Venus symbol

Venus symbol

Symbol of feminism based on Venus symbol

Coat of arms of Špania Dolina in Slovakia, symbolizing copper mining

The Venus symbol (♀) is a depiction of a circle with a small cross below it. The symbol is historically associated with the Roman goddess Venus or the Greek goddess Aphrodite. It has a Unicode designation of U+2640, and is used in various media to represent things associated in some way with the mythological character, including:

• The female sex
• The planet Venus
• The chemical element copper
• Feminism in philosophy and sociology
• The female connector in a pair of mating connectors or fasteners

It is said to represent a hand mirror (originally often made of bronze), with the top half of the symbol representing the actual mirror, and the bottom half representing the handle of the mirror.

See also

• Classical planets in Western alchemy
• Mars symbol
• Gender symbol
• The ankh, an Egyptian hieroglyph resembling the Venus symbol