SYMBOLS USED IN ALMANACS

☿ =Mercury.   ⚫ =New Moon.
♀ =Venus.   ☽ =First Quarter.
⊕ =Earth.   ⚪ =Full Moon.
♂ =Mars.   ☾ =Last Quarter.
♃ =Jupiter.   ☉ =Sun.
♄ =Saturn.   ☌ =Conjunction with the sun; or, in the case of two planets or a planet and the moon, near together.
♅ or ⛢ =Uranus.
♆ =Neptune.
   ☍ =Opposition.
   □ =Quadrature.

Examples:

☌ ♂ ♀= Mars and Venus near together.
☍ ♃ ☉= Jupiter in opposition.
☌ ♃ ☉= Jupiter in conjunction.
☌ ☿ ☉Inf. = Mercury in inferior conjunction.
☌ ☿ ☉Sup. = Mercury in superior conjunction.
☌ ♀ ☽= Venus and Moon near together.