Aquarius
The Water-Bearer · Jan 20 – Feb 18
- Original
- Idealistic
- Independent
- Cool
- Element
- Air · Ideas, language and connection.
- Modality
- Fixed · Holds the season: persistence.
- Ruled by
- Saturn (traditional) · Uranus (modern)
- In 2026
- Sun enters Jan 20 2026, 01:44 UTC, leaves Feb 18 2026, 15:51 UTC
- Brightest star
- Sadalsuud (β Aquarii), magnitude 2.87. The luckiest of the lucky, a yellow supergiant some 540 light-years away.
- Real sky
- The IAU constellation Aquarius spans 980 square degrees; the Sun actually crosses it Feb 16 – Mar 11. Best seen on October evenings.
Ganymede, the cup-bearer carried to Olympus to pour for the gods.
