Symbols · Emoji 0.6
♒️Aquarius Emoji
Generally, the ♒️ emoji just means “Aquarius.” People use it to identify with the sign or talk about astrology.
The ♒️ emoji represents the Aquarius zodiac sign.
- Unicode
- U+2652 U+FE0F
- Released
- 2010
- Shortcode
- :aquarius:
- Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the ♒️ Aquarius emoji mean?
People search for it under a lot of different names. All of these point at the same character.
02 — Platforms
Aquarius emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character is always U+2652 — but every vendor draws it their own way. This is what your aquarius looks like to the person on the other side.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Aquarius emoji copy and paste
Everything here is the same character in different notation — including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :aquarius:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Different notation, one result: whichever escape you paste, what comes out is U+2652.
04 — How to type
How to type the ♒️ Aquarius emoji
Where the emoji key lives on each system — and the codes for when there is no picker at all.
05 — Download
Aquarius emoji PNG and SVG
Grab the aquarius as transparent PNG or SVG. Each system ships its own drawing, and the licence stays with the vendor, all 9 of them.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
Microsoft
06 — Combinations
Aquarius emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around aquarius for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
All combinations →Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that for every pair Google has drawn, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
07 — In conversation
What ♒️ means from a girl or a guy
The same character carries a different intent depending on the sender and the message before it.
08 — Around the world
What ♒️ means in other countries
Aquarius marks the air sign for late January to mid-February, tied to individuality and unconventional thinking in astrology.
Read as independent, eccentric, or forward-thinking in common personality shorthand.
Used to flag birth month among people who follow their astrology sign closely.
Carries no meaning beyond the date range for non-astrology readers.
Before you send it: Send it in astrology-aware conversation; elsewhere it’s just an unfamiliar wave-like glyph.
09 — Apps
What ♒️ means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
The character is the same everywhere, but the artwork and the reading of it change from app to app.
11 — History
Where the ♒️ Aquarius emoji came from
This one is older than Unicode emoji: Japanese carriers were drawing it on their handsets years before the standard existed, which it finally joined in 2010.
Same character every time — U+2652 U+FE0F never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.
Long before Unicode had emoji, Japanese carriers shipped their own picture sets.
♒️ existed there as
NTT DoCoMo E650, KDDI au E499, SoftBank E249.
Those codes are why it survived into the standard at all — Unicode had to keep Japanese messages readable.
Aquarius was approved as U+2652 U+FE0F and shipped in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Emoji 0.6 is the original 2010 batch that came over from the Japanese sets.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so ♒️ is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.
12 — FAQ