Zodiac symbols in order, with dates
The western zodiac starts at the spring equinox: Aries (Mar 21 – Apr 19), Taurus (Apr 20 – May 20), Gemini (May 21 – Jun 20), Cancer (Jun 21 – Jul 22), Leo (Jul 23 – Aug 22), Virgo (Aug 23 – Sep 22), Libra (Sep 23 – Oct 22), Scorpio (Oct 23 – Nov 21), Sagittarius (Nov 22 – Dec 21), Capricorn (Dec 22 – Jan 19), Aquarius (Jan 20 – Feb 18) and Pisces (Feb 19 – Mar 20). The boundaries move by a day from year to year, so someone born on a cusp should check the exact year.
Select and copy this text sequence: ♈♉♊♋♌♍♎♏♐♑♒♓; they sit next to each other in Unicode (U2648 to U2653), which is why they always come out in this order.
Zodiac symbols and meanings: what each glyph draws
Most glyphs are tiny pictures of the sign's animal or object. is the ram's horns, a bull's head with horns, two standing figures (the twins, written like a Roman II), two crab claws, the lion's mane and tail, the scorpion's legs ending in a raised stinger, the archer's arrow, the goat-fish's horn and curled tail, two lines of rippling water and two fish tied together.
Virgo is usually read as an M for the maiden with a looped stroke; its origin is debated. Libra shows the scales — Libra is the only sign of the twelve pictured by an object rather than a living being, which is why is its emoji partner. The animal emoji make the same point in pictures: , with for Virgo, who holds an ear of wheat in old star maps, and for the water bearer's jar.
Zodiac emoji vs text symbols (copy paste not emoji)
The same twelve characters appear as colourful zodiac emoji on iPhone, Android and WhatsApp: Apple draws them as white glyphs on purple tiles, and other vendors use their own colours. In plain text fonts they are thin black line glyphs, the look most people want for a tattoo, a logo or a minimalist bio.
To ask for the text look, put the invisible variation selector UFE0E right after the sign ( instead of ). Many Android apps and browsers honour it; iOS keyboards and some messengers still turn it into an emoji, so check on the device your reader uses.
Zodiac signs, symbols and elements
Each sign belongs to one of four elements. Fire : Aries, Leo, Sagittarius. Earth : Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn. Air : Gemini, Libra, Aquarius. Water : Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces. Astrologers borrow the old alchemical triangles for the elements: fire, earth, air, and water (a downward triangle ).
In bios people often pair the sign with its element — ♏💧, ♌🔥 — or with sun, moon and rising signs written as .
Astrology symbols: planets and aspects for a birth chart
A birth chart uses planet glyphs alongside the signs: Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, or Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, plus Chiron, Black Moon Lilith, the lunar nodes and newer bodies like Eris and Sedna. Aspects between planets have their own marks: conjunction, opposition, sextile, trine and square.
The Chinese zodiac is a separate twelve-year cycle of animals rather than months: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, pig. 2026 is a Year of the Fire Horse .
Symbols
85Click a symbol to copy it and open its page.
Chinese zodiac
in year order; the ox, snake and goat are above with Taurus, Ophiuchus and Capricorn
How to use them
5 situationsClick to copyZodiac Sign Symbols combos
15Worth knowing
- Ophiuchus, the serpent bearer, got its own character in Unicode 6.0 (2010) because Japanese phone emoji sets already had it; the sun does cross that constellation in late November and December, but the tropical zodiac most horoscopes use still has twelve signs.
- Uranus has two glyphs: astrologers use , built on the letter H for its discoverer William Herschel, while astronomers prefer , a circle with an arrow.
- Unicode's is the 'PL' monogram (for Percival Lowell and for Pluto); many astrology programs draw Pluto differently, as a circle over a crescent.
- The twelve sign glyphs have been in Unicode since version 1.1 in 1993 — long before they became emoji.
Questions people ask
7How do I copy and paste zodiac sign symbols?
Tap or click a symbol above to copy it, or select the whole row from the text and paste it anywhere — chats, bios, documents.
What are the zodiac symbols in order?
Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces, starting at the spring equinox around March 21.
How do I get zodiac symbols without the emoji look?
Paste the sign followed by the invisible variation selector UFE0E . Many apps then show the plain line glyph, though iOS and some messengers still show the emoji tile.
What do the zodiac sign emoji mean?
Each one simply stands for its sign: people use them in bios to show their sun sign, in birthday messages, and in horoscope or compatibility posts.
What is the 13th zodiac sign symbol?
Ophiuchus, the serpent bearer. It is a real emoji, but standard horoscopes do not use it.
What are the planet symbols in astrology?
Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto; charts also use Chiron, Lilith and the nodes .
What are the Chinese zodiac emoji?
— rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig, one per year in a twelve-year cycle.
