蠍座 – Scorpio: The Western Zodiac in Japanese
The eighth astrological symbol of the Western Zodiac is Scorpio. This is the sign for people’s birthdays between around October 22 to around November 24. Let’s take a look at what to call this sign in Japanese.
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What is Scorpio in Japanese?
The word for Scorpio in Japanese is 蠍座. We can split this word into 蠍 and 座. First, 座 is a suffix added after the names of words in the zodiac or after constellations. 蠍 is the Japanese word for a scorpion.
https://japaneseuniverse.com/2024/02/18/pac-man-in-japaneseconcepts-behind-development-to-global-icon/蠍座 is the common way to refer to Scorpio in Japanese. However, there is also another word for Scorpio in Japanese. That is 天蠍宮 and this is the more formal name for Scorpio. 天蠍 by itself is not a word. However, the Kanji 天 means heave or sky. So, 天蠍 would mean a heavenly, sky, or maybe divine scorpion if it was a word.
