For all my fellow Aquarians - it's almost birthday-time!!!
Date range: January 20 - February 18
Element: Air
Quality: Fixed
Color: Blue, Blue-green
Ruler: Uranus
Greatest Overall Compatibility: Gemini, Libra
Characteristics: Progressive, original, innovative, unconventional, honest, loyal, strong-willed, social, artistic, perceptive, unpredictable, independent, candid, open-minded, humanitarian, friendly, energetic, intuitive, temperamental, uncompromising, aloof.
Aquarius likes: Fun with friends, helping others, causes, freedom, stimulating conversation.
Aquarius dislikes: Limitations, broken promises, dishonesty, dominance, dull or boring situations.
Greatest challenge in relationships: Finding a partner who isn't threatened by their need for freedom and independence.
Aquarians can be shy and quiet, or eccentric and energetic. In both cases, they are less concerned with practical and physical matters than with intellectual ones. They feel most comfortable in the world of ideas. Aquarians have lightening-fast intuitive insight and can quickly grasp abstract concepts. They are deep thinkers, so if there is no mental stimulation, they can get bored and lack motivation. They are able to see without prejudice, both sides of a situation, which enables them to quickly solve problems.
Although they can easily adapt to the energy that surrounds them, Aquarians have a deep need for alone-time, away from everything, in order to restore power. Some days they want to socialize with everyone - other days they want to be isolated and alone.
Uranus, the ruling planet of Aquarius, has a timid, abrupt and sometimes aggressive nature, but it also gives Aquarians a visionary quality. They are capable of perceiving the future and usually know exactly what they want to be doing five or ten years from now.
Uranus also gave them the power of quick and easy transformation, so they are known as thinkers, progressives, and humanists. They feel very comfortable in a group or community setting.
Aquarians do not like feeling limited or constrained. Because of their desire for freedom and equality for all, they will always strive to ensure freedom of speech and movement.
Aquarians have a reputation for seeming aloof and insensitive, but this is often due to their keen ability to see the broader picture, and remain candid and neutral.
Aquarians view the world as a place filled with limitless possibilities.