SYM·0003 · Trident
Neptune
planet & sea-god
- Unicode
- U+2646 neptune
- Meaning
- The trident of the sea-god, reused as the sigil of the eighth planet.
- History
- An astronomical symbol that doubles as an astrological one — myth pressed into service for a body found by mathematics in 1846.
- Variants
- Trident form; rarer monogram forms.
- Related
- ☉☽☿♀♂♃♄ the planetary set.
- Appears
- Star charts, ephemerides, horoscopes.
- Evolution
- Weapon of a god → planetary shorthand.
Sources · 2
- documented Johann Galle and Heinrich d’Arrest, Berlin Observatory, 23 September 1846 — the planet found within a degree of Le Verrier’s predicted position.
- documented The Unicode Standard, U+2646 NEPTUNE; the symbol tables of the Astronomical Almanac for current use.