A stylised numeral four or Greek zeta crossed by a bar — Jupiter, and tin.
Also known as: Zeus symbol, Tin symbol, Four with a line symbol
Jupiter's symbol is generally taken to be a monogram of the Greek letter zeta, the initial of Zeus. It is used in astronomy for Jovian units, and denoted tin in alchemy.
Denotes the planet Jupiter, and is used as a subscript for Jovian units such as Jupiter masses in exoplanet astronomy.
Contexts: History
Denoted tin in alchemical writing.
A record of what alchemists wrote, not a claim that the association holds. The planet–metal correspondences were a system of belief, and the chemistry they rest on is not sound.
Medieval and early modern alchemy · Contexts: History
Is held in astrological tradition to signify expansion, fortune and growth.
Recorded as what astrological tradition assigns, not as a finding. Symbolwise does not assert that any planet influences anything, and astrology has no empirical standing.
Contexts: History
A curved stroke resembling the numeral four or a Greek zeta, crossed near its base by a short horizontal bar.
The two outermost planets of the classical seven, and in alchemy the two basest metals — tin and lead.