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⚵ U+26B5, ⚵ JUNO ← ⚴ [U+26B4] Miscellaneous Symbols ⚶ → [U+26B6]

Translingual

Etymology

The scepter of the Roman queen of the gods, Juno, surmounted by a star. The scepter took various forms in the 19th century, some rather elaborate, but soon the original printer's hack of an asterisk ⟨*⟩ over an inverted dagger ⟨⸸⟩ was settled on for typographic convenience.

Symbol

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1. (astronomy, astrology) The asteroid 3 Juno.

Synonyms

• ③

Gallery

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  A printer's hack is the original published glyph of 1804
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  A variant published in 1840
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  Variant with an orb
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  An elaborate variant
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  Symbol on a rose background

German

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1. (dated) getauft (baptized)