Zodiac Sign emojis #388
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There are other North American totem animals as well, many of which are already covered:
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Current emojis cover many variants of zodiac signs.
The Eastern/Chinese/Asian animal zodiac signs are included with several local variants, most of them as full-body and (possibly unified) face-only variants.
The Western/European zodiac signs are available as symbols and as objects (animals, people, things). There are, however, some more exotic astronomic traditions that would require further emojis.
Japanese Zodiac
The Japanese zodiac animals should be covered already, but the Dragon 🐉 / 🐲 is sometimes a Seahorse #176 instead.
Celtic Animal Zodiac
I found different lists online, have not found a canonical reference yet. There are usually 13 signs listed because they obviously depend more on the Moon than on the Sun or other stars.
What's Your Sign: Lunar Celtic Animal Zodiac
Astrology of the Ancients: Celtic Animal Zodiac Signs and Meanings
Tarot.com
Native American Zodiac
There were so many pre-Columbian tribes and peoples in the Americas that it's unlikely they all shared a single consistent set of zodiac signs, but you will find some like this (obviously North-American) one online:
These are also referred to as totems or spirit animals.
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Conclusion
Several animal emojis have been added only because they were used in zodiac symbolism. This would hence constitute a precedent to encode these animals as emojis:
This is ignoring some birds and fish, which may be represented sufficiently by more generic emojis.
I'm pretty sure there are South American, African or Austronesian traditions that would add other animals to the mix. Emojis are culturally skewed to the Northern hemisphere.
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