Aquarius

The Water Bearer, focused air, ruled by Uranus and Saturn

Crystalline snowflakes glitter in the frozen, azure air. The pale-faced Sun opens a momentary eye, then sets the snooze alarm for spring. Cygnus, the Celestial Swan, glides across the Milky Way skies just north of Aquarius, bearing pearls of wisdom from the Lake of Eternity. In her wake run rivers of star cloud, streaming out in parallel, serpentine streams, winding together then flowing apart to convey timeless Mysteries ever present. In the heart of the galaxy, the Star Goddess opens wider the portals of the New Age. She dips her jug in the Milky Way and pours forth upon Earth the "cold, clear light of reason," the detached essence of unconditional love. Myriad stars vibrate electrically as she tunes the cosmic synthesizer and sings a melody which roughly translates as, "Up above the world so high, like diamond in the sky."

"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" is a fine mantra for baby Aquarians. They fly into life, touching lightly and living as much in the rarefied ethers as they do on Earth. Diamond was such an Aquarian boy in the book, At the Back of the North Wind. At night, the North Wind let loose her long hair and carried him for journeys through the skies. With such wisdom so young, a genius of Love, he created magic around him.

Like a rainbow shimmering in the mist of a waterfall, Aquarius radiates a multi-dimensional knowledge that is all-inclusive and seeks to communicate the transpersonally good, the true and the beautiful. With a swift mind's eye that sees through to the essential Idea, Aquarians carry universal wisdom as the waters of life to share with the family of humanity. Remember Prometheus, who stole the fire of the gods to bring down to humankind? This rebellious Titan defiantly crashed down through the clouds, with the wrathful lightning bolts of Zeus thundering after him. Aquarians are challenged to understand and then break free from personal and cultural narrowness. If caught in the sticky web of ego, their clear detachment can become strung-out, ultra-cool, and freeze feelings, like the Medusa head. They need the personal warmth of their Leo polarity to thaw that icy stare.

Pegasus, the winged horse, is seen as the Grand Rectangle of stars found in the Aquarius sector of the sky. Pegasus could fly only after the snaky head of Medusa was cut off. Born from her blood and the waters of Neptune, Pegasus carries us to the heights of vision and bears the electrical thunderbolts, unexpected flashes of cosmic insight from the Awakener. Out of our dreams and into the skies on wings of freedom, we glide on the North Wind above the deep waters below, enjoying a clear, detached view of our lifescapes and breathing in the fresh Aquarian air.

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