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On this 16th-century clock-face, Aries (from 9 o'clock to 10 o'clock on the outer dial, to the left of Saturn/Saturnday) indicates April.
Translingual
Alternative forms
The horns at top may be strongly spiraled.
Etymology
A depiction of a ram's face and horns.
Symbol
♈︎
- (astrology) The symbol for the sign Aries.
- (astronomy, rare) The symbol for the constellation Aries.
- (rare) March[1]
- (alchemy, archaic) calcination
(2): The 1833 US Nautical Almanac using the symbol ⟨♈︎⟩ for stars in the constellation of Aries, here ε ♈︎ (Epsilon Arietis) in line 21.
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| Note: Character's appearance may be different on each system. Text style is forced with ︎ and emoji style with ️ | |
Gallery
A glyph from 1493
A glyph from the 1500s
A glyph from ca. 1750
A glyph from 1840
A glyph from 1908
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The symbol on a background colored as Mars, the ruling planet
An iconic variant
Coin with symbol and icon
See also
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| ariēs | taurus | geminī | cancer | ||||||||
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| sagittārius | capricornus | aquārius | piscēs | ||||||||
References
- Rudolf Koch (1955 [1930]) The Book of Signs. Dover, p. 55
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