There are twelve zodiac symbols used in astrology. Though the concept is generally similar globally, there are different symbols and names used for these zodiac symbols. If you are looking for inserting commonly used zodiac symbols in your document – here is an easy way. Use the alt key on your Windows based keyboard to insert these special symbols on all Office documents like Word, Excel and PowerPoint. On MacBook, you can use option key to insert zodiac symbols.
1. Insert Zodiac Symbols on Windows
Windows 10 allows you to insert zodiac symbols in different ways.
1.1. Alt + Key Shortcuts
Press one of the alt keys on your keyboard and then enter the numbers using the number pad on your keyboard. This method will work on all Office documents.
| Alt + Key | Symbol | Latin Description | English Description | Sanskrit Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alt + 9800 | ♈ | Aries | Ram | Meṣa |
| Alt + 9801 | ♉ | Taurus | Bull | Vṛṣabha |
| Alt + 9802 | ♊ | Gemini | Twins | Mithuna |
| Alt + 9803 | ♋ | Cancer | Crab | Karkaṭa |
| Alt + 9804 | ♌ | Leo | Lion | Siṃha |
| Alt + 9805 | ♍ | Virgo | Maiden | Kanyā |
| Alt + 9806 | ♎ | Libra | Scales | Tulā |
| Alt + 9807 | ♏ | Scorpio | Scorpion | Vṛścika |
| Alt + 9808 | ♐ | Sagittarius | Archer | Dhanuṣha |
| Alt + 9809 | ♑ | Capricorn | Goat | Makara |
| Alt + 9810 | ♒ | Aquarius | Water-Bearer | Kumbha |
| Alt + 9811 | ♓ | Pisces | Fish | Mīna |
1.2. Alt + X Shortcuts
Enter the hexadecimal code and then press alt and x keys. This method will only work on Microsoft Word documents.
| Alt + X (Hexadecimal) | Symbol | Latin Description | English Description | Sanskrit Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2648 | ♈ | Aries | Ram | Meṣa |
| 2649 | ♉ | Taurus | Bull | Vṛṣabha |
| 264A | ♊ | Gemini | Twins | Mithuna |
| 264B | ♋ | Cancer | Crab | Karkaṭa |
| 264C | ♌ | Leo | Lion | Siṃha |
| 264D | ♍ | Virgo | Maiden | Kanyā |
| 264E | ♎ | Libra | Scales | Tulā |
| 264F | ♏ | Scorpio | Scorpion | Vṛścika |
| 2650 | ♐ | Sagittarius | Archer | Dhanuṣha |
| 2651 | ♑ | Capricorn | Goat | Makara |
| 2652 | ♒ | Aquarius | Water-Bearer | Kumbha |
| 2653 | ♓ | Pisces | Fish | Mīna |
1.3. Using Windows Emoji Keyboard
Press “Win + ;” keys to open emoji keyboard on your Windows PC or laptop. Type “zodiac” to filter all zodiac related symbols from the pop-up. Click on the symbol and insert on the document.
2. Inserting Zodiac Symbols on Mac
Similar to Windows, you can also insert zodiac symbol using option key in Pages and Keynote documents on your MacBook.
2.1. Option or Alt Code Shortcuts
Below is the list of option code shortcuts for zodiac symbols in MacBook. However, you should change the keyboard input method to Unicode Hex Input in order to use these shortcuts.
| Option + Code | Symbol | Latin Description | English Description | Sanskrit Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Option + 2648 | ♈ | Aries | Ram | Meṣa |
| Option + 2649 | ♉ | Taurus | Bull | Vṛṣabha |
| Option + 264A | ♊ | Gemini | Twins | Mithuna |
| Option + 264B | ♋ | Cancer | Crab | Karkaṭa |
| Option + 264C | ♌ | Leo | Lion | Siṃha |
| Option + 264D | ♍ | Virgo | Maiden | Kanyā |
| Option + 264E | ♎ | Libra | Scales | Tulā |
| Option + 264F | ♏ | Scorpio | Scorpion | Vṛścika |
| Option + 2650 | ♐ | Sagittarius | Archer | Dhanuṣha |
| Option + 2651 | ♑ | Capricorn | Goat | Makara |
| Option + 2652 | ♒ | Aquarius | Water-Bearer | Kumbha |
| Option + 2653 | ♓ | Pisces | Fish | Mīna |
2.2. Using Character Viewer
Press “Command + Control + Space” to open Character Viewer in Mac. You can search for zodiac symbols and insert on the documents. As you can see, there are also additional animal symbols like ram in Mac.
3. Alt Code for Planet Symbols
You can also easily type planet symbols used on astrology using alt code keyboard shortcuts.
| Planet Symbol | Description | Windows | Mac |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☿ | Mercury | Alt + 9791 | Option + 263F |
| ♀ | Venus | Alt + 9792 | Option + 2640 |
| ♁ | Earth | Alt + 9793 | Option + 2641 |
| ♂ | Mars | Alt + 9794 | Option + 2642 |
| ♃ | Jupiter | Alt + 9795 | Option + 2643 |
| ♄ | Saturn | Alt + 9796 | Option + 2644 |
| ♅ | Uranus | Alt + 9797 | Option + 2645 |
| ♆ | Neptune | Alt + 9798 | Option + 2646 |
| ♇ | Pluto | Alt + 9799 | Option + 2647 |
In addition to the planet symbols, you can type moon symbol ☾ using Alt + 9790 and sun symbol ☼ using Alt + 9788.
4. Customizing the Symbols
Though on the browser all zodiac symbols have a background color, you will see a simple outlined symbol on Word document. You can increase the font size, add different outline and change the background color of the symbols like any other text content.
4.1. Zodiac Symbol Images
Below are the zodiac symbol images which you can download and use it anywhere you need.
Here is an image reference for all symbols, you can download to your computer for offline purposes.
5. Indian and Chinese Zodiac Symbols
The above zodiac symbols are generally used by European countries. However, there are different zodiac symbols in countries like India and China.
5.1. Indian Zodiac Symbols
Indian zodiac symbols uses the Sanskrit descriptions mentioned in the above alt code table. However, the symbols used for each zodiac sign is different compared to Latin or European signs. Below picture indicates the European and the corresponding Indian zodiac symbols. Though you don’t have keyboard shortcuts for all Indian zodiac symbols, you can type few symbols like libra ⚖ using alt + 9878 in Windows and option + 2696 in Mac.
5.2. Chinese Zodiac Symbols
China uses twelve animal symbols for zodiac signs assigned in twelve years interval. For example, your Chinese zodiac sign is monkey if you were born in 1980. All these symbols are part of Unicode animal and nature emoji category.
| Alt + Code | Symbol | Description | Base Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alt + 128000 | 🐀 | Rat | 1912 |
| Alt + 128002 | 🐂 | Ox | 1913 |
| Alt + 128005 | 🐅 | Tiger | 1914 |
| Alt + 128007 | 🐇 | Rabbit | 1915 |
| Alt + 128009 | 🐉 | Dragon | 1916 |
| Alt + 128013 | 🐍 | Snake | 1917 |
| Alt + 128014 | 🐎 | Horse | 1918 |
| Alt + 128015 | 🐏 | Ram | 1919 |
| Alt + 128018 | 🐒 | Monkey | 1920 |
| Alt + 128019 | 🐓 | Rooster | 1921 |
| Alt + 128021 | 🐕 | Dog | 1922 |
| Alt + 128022 | 🐖 | Pig | 1923 |
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