People-focused, Airy, and the humanitarian heart of the zodiac, we could all use a bit more Aquarius energy in our lives.
Whether or not you are aware of your Aquarius energy, however, it exists within all of us somewhere in our birth charts. The key is just to understand how it manifests for you individually and cultivate that lovely Aquarian flow into your life!
Especially as we head into Aquarius season itself, you’ll want to be prepared and know where Aquarius’ energy is getting amplified in your life. Let’s dive deeper into this unique and eccentric zodiac sign and see what the water-bearer looks like for you!
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As an Air sign, Aquarius is communicative and intellectual like its fellow Airy pals (Gemini and Libra). These signs ask big questions and initiate unique discussions, and care about connecting with others in some shape or form, even if they go about it in different ways.
Aquarius, however, is the Fixed sign of the bunch, meaning that they tend to be able to focus their energy on just one idea or goal and work towards it with a steadfast, stubborn nature. This is what makes them great idealists and big thinkers.
As such, Aquarius gets known for their eccentric, unconventional, and sometimes a hard-to-grasp sense of vision and lifestyle.
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Where will you see its influence? Well, you’ll have to take a closer look at your birth chart to see what is getting truly highlighted. It’s a lot easier than it may seem, so don’t panic if you’re not so sure!
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If you have an Aquarius Sun, you may have felt like a bit of an outsider your whole life, with this placement actually being in detriment. Worldly and intellectual, your energy doesn’t always mesh well with the energy of the Sun, which is more focused on the self, representative of the ego.
The Moon sign, governing emotion and your inner world, allows you to connect with Aquarius in the emotional space (which can be acutely influenced by the world around you with this placement).
And finally, with an Aquarius Rising, the traits are projected outwards, making it a noticeable part of who you are to others around you — cue the eccentric style and rebellious flair!
Progressive with a desire to make changes, having an Aquarius Mercury is an ideal way to make big moves with your voice. You connect well on a broad scale, although your focus will always be on community discussion and less so on an intimate level.
Being open to open up to others, rather than just exchanging intellectual ideas, is an obstacle that an Aquarius Mercury may have to overcome.
For a Venus in Aquarius placement, love actually is in what you say, not what you do. Communication, intellectual stimulation, and big-picture ideas are what make Venus in Aquarius’ heart sing.
It may seem difficult to get Venus in Aquarius to settle initially due to their big-picture, worldly focus, but all it takes is an honest, thought-provoking conversation to gain access to this placement’s heart.
With Mars in Aquarius, you’re freedom-seeking and rebellious at heart. You’re more than capable of focusing on something and seeing it through to the end, but there’s a catch. You don’t do things that don’t align with your spirit, and you care about doing things on your own terms.
As much as you love to revolutionize all that you do, it’s also important for this placement to come back down to earth every now and then to engage in some of the standard day-to-day routines and life that’s required to put some of the more ambitious plans into action in the first place!
You receive good things from the world when you give good things to the world. With this placement, acting through your humanitarian heart and rebellious nature to enact change is what puts you on the path to success.
Saturn, a planet of restrictions and karma, teaches us difficult lessons about the sign that it resides in. The cohort with this placement is highly conscious of the world and systems around them (because they have to be).
Aquarius’ rebellious and free-spirited nature seeks to understand the world around them in a complex way—Saturn just makes taking that road all the more necessary.
Uranus is Aquarius’ home turf—the planet of rebellion, change, and innovation. This generation is focused on making waves, highly attuned to the spiritual, eccentric, and radical nature of this placement.
Able to communicate adeptly through technology and adapt to new ways of thinking and doing, some of what this generation may accomplish is still yet unpredictable and yet to be seen.
In other words, children growing up right now likely also have this placement, and the extent to its impact is still unseen. However, the spiritual and imaginative Neptune in rebellious Aquarius makes for a generation of innovators and radical thinkers in large proportions.
Pluto shows us how we change and transform, sometimes in more difficult or shadowy ways. This placement seeks transformation through shifts in collective thought and ideas and perhaps may use technology to their wider advantage in order to do so.
With Chiron in Aquarius, the wounds may be surrounding fitting in with the crowd, not quite feeling like you have a place in the world. You may have grown up being the “black sheep” wherever you go, despite having a large sense of compassion and open-mindedness for the collective.
One of your natal houses should fall in Aquarius (depending on the house system, some may have more than one; and some may have none)!
So even if you feel like you don’t typically resonate with the eccentric and rebellious reputation of Aquarius, others may seem to perceive you this way anyhow.
You may find money in unexpected ways or places and do better with finances when you make riskier choices than not. Just be wary of spontaneous and reckless spending!
You’re an independent thinker and tend to only engage in conversation when the moment feels right, running with your sense of spontaneity and adventure.
Although you’re probably known as a social person and good conversationalist, there’s an unpredictable streak to you that may mystify others from time to time.
With this placement, your sense of “home” may be more abstract than a literal house and set of rules and systems. You possibly grew up in an equally unconventional household or had a more nontraditional upbringing, contributing to your perspective of “home” as something outside of the box.
You’re more than a creative thinker; you’re an innovator and inventor, someone who doesn’t play by the rules when they make and express themselves.
At your best, you dream big, and don’t let conventional rules and tradition stop you. When you lean into a more rebellious and outgoing spirit, you’re a gifted creative visionary and great at making your own path within the arts.
You have less of a one-on-one approach when it comes to lending a hand, preferring to think on wider, collective scales. Additionally, you may work well in fields where constant innovation and keeping up with a fast pace (especially with changing technology, for example) is the name of the game.
As such, an Aquarius in 7th house placement requires independence and freedom even within commitments, desiring someone with big visions and ideas — capable of being flexible and adaptable, as well as a bit unpredictable themselves.
Although 8th house in Aquarius could indicate that you find hidden wisdom and insight through the nooks and crannies no one else notices within social structures and the world around you, and it equally points to a more spiritually withdrawn side that may be hard to get to know.
Despite a desire to see the world on a broad scale, you have a tendency to keep others at an arm’s length on a one-on-one level.
Your taste for the unconventional and progressive can lead you to new insights, but you have to be careful that you don’t lose sight of the importance of some routine and structure that may be insightful for your pursuits.
When it comes to work, you like doing things your own way, without much regard for how anything got accomplished before. This is the placement of inventors and technological innovators.
So, with Aquarius in your 11th house, community and friendships are likely rooted strongly in your values, intertwined with how you wish to make changes and innovate within the world.
You have natural leadership qualities and the standard idealistic Aquarian spirit that makes you thrive within group settings.
It’s possible that with this placement, you even fear expressing yourself or sharing too much about your real ideals and ambitions in life, with the 12th house layering on the energy of privacy to a typically outgoing Aquarian energy.
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However, the thing that ties Aquarius placements all together is that no matter in what form it ultimately shows up, the one thing you can predict… is that it’s unpredictable. Working with your Aquarius energy and seeing what makes it click on a personal level is key.
If you’re an Aquarius, follow your Daily horoscope — and for everyone else, make use of the astrology calendar to keep track of when Aquarius season starts and ends and where other transits may be impacting this particular season!
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