♈

Aries Emoji ♈

What ♈ means

A fancy 'V' shaped symbol with curved ends shown with a purple square background. This emoji signifies the horns of a ram which refers to the zodiac sign, Aries.

The ♈ Aries emoji represents the first sign in the Zodiac list. Besides, it could also act as a synecdoche to astrology and horoscopes. These pair of ram horns largely suggest the characteristics of the Aries zodiac sign.

How and when to use it

If you're the kind to bring in random references to the zodiac, you can use ♈ while rationalizing why someone or yourself is acting in an apparent manner. Like, "You can't really be expecting more from her ♈" or "That's the thing about an Aries, right? We're impatient AF ♈".
While sharing funny content, fun posts, zodiac compatibility, or those 'So True' posts/reposts on Aries, then too, you can use ♈.
Apart from just the zodiac Aries, ♈ could also be brought into the contexts of 'spirit animals'. So, if you believe your spirit animal to be a ram or if you're suggesting that someone else's is, you can use ♈.
If you're sharing daily, monthly, or yearly horoscope posts/reposts for Aries, ♈ is mandatory. It not only directs the reader's perspective but also condenses what the content is all about; Aries.

Other Names

♈ Aries Zodiac
♈ Horoscope
♈ Astrology
♈ The Ram
♈ Ram: Spirit Animal
♈ First Zodiac Sign/Symbol
♈ Aries Symbol

♈ in real conversations

What dates fall under ♈ Aries?

♈ stands for Aries, assigned to birthdays from about March 21 through April 19 — first up on the zodiac wheel, right as spring gets going in the Northern Hemisphere. It's the sign that opens the yearly cycle over again, with Pisces closing it out just one day earlier.

Why does the ♈ symbol look like two curved horns?

Because that's exactly what it's drawing — a ram's horns, simplified to two curved lines meeting at a point. Aries takes its animal from a ram in Greek mythology, and most zodiac emoji follow the same logic: a stripped-down doodle of whatever creature or object stands for that sign. A few signs later, Taurus gets a whole bull's head instead of just the horns.

What does ♈ mean in a bio?

Mostly a nod to a birthday month, paired with being bold, blunt, and first to act — a reputation this sign's had long before zodiac captions existed. "Classic Aries, didn't think it through" is a common self-own, worn more like a compliment than an actual complaint.

The lowdown

Category: Symbols › zodiac
Codepoints: U+2648
Emoji version: Emoji 0.6
Shortcodes: :aries:
Keywords: Aries, horoscope, ram, zodiac

How it looks across platforms

Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.