What ⯱ means
It marks Eris, not a zodiac sign. An astrology chart uses symbols to label celestial bodies and their positions. Here, ⯱ identifies Eris, a dwarf planet orbiting the Sun beyond Neptune. Eris is named after the Greek goddess of discord.
Astrologer Henry Seltzer proposed this design in May 2007 for use in his astrology software. “Form Two” distinguishes it from another Eris symbol; it does not mean a second planet or a stage in its orbit.
A specialist astrology symbol. In ordinary text, writing “Eris” alongside it makes the reference clearer.
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Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does ⯱ show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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How to type or find ⯱
- Search it as
- Eris symbol · Eris glyph · Eris astrology symbol · circle with downward arrow
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.