The symbol for the planet Venus is the sign also used in biology for the female sex. It is a stylized representation of the goddess Venus's hand mirror or an abstract symbol for the goddess: a circle with a small equilateral cross underneath (Unicode: ♀).
The Venus symbol also represented femininity, and in ancient alchemy stood for copper. Alchemists constructed the symbol from a circle (representing spirit) above an equilateral cross (representing matter).
The two original gender symbols are derived from astronomical symbols. They were first used to denote the effective gender of plants (i.e. sex of individual in a given crossbreed, since most plants are hermaphroditic) by Carolus Linnaeus in 1751.
From the symbol of Mars (U+2642 ♂). The symbol for a male organism or man.
From the symbol of Venus (U+2640 ♀). The symbol for a female organism or woman
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The symbol for the planet Venus is the sign also used in biology for the female sex. It is a stylized representation of the goddess Venus's hand mirror or an abstract symbol for the goddess: a circle with a small equilateral cross underneath (Unicode: ♀).
The Venus symbol also represented femininity, and in ancient alchemy stood for copper. Alchemists constructed the symbol from a circle (representing spirit) above an equilateral cross (representing matter).
The two original gender symbols are derived from astronomical symbols. They were first used to denote the effective gender of plants (i.e. sex of individual in a given crossbreed, since most plants are hermaphroditic) by Carolus Linnaeus in 1751.
From the symbol of Mars (U+2642 ♂). The symbol for a male organism or man.
From the symbol of Venus (U+2640 ♀). The symbol for a female organism or woman
What Are The Gender Symbols
Not sure but I think it has something to do with the planet Mars for men and Venus for women.