Rashi 11 of 12 · Air sign
Aquarius.
Kumbha · The Water-bearer
Saturn's air sign thinks for the many: independent, humanitarian and unconventional. Kumbha carries knowledge to where it is needed.
- Ruler
- Saturn (Shani)
- Element
- Air
- Quality
- Fixed (sthira)
- Gender
- Masculine (odd)
- Exalted here
- None
- Debilitated here
- None
- Direction
- West
- Sun passes
- 13 Feb – 14 Mar (approx.)
Placement
Aquarius in your chart
Rashi — the mind and emotions
Aquarius as your Moon sign
An Aquarius Moon is detached and principled, caring deeply about causes and friends while needing room of its own.
Lagna — the body and the life's direction
Aquarius rising
An Aquarius ascendant gives a friendly but individual presence — approachable, yet hard to know completely.
Vedic astrology reads the Moon sign and the ascendant before the Sun sign. Both depend on the exact time and place of birth — NAMOH works them out from yours.
Temperament
The nature of Kumbha
Gifts
- Original thinking
- Fairness
- Commitment to community
Lessons
- Aloofness
- Stubborn opinions
- Distance from one's own feelings
Where Aquarius tends to thrive
- Science and technology
- Social work and NGOs
- Research
- Networks and communities
Lunar mansions
The nakshatras of Aquarius
Thirty degrees, nine padas. Where your Moon falls along this span decides which nakshatra colours your Aquarius Moon — and which planet's dasha your life begins in.
Lordship
Saturn, lord of Aquarius
Aquarius takes its colour from Saturn (Shani). Wherever Saturn sits in your chart shows where the affairs of your Aquarius house are carried out.
Graha Maitri
Aquarius with the other signs
One strand of Guna Milan compares the rulers of two Moon signs. It is a first reading only: a full match weighs all eight kootas, from nakshatra to nadi.
Questions
Aquarius, briefly answered
Who rules Aquarius in Vedic astrology?
Aquarius (Kumbha) is ruled by Saturn (Shani). It is a masculine, fixed air sign.
What are the Aquarius dates in Vedic astrology?
In the sidereal zodiac used in Vedic astrology, the Sun passes through Aquarius from about 13 Feb – 14 Mar, give or take a day each year. Vedic astrology gives more weight to the Moon sign and the ascendant than to the Sun sign, and those depend on the exact time and place of birth.
Which nakshatras fall in Aquarius?
Dhanishtha (2 padas), Shatabhisha and Purva Bhadrapada (3 padas). Together they make up Aquarius's thirty degrees, nine padas in all.
See where Kumbha sits in your chart.
Your Moon, your rising sign and every planet, read from your exact birth time and place.
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