SYMBOLS USED IN ALMANACS
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☿ =Mercury. ⚫ =New Moon.
♀ =Venus. ☽ =First Quarter.
⊕ =Earth. ⚪ =Full Moon.
♂ =Mars. ☾ =Last Quarter.
♃ =Jupiter. ☉ =Sun.
♄ =Saturn. ☌ =Conjunction with the sun; or, in the case of two planets or a planet and the moon, near together.
♅ or ⛢ =Uranus.
♆ =Neptune.
☍ =Opposition.
□ =Quadrature.
Examples:
☌ ♂ ♀= Mars and Venus near together.
☍ ♃ ☉= Jupiter in opposition.
☌ ♃ ☉= Jupiter in conjunction.
☌ ☿ ☉Inf. = Mercury in inferior conjunction.
☌ ☿ ☉Sup. = Mercury in superior conjunction.
☌ ♀ ☽= Venus and Moon near together.