Ada simbol untuk dua belas rasi bintang zodiak klasik, yang terutama digunakan untuk keperluan astrologi. Dua
simbol telah diusulkan untuk Ophiuchus, konstelasi ketiga belas zodiak -
satu di penggunaan umum dalam astrologi Jepang dan yang lainnya
didasarkan pada the rod of Aesclepius.
Untuk bukuOne Hundred Year Star-Diary, saya membuat simbol untuk sejumlah meteor showers. Simbol saya untuk meteor showers yang berasal dari rasi bintang zodiak didasarkan pada simbol bagi rasi bintang. Untuk
yang lain, saya membuat simbol konstelasi baru - mewakili Lyra, Orion,
Perseus, Ursa Minor, dan konstelasi usang Quadrans Muralis. Memiliki simbol yang diciptakan bagi rasi bintang, aku bertanya-tanya - bisakah aku membuat simbol untuk yang lainnya? Selama dua tahun, saya telah melakukan hal itu. Dalam
beberapa kasus diagram pola bintang membuat simbol yang baik - dalam
kasus lain, saya sudah menggambarkan objek, makhluk, atau mitos yang diwakili
oleh konstelasi. Untuk
konstelasi yang lebih baru kadang-kadang saya mengambil inspirasi dari
diagram dan gambar yang disediakan oleh pencipta rasi itu.
The constellations of the zodiac
Aries
Ram
Taurus
Bull
Gemini
Twins
Cancer
Crab
Leo
Lion
Virgo
Maiden
Libra
Scales
Scorpio (Scorpius)
Scorpion
Ophiuchus
Snake-Holder
Sagittarius
Archer
Capricorn (Capricornus)
Mer-Goat
Aquarius
Water-Bearer
Pisces
Fish
New constellation symbols
Andromeda
Princess
Antlia
Air Pump
Apus
Bird of Paradise
Aquila
Eagle
Ara
Altar
Auriga
Charioteer
Boötes
Herdsman
Caelum
Chisel
Camelopardalis
Giraffe
Canes Venatici
Hunting Dogs
Canis Major
Great Dog
Canis Minor
Little Dog
Carina
Keel
Cassiopeia
Queen
Centaurus
Centaur
Cepheus
King
Cetus
Sea-Monster
Chamaeleon
Chameleon
Circinus
(Drafting) Compass
Columba
Dove
Coma Berenices
Berenice's Hair
Corona Australis
Southern Crown
Corona Borealis
Northern Crown
Corvus
Crow
Crater
Cup
Crux
Southern Cross
Cygnus
Swan
Delphinus
Dolphin
Dorado
Dolphinfish
Draco
Dragon
Equuleus
Little Horse
Eridanus
River
Fornax
Furnace
Grus
Crane
Hercules
Hero
Horologium
Clock
Hydra
Female Water-Snake
Hydrus
Male Water-Snake
Indus
Indian
Lacerta
Lizard
Leo Minor
Little Lion
Lepus
Rabbit
Lupus
Wolf
Lynx
Lynx
Lyra
Lyre
Mensa
Table Mountain
Microscopium
Microscope
Monoceros
Unicorn
Musca
Fly
Norma
Carpenter's Square
Octans
Octant
Orion
Hunter
Pavo
Peacock
Pegasus
Winged Horse
Perseus
Hero
Phoenix
Phoenix
Pictor
Easel
Piscis Austrinus
Southern Fish
Puppis
Poop Deck
Pyxis
Compass-Box
Reticulum
Reticle
Sagitta
Arrow
Sculptor
Sculptor's Tools
Scutum
Shield
Serpens
Snake
Sextans
Sextant
Telescopium
Telescope
Triangulum
Triangle
Triangulum Australe
Southern Triangle
Tucana
Toucan
Ursa Major
Great Bear
Ursa Minor
Little Bear
Vela
Sail
Volans
Flying Fish
Vulpecula
Fox
Obsolete Constellations and Sub-Constellations
Quadrans Muralis
Mural Quadrant
Serpens Caput
Snake's Head
Serpens Cauda
Snake's Tail
Caattan Untuk Rasi:
Aquila, Cassiopeia, Delphinus,
Orion, Sagitta,
Triangulum, Triangulum Australe,
Ursa Major, dan Ursa Minorsemuanya mengandung pola bintang yang sangat khas. Saya
telah mengambil beberapa kemungkinan dengan bentuk mereka, terutama
dengan Triangulum Australe, untuk menciptakan simbol-simbol yang cukup
sederhana untuk dipelajari dan berbeda dari simbol astronomi dan
astrologi lainnya. (Triangulum Australe juga mengandung huruf A.)
Carina, Puppis, dan Vela adalah 3 bagian dari konstelasi Argo Navis usang (the obsolete constellation Argo Navis),
the ship Argo (Argo kapal). Simbolnya cocok dipadukan untuk membuat gambar Argo.
Antlia, Pompa Air, dinamai oleh Nicolas Louis de Lacaille. Simbol yang didasarkan pada gambar asli Lacaille tentang itu di Planisphere-nya, yang diterbitkan pada 1756.Fornax, Reticulum, and Sculptor juga didasarkan pada penggambaran Lacaille itu.
Cepheusadalah raja mungkin mitos kerajaan Fenisia Aethiopia. Nama Yunaninya, Kepheus, berarti "tukang kebun". Simbol-nya menggabungkan mahkota, pohon atau bunga, dan huruf Fenisia untuk suara "k".
Coma Berenices commemorates Queen Berenice of Egypt
sacrificing her hair to Aphrodite. The symbol depicts a severed lock of hair.
The symbols for Corona Australis and
Corona Borealis, the Northern and Southern Crowns, are simply
crowns containing the letters A and B respectively.
Crux is a cross-shaped constellation visible in the
southern hemisphere. It points toward the south pole, which is why its symbol
has combined a cross and an arrow.
Draco has a number of interpretations, many based on a
dragon or serpent guarding a tree or other object.
Hercules's symbol is based on the story of the
"Pillars of Hercules".
Horologium's right ascension is about 3 hours, so it's appropriate for its symbol to be showing 3:00.
Hydra and Hydrus are female and male
water-snakes in the north and south of the southern hemisphere, respectively.
Their symbols have their heads facing north and south, and also slightly
resemble the feminine Venus and masculine Mars symbols.
Indus, the "Indian", was intended to represent a
native of the Americas. In illustrations it has often been depicted as a
man with a handful of arrows, so I've used those arrows as its symbol.
Leo Minor's symbol is a simplification of Leo's symbol.
Likewise, the symbol for Canis Minor is a simplification of
Canis Major's symbol, with Canes Venatici
being a further simplification. Vulpecula is a long-eared variant. Lupus is a larger "dog" with a tail, or maybe just a single ear.
Lynx is so-named because it is faint and one would need
"the eyesight of a lynx" to see it. The symbol is an eye with a feline
vertical pupil.
Mensa, which borders the Large Magellanic Cloud, is named
for South Africa's often-cloud-covered Table Mountain.
Piscis Austrinus, the Southern Fish, also contains an A.
Quadrans Muralis is an obsolete constellation which
depicts the astronomical instrument called a Mural Quadrant. It's included
because it gives its name to the Quadrantids meteor shower.