♋


♋ U+264B, ♋
CANCER
← ♊
[U+264A] 		Miscellaneous Symbols ♌ →
[U+264C]
On this 16th-century clock-face, Cancer (from 12 o'clock to 1 o'clock on the outer dial, just to the right of the sun hand) indicates July.

Translingual

Alternative forms

The strokes coming from the circles may be straight and horizontal, or slightly curved, to forming arcs of a larger circle themselves.

Etymology

A pair of crab claws.

Symbol

♋︎

  1. (astrology) The symbol for the sign Cancer.
  2. (astronomy, rare) The symbol for the constellation Cancer.
  3. (rare) June[1]
  4. (alchemy, archaic) dissolve
    Synonyms: 🝡, 🝢
  5. (botany, obsolete) dioecious[2]
(2): The 1833 US Nautical Almanac using the symbol ⟨♋︎⟩ for stars in the constellation of Cancer, here δ ♋︎ (Delta Cancri).
(2): The 1833 US Nautical Almanac using the symbol ⟨♋︎⟩ for stars in the constellation of Cancer, here δ ♋︎ (Delta Cancri).


Presentations of ♋︎
Text
style		Emoji
style
♋︎♋️
Note: Character's appearance
may be different on each system.
Text style is forced with ︎
and emoji style with ️
  • A glyph from 1493
    A glyph from 1493
  • A glyph from the 1500s
    A glyph from the 1500s
  • A glyph from ca. 1750
    A glyph from ca. 1750
  • A glyph from 1840
    A glyph from 1840
  • A glyph from 1908
    A glyph from 1908
  • Font variant
    Font variant
  • The symbol on a background colored as the Moon, the ruling planet
    The symbol on a background colored as the Moon, the ruling planet
  • An iconic variant
    An iconic variant
  • Coin with symbol and icon
    Coin with symbol and icon

See also
Zodiac signs (translingual) (layout · text)
ariēs taurus geminī cancer
leō virgō lībra scorpiō
sagittārius capricornus aquārius piscēs

References
  1. Rudolf Koch (1955 [1930]) The Book of Signs. Dover, p. 55
  2. Simpson, Niki (2010 February) “Botanical symbols: a new symbol set for new images”, in Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society‎, volume 162, number 2, →DOI, archived from the original on 2021-12-19, pages 117–129
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