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orcus

Orcus

🝿 is the modern glyph for Orcus, used mainly as a label in astrology charts and software. Its O–R design hints at a skull or an orca’s grin; its place among alchemical characters is an encoding location, not evidence of an alchemical past.

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What 🝿 means

It labels Orcus in astrology charts and software.

Denis Moskowitz designed it as a compact chart mark. The Latin initials O and R join in a shape that suggests a skull or an orca’s grin.

A 2021 Unicode proposal describes these signs as chart labels and shows Orcus in a chart sequence with Quaoar.

Is the Orcus symbol an ancient alchemical sign?

No; it is a modern sign for Orcus.

Its location among alchemical characters is an encoding choice, not evidence of alchemical history. The glyph was designed for the astronomical object and its use in astrology charts.

Specialist astrology notation: its meaning depends on chart context.

Without chart context, it may read as an unfamiliar mark rather than a clear reaction.

Combination ideas

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In an astrology chart, Quaoar is 90° from Orcus in a square aspect.

Questions people ask

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Why does the Orcus symbol show as a box?

The font may not support this character. An app or device without a compatible font can show a fallback box or substitute glyph.

How to type 🝿

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1F77F, then Alt+X to get 🝿.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “orcus”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1f77f, then Enter or Space.
HTML
🝿
CSS
\1F77F
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
🝿
HTML hex
🝿
CSS content
content: "\1F77F";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9F%9D%BF
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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