Aquarius: The Water Bearer
Characteristics:
ELEMENT: Air
QUALITY: Fixed/Masculine or Positive
(Masculine signs are Positive; Feminine signs are Negative.)
As a fixed positive energy, AQUARIUS is interested in values and ideas. Fixed persons are planners, the formula makers, the constructors.
PLANETARY RULERS:
Personality Level: Saturn, Uranus, Soul Level: Jupiter
Opposite/Polarity Sign: Leo
Ruling House: 11th, Leo rules the 5th house
Ray: 5th – Concrete Knowledge – Since the whole of humanity is operating with an Aquarian Ascendant, the 5th Ray is an important one for everyone. The 5TH RAY is “the expression of Love/Wisdom through the intellect. This occurs through scientific research and experimentation in order that the Plan of Divinity may be revealed through the mind of [humankind]. It will be at that point that Knowledge will eventually express Wisdom….”
BASIC SOUL PURPOSES:
An AQUARIUS INCARNATION is one in which he is to be the “Waterbearer” to humanity. AQUARIUS’ goal is the figurative “baptizing” of others with his philosophy of life. When the traveler reaches AQUARIUS, the meaning, beauty, and function of the group becomes increasingly apparent. Life is led as a conscious service to humanity and to “Those Who Also Serve.”
QUALITY TO OVERCOME:
Cool, impersonal approach.
LESSON TO LEARN:
A positive balance in the expression of Saturn & Uranus in his lifestyle, right human relations.
MOTIVATED BY:
The urge to serve.
There are two types of AQUARIANS: one more attuned to Saturn, the other more attuned to Uranus. SATURN AQUARIUS will resemble Capricorn in his stress on self-discipline and remaining within a traditional, structured environment. As SATURN AQUARIUS grows older, his rigidity may result in hardening of the arteries, osteoporosis, or other Capricorn dis-eases.
URANUS AQUARIUS is more of a free spirit, very intuitive and innovative, eager to grow and learn. URANUS AQUARIUS will create his own unique humanitarian work, designed to be universal in scope. He seeks Truth everywhere. URANUS AQUARIUS is more likely to welcome change and to deal positively with it, thereby having less chance of health problems related to rigid attitudes. URANUS AQUARIUS possesses spontaneity, a kind of innocence that views life as an adventure that will have a positive outcome.
Once AQUARIUS learns to balance Saturn’s self-discipline with Uranus’ intuitive, innovative, genius capacity, he is at his best. AQUARIUS is the mental pioneer, much more emotionally involved with his work for the whole of humanity than with particular people. There is tremendous willpower; AQUARIUS moves with quickness once a decision is made. These decisions can completely alter his life in some way.
NEGATIVE CHARACTERISTICS: (Remember that as you focus on developing your positive characteristics, the negative ones tend to disappear. Those who express in negative ways are frustrated, consciously or unconsciously, because they are not being who they truly are.)
AQUARIUS can be absentminded, inflexible, and extremely stubborn. The personality-centered AQUARIUS will rebel for the pleasure of it, striking out in all directions with no real purpose, and will deliberately attempt to shock people by his behavior. AQUARIUS can be critical and demanding in positions of authority. There can be a coldness and detachment that repels rather than attracts. AQUARIUS can be unpredictable, eccentric, tactless, and impersonal. AQUARIUS is impatient, wondering why “it was not done yesterday.” He would like to have everything immediately and will therefore tend to do as much as possible himself, rather than depend on and wait on others. AQUARIUS may fail to pay attention to details and must be careful to limit his humanitarian efforts to those he can complete. There is a tendency to allow others to take up too much of his time.
AN AQUARIAN INCARNATION involves the search for the Holy Grail. AQUARIUS must go alone, and in his own way, into the dark forest on his search for the Holy Grail. His journey can be lonely at times. The work of the AQUARIAN soul is to surrender his will to the Divine Will for the greater good of the Whole. AQUARIUS is to be the Angel Waterbearer to the whole of humanity.
AQUARIUS ASCENDANT (Be sure to check your chart to see what your Ascendant is.) The zodiac energy on the Ascendant is the energy that the public beholds. We also look at the world through our Ascendant.
AQUARIUS ASCENDANT, on the mundane level, views a world in which he is to be free and unique.
In soul-centered astrology, the Ascendant is indicative of the soul’s purpose in physical incarnation.
AQUARIUS ASCENDANT reveals the individual incarnated to assist in ushering in the New Aquarian Age. Remember the whole of humanity is now functioning with an AQUARIAN ASCENDANT. We all incarnated to assist in ushering in the New Aquarian Age. This role will have to do with setting an example of living and with expanding the minds of others through his teachings. These teachings will focus on assisting persons to achieve freedom from commitments that are not productive to individual growth.
AQUARIUS ASCENDANT answers to a higher vibration and law than the current binding concepts that create separation. AQUARIUS ASCENDANT incarnated to work toward the unification of all nations, all persons into the One Family of God. This work will be done in whatever occupation AQUARIUS ASCENDANT chooses.
AQUARIUS ASCENDANT, on the mundane level, may be too easily influenced by others. However, soul growth will result in a tremendous capacity to live and work independently. He cannot be bound by any person, organization, or situation. Many unexpected changes occur in the life of AQUARIUS ASCENDANT, changes that can be temporarily disorienting. But, AQUARIUS ASCENDANT can quickly recover and move on to a new beginning. He is friendly, self-confident, and positive in his approach to life. Underneath this friendly, likeable exterior is a will and inflexibility of steel. AQUARIUS ASCENDANT needs physical exercise more so than any other zodiac sign—AQUARIUS rules the circulatory system (including physical, emotional, and mental circulation). He needs to learn the art of relaxation and how to balance work with play.
AQUARIUS ASCENDANT reveals that the soul is to be activated through the 5th RAY of Concrete Knowledge. “5th RAY activity is to be the expression of Love/Wisdom through the intellect. This occurs through scientific research and experimentation. The researcher is to lead the way into the esoteric realms and reveal through his work the universal laws that underlie the Hidden Wisdom. The 5th RAY individual will seek to prove the validity of metaphysical inquiry.” Operating on the soul-centered level, 5th RAY individuals (AQUARIUS channels only the 5th RAY) possess the potential for unlimited contributions to our planet. The 5th RAY is especially involved with the communications sciences.
THE HOUSE IN WHICH JUPITER IS FOUND will indicate the area of life’s experiences in which the lessons of the 5th RAY will tend to manifest. Soul growth will occur as the 5th RAY person develops active love, nurturing, empathy, and intellectual tolerance. 5th RAY works to bridge the abstract with the concrete. Since JUPITER CHANNELS THE 2ND RAY OF LOVE/WISDOM, this energy will be available for the soul-centered AQUARIAN SUN/ASCENDANT. Love and wisdom are to be integrated into the house affairs where JUPITER is located.
MOON IN AQUARIUS (Be sure to check your chart to see where your MOON is located.)
The MOON reveals the personality as it is displayed in our reactions to the events within our daily lives. It also reveals much that is hidden within our subconscious minds. On the soul-centered level, the MOON reveals habit patterns that must be overcome or transformed in order to advance in spiritual maturity. This struggle to overcome the negative tendencies revealed by the MOON is the “cross” we bear (Alan Oken). The MOON reminds us of the negative habit patterns formed in prior incarnations that created the karma we brought into this lifetime.
MOON IN AQUARIUS indicates that soul growth will occur as the individual makes contact with his feeling nature and learns to express these feelings more readily. Because MOON IN AQUARIUS tends not to be in touch with his feelings, there can be a strong selfishness beneath the friendly exterior. Arthritic conditions can manifest, outpicturing the rigid will and crystallization of emotions. MOON IN AQUARIUS indicates lack of attunement to the emotional body in prior lifetimes as well as this incarnation.
Though MOON IN AQUARIUS was able to think progressively in prior lifetimes, his thought process was erratic and lacked stability. His originality could find few avenues of expression due to the thick crust of rigid thought patterns. MOON IN AQUARIUS has been too impersonal and emotionally cold in prior lifetime relationships. He was eccentric, enjoying the reaction of shock he could evoke by his rebellious nature. MOON IN AQUARIUS has, in prior lifetimes, failed to develop a strong sense of identity as a separate part of the group’s whole. He has, instead, tended to disappear within the group’s identity.
MOON IN AQUARIUS holds the potential to be friendly, intuitive, humane, progressive, and independent. He is broadminded and desires to investigate all knowledge.
THE FOLLOWING APPLIES TO ALL THREE OF THE ABOVE—SUN, ASCENDANT, OR MOON IN AQUARIUS:
HEALTH & WELL-BEING: The AQUARIUS/LEO POLARITIES work together to bring about a positive regulation of energy flow within the physical body.
Achieving a balance between the qualities of AQUARIUS and LEO, thereby transforming negative habit patterns, will assist in maintaining good health. For example, achieving a balance between:
AQUARIUS’ analytical approach to life – and – LEO’s heart approach.
AQUARIUS’ cosmic altruism – and – LEO’s ability to care for individuals.
AQUARIUS’ impersonality – and – LEO’s compassion.
AQUARIUS’ resistance to intimate relationships – and – LEO’s longing for them.
AQUARIUS’ likelihood of dismemberment from a group – and – LEO’s courage and dignity.
Failure to recharge one’s Sun Sign energy results in depletion, irritability, and increased vulnerability to physical and emotional dis-eases. The element of one’s Sun sign is the fuel needed to feel alive. It is the source of vitality and power, the resource for coping with stress and challenges.
AQUARIUS recharges by:
1) Regular contact with other airy persons, especially Gemini and Libra.
2) Relationships with like-minded persons, social involvements that allows him to express his ideas, and work that allows for innovation, freedom, and mental stimulation.
3) Clean, fresh air, especially mountain air. AQUARIUS is also healed by the cold, winter air.
AQUARIUS craves salt (esoterically salt symbolizes wisdom), which can mean a tendency toward glaucoma if coupled with feelings of pressure on the eyelids. Hatha Yoga is excellent for AQUARIUS, due to URANUS’ association with cramps and spasms.
CONFLICT RESOLUTION:
AQUARIUS will tend to rise above the conflict and float around it; however, resentment toward the person involved may arise. Conflicts are usually handled gracefully. AQUARIUS can be inflexible. He operates from a position of “I KNOW,” whether or not what AQUARIUS knows is valid for the person involved in the conflict. AQUARIUS will seldom say, “I’m sorry; I was wrong.” About the most that can be expected is, “I’m sorry what I KNOW hurts you.” The “what I KNOW hurts you” may not be verbalized.
Lessons for all of us:
Part of Aquarius’ purpose is to teach others about the mysteries of the Universe.
Aquarius teaches us that the highest expression of service through technological innovation requires group cooperation and a spiritual approach to life. Through the Aquarian influence, we become aware that the microcosmic views of the individuals of a society are reflected in the macrocosmic, collective experience that we all share.
Aquarius demonstrates that there is a logical evolution of consciousness necessary to achieve the cooperation and unity required to work at the level that will produce true Aquarian results. Individual consciousness must be infused with Spirit, which inspires and directs actions. The elevation of individual consciousness is the first step. Individual consciousness creates and merges with group consciousness. Group consciousness connects the group and its parts to Universal consciousness. It is the experience of Universal consciousness that nourishes, inspires and fuels collective action toward common goals.
Compiled by Katherine Mongiello
balanceforlife.us
Balance for Life: Mind, Body & Soul Healing
Articles/info pulled from:
https://www.pathwaytoascension.com/astrology/aquarius.html
http://www.yogatech.com/nmbcopy/12
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