11 Facts About Mars symbol

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Planet symbol is a graphical symbol used in astrology and astronomy to represent a classical planet or one of the modern planets.

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Symbols of Venus and Mars are used to represent female and male in biology following a convention introduced by Carl Linnaeus in the 1750s.

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Moon Mars symbol, representing silver mining, in the municipal coat of arms of Sala in Sweden.

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Mercury Mars symbol, representing quicksilver mining, in the municipal coat of arms of Stahlberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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Venus Mars symbol, representing copper mining, in the municipal coat of arms of Falun Municipality in Sweden.

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Mars symbol, ?, is a depiction of a circle with an arrow emerging from it, pointing at an angle to the upper right in Europe and to the upper left in India.

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Mars symbol, representing iron mining, in the municipal coat of arms of Karlskoga in Sweden.

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Saturn Mars symbol representing lead in the municipal coat of arms of Bleiwasche, since 1975 part of Bad Wunnenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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The platinum Mars symbol tends to be used by astronomers and the monogram by astrologers.

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The original planetary symbol for Pluto was a monogram of the letters P and L Astrologers generally use a bident with an orb.

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The abbreviation of the Vesta Mars symbol is universal, and the astrological Mars symbol for Pluto has been used astronomically for Pluto as a dwarf planet.

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