Aquarius zodiac sign
Aquarius is original, independent and future-minded. Despite the water symbol, it is an air sign: a sign of ideas. Aquarians care about people and causes, and they are happy to be a little different.
Strengths
- Original
- Independent
- Humanitarian
- Open-minded
Watch out for
- Detached
- Stubborn about opinions
- Can be unpredictable
Aquarius in love, friendship and work
Aquarius wants a partner who is also a friend and gives them space to be themselves.
Friends with everyone and the first to stand up for the underdog. Brings the unusual ideas.
Thrives in technology, science, social causes and any job that values new ideas.
The Water Bearer in the sky
The water bearer is usually Ganymede, a young man Zeus carried to Mount Olympus to serve as cupbearer to the gods.
Aquarius season 2026: the Sun is in Aquarius from January 19 at 8:40 PM to February 18, 2026 at 10:45 AM Eastern time.
Aquarius with every sign
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How common is Aquarius?
About 11,114 US babies are born on an average Aquarius day. Based on Social Security Administration daily birth counts for 2000 to 2014, via FiveThirtyEight. How common is your birthday?
Born on the Aquarius cusp?
Depending on the year, Aquarius starts between January 19 and January 21 and ends between February 18 and February 19 (US Eastern time). If your birthday is near either edge, pick your birth year to see exactly when the Sun changed signs.
In 1996, the Sun entered Aquarius on January 20, 1996 at 1:53 PM and left on February 19, 1996 at 4:03 AM (Eastern).
Born outside the Eastern time zone? Adjust by your time difference. Times are calculated from the Sun’s position and are accurate to within about 15 minutes.
Famous Aquarius
The other signs
Astrology is for entertainment, not fate. Sign facts are standard Western astrology associations; personality text is ours. Famous birthdays come from Wikidata; people born on a day that can fall in either sign are left out. Birth shares come from SSA data via FiveThirtyEight.