Working with the Zodiac. The seasonal tides of life offer a way of working with Nature, the Zodiac can be thought of as the moods of Nature, instead of being oblivious to the many cycles in Nature and trying to go against the flow. Reading about the current Zodiac sign will help you tune into the tides of life.
On this website you will find many other simple and straight forward ways of tuning in to the natural cycles which affect every aspect of all our lives.
Aquarius ( January 20th to February 19th )
Though ruled by the same planet as the last solar month, Capricorn, Aquarius has a tinge of boredom with things as they are, and wants to see things differently. There is a spark of promise in the air, for the light is increasing: yet it is too early, and winter is still here.
While our eyes are looking afar, our feet haven't moved. Aquarius seeks to change convention with ideas of a new social contract, of future possibilities. A restlessness grows: Aquarius seeks to encourage everyone to do their own thing, together, for then it can do its own thing too.
A heady time, where collective values can override individual ones, Aquarius is a time for concerted action, aimed toward an ideal goal. But it does have some difficulty accepting the isnesses of life: they ought to be different!
Inevitably whenever one begins any project there are going to be unforeseen difficulties and problems ahead - no matter how good the planning. The time of Aquarius represents the period in any project when new ideas of how to do things come to us. It is the time when necessity demands invention. Usually it is just when a project is floundering that we suddenly get new inspiration and fresh insights. The pressures of necessity and contingency are required to galvanize the deeper levels of creativity within us. Often this will only happen when things are at their darkest, at their lowest ebb.
The time of Aquarius is in the middle of winter, during the cold months of late January and early February. Used wisely this can be the most inventive time of the year and give rise to something quite new that will manifest in the following spring and summer. It is also the time when we are most prone to depression, hence the high suicide rate at this time of year.
Its purpose is for us to take a fresh look at life and seek new and inventive ways of solving whatever problems we have become aware of in the last months inspection.
I find it interesting that these months of Saturn, Capricorn and Aquarius are actually the greatest progenitors of change. If we look at the Tree of Life we find Saturn as Binah, the Great Mother. Necessity (Saturn) is the Mother (Binah) of Invention (Aquarius).
Aries - March 21st to April 19th
Taurus - April 20th to May 21st
Gemini - May 21st to June 21st
Cancer - June 21st to July 23rd
Leo - July 23rd to August. 22nd
Virgo - August 23 to September 23
Libra - September 24 to October 23
Scorpio - 24 October to November 21
Sagittarius - 22 November to December 22
Capricorn - December 22nd to January 20th
Aquarius - January 20th to February 19th
Pisces - February 19th to March 21st