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♏ U+264F, ♏
SCORPIUS
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[U+264E] 		Miscellaneous Symbols ♐ →
[U+2650]
On this 16th-century clock-face, Scorpio (from 4 o'clock to 5 o'clock on the outer dial, below Mercury/Wednesday) indicates November.

Translingual

Alternative forms

The symbol may have three humps before the tail, not just two; the tail may or may not have barbs (end in an arrowhead).

Etymology

A stylized representation of a scorpion with a stinging tail.

Symbol

♏︎

  1. (astrology) The symbol for the sign Scorpio.
  2. (astronomy, rare) The symbol for the constellation Scorpius.
  3. (rare) October[1]
  4. (alchemy, archaic) separation
(2): The 1833 US Nautical Almanac using the symbol ⟨♏︎⟩ for stars in the constellation of Scorpius, here δ ♏︎ (Delta Scorpii) in line 4.
(2): The 1833 US Nautical Almanac using the symbol ⟨♏︎⟩ for stars in the constellation of Scorpius, here δ ♏︎ (Delta Scorpii) in line 4.


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 Mars, the ruling planet
    The symbol on a background colored as Mars, 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. 56
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