Based on my research, you could not change the circle symbol. See interface VisualTooltipDataItem in https://github.com/Microsoft/PowerBI-visuals-tools/blob/7316d67e5e02fdec91a05b9678493e9c24cf61e9/templates/visuals/.api/v1.4.0/PowerBI-visuals.d.ts
Based on my research, you could not change the circle symbol. See interface VisualTooltipDataItem in https://github.com/Microsoft/PowerBI-visuals-tools/blob/7316d67e5e02fdec91a05b9678493e9c24cf61e9/templates/visuals/.api/v1.4.0/PowerBI-visuals.d.ts