The Moon in Aquarius
The Moon crosses Aquarius in about two and a half days, roughly once a month. This page says what the tradition makes of that position and gives the exact local times of the next six crossings.
- Ruled by Saturn, and by Uranus in modern astrology
- No dignity for the Moon here
- About two and a half days a month
The Moon in Aquarius
Alan Leo, Astrology for All, 1899. Public domain, and the full text is readable online.
In a birth chart
Friendly with everyone, close with few, and drawn to whatever is unusual.
Leo connects this position to astrology itself, and to dreaming, visions, mysticism and the occult generally. Subjects that are unusual, original, eccentric and novel attract the native, who may join a secret or mystical society, or a brotherhood of some kind.
He calls the sympathies broad and humanitarian. Such a person fraternises easily with congenial people and is usually found inside some club, society or group of the like minded, with an inclination for political, educational and scientific work. He notes the contradiction plainly: sociable and wanting the good opinion of others, and at the same time very independent and unwilling to do things the ordinary way.
The doctrine of dignities, standard in Western astrology since the Hellenistic period
Where the tradition places it
The tradition gives the Moon no special strength or weakness here.
There are only four signs where the Moon has a formal dignity. It rules Cancer, is exalted in Taurus, is in detriment in Capricorn and is in fall in Scorpio. In the other eight, including this one, the tradition treats it as a guest that takes the colour of the house it is standing in.
So the reading of these days comes from the sign itself rather than from the Moon's standing in it, which is what the section below sets out.
The doctrine of the elements and the modes, and habit built on top of it
What these days are used for
Friends, groups and the unusual idea.
- AirBetween peopleAir moves between people. The tradition gives these days to talking, writing, arranging and deciding, and warns that nothing feels settled while they last.
- FixedHoldingA fixed sign sits in the middle of a season, so the days are read as holding: the impulse is to keep what is already there.
The tradition gives these days to company that is chosen rather than inherited, and to problems that want an odd solution.
This is tradition and habit, not a measured effect. It is here because it is what the sources say, and each part carries the name of the source it came from.
The next six Aquarius Moons
| Enters Aquarius | Time | Leaves for Pisces | Time | Stays |
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The three that come up most
Questions people ask
How long is the Moon in Aquarius?
About two and a half days each month. The exact length changes a little because the Moon's speed changes, and the table above gives the real figure for each crossing.
Is an Aquarius Moon the same as being an Aquarius?
No. A Aquarius Sun means the Sun was in Aquarius at your birth, which is late January to late February. An Aquarius Moon can happen in any month of the year.
Does the Moon sign depend on where I was born?
The sign itself is the same everywhere at the same moment, because it is measured from the centre of the Earth. What changes with your place is the local clock time it starts and ends, which is exactly what decides your sign if you were born near a crossing.
Positions and times are calculated in your browser with an open astronomy library and match published ephemerides to the minute. The birth chart reading is written from Alan Leo, Astrology for All, 1899, which is in the public domain. The dignities and the doctrine of the elements are standard traditional astrology. Tradition is labelled as tradition throughout, and the sources page sets out what is calculated and what is not.