From: David Faulks (davidj_faulks@yahoo.ca)
Date: Sun Nov 13 2005 - 12:21:28 CST
There are quite a number of symbols used in Western
Astrology which are not in Unicode, and for which I
have not seen any proposal. There was a post last year
to this list (from Ernest Cline) mentioning most of
the less obscure ones, but as far as I know, no
progress has been made on them.
Currently, I'm looking at around 11 symbols: An
alternate Uranus symbol used (rarely) by astronomers,
3 alternate Pluto symbols used by astrologers, 4
symbols for the main belt asteroids Ceres, Pallas,
Juno, and Vesta, a symbol for the Centaur minor planet
Chiron, one for the virtual point Black Moon Lilith,
and a symbol for the Sesqiquadrate aspect. There are
many other symbols, but the ones above seem to be the
most basic.
Although common on the web, these symbols seem to rare
enough in print that the two small libraries I visited
to look for print samples did not have any book with
them (with the exception of two of the Pluto symbols,
and the astronomical Uranus). I do not really have the
time or money to visit major libraries to look for
samples.
I have tried to contact the astrological community for
help, but none of the responses I have received (4 in
total) were really any help. So I am pretty much
stymied in any attempt to put together a real
submission.
However, I am a bit too stubborn to simply let the
matter drop. So, I cannot help but wonder if anyone
here (someone connected with Unicode rather than
Astrology), might have the resources, time, and
interest to look into this. I personally think that
these symbols are fairly obvious additions, but I now
feel a bit doubtful that I can do anything myself.
Thank You,
David Faulks
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