Venus symbol

♀

The Venus symbol ♀ ( Unicode U + 2640 FEMALE SIGN or under MS-Windows Alt + 12 on the numeric keypad ) is a stylized representation of the hand mirror of the goddess Venus (therefore the symbol is also called Venus mirror ). It stands:

In astronomy and astrology for the planet Venus , making it one of the astronomical symbols .
In Roman mythology for Venus, the goddess of love , erotic desire and beauty.
In biology for the female sex .
In society as a gender symbol for femininity and women , as well as - occasionally supplemented by a clenched fist enclosed in the circle - for the women's movement and feminism .
In alchemy for the planetary metal copper , hence also in the coat of arms of Falun .
In medieval and baroque documents (such as diaries ) for Friday ( Latin dies Veneris , day of Venus)

In Egypt it has its counterpart in Ankh .

precursor

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An earlier symbol of Venus was the pentagram in antiquity , both for the goddess - the Inanna among the Sumerians , the Ištar in Babylonia - and for the planet.