Astrological symbols used Botany

From: António Martins (tuvalkin@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Nov 20 2006 - 14:19:32 CST

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    Several astrological symbols are used for plant life cycle in Botany:

    Perennial tree-like:
    U+2644 : SATURN

    Perennial bush-like:
    U+2643 : JUPITER

    Biennial:
    U+2642 : MALE SIGN (Mars)
    U+2687 : WHITE CIRCLE WITH TWO DOTS
    U+2609 : SUN
    U+2461 : CIRCLED DIGIT TWO

    Annual:
    U+2609 : SUN
    U+2460 : CIRCLED DIGIT ONE

    Other perennial non-bush-like:

    This one not in Unicode: Saturn with double stroke. I found it and took
    these photos in the Lisbon University Botanical Garden on Aug.26th, 2006:

    http://tuvalkin.web.pt/unicode/h-jup1.jpg
    http://tuvalkin.web.pt/unicode/h-jup2.jpg (along with regular U+2644)
    http://tuvalkin.web.pt/unicode/h-jup3.jpg
    See also < http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/17/179.html >.

    It is perhaps unappropriate to encode it as U+2644 U+0335, unless other
    symbols are modified in the same way.

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