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The twelve signs of the tropical zodiac, which are a single closed set: one Unicode range, one chart, twelve divisions of a circle. Two of them — Virgo and Scorpio — are built on the same letter M and are told apart only by how the last stroke ends. Every record states the fact readers most often arrive with: the signs no longer coincide with the constellations they are named after, because precession has moved them roughly one sign apart.
Two curves rising from a single vertical stem and turning outward at the top, like a pair of horns, the zodiac sign for births between 21 March to 19 April.
A circle with a wide upturned arc resting on top of it, like a head carrying a pair of horns, the zodiac sign for births between 20 April to 20 May.
Two vertical strokes joined by a horizontal bar at the top and another at the foot, the shape of the Roman numeral two, the zodiac sign for births between 21 May to 20 June.
Two spirals set side by side and turned through half a circle from one another, each curling inward, the zodiac sign for births between 21 June to 22 July.
A small closed loop at the foot from which a long curve sweeps up and over to the right, ending in a hook, the zodiac sign for births between 23 July to 22 August.
A letter M whose final stroke curves back on itself into a closed loop crossing the third leg, the zodiac sign for births between 23 August to 22 September.
A horizontal line with a second, shorter line above it raised in the middle by a low arc, the zodiac sign for births between 23 September to 22 October.
A letter M whose final stroke continues upward and to the right as a straight arrow, the zodiac sign for births between 23 October to 21 November.
An arrow pointing up and to the right, crossed near its foot by a short diagonal bar, the zodiac sign for births between 22 November to 21 December.
A sharp angular stroke rising to a point and falling again, ending in a small closed loop curling below, the zodiac sign for births between 22 December to 19 January.
Two identical wavy lines set one above the other, each rising and falling twice, the zodiac sign for births between 20 January to 18 February.
Two arcs facing away from each other, joined across the middle by a single horizontal line, the zodiac sign for births between 19 February to 20 March.
A crescent opening to the left, marking the waxing half moon.
A crescent opening to the right, marking the waning half moon.