dwarf planet Eris.<ref name=miller>{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2021/21224-dwarf-planet-syms.pdf|title=Unicode request for dwarf-planet symbols|last=Miller|first=Kirk|date=26 October 2021|publisher=Unicode Consortium}}</ref>
|-
| Transpluto<ref name="L216080"/> || [[File:Astrological planet Transpluto.svg|32px]] 
| {{huge|⯗}} || U+2BD7 || style="text-align: left;" | Fictitious planet beyond Pluto (arrow pointing beyond Pluto's orbit)
|}

The [[Organization:Hamburg School of Astrology|Hamburg School of Astrology]], also called Uranian Astrology, is a sub-variety of western astrology.<ref name="L216064">{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16064-uranian-planets.pdf|title=L2/16-064: Extra Symbols from Uranian Astrology|date=2016-03-06|first=David|last=Faulks}}</ref>  It adds eight fictitious [[Astronomy:Trans-Neptunian object|trans-Neptunian]] planets to the normal ones used by western astrologers:<ref name="L216064"/>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Name
!Image
!Text
![[Unicode]]
|-
| Cupido
| [[File:Astrological_planet_Cupido.svg|32px|Cupido]]
| {{huge|⯠}}
| U+2BE0
|-
| Hades
| [[File:Astrological_planet_Hades.svg|32px|Hades]]
| {{huge|⯡}}
| U+2BE1
|-
| Zeus
| [[File:Astrological_planet_Zeus.svg|32px|Zeus]]
| {{huge|⯢}}
| U+2BE2
|-
| Kronos
| [[File:Astrological_planet_Kronos.svg|32px|Kronos]]
| {{huge|⯣}}
| U+2BE3
|-
| Apollon
| [[File:Astrological_planet_Apollon.svg|32px|Apollon]]
| {{huge|⯤}}
| U+2BE4
|-
| Admetos
| [[File:Astrological_planet_Admetos.svg|32px|Admetos]]
| {{huge|⯥}}
| U+2BE5
|-
| Vulcanus
| [[File:Astrological_planet_Vulcanus.svg|32px|Vulcanus]]
| {{huge|⯦}}
| U+2BE6
|-
| Poseidon
| [[File:Astrological_planet_Poseidon.svg|32px|Poseidon]]
| {{huge|⯧}}
| U+2BE7
|}

===Aspects===
In [[Unsolved:Astrology|astrology]], an '''aspect''' is an [[Angle|angle]] the [[Astronomy:Planets in astrology|planets]] make to each other in the [[Unsolved:Horoscope|horoscope]], also to the [[Unsolved:Ascendant|ascendant]], [[Unsolved:Midheaven|midheaven]], [[Unsolved:Descendant (astrology)|descendant]], [[Unsolved:Imum coeli|lower midheaven]], and other points of astrological interest. The following symbols are used to note aspect:<ref name="L217020">{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17020r2-fdbk-extra-aspect-sym.pdf|title=L2/17-020R2: Feedback on Extra Aspect Symbols for Astrology|date=2017-01-24|first=Michel|last=Suignard}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Name
!Image
!Text
!Unicode
!Angle
!Ratio
!Explanation
|- 
|Conjunction||[[File:Conjunction-symbol.svg|32px]]||{{large|☌}}||U+260C|| 0° || - || style="text-align: left;" | Two or more planets in the same house (zodiacal sign).<br />A circle with a line implying two objects are aligned (or, the starting point of an angle)
|-
|rowspan="2" | Vigintile||{{large|V}}||{{large|V}}||U+0056|| rowspan="2" | 18°|| rowspan="2"|20|| rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;" | Also known as ''semidecile''.
|-
|{{large|SD}}||{{large|SD}}||U+0053 U+0044
|- 
|Semisextile ||[[File:Semisextile-symbol.svg|32px]]||{{large|⚺}}||U+26BA|| 30° || 12|| style="text-align: left;" | One sign apart<br />The intersecting lines from the inner angles of the upper half of a hexagon (see Sextile).  Also known as ''dodecile''.
|-
| Undecile||{{large|U}}||{{large|U}}||U+0055||32.73°||11
|- 
| rowspan="2" | Decile||{{large|D}}||{{large|D}}||U+0044||rowspan="2" | 36°|| rowspan="2"| 10||
|- 
| [[File:Up_tack.svg|32px]]||{{large|⊥}}||U+22A5
| 
|- 
| [[Unsolved:Astrological aspect#Novile|Novile]] ||{{large|N}}||{{large|N}}||U+004E||40°||9|| style="text-align: left;" | Also known as ''nonile''.
|- 
|Semi-square ||[[File:Semisquare symbol.svg|32px]]||{{large|∠}}|| U+2220|| 45°||8 || style="text-align: left;" | Half the angle of Square.  Also known as ''semiquartile'' and ''octile''. The symbol was originally an 'L' shape (half a square), now commonly an acute angle, though not actually drawn as a 45° angle.
|- 
|Septile||{{large|S}}||{{large|S}}||U+0053|| 51.43° || 7
|- 
|[[Unsolved:Astrological aspect#Sextile|Sextile]]||[[File:Sextile-symbol.svg|32px]]||{{large|⚹}}||U+26B9|| 60°|| 6 || style="text-align: left;" | Two signs apart<br />The intersecting lines from the inner angles of a [[Hexagon|hexagon]]
|- 
| rowspan="2" | Quintile||{{large|Q}}||{{large|Q}}||U+0051|| rowspan="2" | 72°|| rowspan="2"|5 || 
|- 
| [[File:Pentagon_symbol.svg|32px]] || {{large|⬠}} || U+2B20||
|-
|Binovile||{{large|N<sup>2</sup>}}||{{large|N<sup>2</sup>}}||U+004E U+00B2|| 80°|| 9/2 || style="text-align: left;" | Also known as ''binonile''.
|- 
|Square|| [[File:Square-symbol.svg|32px]]||{{large|□}}||U+25A1|| 90°||4 || style="text-align: left;" | Three signs apart / Same modality<br />A regular quadrilateral that represents the [[Right angle|right angle]].  Also known as ''quartile''.
|-
|Biseptile||{{large|S<sup>2</sup>}}||{{large|S<sup>2</sup>}}||U+0053 U+00B2|| 102.86°|| 7/2 ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | Tredecile||{{large|D<sup>3</sup>}}||{{large|D<sup>3</sup>}}||U+0044 U+00B3|| rowspan="2" | 108°||rowspan="2"|10/3 || rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;" | Also known as ''tridecile''.
|-
| [[File:Minus-or-plus_sign.svg|32px]] || {{large|∓}} || U+2213
|- 
|Trine||[[File:Trine-symbol.svg|32px]]||{{large|△}}||U+25B3|| 120°||3 || style="text-align: left;" | Four signs apart / Same elemental triplicity<br />An equilateral [[Triangle|triangle]].  Also known as ''trinovile''.
|-
|Sesquiquadrate||[[File:Sesquisquare-symbol.svg|32px]]||{{large|⚼}}||U+26BC|| 135°||8/3 || style="text-align: left;" | The [[Glyph|glyph]] of the Semi-Square under the glyph of the Square, implying the sum of them both.  Also known as the ''sesquisquare'', ''square-and-a-half'', and ''trioctile''.
|-
| rowspan="3" | Biquintile||{{large|Q<sup>2</sup>}}||{{large|Q<sup>2</sup>}}||U+0051 U+00B2|| rowspan="3" | 144° ||rowspan="3"| 5/2
|-
| {{large|bQ}}||{{large|bQ}}||U+0062 U+0051||
|-
| [[File:Plus or minus symbol.svg|32px]] || {{large|±}} || U+00B1
|-
|[[Quincunx]]||[[File:Quincunx symbol.svg|32px]]||{{large|⚻}}||U+26BB|| 150°|| 12/5 || style="text-align: left;" | Five signs apart<br />The intersecting lines from the inner angles of the lower half of a hexagon (see Sextile).  Also known as the ''inconjunct''.
|-
|Triseptile||{{large|S<sup>3</sup>}}||{{large|S<sup>3</sup>}}||U+0053 U+00B3|| 154.29°|| 7/3 || style="text-align: left;" | Also known as ''tridecile''.
|-
|Quadranovile||{{large|N<sup>4</sup>}}||{{large|N<sup>4</sup>}}||U+004E U+2074|| 160°||9/4  || style="text-align: left;" | Also known as ''quadnovile'' and ''quadranonile''.
|- 
|Opposition||[[File:Opposition-symbol.svg|32px]]||{{large|☍}}||U+260D|| 180°|| 2 || style="text-align: left;" | Six signs apart
The glyph of the Conjunction plus a circle on top of its line, implying two objects are opposed.
|-
|[[Astronomy:Occultation|Occultation]] ||32px|| {{huge|🝵}} || U+1F775 || 0° || ||style="text-align: left;" | Conjunction with eclipse. [[Earth:Solar eclipse|Solar eclipse]] when the Sun and Moon are in conjunction. Less commonly used for the Moon eclipsing any of the planets, as opposed to a mere conjunction, or for any of the planets and their moons eclipsing each other.
|-
|[[Astronomy:Lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse]] ||32px|| {{huge|🝶}} || U+1F776 || 180° || ||style="text-align: left;" | Opposition with eclipse, or (rarely) any body in the shadow of the other. Lunar eclipse when the Sun and Moon are in opposition.
|}

;Russian aspects
In addition to the aspect symbols above, some Russian astrologers use additional or unique aspect symbols:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16174r-astrology-aspects.pdf|title=L2/16-174R: Extra Aspect Symbols for Astrology|date=2016-06-09|first=David|last=Faulks}}</ref><ref name="L217020"/>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Name
!Image
!Text
!Unicode
!Angle
|-
|Vigintile||[[File:Russian_astrological_symbol_vigintile.svg|32px]]||{{large|⯳}}||U+2BF3 || 18°
|-
|Novile ||[[File:Russian_astrological_symbol_novile.svg|32px]]||{{large|⯴}}||U+2BF4 || 40°
|-
|Quintile||[[File:Russian_astrological_symbol_quintile.svg|32px]]||{{large|⯵}}||U+2BF5 || 72°
|-
|Binovile||[[File:Russian_astrological_symbol_binovile.svg|32px]]||{{large|⯶}}||U+2BF6 || 80°
|-
|Centile (Sentagon) ||[[File:Russian_astrological_symbol_sentagon.svg|32px]]||{{large|⯷}}||U+2BF7 || 100°
|-
|Tredecile||[[File:Russian_astrological_symbol_tredecile.svg|32px]]||{{large|⯸}}||U+2BF8 || 108°
|}

===Miscellaneous symbols===
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Category
!Name
!Image
!Text
!Unicode
!Explanation
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Angle (astrology)|Angle]] || [[Unsolved:Ascendant|Ascendant]] || {{huge|A<sup>sc</sup>}} || {{huge|A<sup>sc</sup>}} ||  || style="text-align: left;" | The ascendant (also known as the "''ascensum coeli''") is the rising intersection of the [[Astronomy:Ecliptic|ecliptic]] with the [[Horizontal coordinate system|celestial horizon]] at a particular moment in time; it is used in the construction of a [[Unsolved:Horoscope|horoscope]]/natal chart
|-
|[[Unsolved:Midheaven|Midheaven]]|| {{huge|M<sup>c</sup>}} || {{huge|M<sup>c</sup>}} || || style="text-align: left;" | The midheaven (also known as the "''medium coeli''") is the point where the ecliptic crosses the local [[Astronomy:Meridian|meridian]]; it is used in the construction of a horoscope/natal chart
|-
| Vertex || {{huge|Vx}} or [[File:Vertex symbol.svg|32px]] || {{huge|Vx}} or {{huge|🜊}} || U+1F70A || style="text-align: left;" | The vertex and anti-vertex are the points where the prime vertical intersects the ecliptic. A crucible symbol, 🜊, is used by [[Unsolved:Astrolog|Astrolog]] and the HamburgSymbols font
|-
|Apparent retrograde motion || [[Astronomy:Apparent retrograde motion|Retrograde motion]]|| {{not a typo|{{huge|℞}}}} || {{not a typo|{{huge|℞}}}} || U+211E || style="text-align: left;" | Symbol represents the apparent retrograde motion of a planet in an [[Unsolved:Horoscope|astrological chart]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Astronomy:Lunar node|Lunar node]] || Ascending Node||[[File:Ascending node (fixed width).svg|32px]] || {{huge|☊}} || U+260A
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;" | Not all astrologers use the lunar nodes; however, their usage is very important in Vedic astrology. They are alternately known as the "Dragon's Head" (''[[Astronomy:Rahu|Rahu]]'', ''Caput Draconis'', or ''Anabibazon'') and the "Dragon's Tail" (''[[Astronomy:Ketu (mythology)|Ketu]]'', ''Cauda Draconis'', or ''Catabibazon''). The two nodes together are most commonly referred to simply as the '''nodal axis''', the '''lunar nodes''', or the '''Moon's nodes'''.
|-
|Descending Node||[[File:Descending node (fixed width).svg|32px]] || {{huge|☋}} || U+260B
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Astronomy:Moon|Lunar]] apogee || [[Unsolved:Lilith (fictitious moon)|Black Moon]], or Lilith ||[[File:Astrological symbol for Black Moon.svg|32px]] || {{huge|⚸}} || U+26B8 || style="text-align: left;" | The original Black Moon was a fictitious second, very dark moon of Earth. It is now often re-interpreted as the position of the mean lunar apogee as measured from the geocenter; variants of the Black Moon include replacing the mean orbit with a "true" osculating orbit or with an interpolated orbit; charting the empty focus of the Moon's orbit instead of the apogee; and measuring the desired point's barycentric or topocentric position instead of its geocentric position.<ref name=revilla>{{cite web
| url = http://www.expreso.co.cr/centaurs/blackmoon/barycentric.html
| title = The Black Moon Apogee and its Variants
| last = Revilla
| first = Juan Antonio
| access-date = 2010-08-20
| archive-date = 2021-01-30
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210130075710/https://www.expreso.co.cr/centaurs/blackmoon/barycentric.html
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>
|-
| True Black Moon || [[File:Astrological symbol for True Black Moon.svg|32px]] || {{huge|⯞}} || U+2BDE || style="text-align: left;" | The lunar apogee calculated from its current position (disregarding solar perturbation), as opposed to its [[Mean|mean]] position.<ref name="L216080"/>
|-
| rowspan="3" | symbols related to Lilith || White Moon, or Selena || [[File:Astrological symbol for White Moon.svg|32px]] || {{huge|⯝}} || U+2BDD || style="text-align: left;" | Russian astrologer Pavel Globa invented this to serve as the symbolic opposite of the Black Moon in the 1980s.<ref name="L216080"/>
|-
| True White Moon, or Arta || [[File:Astrological symbol for True White Moon.svg|32px]] || {{huge|⯟}} || U+2BDF || style="text-align: left;" | Similar to White Moon, but calculated from the "true" Black Moon rather than the mean Black Moon.<ref name="L216080"/>
|-
| Solar apogee || [[File:Astrological symbol for solar apogee.svg|32px]] || -- || -- || style="text-align: left;" | Assumes an Earth-centered universe; the heliocentric equivalent would be ''terrestrial aphelion''. Used to derive the (true) White Moon from the (true) Black Moon: ⯟ = ☊ + 7⁄4(⯞ &minus; [[File:Astrological symbol for solar apogee.svg|Solar apogee]] + 180°)
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Unsolved:Alchemical symbol#Three primes|Alchemical 'Three&nbsp;primes']]||Zodiacal modalities:<br />[[Unsolved:Cardinal sign (astrology)|cardinal]] ||[[Image:Sulphur symbol (fixed width).svg|32px]]||{{huge|🜍}}|| U+1F70D
|rowspan="3" style="text-align: left;" | Western astrological symbolism has common early origin with alchemical shorthand glyphs, and planetary divination has long been held in association with alchemy's symbols; the three primes of Paracelsus have been associated with the zodiac sign modalities, and tendencies of their nature in an elementary way to be construed as being mutable (Quick-Silver or Mercury), fixed (Salt) or be cardinal (Sulfur).
|-
| [[Unsolved:Fixed sign|fixed]] || [[File:Salt symbol (alchemical).svg|32px]] || {{huge|🜔}} || U+1F714
|-
| [[Unsolved:Mutable sign|mutable]] ||[[Image:Mercury symbol (fixed width).svg|32px]]||{{huge|☿}}|| U+263F
|-
|[[Unsolved:Ophiuchus (astrology)|Ophiuchus]] ||Serpent-holder ||[[File:Ophiuchus_symbol_(fixed_width).svg|32px]]||{{huge|{{emoji presentation|⛎︎|text}}}}|| U+26CE ||style="text-align: left;"|[[Unsolved:Ophiuchus (astrology)|Ophiuchus]] has been proposed as a thirteenth sign of the zodiac by astrologer Walter Berg in 1995, who gave it a symbol which gained some popularity in Japan.
|-
|[[Astronomy:Earth|Earth]] ||Earth||[[File:Earth symbol.svg|32px]]||{{huge|{{emoji presentation|🜨|text}}}}|| U+1F728 ||style="text-align: left;"| Four quadrants of the Earth
|-
| [[Unsolved:Arabic parts|Lot]] || Lot of fortune||[[File:Part of Fortune symbol.svg|32px]] || {{huge|🝴}} || U+1F774 || style="text-align: left;" | Glyph for planet Earth rotated 45 degrees. In some fonts the [[Tensor product|tensor product]], U+2297 ⊗, can be used as a substitute for the symbol.
|}

==See also==
* Alchemical symbols
* Aztec calendar
* [[Astronomy:Behenian fixed star|Behenian fixed star]]
* Classical elements
* [[Unsolved:Earthly Branches|Earthly Branches]]
* Gender symbols
* Heavenly Stems
* [[Astronomy:Maya calendar|Maya calendar]]
* ''[[Philosophy:Monas Hieroglyphica|Monas Hieroglyphica]]''
* Planet symbol
* [[Astronomy:Nakshatra|Nakshatra]]
* [[Unsolved:Navagraha|Navagraha]]
* [[Physics:Sexagenary cycle|Sexagenary cycle]]
* Sri Rama Chakra
* Vedic astrology

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://marthalangwescott.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Glyphs-and-Keywords.pdf Glyphs and keywords for asteroids (often different from the astronomical ones)]

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