♒ Aquarius – Air • Fixed • Positive / Yang / Masculine
♒ Aquarius – Air • Fixed • Positive / Yang / Masculine
✧ Basic Information
Symbol: ♒
Dates (Tropical): January 20 – February 18
Dates (Sidereal): February 13 – March 13 (Fagan/Bradley)
Ruling Planet: Saturn (classical) / Uranus (modern)
Exalted Planet: None (disputed: Neptune)
Detriment Planet: Sun
Fall Planet: Neptune
Element: Air
Modality: Fixed
Polarity: Positive / Yang / Masculine
Associated Body Part: Ankles, Circulatory System
House Association: 11th House – thematic overlap
🗣️ I AM Statement
“I know, therefore I am.”
This encapsulates the sign’s core existential function.
🔑 Core Traits
- Innovative
- Independent
- Detached
- Visionary
- Eccentric
🌿 Strengths
- Progressive Thinking
- Originality
- Community Insight
🜄 Challenges / Shadow Aspects
- Alienation
- Rebellion
- Emotional Detachment
🜚 Behavioral Patterns & Archetype
Keywords: Futuristic, Idealistic, Inventive
Archetype: The Reformer
The sign of Aquarius often acts from a place of instinct and expresses its energy through practical, grounded means.
🌌 In Relationships
- Compatibility: High with Gemini, Libra, Sagittarius
- Learning from: Leo, Taurus
- Love Language Expression: Ideas
🪷 Spiritual Pathways
- Associated Chakras: Crown, Throat
- Esoteric Function: Liberation
- Soul Work: Balancing individuality with heart-centered humanity
✍🏼 Journal Prompts
- How do I embody the essence of Aquarius in my daily life?
- What triggers the shadow expression of this energy in me?
- Where do I resist or over-identify with this sign?
🛠️ Use in Practice
This sign brings its qualities to any planetary body or point it touches.
Examples:
- Mars in Aquarius (Mars + Aquarius) → Action takes on a tone of innovative, independent, detached — drive expressed through The Reformer.
- Moon in Aquarius (Moon + Aquarius) → Emotional world feels futuristic, idealistic, inventive; needs are met in the manner of The Reformer.
🌠 Fixed Stars & Notable Degrees
| Degree | Fixed Star | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 23° Aquarius | Sadalsuud | Fortunate insight and expansive humanitarian success |
🕯️ Affirmation
“I channel vision into form. I honor my uniqueness and the collective I serve.”
🔖 Tags
ZodiacSigns #Air #Fixed #AstrologyArithetic`
🧮 Zodiacal Arithmetic
| Quantity | Value |
|---|---|
| Sign number | 11 of 12 |
| Ecliptic longitude span | 300°00′ – 329°59′ (tropical: 0° Aries = March equinox point) |
| Glyph / Unicode | ♒ (U+2652) |
| Element · Modality · Polarity | Air · Fixed · Masculine / diurnal (odd sign) |
| Ptolemaic class | solid |
| Domicile ruler | Saturn (modern co-ruler: Uranus) |
| Exaltation | — (no classical exaltation) |
| Detriment (ruler of opposite sign) | Sun |
| Fall (opposite of exaltation) | — (no classical fall) |
| Triplicity rulers (Dorothean) | day Saturn · night Mercury · participating Jupiter |
| Decans / faces (Chaldean order) | 0–10° Venus · 10–20° Mercury · 20–30° Moon |
| Opposite sign (180°) | Leo |
| Square signs (90°) | Taurus, Scorpio |
| Trine signs (120°) | Gemini, Libra |
| Sextile signs (60°) | Aries, Sagittarius |
| Quincunx / inconjunct signs (150°) | Cancer, Virgo |
| Semisextile signs (30°) | Pisces, Capricorn |
| Natural house | 11th House |
Longitude conversion: a body at d° of Aquarius has absolute ecliptic longitude λ = 300 + d. Conversely, sign index = ⌊λ / 30⌋ + 1 and degree-in-sign = λ mod 30.
🌠 Vault Fixed Stars in Aquarius (computed)
| Star | Designation | λ J2000.0 | λ 2026.0 | Ecl. lat. | V mag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarazed | γ Aquilae | 0°55′ Aquarius | 1°17′ Aquarius | +31.24° | 2.72 |
| Albireo | β¹ Cygni | 1°14′ Aquarius | 1°36′ Aquarius | +48.97° | 3.085 |
| Altair | α Aquilae | 1°46′ Aquarius | 2°08′ Aquarius | +29.30° | 0.76 |
| Algiedi | α² Capricorni | 3°51′ Aquarius | 4°12′ Aquarius | +6.93° | 3.58 |
| Dabih | β Capricorni | 4°02′ Aquarius | 4°24′ Aquarius | +4.59° | 3.08 |
| Armus | η Capricorni | 12°44′ Aquarius | 13°05′ Aquarius | -2.99° | 4.84 |
| Dorsum | θ Capricorni | 13°50′ Aquarius | 14°12′ Aquarius | -0.59° | 4.07 |
| Sualocin | α Delphini | 17°22′ Aquarius | 17°44′ Aquarius | +33.02° | 3.8 |
| Castra | ε Capricorni | 20°11′ Aquarius | 20°33′ Aquarius | -4.98° | 4.55 |
| Sadalsuud | β Aquarii | 23°23′ Aquarius | 23°45′ Aquarius | +8.62° | 2.89 |
| Deneb Algedi | δ Capricorni | 23°32′ Aquarius | 23°54′ Aquarius | -2.60° | 2.83 |
| Dheneb | ε Cygni | 27°44′ Aquarius | 28°06′ Aquarius | +49.43° | 2.48 |
Positions precess ≈ 50.3″ per year (≈ 1° every 71.6 years). The table above in “Fixed Stars & Notable Degrees” is the author’s interpretive list and is kept as written; use this computed table for exact degrees.
Classical dignities, triplicities and decans are offered as optional correspondences beneath this vault’s own sign definition above.
Sources (sign arithmetic)
- Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos I.12–I.17 (signs: tropical/equinoctial/solid/bicorporeal, masculine/feminine, triplicities, exaltations): https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Ptolemy/Tetrabiblos/1B*.html
- Dorotheus of Sidon, Carmen Astrologicum (1st c. CE), Book I — triplicity rulers (trans. D. Pingree 1976; B. Dykes 2017)
- William Lilly, Christian Astrology (London, 1647), Book I (houses, orbs p. 107, essential dignities table p. 104) — public domain; orb table transcribed at https://www.renaissanceastrology.com/aspects.html and https://www.skyscript.co.uk/aspectorbs.html
- Swiss Ephemeris fixed-star catalogue
sefstars.txt(ICRS/Hipparcos-based positions, proper motions, magnitudes): https://github.com/aloistr/swisseph/blob/master/ephe/sefstars.txt — ecliptic longitudes computed for this vault with Astropy 8.0 (GeocentricMeanEcliptic, mean equinox of J2000.0 and of 2026-01-01) - Unicode Consortium, Miscellaneous Symbols (U+2600–26FF) and Alchemical Symbols (U+1F700–1F77F, incl. Unicode 15.0 dwarf-planet glyphs) code charts: https://www.unicode.org/charts/