⛎ Emoji meaning

Enthusiast, constellation, Greek mythology, 13th zodiac sign.

Meaning

The astronomical sign for the constellation of Ophiuchus (Latin for serpent bearer). One of the 48 constellations of the Greek ancient world and the subject of Greek myths. In some circles, is considered the unknown 13th zodiac sign.

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Commonly confused with

Same Shape

Ophiuchus

Ophiuchus vs crossed swords; both crossed shapes, used in fantasy or horoscope art.

Ophiuchus

Ophiuchus vs Gemini; serpentine line vs double glyph, sometimes mistaken as an extra zodiac twin sign.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Ophiuchus” was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .

In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ Ophiuchus

In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there were 2 changes.

Emoji title renamed

Emoji title before

ophiuchus

Emoji title after

Ophiuchus

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ bearer + serpent + snake + zodiac

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