♓


♓ U+2653, ♓
PISCES
← ♒
[U+2652] 		Miscellaneous Symbols ♔ →
[U+2654]
On this 16th-century clock-face, Pisces (from 8 o'clock to 9 o'clock on the outer dial, to the left of Venus/Friday) indicates March.

Translingual

Alternative forms

The joining stroke may not extend past the arcs, or the arcs may touch in the middle without any joining stroke.

Etymology

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

Symbol

♓︎

  1. (astrology) The symbol for the sign Pisces.
  2. (astronomy, rare) The symbol for the constellation Pisces.
  3. (rare) February[1]
  4. (alchemy, archaic) projection
  5. (botany, obsolete) heterophytous[2]
(2): The 1833 US Nautical Almanac using the symbol ⟨♓︎⟩ for stars in the constellation of Pisces, here r ♓︎ (r Piscium) and s ♓︎ (s Piscium).
(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 ️
  • 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 Jupiter, the ruling planet
    The symbol on a background colored as Jupiter, the ruling planet
  • An iconic variant
    An iconic variant
  • An abstract iconic variant
    An abstract iconic variant
  • 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. 54
  2. Simpson, Niki (2010 February) “Botanical symbols: a new symbol set for new images”, in Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society‎, volume 162, number 2, →DOI, archived from the original on 2021-12-19, pages 117–129
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