Zodiac Sign emojis

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Zodiac Sign emojis

Crissov opened this issue 7 years ago · comments

Current emojis cover many variants of zodiac signs.
The Eastern/Chinese/Asian animal zodiac signs are included with several local variants, most of them as full-body and (possibly unified) face-only variants.
The Western/European zodiac signs are available as symbols and as objects (animals, people, things). There are, however, some more exotic astronomic traditions that would require further emojis.

Japanese Zodiac

The Japanese zodiac animals should be covered already, but the Dragon 🐉 / 🐲 is sometimes a Seahorse #176 instead.

Celtic Animal Zodiac

I found different lists online, have not found a canonical reference yet. There are usually 13 signs listed because they obviously depend more on the Moon than on the Sun or other stars.

What's Your Sign: Lunar Celtic Animal Zodiac

Emoji	Sign	Start date
🦌	Stag/Deer	December 24
🐈 🐱	Cat	January 21
🐍	Snake/Adder	February 18
🦊	Fox	March 18
🐂 🐄 🐮	Bull/Cow/Cattle	April 15
#176	Seahorse	May 13
(:bird:)	Wren (bird)	June 10
🐴 🐎	Horse	July 8
🐟	Salmon/Fish	August 5
#94	Swan	September 2
🦋	Butterfly	September 30
🐺 🐕 🐶	Wolf/Hound	October 28
#229	Hawk/Falcon	November 22

Astrology of the Ancients: Celtic Animal Zodiac Signs and Meanings

Emoji	Sign	Start date
🐉 🐲	Green Dragon	January 21
#176	Seahorse	February 18
#229	Hawk	March 18
(:snake:)	Sea Serpent	April 15
🦊	Fox	May 13
(:horse: :racehorse:)	White Horse	June 10
🦄	Unicorn	July 8
(:fish:)	Rainbow Salmon	August 5
#94	White Swan	September 2
🦋	Butterfly	September 30
🐺 🐕 🐶	White Hound	October 28
(:horse: :racehorse:)	Black Horse	November 25
🦌	Stag	December 24

Tarot.com

Emojis	Animals	Tree	Start date
🦅, 🦌	Golden Eagle, White Stag	Birch	December 24
#210, 🐉 🐲	Crane, Green Dragon	Rowan	January 21
#102, #176, #90	Seal, Seahorse, Seagull	Ash	February 18
🐻, 🦊, #229	Bear, Fox, Hawk	Alder	March 18
🐍, 🐇 🐰, (🐉 🐲)	Adder, Hare, Sea Serpent	Willow	April 15
🐝, 🦉	Bee, Owl	Hawthorn	May 13
(:bird:), #101, 🐴 🐎	Wren, Otter, White Horse	Oak	June 10
🐈 🐱, 🦄	Cat, Unicorn	Holly	July 8
#210, 🐟	Crane, Salmon	Hazel	August 5
🦎, 🐕 🐶, #94	Lizard, Hound, White Swan	Wine	September 2
🐗, 🦋, #95	Boar, Butterfly, Goose	Ivy	September 30
🐺 🐕 🐶, 🦉	Hound, Owl	Reed	October 28
#111, 🐴 🐎, #208	Badger, Black Horse, Raven	Elder	November 25

Native American Zodiac

There were so many pre-Columbian tribes and peoples in the Americas that it's unlikely they all shared a single consistent set of zodiac signs, but you will find some like this (obviously North-American) one online:

Emoji	Sign	Start date	Equivalent
#95, 🐻	Goose, Bear	December 22	♑ Capricorn
#101, #361	Otter, Magpie	January 20	♒ Aquarius
🐺, (🐆), 🐳 🐋	Wolf, Cougar, Whale	February 20	♓ Pisces
#229, 🐺	Falcon, Hawk, Wolf	March 20	♈ Aries
#123, #161	Beaver, Elk / Moose	April 20	♉ Taurus
🦌, 🦅	Deer, Eagle	May 21	♊ Gemini
(:bird:, :fish:)	Woodpecker / Flicker, Salmon	June 21	♋ Cancer
(:fish:, :leopard:)	Salmon / Sturgeon, Cougar	July 22	♌ Leo
🐻, 🦉	Bear, Owl	August 22	♍ Virgo
#208, 🕊️	Raven / Crow, Dove	September 22	♎ Libra
🐍	Snake, Eel	October 23	♏ Scorpius
🦉, 🐴 🐎 , #161	Owl, Horse, Elk / Moose	November 23	♐ Sgaittarius

These are also referred to as totems or spirit animals.

References

https://www.tarot.com/astrology/best-emojis-for-your-zodiac-sign

Conclusion

Several animal emojis have been added only because they were used in zodiac symbolism. This would hence constitute a precedent to encode these animals as emojis:

This is ignoring some birds and fish, which may be represented sufficiently by more generic emojis.

I'm pretty sure there are South American, African or Austronesian traditions that would add other animals to the mix. Emojis are culturally skewed to the Northern hemisphere.

Informative References

Standard References

Christoph Päper · Answer 1 · Tue Aug 29 2017 19:23:51 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

There are other North American totem animals as well, many of which are already covered:

Alligator
Ant
Anteater
Antelope
Armadillo
Badger #111
Bat
Bear
Beaver #123
Bee
Boar/Pig
Bobcat (same as Lynx)
Buffalo
Bull
Bumblebee (unless same as Honey Bee)
Butterfly
Camel
Caribou (unless same as Deer)
Cat
Cheetah (unless same as Leopard) #89
Cougar (unless same as Leopard) #89
Cow
Coyote
Cobra (unless same as Snake)
Crab
Crane #210
Crocodile (same as Alligator)
Crow (same as Raven) #208
Deer (same as Stag)
Dog
Dogfish
Dolphin
Dove
Dragon
Dragonfly
Duck
Eagle
Elephant
Elk
Falcon (Bird of Prey #229)
Fish
Flamingo #92
Fox
Frog
Gazelle (perhaps same as Antelope)
Giraffe
Goat
Goose #95
Gorilla
Grasshopper (same as Cricket)
Grouse (same as Chicken)
Grizzly (same as Bear)
Halibut
Hawk #229
Heron/Egret #210
Hippopotamus
Horse
Hummingbird
Jaguar (unless same as Leopard) #89
Kangaroo
Killer Whale / Orca (unless same as Whale)
Kingfisher
Lion
Lizard
Llama
Lynx
Meerkat
Mole
Mongoose
Monkey
Moose (same as Elk)
Mouse
Octopus
Opossum
Ostrich
Otter
Owl
Ox (same as Bull)
Panther (unless same as Leopard) #89
Parrot
Peacock
Pelican #211
Penguin
Porcupine
Prairie Dog
Puma (unless same as Leopard) #89
Quail
Rabbit
Raccoon
Ram
Rat
Raven (same as Crow)
Rhinoceros
Roadrunner
Rooster
Salmon #391
Scorpion
Seagull #90
Seahorse #176
Seal #102
Shark
Skunk #225
Snail
Snake
Spider
Squirrel (unless same as Chipmunk) #225
Stag (same as Deer)
Swan #94
Tiger
Toad (unless same as Frog)
Turkey
Turtle
Unicorn
Weasel #97
Whale
Wolf
Woodpecker #390
Zebra

Sources

Christoph Päper · Answer 2 · Mon Feb 15 2021 19:43:05 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

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