22 posts tagged “aquarius”
I tend to think of it along the lines of, "I may not be a Scorpio at heart, but I understand how they think and kind of get what it's like to be one." Which is why I get along with them so well. Or since I have Uranus rising, I get the Aquarian need to be super-weird. Though really, I don't think you can understand how a Uranian-emphasized person thinks unless you are one too, and even then you're only going to get some of it. The way it plays out in my experience is that a Uranian sort is going to be unfazed by another Uranian saying weird stuff, even if you don't necessarily understand what they are talking about.
For example, me talking to my old roommate last night (two planets in Aquarius, and I strongly suspect he's Aquarius rising), as he was going on about various wacky things involving science, telling stories of playing with mercury and of another weird guy baking "chocolate chip and obsidian cookies." At this point I am pretty well unfazed by being asked, "Hey, I could bring in some mercury sometime if you want to roll it around in your hand. You won't be exposed long enough to get damaged..."
My advice for the non-Uranians dealing with Uranians is to show no fear. Don't freak out just because someone's said something weird or shown up with funny hair and you don't get it and that makes you afraid. Just say, "Okay," and roll with it.
I still think this is interesting.
The idea is that you have your whackjob Uranian kind of Aquarius who will simply not conform to any norm ever invented…just because. He/she is totally into freedom for all creatures & proves it on a daily basis, in one way or another.
And then you have your more austere sort of Saturnine Aquarian, who tends more toward the scientific & intellectual rigours of some lofty calling, rather than every day Uranian rebellion. They’re a bit more controlling and not into emo but often genius-like in some area. Saturnine Aquas keep their distance from me – the last one I met said to me: “Let me get this perfectly straight. You make your living from something that does not exist?”
Oooh, just found a bunch of old articles.
"The fixed dilemma involves power and a variety of sensual pleasures. In one sense, the four parts of life we call “fixed” can be thought of as a gradual relinquishment of power. In another sense, they represent a shift of direction or target in the use of the power. Taurus (and other forms of letter two) as key to our physical pleasure includes money, possessions, appetites and the aesthetic in general, whether we create beauty or just enjoy it. It symbolizes our own money, possessions and appetites, and we have the right to indulge them in our own way, on our own terms.
Leo (and other variations of letter five) represents the ego drive to use our creative power to affect other people and to get a response back from others. This may be as simple as loving and being loved. The actor on stage is applauded. The teacher holds the attention of the class. The salesman-promoter persuades others to do his will. At the physical level, Leo is the orgasm and the procreation of children. Where Taurus may be totally self-involved, Leo requires an outreach and a response from the “out there” if there is to be full satisfaction. So we may feel that Leo involves more power than Taurus; power over people rather than only material things. But the “things” are really totally subject to the will of the owner, while the Leo power has to take into account the feelings of the people, and to temper the power if a positive response is the goal.
Scorpio (and the rest of letter eight) calls for learning to share power with “equal others.” Where Leo sought a sense of superiority, and we do all need to feel pride in ourselves somewhere, and to receive some validation of our worth from others, Scorpio must learn to handle power in close peer relationships, with a mate. Your rights vs. my rights; your pleasures vs. my pleasures; your possessions vs. my possessions; how can we give and receive and share? Scorpio seeks self-knowledge through the mirror of the mate, and learns self-mastery out of respect for the rights of the mate. Where Leo power flows out, Scorpio power turns in, as is true of all fire and water respectively.
Aquarius (and the balance of letter eleven) symbolizes the relinquishment of power except for power over knowledge. The Gestalt prayer exemplifies letter eleven; no one is here to live up to another’s expectations. “If we meet, it’s beautiful; if not, it can’t be helped.” With letter eleven, we have friends, without any limits but also without any commitment—casual, superficial, accepting. It is easy to accept when you don’t have to live with someone.
When we confront the full fixed dilemma, or partial mixtures, we are seeking to integrate these different parts of life. Aquarius in conflict with either Leo or Scorpio is one obvious form of the freedom-closeness dilemma. Both Leo and Scorpio want an intense, personal commitment while Aquarius belongs to humanity, or to the pursuit of knowledge, or just can’t stand limits. Leo needs to feel superior; Aquarius demands equality. Leo and Scorpio are emotional; Aquarius values the detached intellect. Taurus just wants to be comfortable, and can become passive-aggressive when jarred from its rut by Leo’s need to do something big or the Aquarius drive to go beyond the previous limits and try something new. The Taurus-Scorpio opposition can mean a variety of outer struggles over whose possessions or pleasures are being slighted; or it can be an inner struggle between appetite indulgence and appetite mastery, swinging from excess to asceticism; (eating vs. dieting, ambivalence over drinking, smoking, sex, spending vs. saving, etc.). The Leo-Scorpio confrontations are the most intense, and can lead to the most violent power struggles, as we seek appropriate ways to manifest outward power and stay alert to when we need to turn our power inward. In general, fire-water conflicts are the hardest to handle since they are the emotional elements and have trouble being rational, objective or practical about the situation.
Remember that putting the Sun in any fixed sign other than Leo, or in the 2nd, 8th or 11th house, makes it a part of the fixed dilemma. Pluto in Leo is a part of the fixed dilemma, as is Uranus in Taurus, Leo or Scorpio, and the respective house positions carry the same meaning. Remember also that the keynote of the “fixed” quality does not mean unchanging (Leo and Aquarius are both highly creative and leaders in moving the world) but rather “enduring self-will.” Fixed planets, signs and houses do change, but only on their own terms. No one else is allowed to push them into changing. So when we have a fixed dilemma within a chart, we have a beautiful potential for a stalemate or impasse. In my book Finding the Person in the Horoscope, I described the fixed quality as a combination grindstone and volcano. The irresistible force and the immovable object grind until the pressure builds to an explosion, but when the dust clears, the same old impasse is likely to be still there. In one sense, this makes a resolution of the problem harder, but in another sense, the individual often just learns to live with the situation, and the life in general is less disrupted than in people where the cardinal dilemma is the paramount one. It is the charts where there is a mixture of cardinal and fixed that mark the real power struggles with the world."
I don't even watch this show, and was pretty unaware of Teh Drama of this last bit until the dental hygenist wanted to know which one she was rooting for. She was rooting for Kris because Adam was "too weird." As a weirdo myself, I felt kinda offended.
So I read Rolling Stone yesterday and read the article on Adam, where he mentions astrology and Madonna.
"Madonna hadn't watched American Idol, but the two of them talked astrology, and they discussed his moon sign, Aries. "She said, "You don't like anyone telling you what to do, do you?" he says. "It's so cool, because she gets it, you know?"
Heh. Yeah, I figure those two would relate on that.
So, I have seen a few astrological analysis bits done on Adam of late. Ironically, most of them seem to think he has a Pisces moon. I was all "nuh-uh" to that even before I had it confirmed. I would also agree that he probably has Uranus rising. And of COURSE he's an Aquarius.
In related news, Kris is having a Pluto transit trining his sun.
Crazy?
Well, there's good crazy and there's bad crazy.
Good crazy is having fun going a little wild
acting kooky, eccentric, exercising your right to be a genius
pulling it off at the last minute and surprising everybody
blowing their minds with your wit, creativity and uniqueness
taking a mad risk and counting on serendipity
to prove that chaos theory works in your favor
BAD crazy, on the other hand is
being irrational, impatient, impossible
unpredictable, unreliable, unable to stick to a framework
itching for change but paralyzed to effect it
recalcitrant, mentally absent, unrealistic,
mentally absent, fantasizing, mentally absent
and mentally absent
Whether you are an Aquarian or not
Aquarians are in either or both of those places right now
but we all are
depending on where Aquarius falls in the chart
Sounds like one, doesn't he? (Washington Post).
My only problem is that my ex-fiancee, "Annie," is incommunicado with me right now, which really bothers me.
I'm friends with nearly all of my former girlfriends. Likewise, my fiancee is friends with nearly all of her exes, many of whom I've met. In point of fact, Annie is/was friends with most of her past boyfriends (including an ex-fiance). Her not speaking with me, even though she has my contact info, seems out of character.
I've spoken with Annie only once in the six years since we split. That was three years ago, when she was recently married. She sounded fine, too. Our relationship ended on a sour note, but last time we spoke she apologized voluntarily for the part she'd played in that. As did I for my part.
I've tried calling her, maybe four or five times, over the past couple of months. Annie won't answer or return my calls.
I'd like to make some peace and see if we can't cultivate a friendship. At what point do you give up on somebody? Am I unreasonable to pursue her friendship?
That explains a lot. I ran around with tons of the Uranians in college, but I have never gotten why my Aquarian aunt is totally unlike that. No wacky genius, she's incredibly "normal" and conventional, and she comes off as very, very cold if you are not one of her kids or dogs. I guess she's the Saturnian version.
I keep forgetting to post this.
"eclBut my dirty little secret was that I’d become a musician not just for the satisfaction of self-expression, but because I was a social misfit without a lot of other options. Unlike the girls who hung around backstage at the clubs where my band played, who traveled in tight, homogeneously attractive groups, I didn’t fit in. And to be honest, I envied – still envy – women who "fit in." Even now I often feel out of place at a bridal shower or girl’s night out.
Those of us with untapped Aquarius energy wander through life feeling as though we missed school on the very important day when social networking skills were taught. Humans are social animals, and it’s threatening to be unable to find a place in one’s pack. We’re hard-wired to crave the very Aquarian experience of belonging. But if fitting in means surrendering the ideas, gifts, and self-expression that are uniquely ours, our Leo selves insist that it’s too dear a price to pay.
As it turned out, not fitting in has proved to be one of my greatest blessings. I remember thinking early on that if I couldn’t fit in, I’d damn well make the best of standing out. So I gave myself over completely to music and later to writing, and in the end, a wonderful thing happened: By standing out, I somehow managed to find my place – to find love, acceptance, and friendship on my own terms.
Every now and then, the odd Uranus transit or progressed planet in Aquarius gives me a taste of what it’s like to simply, effortlessly, belong – to take enjoyment and energy from social connections. But when the transit passes and I return to the social wilderness, I don’t mind. There are creative treasures to be found there. I find myself there.
When eclipses fall in Aquarius and Leo, we’ve been asked to remember what kind of fuel powers the engine of our hearts - and to seek our place in the hearts of others."
