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Astronom(log)ical information associated with a day, in an attempt to create an astro date format.

Here are the zodiac signs that are active in a month. The second and fourth symbols are those which are present near the equinox or the sidereal zodiac.

Month Zodiac Sidereal
Jan β™‘β™’ ♐♑
Feb β™’β™“ β™‘β™’
Mar β™“β™ˆ β™’β™“
Apr β™ˆβ™‰ β™“β™ˆ
May β™‰β™Š β™ˆβ™‰
Jun β™Šβ™‹ β™‰β™Š
Jul β™‹β™Œ β™Šβ™‹
Aug β™Œβ™ β™‹β™Œ
Sep β™β™Ž β™Œβ™
Oct β™Žβ™ β™β™Ž
Nov ♏♐ β™Žβ™
Dec ♐♑ ♏♐

The days of the week can be represented using the astronomical symbol for the planet associated with that day.

Day Symbol
Sun β˜‰
Mon ☾
Tue β™‚
Wed ☿
Thu ♃
Fri ♀
Sat β™„

Year can be represented using the symbol of the year associated with the Chinese zodiac. The chinese symbols are from https://www.taiwanese-secrets.com/zodiac-symbols-written-in-chinese/

Year πŸ˜ƒ δΈ­ζ–‡
2018 πŸ• η‹—
2019 πŸ– ηŒͺ
2020 πŸ€ ιΌ 
2021 πŸ‚ 牛
2022 πŸ… θ™Ž
2023 πŸ‡ ε…”
2024 πŸ‰ 龍
2025 🐍 蛇
2026 🐎 馬
2027 πŸ‘ 羊
2028 πŸ’ 猴
2029 πŸ“ ι›ž

The phases of moon can divide a month into 8 parts. This month is 29-30 days long.
πŸŒ‘πŸŒ’πŸŒ“πŸŒ”πŸŒ•πŸŒ–πŸŒ—πŸŒ˜

So today's date could be β™ƒπŸŒ‘β™πŸ• Though I feel the moon symbols may have to be reversed if viewed on a dark background.

Use of the phase of the moon makes it slightly ambiguous in deciphering the date. The fact that today is the second Thursday in Saggitarius can also be used to represent the date. ♃IIβ™πŸ•, but the first method looks cooler.

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