Real astronomy and dated history, with sources. Documented traditions and folklore. Modern lunar astrology · symbolic, not predictive.

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Sign glyphs

Also called zodiac symbols

The twelve shorthand symbols for the signs: ♈ ♉ ♊ ♋ ♌ ♍ ♎ ♏ ♐ ♑ ♒ ♓.

The glyphs grew out of medieval manuscript abbreviations and pictures of the constellation figures (the ram's horns, the bull's head, the scales). On this site every glyph also has its name in text, and the chart never relies on recognising one.

Kind: History
Tradition: Shared across Western traditions
In this site’s birth chart: used

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