Symbols · Emoji 0.6
⛎Ophiuchus Emoji
Generally, the ⛎ emoji means “Ophiuchus.” It’s a reference to the constellation and its position in the zodiac.
The ⛎ emoji represents Ophiuchus, a constellation.
- Unicode
- U+26CE
- Released
- 2010
- Shortcode
- :ophiuchus:
- Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the ⛎ Ophiuchus emoji mean?
People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 4.
02 — Platforms
Ophiuchus emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
Vendors keep repainting this one. Counting the archived versions further down, the ophiuchus has been drawn in 4 ways.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Ophiuchus emoji copy and paste
Everything here is the same character in different notation — including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :ophiuchus:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Escapes for the languages people actually paste this into. Every one of them produces the same character, and that character is U+26CE.
04 — How to type
How to type the ⛎ Ophiuchus emoji
Every system hides the emoji key somewhere else. Here is where, plus the raw codes for U+26CE when there is no key at all.
05 — Download
Ophiuchus emoji PNG and SVG
Transparent PNG and SVG for thumbnails, decks and design files — one file per vendor, which makes 9. Artwork belongs to whoever drew it, so check the licence before commercial use.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
Microsoft
06 — Combinations
Ophiuchus emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around ophiuchus 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 with ⛎, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
08 — In conversation
What ⛎ means from a girl or a guy
Who sent the ophiuchus and what came before it change the reading more than the emoji itself does.
09 — Around the world
What ⛎ means in other countries
Ophiuchus is the astronomical 13th constellation the sun passes through, but mainstream horoscopes almost never count it.
Cited whenever “your zodiac sign changed” claims resurface online, usually dismissed by astrologers.
Refers to the real constellation, unrelated to personality traits or horoscopes.
Occasionally used as a novelty or “secret sign” reference in memes.
Before you send it: Use it for the astronomy angle or the recurring 13th-sign meme, not as a real horoscope sign.
10 — Apps
What ⛎ means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
Chat apps do not change U+26CE, they change what it looks like and what people take it to mean.
12 — History
Where the ⛎ Ophiuchus 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+26CE 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
KDDI au E49B, SoftBank E24B.
Those codes are why it survived into the standard at all — Unicode had to keep Japanese messages readable.
Ophiuchus was approved as U+26CE 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.
13 — FAQ