Zodiac Emojis, Copy & Paste

The twelve zodiac emojis are genuinely ancient by keyboard standards. All of them entered Unicode in version 1.1 in 1993, alongside the radioactive sign and the chess pawn, catalogued as printing symbols for astrological typesetting rather than as anything resembling chat decoration. They sat there for twenty two years before Emoji 1.0 gave them colour presentation in 2015. The thirteenth entry, ⛎ Ophiuchus, is the exception in every way. It arrived much later, in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, and it represents a constellation the sun passes through that western astrology does not treat as a sign. It exists on the keyboard because the Japanese carrier sets included it, not because astrologers asked for it.

14 Zodiac Emojis to Copy

How to Copy Zodiac Emojis

Find your zodiac emoji

Browse the zodiac emojis above and pick the one that fits your message.

Tap to copy

Click or tap any emoji to copy it instantly to your clipboard, no app or sign-up needed.

Paste anywhere

Paste into WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, captions, bios or any app that supports emojis.

Frequently Asked Questions

Are there zodiac emojis for all twelve signs?

Yes, all twelve have their own emoji, plus ⛎ Ophiuchus as a thirteenth. The twelve standard signs entered Unicode in 1993 as typographic symbols and were given colour emoji presentation in 2015.

What is the ⛎ emoji?

Ophiuchus, the serpent bearer. It is a constellation the sun passes through that western astrology does not count as a zodiac sign. It arrived in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, much later than the other twelve, and comes from the Japanese carrier emoji sets.

Why are zodiac emojis so consistent across devices?

Encoding them as one consecutive run meant every vendor drew the full dozen together in a single style. Older symbols added piecemeal lack that advantage, and these twelve also sidestep the monochrome fallback entirely.

Can I use zodiac emojis in a username?

Often yes, more reliably than most emoji. They are single characters rather than composed sequences, so they survive handle validation on more platforms. Some sites still block emoji in usernames entirely, in which case the text symbol versions are the alternative.

The one old symbol group that never breaks

These twelve behave better than almost any other old symbol group. Because they were encoded as one complete run of consecutive characters, every vendor drew all twelve at the same time in the same style, so you never get the mismatched look that affects scattered symbols from the same era. They also avoid the monochrome fallback problem that catches ☹ and ☠, which means a zodiac sign pasted into a bio looks the same for the person reading it as it did for you. Reliability of that kind explains why these twelve appear in usernames and profile decoration far more than their 1993 siblings ever do.

The symbols mean more than the sign names

Each glyph is a stylised drawing rather than a letter. ♈ Aries is a ram's horns. ♉ Taurus is a bull's head and horns. ♊ Gemini is the Roman numeral two. ♋ Cancer is a crab's claws, though it is often read as two sixes. ♌ Leo is a lion's mane and tail. ♎ Libra is a setting sun over the horizon, which doubles as a pair of scales. ♏ Scorpio ends in a barbed tail, and ♐ Sagittarius is a drawn arrow. Knowing the origin matters when you are decorating a profile, because several of them read as abstract marks to anyone who does not know the sign.

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