What ⚴ means
It identifies asteroid Pallas, traditionally with Athena’s spear. The Pallas glyph appeared in 1802, after astronomer Heinrich Olbers discovered the asteroid. It served as a compact mark while newly found asteroids were still being treated as planets.
The name points to Pallas Athena, the Greek goddess; the spear is the sign’s mythological image, while its practical job was to label one astronomical body.
Why do astrologers use ⚴?
Astrologers use the historical glyph to mark Pallas in charts. They revived the older asteroid signs in the 1970s. Numbered asteroid notation was introduced in 1852 as discoveries accumulated; modern listings usually identify this body by number and name: 2 Pallas.
The glyph therefore carries two kinds of history: an early astronomical shorthand and a later astrological chart label.
Technical and historical, with an established place in astrological charts.
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsA chart marker for the asteroid Pallas.
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1Questions people ask
1Why does the Pallas glyph look different in some references?
Historical drawings and typefaces vary: the spearhead appears as a diamond, leaf, or triangle. These are graphic variations of the sign for the same asteroid.
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How to type or find ⚴
- Also called
- Pallas glyph · Pallas spear symbol
- Search it as
- pallas symbol · asteroid pallas · pallas astrology · pallas spear · pallas triangle · pallas diamond
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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