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♑ U+2651, ♑ CAPRICORN ← ♐ [U+2650] Miscellaneous Symbols ♒ → [U+2652]

On this 16th-century clock-face, Capricorn (from 6 o'clock to 7 o'clock on the outer dial, below Jupiter/Thursday) indicates January.

Translingual

Alternative forms

This is the most variable of the signs. It may look like a V connected to an ʃ shape (see box at right), like an ɳ or ȵ shape ending in a crossing loop, or like a 7 or Ɥ with a counter-clockwise crossing loop at the bottom. In the latter case the loop may be small or quite large, as seen in the gallery below. These all originate as manuscript variants of the same basic form.

Etymology

A stylized representation of the chimeric capricorn (head and forelegs of a goat, curling tail of a fish).

Symbol

♑︎

1. (astrology) The symbol for the sign Capricorn.
2. (astronomy, rare) The symbol for the constellation Capricornus.
3. (rare) December
4. (alchemy, archaic) fermentation, putrefaction

   Synonym: 🝤

(2): The 1833 US Nautical Almanac using the symbol ⟨♑︎⟩ for stars in the constellation of Capricornus, here γ ♑︎ (Gamma Capricorni) and δ ♑︎ (Delta Capricorni).

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 ️

Gallery

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  A glyph from 1493
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  A glyph from the 1500s
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  A glyph from ca. 1750
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  A glyph from 1840
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  A glyph from 1908
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  Font variant
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  The European variant
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  Font variant
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  The symbol on a background colored as Saturn, the ruling planet
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  Coin with symbol and icon

See also

Zodiac signs (translingual) (layout · text)
ariēs	taurus	geminī	cancer
leō	virgō	lībra	scorpiō
sagittārius	capricornus	aquārius	piscēs