the folks—owe him a living. Any way you look at the Aquarian, and
whatever Aquarian you look at, you will find folks at the censor of his
attitude. Either he depends on them or they depend on him. The sign
can go either way. Whether he is a social reformer, or a hobo, people
will be around him; he will be holding them up, or they will be holding
him up. He thinks himself a great individualist, and he may be, but
you’ll rarely find him alone. Rich or poor, great or small, deep or shal-
low, he is the life of the party. He may put his mind on the woes of
humanity, solve their problems, give his life for theirs in a figurative or
literal sense. Or he may fritter away his time in pool halls. But he will
always be where there are people, in the flesh or in theory.His best expression comes when he has hitched his wagon to a star of
social work or one of the social professions: invention, medicine, law,
politics, architecture, literature, science, music or art with some social
application. His worst expression is going places and doing things to no
purpose. Some prime examples of wasted talents come in this sign—as
well as some of the greatest martyrs and benefactors of the human race.
Aquarius is generally misunderstood even when he has achieved great-
ness—and always thinks he is misunderstood when he is wasting him-
self. In love, Aquarius is noble but not necessarily conventional; loyal,
if not faithful; affectionate, if independent, and resentful of intrusion
on his private studies, which may irk the spouse because they never
seem to produce anything except big electric light bills. Aquarius the
social or sociable can be anything or nothing, but the one thing he will
almost never be is lonesome. He may think his spirit yearns for under-
standing, but he will never be far from someone to listen while he
attempts to explain himself. (Courtesy of Matrix Software [http://the
newage.com].)
The following excerpt comes not from a natal report program, but from David
Cochrane’s recent book, Astrology for the 21st Century.Based on lessons for astrology
students, it approaches the signs of the zodiac from a somewhat different perspective
than the other short delineations cited here:
A common interpretation of Aquarius would be something like this:
Aquarius is associated with inventions, discoveries, innovations,
eccentricity, progressiveness, science, humanitarianism, and organiza-
tions. Aquarius is ruled by Uranus and shares many traits with Uranus.
Aquarius is friendly but not intensely emotional.
Of all zodiac signs, Aquarius is the one that the commonly accepted
characteristics have been least easy for me to understand. I have not
found eccentricity or even progressiveness to be consistent traits of
Aquarius! Very often when I share this observation with other
astrologers (including those whom I greatly respect and whose work I
admire), they look at me in disbelief, and cannot imagine how I can
fail to see these traits of Aquarius. My view of Aquarius may be com-THEASTROLOGYBOOK [35]
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