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  1. Sagittarius the archer as a centaur drawing a bowA horse's body with a human chest, arms and head where the neck would be. Sagittarius is Latin for archer.

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Fire signs 24

  • Aries as a small ram's head, face on An oval face, two ears, and a horn each side that curls once around like a snail shell.
  • Aries glyph: one stem that splits into two curled horns It shows a ram's face and horns. One upright stroke, then two arcs from its top that curl out and down.
  • Aries the ram lying down, head turned back Fold the legs under the body and turn the head over the shoulder. Each horn is a spiral beside the face.
  • Aries: a border of ram's-horn glyphs, curl to curl Repeat the glyph along a strip so each curl touches the next. Turn every second one upside down.
  • Aries: a ram drawn around four bright stars A dim constellation with only four bright stars. Dot those first, then fit the ram's head and horns to them.
  • Aries: the golden ram in flight above the waves In Greek myth the ram of this sign is the flying golden one whose coat became the Golden Fleece.
  • Leo as a small lion's face in a ring of mane A circle for the face inside a bigger zigzag circle. Add two round ears that poke through the mane.
  • Leo glyph: a small loop that rises into a long curling tail Often read as a lion's head and tail. Start with a small circle, arch up and over, and end in a curl.
  • Leo the lion lying down, head up A long body, front paws straight out, the mane a big collar around the face. Leo is Latin for lion.
  • Leo: a border of glyphs like a line of lion tails Repeat the glyph along a strip, each tail curling over the loop of the next.
  • Leo: a lion drawn around a hook of stars and a triangle Six stars make a hook like a backwards question mark; a triangle behind ends at Denebola, the lion's tail.
  • Leo: a lion's mane drawn as the rays of a sun Draw the face small and plain, then let the mane spread into long wavy rays that fill the page.
  • Sagittarius as a small bow and one arrow A curve like a wide D for the bow, a straight string, and an arrow laid across with feathers at its tail.
  • Sagittarius glyph: an arrow with a bar across its shaft It stands for the archer's bow and arrow. A line rising to the right, an arrowhead at its tip, a short bar across.
  • Sagittarius the archer as a centaur drawing a bow A horse's body with a human chest, arms and head where the neck would be. Sagittarius is Latin for archer.
  • Sagittarius: a birthday card front with the arrow glyph Set the glyph large and slanted, small stars trailing behind it. The sign runs from late November to late December.
  • Sagittarius: a border of arrows, all flying one way Repeat the glyph along a strip so the arrows overlap like roof tiles. Keep every arrowhead at one angle.
  • Sagittarius: a centaur looking back over its shoulder Turn the human half to face the tail while the horse half walks on. Twist at the waist, not at the neck.
  • Sagittarius: a galloping centaur as a silhouette Fill the whole shape in black: four legs off the ground, the bow held out in front, the tail streaming.
  • Sagittarius: a teapot of stars with a puff of steam Join eight dots into a teapot. A bright cloud of the Milky Way above the spout looks like steam.
  • Sagittarius: an arrow aimed at one red star In the sky the archer's arrow points at Antares, the reddish heart of the Scorpion. Add one red dot ahead of it.
  • Sagittarius: the archer drawn around the Teapot's stars Eight stars make a teapot. They were first seen as the bow and arrow, so fit the archer's arms to them.
  • Sagittarius: the archer's hands, the bow and the drawn string Crop in close. One fist grips the bow, the other hand pulls the string back, and the arrow rests between them.
  • Sagittarius: the bow marked with its three stars Three stars are named Kaus, the bow: Borealis for its northern part, Media for the center, Australis for the south.

Earth signs 18

  • Capricorn as a small goat with a curled fish tail A goat's head with two ridged horns and a short beard, then a body that tapers into one curl and a fin.
  • Capricorn glyph: a sharp V, a loop and a hooked tail Start with a short flat stroke, drop into a V, then add a loop at the top right and a tail that hooks back.
  • Capricorn the sea goat: a goat in front, a fish behind Head, horns and forelegs of a goat joined to the tail of a fish. The Babylonians already drew it this way.
  • Capricorn: a border of glyphs like a row of knots Repeat the glyph along a strip. Let each hooked tail catch under the V of the next.
  • Capricorn: a sea goat drawn around its faint stars The brightest star, Deneb Algedi, means the tail of the goat. Dot it first and grow the fish tail from it.
  • Capricorn: a sea goat leaping out of a wave Show the goat half clear of the water and the fish tail still inside the wave. Add drops flying off the horns.
  • Taurus as a small bull's head, face on A wide face that narrows to the muzzle, two ears set low, two short horns curving up and in.
  • Taurus glyph: a circle with a pair of horns on top It shows a bull's face and horns. Draw a circle, then rest a wide U on top of it.
  • Taurus the bull from the side, head lowered A deep chest, a thick neck and a low head. Greek pictures point the horns forward.
  • Taurus: a border of circles and horns Repeat the glyph along a strip. Let each pair of horns cup the circle of the next, like links of a chain.
  • Taurus: a bull's face drawn around a V of stars A V of stars makes the bull's face, and orange Aldebaran is its eye. Dot the V, then draw the face around it.
  • Taurus: the front half of a bull rising from the sea Greek pictures of the constellation show only the front of the bull. Hide the rest behind a line of waves.
  • Virgo as a single ear of wheat One stalk, pairs of pointed grains climbing it like a braid, and a few fine bristles at the top.
  • Virgo glyph: an m whose last stroke loops across itself Three humps like a letter m, then a tail that curls back and crosses the last leg.
  • Virgo the maiden with a wheat ear A standing figure in long robes with one stalk of grain in her hand. Virgo is Latin for maiden.
  • Virgo: a border of glyphs joined like handwriting Write the glyph over and over without lifting the pen, so the tail of one starts the first hump of the next.
  • Virgo: a maiden drawn around her stars, wheat at Spica Spica, the brightest star, is Latin for ear of grain. Dot it first and put the wheat in her hand there.
  • Virgo: a wreath of wheat with the glyph in the middle Two bundles of wheat bent into a circle and tied at the bottom. Leave the middle clear for the sign.

Air signs 24

  • Aquarius as a small jar spilling three waves A jar on its side with a round belly and two handles, and three wavy lines running out of its mouth.
  • Aquarius glyph: two wavy lines, one above the other It stands for ripples of water. Draw one wavy line with three crests and copy it just below.
  • Aquarius the water-carrier pouring from a jar A figure tipping a big jar so the water falls in one long stream. Aquarius is Latin for water-carrier.
  • Aquarius: a border of the wave glyph in two rows Repeat the two wavy lines end to end across the strip, then add a second pair below, shifted half a wave.
  • Aquarius: a jar and a stream drawn along a line of stars Old star maps pour the water as a stream of more than twenty stars. Dot a long winding line, jar at the top.
  • Aquarius: a stream of water pouring down to a fish In the Greek tradition a stream pours from the jar down to the Southern Fish. Draw the stream as one long ribbon.
  • Gemini as two small faces, cheek to cheek Two circles that overlap a little, the same face in each. Change one thing only, such as the hair.
  • Gemini glyph: two uprights between two curved bars It stands for twins. Two columns, a bar across the top that sags in the middle, one below that arches.
  • Gemini: a birthday card front with the twins glyph Set the glyph large in the middle and ring it with small stars. The sign runs from late May to late June.
  • Gemini: a border of glyphs like a row of little gates Repeat the glyph along a strip so the bars join into two long wavy rails with pairs of posts between.
  • Gemini: Castor and Pollux marked and named as two stars Two dots side by side, each with its name written under it. Pollux is the brighter, so give it the bigger star.
  • Gemini: the glyph built from two columns and two beams Draw it as a building: two fluted columns holding a curved beam and standing on another. Shade one side.
  • Gemini: the twins as two matching children under one cloak One wide cloak, two heads above it and four feet below. Match the faces and vary the expressions.
  • Gemini: the twins as two profiles facing each other Draw the left profile, then copy it reversed. The space between the two faces becomes a shape of its own.
  • Gemini: the twins back to back Two profiles looking outward, the backs of the heads touching. Keep both chins on one level line.
  • Gemini: the twins in round caps, each beside a horse Greek vases show the twins in skull-caps, said to be the halves of the egg they hatched from. Both were horsemen.
  • Gemini: the twins standing side by side, arms linked Draw one figure, then its mirror. The name is Latin for twins; in Greek myth they are Castor and Pollux.
  • Gemini: two stick figures hung from two bright stars The stars Castor and Pollux mark the twins' heads. Dot them side by side and draw a body down from each.
  • Libra as a small pair of scales, one pan down Tilt the beam and hang one pan lower. Put a feather in the high pan and a pebble in the low one.
  • Libra glyph: a line with a hump over a second straight line Draw a flat line, then one above it that rises into a half-circle in the middle. It stands for a pair of scales.
  • Libra: a border of glyphs like a row of low bridges Repeat the glyph along a strip so the flat lines join and the humps rise at even steps, like arches.
  • Libra: a pair of balance scales, pans level A post, a beam across the top, a pan hung from each end by chains. Libra is Latin for weighing scales.
  • Libra: scales drawn around four stars Two stars are the ends of the balance beam and two are the pans. Dot the four, then hang the pans by chains.
  • Libra: the scales held up in one hand Some pictures add a figure holding the scales. Draw only the hand and wrist, gripping the ring at the top.

Water signs 18

  • Cancer as a tiny crab walking sideways A round shell, two eyes on short stalks, legs bent like brackets. Tilt it a little so it looks on the move.
  • Cancer glyph: two small circles, each with a curling tail Like a 6 and a 9 lying on their sides, one above the other. It is often read as the two claws of a crab.
  • Cancer the crab seen from above, claws raised A wide oval shell, walking legs down each side and two claws in front. The name is Latin for crab.
  • Cancer: a border of glyphs like rolling waves Repeat the glyph along a strip so each tail flows into the next circle, like a line of curling waves.
  • Cancer: a crab drawn around a faint cluster of stars Its stars are faint. In the middle sits the Beehive Cluster: dot it as a small swarm and build the shell around it.
  • Cancer: a crab on the shore under a full moon Put the crab small at the bottom and a big moon above. Add its shadow and the wavy line the tide leaves.
  • Pisces as two small fish chasing each other's tails Two teardrop fish curved into a circle, head to tail, like a pair of commas.
  • Pisces glyph: two arcs back to back, joined by a bar It stands for two fish. Draw a ) and a ( with their curves almost touching, then one line across the middle.
  • Pisces: a border of paired arcs on one long thread Repeat the glyph along a strip so every bar lines up into one thread with pairs of arcs strung along it.
  • Pisces: two fish circling in a pond, seen from above Draw the pond's rim as a circle, the two fish inside it nose to tail, and ripple rings spreading over them.
  • Pisces: two fish drawn at the ends of two lines of stars The star Alrescha, the cord, marks the knot. Dot it, run two lines of stars out from it and hang a fish on each.
  • Pisces: two fish swimming opposite ways, tied by a cord One fish heads up and one down, with a cord from each to a single knot. Pisces is Latin for fishes.
  • Scorpio as a small scorpion made of beads A chain of circles for the body and tail, each smaller than the last, a teardrop at the tip and two claws.
  • Scorpio glyph: an m that ends in an arrow-tipped tail Three humps like a letter m, then a tail that swings out and up to a small arrowhead: the scorpion's tail.
  • Scorpio the scorpion seen from above, tail arched Two big claws in front, a body in segments and a tail that arcs up and over the back. Scorpio is Latin for scorpion.
  • Scorpio: a border of glyphs with every tail pointing right Repeat the glyph along a strip. Each arrow tip tucks under the first hump of the next.
  • Scorpio: a scorpion drawn around a hook of stars The bright stars make a long hook. Put reddish Antares at the heart and end the curled tail on two close stars.
  • Scorpio: a scorpion on a rock under one red star Antares means rival of Mars, a name it got for its reddish color. Make it the only colored dot in the sky.

How it works

Sagittarius comes first: the archer, a centaur with a drawn bow, and an arrow glyph that takes three strokes. Every sign of the zodiac has its figure, its glyph and its stars here.

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Gemini drawing ideas, and the ten other signs

Gemini has twelve drawings as well: the twins side by side, back to back, as two faces, and as the stars Castor and Pollux. Each other sign has six: its glyph, its figure, the figure drawn around its stars, a small version, a border and one picture of its own.

What each of the twelve signs shows

In order: Aries is a ram, Taurus a bull, Gemini twins, Cancer a crab, Leo a lion, Virgo a maiden, Libra a pair of scales, Scorpio a scorpion, Sagittarius an archer, Capricorn a sea goat, Aquarius a water-carrier and Pisces two fish. Libra is the only one shown as an object.

Questions and answers

What is the Sagittarius symbol?

An arrow pointing up and to the right with a short bar across its shaft. It stands for the bow and arrow of the archer, who is commonly drawn as a centaur.

How do you draw the Gemini symbol?

Draw two upright lines side by side. Cap them with a bar that sags in the middle and stand them on a bar that arches up. The symbol stands for the twins.

Why is Sagittarius drawn as a teapot?

Eight of its brighter stars join into a teapot with a lid, a spout and a handle. The same stars were first seen as the archer's bow and arrow. A bright patch of the Milky Way above the spout looks like steam.

Which zodiac signs are fire, earth, air and water?

The tradition gives each element three signs. Fire: Aries, Leo, Sagittarius. Earth: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn. Air: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius. Water: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces. The whole list on this page is sorted that way.

What is the easiest zodiac sign to draw?

Start with a glyph. Aquarius is two wavy lines, Libra a line with a hump over a second line, Aries one stem with two curled horns. Every sign has two easy drawings; Sagittarius and Gemini have four.

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