Aquarius is an astrological sign, which is associated with the constellation Aquarius. Under the tropical zodiac, Aquarius is occupied by the Sun from January 20 to February 18, and under the sidereal zodiac, it is currently from February 13 to March 14. The opposite sign to Aquarius is Leo.
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Duration (tropical, western) | March 20 – April 19 (2025, UT1)[1] |
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Aquarius is the eleventh sign of the Zodiac and associated with future ideas and the unusual. Individuals born under this sign are thought to have a creative, challenging, entertaining, progressive, stimulating, and independent character, but one which is also prone to rebelliousness, coldness, erraticism, cowardice, and impracticality. In terms of anatomy, Aquarius is said to rule the legs from knees to ankles and the circulation of blood. In terms of geography Aquarius linked with Sweden, Canada, Ethiopia and Poland.
Aquarius is traditionally thought be ruled by the planet Saturn, but in more recent years many astrologers have labelled Uranus as the ruler or co-ruler of Aquarius, attributing the erraticism associated with the Sign to the planet's influence.
In mythology Aquarius is often associated with the mythological figure of Odysseus, King of Ithaca, from the Greek myth of the Trojan War. Aquarius is also associated with the Greco-Roman god Uranus/Caelus and sometimes the god Cronus/Saturn.
Notable persons born under the Sign of Aquarius (Tropical Zodiac) include: Abraham Lincoln, Boris Yeltsin, Virginia Woolf, Lord Byron, Charles Dickens, Charles Darwin, James Dean, Lewis Carrol, Brian Greene, Jules Verne, Yoko Ono, John Lydon, Germaine Greer, Rutger Hauer, Mary I of England, Frederick the Great, Puyi, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, Bob Marley, John Travolta, Tallulah Bankhead, Angela Davis, Thomas Edison, Oprah Winfrey, James Joyce, Dr. Dre, Billie Joe Armstrong, Gypsy Rose Lee, Clark Gable, Gertrude Stein, Michael Jordan, Anton Chekhov, Chris Rock, Felix Mendelssohn, Matt Groening, Anna Pavlova, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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Sign | Airy, Fixed, Eleventh sign | |
Symbol | Water Bearer | |
Ruling planet | Uranus | |
Birthstone | Amethyst | |
Flower | Violet | |
Colours | Wild, Way out | |
Numbers | Eight and Four | |
Day | Wednesday |
References
- ^ Astronomical Applications Department 2011.
- ^ web source [[1]]