Eight-spoked asterisk

An asterisk with eight even spokes, historically a typographic ornament. Caution: like ✴, this is an emoji-capable character — iOS and Android typically show it as the green ✳️ color emoji in chat and social contexts. If you need a decorative asterisk that stays monochrome text, use ❋ or the standard * instead, or append U+FE0E to force text presentation.