Aquarius: Personality and Compatibility
A fixed air sign. Aquarius is the reformer who looks to the future, unbound by convention.
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- Dates (approx.)
- 20 January – 18 February
- Element
- Air
- Modality
- Fixed
- Ruling planet
- Uranus (traditionally Saturn)
- Keywords
- originality, freedom, humanity
- Body
- Shins and ankles
- Lucky colors
- Blue and silver
- Ecliptic longitude
- 300° – 330°
1.The Aquarius personality
Strengths
Original, you treat everyone as an equal. You try to change the world with new ideas.
Things to watch
You can be overly logical and find it hard to express emotion. Stuck on your own ideas, you become stubborn.
2.Love and work
Love: Love often grows out of friendship, and you like a relationship that respects each other's freedom.
Work: IT, science, invention, non-profits, aerospace and design: creating new value.
3.Signs that get along with Aquarius
The other air signs (Gemini and Libra) share your values, while the fire signs (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius) bring out the best in you.
4.The dates shift a little each year
A sign begins at the moment the sun reaches 300° of ecliptic longitude, so the boundary moves by about a day from year to year. Exact dates in Japan Standard Time:
| Year | Aquarius (JST) |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Jan 20, 2026 10:45 – Feb 18, 2026 |
| 2027 | Jan 20, 2027 16:30 – Feb 18, 2027 |
If you were born on a boundary day, check with the Sun, Moon and Rising sign reading.
5.Not just the Sun sign: the Moon sign too
Horoscope columns use your Sun sign, but the sign the Moon was in when you were born shows your private face and how your feelings move. See also the basics of Western astrology.
6.One sign earlier in Indian astrology
Indian astrology uses the sidereal zodiac, which sits about 24° behind the tropical one, so most people born as Aquarius are Capricorn there. Read more in What is Indian astrology?