The applause at your farewell made you want to leave faster.
The Water Bearer
The Water Bearer stands in a part of the sky the Babylonians filled with water. The Sea-goat, the Fishes and the Whale all swim nearby, and the Bearer pours a stream of faint stars down toward the Southern Fish, whose mouth is the bright star Fomalhaut.
The tradition calls Aquarius the Sun’s detriment, the sign opposite its own in Leo. Leo shines for itself, gladly. Here the self shines for the good of the group, and is uneasy in the spotlight even when it has earned it. The hosts are Saturn, the old ruler, and Uranus, the modern one: the rule, and the break from it. Your Sun switches between them in the same conversation.
Ahead of the meeting
You have ideas before other people are ready for them, and the nerve to say them anyway. You are the colleague who asks why the process exists at all, the neighbour who starts the group that fixes the park, the friend who knows which cause needs another pair of hands this weekend. Among equals, in a group with a purpose, you shine without having to stand in front.
One room nobody has seen
Strangers find you easy. You talk to anyone, you remember names, and you are interested in how other people live. The people closest to you know something the strangers do not: there is a room in you they have never been shown. The few who are let into it find it full of books, plans and old loyalties. You remember everyone’s campaign and nobody’s birthday, and you are working on the second part.
A solution instead of a hug
Up close, you go cool. When a friend is crying, your first instinct is to solve the problem, and you have been told, more than once, that they did not want it solved. You hold an opinion because it is yours, and you care about a great many people while keeping the few who love you a little further off than they would like.
The Water Bearer pours for everyone, and the water is real. The friends who know you well understand that the plan you drew up for them at midnight was your way of holding their hand.
Were you born with the Sun in Aquarius?
The Sun is in Aquarius every year from about January 20 to February 19.
The Sun’s every stay in Aquarius from 1920 to 2030, from the minute it entered to the minute it left, in Universal Time (UTC). Born on a first or last day? Then the hour and the place decide it, and your chart settles it.
1920s
| Entered | Left |
|---|
| January 21, 1920, 8:04 a.m. | February 19, 1920, 10:29 p.m. |
| January 20, 1921, 1:55 p.m. | February 19, 1921, 4:20 a.m. |
| January 20, 1922, 7:48 p.m. | February 19, 1922, 10:16 a.m. |
| January 21, 1923, 1:35 a.m. | February 19, 1923, 4:00 p.m. |
| January 21, 1924, 7:28 a.m. | February 19, 1924, 9:51 p.m. |
| January 20, 1925, 1:20 p.m. | February 19, 1925, 3:43 a.m. |
| January 20, 1926, 7:12 p.m. | February 19, 1926, 9:35 a.m. |
| January 21, 1927, 1:12 a.m. | February 19, 1927, 3:34 p.m. |
| January 21, 1928, 6:56 a.m. | February 19, 1928, 9:19 p.m. |
| January 20, 1929, 12:42 p.m. | February 19, 1929, 3:07 a.m. |
1930s
| Entered | Left |
|---|
| January 20, 1930, 6:33 p.m. | February 19, 1930, 9:00 a.m. |
| January 21, 1931, 12:17 a.m. | February 19, 1931, 2:40 p.m. |
| January 21, 1932, 6:07 a.m. | February 19, 1932, 8:28 p.m. |
| January 20, 1933, 11:53 a.m. | February 19, 1933, 2:16 a.m. |
| January 20, 1934, 5:37 p.m. | February 19, 1934, 8:01 a.m. |
| January 20, 1935, 11:28 p.m. | February 19, 1935, 1:52 p.m. |
| January 21, 1936, 5:12 a.m. | February 19, 1936, 7:33 p.m. |
| January 20, 1937, 11:01 a.m. | February 19, 1937, 1:21 a.m. |
| January 20, 1938, 4:59 p.m. | February 19, 1938, 7:20 a.m. |
| January 20, 1939, 10:51 p.m. | February 19, 1939, 1:09 p.m. |
1940s
| Entered | Left |
|---|
| January 21, 1940, 4:44 a.m. | February 19, 1940, 7:04 p.m. |
| January 20, 1941, 10:34 a.m. | February 19, 1941, 12:56 a.m. |
| January 20, 1942, 4:23 p.m. | February 19, 1942, 6:47 a.m. |
| January 20, 1943, 10:19 p.m. | February 19, 1943, 12:40 p.m. |
| January 21, 1944, 4:07 a.m. | February 19, 1944, 6:27 p.m. |
| January 20, 1945, 9:54 a.m. | February 19, 1945, 12:15 a.m. |
| January 20, 1946, 3:44 p.m. | February 19, 1946, 6:09 a.m. |
| January 20, 1947, 9:31 p.m. | February 19, 1947, 11:52 a.m. |
| January 21, 1948, 3:18 a.m. | February 19, 1948, 5:37 p.m. |
| January 20, 1949, 9:09 a.m. | February 18, 1949, 11:27 p.m. |
1950s
| Entered | Left |
|---|
| January 20, 1950, 2:59 p.m. | February 19, 1950, 5:18 a.m. |
| January 20, 1951, 8:52 p.m. | February 19, 1951, 11:10 a.m. |
| January 21, 1952, 2:38 a.m. | February 19, 1952, 4:57 p.m. |
| January 20, 1953, 8:21 a.m. | February 18, 1953, 10:41 p.m. |
| January 20, 1954, 2:11 p.m. | February 19, 1954, 4:32 a.m. |
| January 20, 1955, 8:02 p.m. | February 19, 1955, 10:19 a.m. |
| January 21, 1956, 1:48 a.m. | February 19, 1956, 4:05 p.m. |
| January 20, 1957, 7:39 a.m. | February 18, 1957, 9:58 p.m. |
| January 20, 1958, 1:28 p.m. | February 19, 1958, 3:48 a.m. |
| January 20, 1959, 7:19 p.m. | February 19, 1959, 9:37 a.m. |
1960s
| Entered | Left |
|---|
| January 21, 1960, 1:10 a.m. | February 19, 1960, 3:26 p.m. |
| January 20, 1961, 7:01 a.m. | February 18, 1961, 9:16 p.m. |
| January 20, 1962, 12:58 p.m. | February 19, 1962, 3:15 a.m. |
| January 20, 1963, 6:54 p.m. | February 19, 1963, 9:09 a.m. |
| January 21, 1964, 12:41 a.m. | February 19, 1964, 2:57 p.m. |
| January 20, 1965, 6:29 a.m. | February 18, 1965, 8:48 p.m. |
| January 20, 1966, 12:20 p.m. | February 19, 1966, 2:38 a.m. |
| January 20, 1967, 6:08 p.m. | February 19, 1967, 8:24 a.m. |
| January 20, 1968, 11:54 p.m. | February 19, 1968, 2:09 p.m. |
| January 20, 1969, 5:38 a.m. | February 18, 1969, 7:54 p.m. |
1970s
| Entered | Left |
|---|
| January 20, 1970, 11:24 a.m. | February 19, 1970, 1:42 a.m. |
| January 20, 1971, 5:13 p.m. | February 19, 1971, 7:27 a.m. |
| January 20, 1972, 10:59 p.m. | February 19, 1972, 1:12 p.m. |
| January 20, 1973, 4:48 a.m. | February 18, 1973, 7:01 p.m. |
| January 20, 1974, 10:46 a.m. | February 19, 1974, 12:59 a.m. |
| January 20, 1975, 4:36 p.m. | February 19, 1975, 6:50 a.m. |
| January 20, 1976, 10:25 p.m. | February 19, 1976, 12:40 p.m. |
| January 20, 1977, 4:14 a.m. | February 18, 1977, 6:30 p.m. |
| January 20, 1978, 10:04 a.m. | February 19, 1978, 12:21 a.m. |
| January 20, 1979, 4:00 p.m. | February 19, 1979, 6:13 a.m. |
1980s
| Entered | Left |
|---|
| January 20, 1980, 9:49 p.m. | February 19, 1980, 12:02 p.m. |
| January 20, 1981, 3:36 a.m. | February 18, 1981, 5:52 p.m. |
| January 20, 1982, 9:31 a.m. | February 18, 1982, 11:46 p.m. |
| January 20, 1983, 3:17 p.m. | February 19, 1983, 5:31 a.m. |
| January 20, 1984, 9:05 p.m. | February 19, 1984, 11:16 a.m. |
| January 20, 1985, 2:58 a.m. | February 18, 1985, 5:07 p.m. |
| January 20, 1986, 8:46 a.m. | February 18, 1986, 10:58 p.m. |
| January 20, 1987, 2:40 p.m. | February 19, 1987, 4:50 a.m. |
| January 20, 1988, 8:24 p.m. | February 19, 1988, 10:35 a.m. |
| January 20, 1989, 2:07 a.m. | February 18, 1989, 4:20 p.m. |
1990s
| Entered | Left |
|---|
| January 20, 1990, 8:01 a.m. | February 18, 1990, 10:14 p.m. |
| January 20, 1991, 1:47 p.m. | February 19, 1991, 3:58 a.m. |
| January 20, 1992, 7:33 p.m. | February 19, 1992, 9:43 a.m. |
| January 20, 1993, 1:23 a.m. | February 18, 1993, 3:35 p.m. |
| January 20, 1994, 7:07 a.m. | February 18, 1994, 9:22 p.m. |
| January 20, 1995, 1:00 p.m. | February 19, 1995, 3:11 a.m. |
| January 20, 1996, 6:53 p.m. | February 19, 1996, 9:01 a.m. |
| January 20, 1997, 12:42 a.m. | February 18, 1997, 2:51 p.m. |
| January 20, 1998, 6:46 a.m. | February 18, 1998, 8:55 p.m. |
| January 20, 1999, 12:37 p.m. | February 19, 1999, 2:47 a.m. |
2000s
| Entered | Left |
|---|
| January 20, 2000, 6:23 p.m. | February 19, 2000, 8:33 a.m. |
| January 20, 2001, 12:16 a.m. | February 18, 2001, 2:27 p.m. |
| January 20, 2002, 6:02 a.m. | February 18, 2002, 8:13 p.m. |
| January 20, 2003, 11:52 a.m. | February 19, 2003, 2:00 a.m. |
| January 20, 2004, 5:42 p.m. | February 19, 2004, 7:50 a.m. |
| January 19, 2005, 11:22 p.m. | February 18, 2005, 1:32 p.m. |
| January 20, 2006, 5:15 a.m. | February 18, 2006, 7:26 p.m. |
| January 20, 2007, 11:01 a.m. | February 19, 2007, 1:09 a.m. |
| January 20, 2008, 4:44 p.m. | February 19, 2008, 6:49 a.m. |
| January 19, 2009, 10:40 p.m. | February 18, 2009, 12:46 p.m. |
2010s
| Entered | Left |
|---|
| January 20, 2010, 4:28 a.m. | February 18, 2010, 6:36 p.m. |
| January 20, 2011, 10:19 a.m. | February 19, 2011, 12:25 a.m. |
| January 20, 2012, 4:10 p.m. | February 19, 2012, 6:18 a.m. |
| January 19, 2013, 9:52 p.m. | February 18, 2013, 12:02 p.m. |
| January 20, 2014, 3:51 a.m. | February 18, 2014, 5:59 p.m. |
| January 20, 2015, 9:43 a.m. | February 18, 2015, 11:50 p.m. |
| January 20, 2016, 3:27 p.m. | February 19, 2016, 5:34 a.m. |
| January 19, 2017, 9:24 p.m. | February 18, 2017, 11:31 a.m. |
| January 20, 2018, 3:09 a.m. | February 18, 2018, 5:18 p.m. |
| January 20, 2019, 8:59 a.m. | February 18, 2019, 11:04 p.m. |
2020s
| Entered | Left |
|---|
| January 20, 2020, 2:55 p.m. | February 19, 2020, 4:57 a.m. |
| January 19, 2021, 8:40 p.m. | February 18, 2021, 10:44 a.m. |
| January 20, 2022, 2:39 a.m. | February 18, 2022, 4:43 p.m. |
| January 20, 2023, 8:30 a.m. | February 18, 2023, 10:34 p.m. |
| January 20, 2024, 2:07 p.m. | February 19, 2024, 4:13 a.m. |
| January 19, 2025, 8:00 p.m. | February 18, 2025, 10:07 a.m. |
| January 20, 2026, 1:45 a.m. | February 18, 2026, 3:52 p.m. |
| January 20, 2027, 7:30 a.m. | February 18, 2027, 9:34 p.m. |
| January 20, 2028, 1:22 p.m. | February 19, 2028, 3:26 a.m. |
| January 19, 2029, 7:01 p.m. | February 18, 2029, 9:08 a.m. |
2030s
| Entered | Left |
|---|
| January 20, 2030, 12:54 a.m. | February 18, 2030, 3:00 p.m. |
