Aquarius Horoscope Today and Aquarius Sign Guide

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Today

The sky: The Moon is a thin waxing crescent in Sagittarius, two days after the November 9 New Moon in Scorpio. Mercury and Venus are both retrograde; Mercury turns direct on November 13 and Venus a few hours later. Mars and Jupiter are drawing together in Leo, less than two degrees apart.

The Sagittarius Moon brightens your eleventh house of friends and groups. Say yes to an invitation, or send one. Mars and Jupiter in Leo, your opposite sign, are lighting up your one-to-one relationships too, so a friend may become a collaborator. Keep plans flexible until Friday, when Mercury and Venus both straighten out.

Crystal of the day: Amethyst

Amethyst is the February birthstone and a traditional Aquarius stone. Its clear purple suits a sociable day that still asks you to keep your head.

Amethyst: purple quartz, Mohs 7. Crystal meanings are traditional beliefs, shared for reflection and fun.

Aquarius at a glance

Aquarius falls in the depths of northern winter. Fixed and airy, it is pictured as a steady current of ideas, more concerned with the group than with the self.

The Aquarius temperament

The water bearer pours knowledge out for everyone, and the Aquarius sketch follows: independent, inventive, idealistic, friendly but a little detached, and unafraid to be different. Saturn gives the sign structure and principle; Uranus, its modern co-ruler, adds originality and a taste for disruption.

The strengths are vision, fairness, loyalty to friends and causes, and the ability to see what others miss. The blind spots are aloofness, stubbornness about ideas, and keeping feelings at arm's length.

An Aquarius Sun with a Cancer Moon or Taurus rising may be much warmer and more traditional than the stereotype. The birth chart calculator shows how.

Aquarius in love and friendship

Air signs Gemini and Libra are said to share Aquarius's sociable, ideas-first style. Fire signs Aries and Sagittarius bring energy and adventure. Traditional readings call these the easy pairings.

Taurus and Scorpio, fellow fixed signs, can be intense: everyone is principled and no one wants to budge. Earth and water signs may want more closeness or routine than Aquarius naturally offers, though when it works, they ground each other.

Leo, the opposite sign, completes Aquarius's group-minded outlook with personal warmth. Compare any pair in the compatibility calculator.

Aquarius at work and play

The archetype is linked with science and technology, activism, community work, invention, and anything future-facing. The traditional advice: let people in, even when ideas feel safer than feelings.

For fun: a club or cause, a stargazing night, a gadget to take apart, a festival with friends.

Stones traditionally linked with Aquarius

• Amethyst, purple quartz, is the February birthstone. GIA notes its name comes from the Greek for "not intoxicated".
• Garnet, the January birthstone, belongs to early-season Aquarians and appears on many Aquarius lists.
• Some modern lists add aquamarine for its name, or labradorite for its flashes of color.

Read more in zodiac stones and crystal meanings.

Why your dates might differ

In 2026 the Sun entered Aquarius on January 20 at 01:44 UT; in 2027 it will be January 20 at 07:30 UT. If you were born January 19, 20 or 21, or February 18 or 19, check your Sun sign in the birth chart calculator.

A small keepsake

If you like a physical reminder of your sign, a few tumbled amethyst stones are an easy place to begin, and garnet works just as well if it appeals more. Purple glass is often sold under gem names, so choose listings that name the mineral and say whether it is dyed or treated. You might keep an idea notebook next to the stone as well, for a sign that never runs short of unusual plans. Neither is needed to enjoy your horoscope.

Common questions

What are the Aquarius dates?

Usually January 20 to February 18. In 2026 the Sun entered Aquarius on January 20 at 01:44 UT, which was still January 19 in the Americas, and moved into Pisces on February 18 at 15:51 UT.

Why is Aquarius an air sign if it is the water bearer?

The water bearer pours out water, but the sign's element in astrology is air, linked with ideas and communication. The water is usually read as knowledge shared with everyone.