**ZODIAC SIGN OVERVIEW** --- AQUARIUS

 *taken from Co-Star* I found their breakdowns to be the most accurate, and liked the funny little jabs they take at each sign (still accurately!) and don't forget -- if you were born on the cusp of either side of a sign (cusp = the first several dates at the beginning or end of a zodiac sign) check the other sign your birthday is closest to as you might find you relate more to those traits.

 

Aquarius -- January 20-February 18

Symbol: The Water Bearer

Element: Air

Modality: Fixed

Ruling Planet: Uranus

 

Traits

• Purposefully esoteric
• Doesn't "do" feelings, just concepts
• Actually believes in conspiracy theories
• More in love with humanity as a whole than individuals
• Always feels like an outcast
• Fetishizes personal freedom

 

Best Careers

• Professional dilettante
• Bohemian
• Casual anthropologist
• Rioter and looter
• Artificial intelligence
• Armchair philosopher

 

Famous Aquarians

• Angela Davis
• Virginia Woolf
• Frederick Douglass
• Michael Jordan
• Yoko Ono
• Grigori Rasputin
• James Joyce

 

Personality

What Kind of Person is An Aquarius?

 Are archetypical outcasts. Doesn't mean they're loners. In fact, they thrive in large groups - charming you with their peculiar senses of humor, intriguing you with fun facts about the history of disposable straws, or convincing you to join their reading group. The alienation they feel is often self-imposed - a result of their knee-jerk contrarianism, rather than a lack of social intelligence. They try to be weird.

"Intelligence", to them, means the ability to formulate the most unpopular opinion possible. If they were white sheep, they'd dye their wool black just to prove a point. Destined to live their lives in direct opposition to the current world. They are world-builders. An entire universe exists in their heads and this universe adheres to its own set of logic that doesn't map onto reality. They are not liars. Are utopians. Are not cold. Are rational. To them, emotions are just holes in their idealistic vessels. Why succumb to sensitivity when there is so much knowledge to acquire, so many problems to be solved, worlds to invent?

They sometimes ask, "Why can't I be normal?" but in reality, they find normalcy boring, and they stake their self worth on their ability to be interesting. Want to be unknowable. Want to evade definition. Definitions are binding little rules that other people use to restrict their movement, and they must resist anything that infringes on their freedom to drift. The ultimate Aquarian struggle is resolving the tension between their need for community, and their need for complete detachment.

Are always running little tests. Live their lives as one big science experiment, using the element of surprise to collect reactions and construct the ones about the intricacies of human nature. They are walking abstract art pieces, shattering traditional perspectives with their complete disregard for convention. Are martyrs to the cause of "humanity", and "freedom" is their only demand.

Sex, Love and Romance

Are Aquarians Hard To Date?

Are lofty philosophers, perusing the dating pool from their perch on a mountaintop. Everything they know about love they've learned from the many books they've read. Love to them is just a practical theory. It's a science, chemistry, a psychological phenomenon.

How Does an Aquarius Fall in Love?

Are attracted to intelligence. Inspiration is a romantic spark for them. Sharing the same sense of humor is the same thing as a connection. Aren't necessarily attracted to people who share their interests, because there is a part of them that hates their interests, but they are drawn to people with niche pursuits that they don't fully understand.

Are addicted to figuring people out. Want to know about you. Not your feelings or your childhood. Not your psychological and emotional makeup, but the facts you know, the interesting experiences you've had, the opinions you've developed. They use this information to depict you as an idealized caricature that they can hang in the heart-shaped museum of all their past and present relationships..

 Want to be accepted for their eccentricities, but find it difficult to accept that their partners don't match their idealized portraits. What they fear most is being confronted by a real body with normal faults and failures. They know that when people get close, they form expectations. Expectations that threaten their independence make them feel resentful. They grow cold and distant, then wonder why their partners start acting clingy. Don't see their unwillingness to compromise as selfishness. When they turn inward, they don't see a self at all, the only see "the truth".

Who Is Their Soulmate?

If asked to describe their perfect partner in one adjective, they would probably say "ineffable". They need partners who can understand their need for space without taking it personally. Partners who don't try to wrangle them with unspoken expectations or guilt trips. Partners who are independently motivated. Who have their own passions, and take pleasure in sharing them with others. Partners who are interested in experimenting with non-traditional relationship models. Most importantly - partners who will show them the visceral side of love, the part that can't be described in a biology textbook.

How Does An Aquarius Flirt?

Aquarians are clever. Don't present themselves as very flirtatious - in that sense, they can be a little alienating. Don't like small talk. May seem like they are on the verge of a kiss, and then they'll just start talking about some new economic policy they read about. In their nervousness, they sometimes get so excited talking about themselves that they forget to ask you questions or otherwise show you that they're interested. Often use humor as a crutch. They'll start playing some nonsensical game to make you laugh. If you're interested in an Aquarius, you may need to do most of the work in driving things forward. Don't take them too seriously, but make them feel understood and comfortable enough to slow down and be present.

Friendship

Are Aquarians Loyal?

They make very good acquaintances. Are friendly people, but their enigmatic nature makes them difficult to get close to. You can know an Aquarius for years and still feel like you don't know anything about their personal lives. When asked about themselves, they talk about the impending environmental catastrophe, or else repeat facts from the last documentary they watched. 

Want to be helpful, but this attentiveness is frequently directed at the people they know the least. They may borrow your sweater without asking, then pass it on to a stranger on the train who looked cold. They think it's selfishly biased to prioritize close friendships over everyone else in the world, and they stoke their humanistic ego by projecting themselves as the perfect selfless giver.

Are personality collectors. Tend to surround themselves with a curated cast of strange characters, but never get to know them beneath their surface-level attributes. Deep connections based on shared sensibilities are not necessarily the most interesting ones. Want to learn from people who are as different from them as possible. Seek constant social stimulation. Terrified of falling into the complacent herd mentality of a single friend group.

Aren't necessarily the friends you seek out when you're in a crisis. They want to support you, but their problem-solving mind short-circuits trying to come up with the objectively right thing to say. Go to them when you're hungry for a strange adventure that will turn into an entertaining story to tell at parties - or if you want someone to explain what ontology means.

What Makes an Aquarius Angry?

Are two  main sources of an Aquarius' anger - The first is the world not operating according to their idealistic standards: people acting like jerks, social injustice, or an inefficiently designed grocery store. They respond with irritation, and righteous disbelief, completely unafraid of the consequences.

The second is when someone blames Aquarius for being wrong in some way: acting immorally, hurting someone's feelings, being a hypocrite. Accusations of this sort rattles them to their core, though you might not see evidence of that till months later.

When they get angry, it comes as a total surprise. The root cause is usually that they feel misunderstood, unjustly blamed, or that their actions have been misconstrued in some way - anything that tarnishes their idealistic self-image. It's hard for Aquarians to express their anger, because even though they take everything personally, they are constantly afraid of being considered illogical. Are experts at maintaining the upper hand, and are more likely to deal with upset feelings through sarcasm, condescension, or defensive deflections. 

An Aquarian who has learned to get in touch with their emotions can be quite forthright when they are angry. Almost like the angrier they get the more logically they approach it. Doesn't mean they won't get emotional. But when they resent you or feel hurt, instead of shutting down they'll tell you to your face, "Hey, I'm  mad at you right now and don't want to talk to you for a while. Let's check in next week." And they really mean it.