Ophiuchus Emoji

Symbols

A purple square background featuring a white icon that combines a horseshoe shape with a serpent-like line crossing through it. This represents the constellation Ophiuchus, the thirteenth sign of the zodiac.

Usage Context

Mainly used by astronomy enthusiasts, horoscope followers, and those who identify with the 'thirteenth sign.' It frequently appears in discussions about the accuracy of zodiac calendars or when someone wants to point out their fringe astrological sign alongside more traditional ones like ♈ or ♏.

History

Ophiuchus was added to the Unicode standard in 2010. While the constellation has been known to astronomers since antiquity, it gained massive traction in internet culture when NASA clarified its position along the ecliptic, sparking debates about whether the standard twelve-sign zodiac was outdated.

Details

Glyph

⛎

Unicode

U+26CE

Shortcode

:emoji_u26ce:

HTML Entity

⛎

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Symbols

Subcategory zodiac

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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