Zodiac · sign 11 of 12

Aquarius

aquarius

Jan 20 – Feb 18 · Air · Fixed · Ruler Saturn

Independence
Ideals
Air

You are a star that shines especially clearly on a cold midwinter night, quietly giving off a light like no other. Your ideas are fresh, you don't follow the usual script, and you often care about the bigger world. You have many friends, yet you need space of your own.

Light · strengths

Independent, open-minded, inventive

Shadow · room to grow

You can seem detached, and you sometimes explain feelings instead of sharing them

In love

Friends first, then partners. When your freedom is respected, you feel safe getting close.

At work

You do well wherever new thinking is needed. On a team, you are often the one asking, “Why not try it?”

The myth

Aquarius is often seen as Ganymede, the youth brought to Olympus to pour drink for the gods. The water from his jar is the stream that flows across the sky.

Sky file

Dates: Jan 20 – Feb 18
Element: Air
Modality: Fixed
Ruler: Saturn
Symbol: The Water-bearer
Sun's longitude: 300°–330°

East meets West

Solar terms: Major Cold · Start of Spring
Chinese months: 丑 Chou month (Minor Cold to Start of Spring) · 寅 Yin month (Start of Spring to Awakening of Insects)
Lunar mansions: Dipper 斗 · Ox 牛 · Girl 女 · Emptiness 虛
Ruler's Chinese name: 鎮星 Zhenxing