The Twelve Signs

Aquarius

the Water Bearer

January 20 – February 18

Clear water poured out for the many, carried from somewhere far off.

Aquarius holds the cold, clarified middle of winter. Saturn is its traditional ruler, which surprises people until they notice the sign's principled fixity: ideals held to a standard, communities built to outlast their founders. It loves humanity in the plural and guards its own strangeness in the singular.

Element air
Modality fixed
Ruled by Saturn the modern books add Uranus
Season deep winter
idealscommunityinventiondetachmentthe future

boundary days shift by a day with the year.

The Ecliptic Band