Aquarius, the sign of fixed air. Aquarius is celebrated for its forward-looking ideas, unique and often eccentric interests, and free-spirited personality.
Symbol: ♒
The pictograph represents the water that flows from the vessel of the Water Bearer. It is also a picture of the human ankle in motion (the part of the anatomy that Aquarius rules). In symbolic terms, the ridged unbroken lines represent electric energy, sound, universal thought, and the wisdom of the future.
Polarity: Positive
Modality: Fixed
Element: Air
Opposite Sign: Leo
Favourable Colours: Electric blue and glow-in-the-dark shades
Lucky Gem: Amethyst
Lucky Day: Wednesday
Parts of the Body: Ankles, circulatory system
Metal: Aluminum
Ruling Planet: Uranus
Key Phrase: I know
Positive Traits
Aquarius is assertive, independent, progressive, analytical, original, and inventive. He feels free and independent. Would like to wander new paths, even if others don’t approve. Inventive: has a thousand ideas about how to improve the quality of life. Humane: willing to help others, even if there is nothing in it for him. He places a high value on friendship.
Negative Traits
Rebellious for the sake of rebellion, not really in order to improve society, though that is what he’d have you think; or else, the “rebel without a cause”. Wastes his originality of thought on crazy, useless ideas. A stubborn revolutionary, prepared to use violence, if perceived as necessary, in order to create a “better society”.
Aquarius is the sign of the future, of the visionary, some say of astrology itself. Very much a member of your own generation, you’re a natural visionary and a humanitarian of the first order — at least in theory. You’re an original. With unpredictable Uranus as your ruler, you’re progressive, future-oriented, and prone to dazzling flashes of insight. You’re also more idiosyncratic than you may realise. You have high-minded principles, and you try to live by them. Altruistic and issue-oriented, you believe in the equality of all human beings, and you’re interested in everyone, regardless of class, race, age, sexual orientation, or any of the other concerns that shape life today. Exquisitely aware of the impact that those factors can have, you possess the ability (when you so choose) to set them aside and connect with the real human being. The terrible things that happen in the world appall you, the issues of the day animate you, and you aren’t one to follow a party line just because that’s what your friends believe. You have a capacious brain, and you think for yourself.
You are an unorthodox, original person—sort of a wacky, witty madcap, who refuses to follow the crowd and go your own way. You like being different. You not only march to a different drummer, you make up new music as you go along. A maverick with a lively, inventive mind, you have an off-beat set of interests and habits. Science fiction and technology are Aquarian; so is video art and everything indie. But whether you resonate with those particular areas isn’t the point. The point is that you lean into the future, not away from it. Intrigued and unafraid, you’re utterly contemporary, a composition in avant-garde. You’re also congenial and charismatic. You accumulate a variety of friends (and to your perverse joy, they often disapprove of each other). Your likeable personality and open-minded intelligence are the draw.
Your character is a system of paradoxes. You enjoy being with people but are content to be alone. You like to travel but love relaxing at home. You are friendly and outgoing but also detached and reserved.
