What ☊ means
It marks the Moon's northward crossing of the ecliptic. The ecliptic is the plane of Earth's orbit, seen as the Sun's apparent path across the sky. The Moon's tilted orbit meets it at two points; ☊ is where the Moon crosses from south to north. Astronomers use this point to describe orbital geometry and eclipse seasons.
The Dragon's Head name comes from eclipse traditions: Iranian sources describe the lunar nodes as a celestial dragon's head and tail linked to eclipses, and later Islamic astronomy used head-and-tail names for the ascending and descending nodes. Node glyphs are attested in medieval texts.
What does ☊ mean in an astrology chart?
It marks the North Node, called Rahu in Vedic astrology. Other astrology traditions may call it the Dragon's Head. These names point to the same calculated node; its interpretation depends on the tradition, so the glyph alone cannot supply a full reading.
Technical astronomy or astrology notation; it reads as a chart label, not a casual reaction.
It marks an orbital point, not a planet; chart meanings vary by astrology tradition.
What it means when someone sends it to you
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1Why does ☊ have a T in some charts?
It can mark a “true” node value. A 2016 Unicode proposal described Astrolab using a T-bearing version to distinguish that value from the unmarked node.
How to type ☊
☊\260ACodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.