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♒︎ Aquarius

Invention, the collective, the view from outside.

The Sun crosses Aquarius each year around January 20 – February 18, the span most people mean when they say they “are” a Aquarius. On the clock it occupies the 300°–330° arc of the gold ring, traditionally ruled by Saturn.

In Aquarius right now

In the classical scheme Aquarius combines the air element with the fixed mode, on the positive, outward-turned half of the wheel: a mental, sociable, idea-first key. Being fixed, it digs in, holds its position, and resists being moved.

Season anchors the sign: it holds midwinter, clear and far-seeing. Tradition hands its rulership to Saturn, the traditional ruler: structure applied to the collective, and assigns it the ankles and circulation in the classical body-map.

Read well, Aquarius shows as a view from outside the walls; read badly, it slides toward detachment mistaken for wisdom.

The planets in Aquarius

• ☉︎ Sun in Aquarius
• ☽︎ Moon in Aquarius
• ☿︎ Mercury in Aquarius
• ♀︎ Venus in Aquarius
• ♂︎ Mars in Aquarius
• ♃︎ Jupiter in Aquarius
• ♄︎ Saturn in Aquarius
• ♅︎ Uranus in Aquarius
• ♆︎ Neptune in Aquarius
• ♇︎ Pluto in Aquarius
• ☊︎ North Node in Aquarius
• ☋︎ South Node in Aquarius

See all twelve signs, or watch them turn on the live clock.