Taurus Emoji

Symbols

A stylized, circular-headed bull’s face with curved horns, depicted as a simple purple icon. It represents the second sign of the zodiac.

Usage Context

Used to identify people born between April 20 and May 20, or to reference traits associated with the sign, such as being headstrong or patient. It is frequently seen in social media bios alongside other zodiac signs like ♈ or ♊ to indicate personal identity or compatibility.

History

Zodiac symbols were added to the Unicode standard in 1993 to support astrological software and early web-based horoscope columns. The design reflects ancient astronomical shorthand used to track constellations across the night sky.

Details

Glyph

♉

Unicode

U+2649

Shortcode

:emoji_u2649:

HTML Entity

♉

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Symbols

Subcategory zodiac

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

Apache 2.0 SIL OFL 1.1 Noto Repository