Symbols in a bash prompt?

This is my bash prompt:

parse_git_branch() {
     git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* (.*)/ (1)/'
}

PS1=$"[e]0;wa] [33[32m]w[33[33m]$(parse_git_branch)[33[00m]n> "

That gives me a nice prompt:

~/path/to/dir (git_branch_name)
> 

Instead of the simple >, I’d like to use one of the awesome symbols: ∴ → ☿ ★.

How do I do that?