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The Sun in Aquarius

Aquarius is fixed air, ruled by Saturn in traditional astrology and Uranus in modern astrology. This page covers what that means for the Sun, how often it happens, and when.

  • Sun
  • Aquarius
Element
Air
Modality
Fixed
Ruler
Saturn (traditional), Uranus (modern)
Dignity of the Sun
Detriment (opposite its domicile)
Last in Aquarius
until 18 February 2026, 15:51 UTC
Next in Aquarius
from 20 January 2027, 07:29 UTC
Next visit lasts
about 30 days

How common

1 in 13

7.91% of 2,000,000 simulated births have the Sun in Aquarius.

the rarest of 12signs

In plain words

  • Sun in Aquarius

    In Aquarius, the Sun expresses itself in an independent, detached way.

Generic readingA generic description in the style of modern astrology, the same for everyone who has this placement. Not a prediction.

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What does the Sun in Aquarius mean?

  1. What the Sun governs

    The Sun expresses itself

    Astrologers treat the Sun as the body that expresses itself. It does that in every sign; the sign changes only the manner.

  2. What Aquarius adds

    In an independent, detached way

    Aquarius is a fixed air sign. Fire, earth, air and water are the four elements; air is classically hot and moist. Modalities group the signs by their place in a season: fixed signs sit in the middle of a season. Its traditional ruler is Saturn; modern astrology also gives it Uranus. Traditional astrology calls Aquarius the Sun's detriment, the sign opposite its domicile.

  3. How common it is

    About 1 in 13

    Sun in Aquarius: 7.91% of simulated births, about 1 in 13; the rarest of 12.

How common is the Sun in Aquarius?

How common is the Sun in each sign?

An even split of the 12 signsBars start at zero.Share of simulated births with the Sun in each of the 12 signs. Share of 2,000,000 simulated births (1950–2024), tropical zodiac.

When is the Sun in Aquarius?

Sun in Aquarius, last pass
ended 18 Feb 2026
20 January 2026, 01:44 UTC to 18 February 2026, 15:51 UTC (about 30 days)
Sun in Aquarius, next pass
from 20 Jan 2027
20 January 2027, 07:29 UTC to 18 February 2027, 21:33 UTC (about 30 days)

Last, current and next passes

  1. Sun in Aquarius

    20 Jan 2026 → 18 Feb 2026 · about 30 days

    last pass

  2. Sun in Aquarius

    20 Jan 2027 → 18 Feb 2027 · about 30 days

    next pass

  • Each year the Sun is in Aquarius from about 19–21 January to 18–20 February (UTC dates, 1900–2050).

As of 16 October 2026, 13:56 UTC. Dates are UTC, tropical zodiac, read from the ephemeris's table of sign entries. This page refreshes hourly.

How do different traditions read the Sun in Aquarius?

AI-written text that an AI research review then checked against sources. No person has reviewed it; the notes and references behind each check are under its label.

Hellenistic

The astrology of the Greek-speaking Mediterranean from roughly the 1st century BCE to the 7th century CE, as recorded by authors such as Vettius Valens, Dorotheus and Ptolemy.

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1 Oct 2026

The standard dignity table lists Aquarius as the Sun's detriment, the sign opposite its domicile of Leo. Domicile is the sign a planet rules, its home. Aquarius is a masculine, fixed air sign. Early Hellenistic texts note trouble for a planet opposite its home, but detriment as a named dignity was formalized later, as weakened authority. This block follows the traditional scheme, in which Saturn, not Uranus, is Aquarius's domicile lord; modern astrologers assign Uranus, a planet the Hellenistic tradition never had. Saturn is a day-team planet like the Sun, so the lord is a sect-mate even though the sign is a detriment. Sect is the tradition's way of sorting the planets into a day team and a night team. The tradition looks next to Saturn's sign, house and dignity, and to whether the chart was born by day, when the Sun's team is in favor. Detriment ranks the sign's fit, not the person.

A note on “detriment”: the early Hellenistic texts note a planet opposite its own sign without naming it. The term is defined only in late and medieval sources, and scholars disagree on whether the idea was implicit earlier.

Sources

  • Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, Book I
  • Vettius Valens, Anthology, Book I
  • Chris Brennan, Hellenistic Astrology: The Study of Fate and Fortune (2017)

What was checked

An AI research review checked this text against sources on 1 Oct 2026. No person has reviewed it.

Reviewer's notes

Checked sign element, modality and gender, domicile, exaltation, detriment and fall against the project data and Ptolemy, plus sect and sign relationships; all consistent. Changed: detriment is now attributed to the standard dignity table, with a note that it was formalized after the Hellenistic period. Source works confirmed to exist and to treat the topic (Valens Book I opened; others via secondary pages).

Sources consulted

  • Loeb text of Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos I: planet genders (I.6), diurnal/nocturnal planets and Mercury as morning/evening star (I.7), masculine/feminine and bicorporeal signs (I.11–12), houses of Sun, Moon and Saturn (I.17), exaltations and depressions (I.19); Ptolemy does not rank domicile above exaltation penelope.uchicago.edu (opens in a new tab)
  • Riley's translation, Valens Anthology Book I: day/night sect of each planet, and the natures of the signs (house of, masculine/feminine, bicorporeal) skyscript.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
  • table of dignities; Hellenistic authors treated domicile, exaltation, triplicity and bounds as comparably influential, ranking and point scores came later (secondary source) en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
  • detriment as a distinct dignity is not formally defined in the Hellenistic tradition until later; early texts note only trouble for a ruler opposite its domicile (secondary, and the question is disputed) sevenstarsastrology.com (opens in a new tab)
  • Anthology, ten books, c. 150–175 CE, Riley translation online en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
  • Brennan, Hellenistic Astrology: The Study of Fate and Fortune, February 2017, survey of the tradition's techniques goodreads.com (opens in a new tab)

Modern psychological

The 20th-century Western approach shaped by Alan Leo, Dane Rudhyar and Liz Greene, drawing on Jungian psychology.

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1 Oct 2026

Aquarius is the eleventh sign, a fixed air sign with positive polarity. Traditional astrology gives it to Saturn, modern astrology to Uranus. Modern psychological astrology reads a Sun here as an identity built on independence of mind, shared ideals and a view from some distance. Fixed air is associated with steady convictions held at a remove. The tension described is detachment: commitment to groups and principles can outrun attention to the individual in front of you. Hellenistic astrologers place the Sun in its detriment in Aquarius, opposite its domicile in Leo, and treat it as working against its nature there. Modern psychological texts mostly read the sign's character and give detriment little weight, so the traditions weigh the placement differently.

Sources

  • Liz Greene and Howard Sasportas, The Luminaries: The Psychology of the Sun and Moon in the Horoscope (1992)
  • Stephen Arroyo, Astrology, Psychology, and the Four Elements (1975)
  • Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, Book I (dignities and sect)

What was checked

An AI research review checked this text against sources on 1 Oct 2026. No person has reviewed it.

Reviewer's notes

Sign/element/modality, ruler and dignity claims checked against the project reference data and Wikipedia; the per-sign tendencies attributed to modern authors are tradition-level and not confirmed against the books themselves (no secondary page opened for this sign).

Sources consulted

Where they differ

Hellenistic astrology reasons from technique: essential dignity, sect and configuration by sign. Modern psychological astrology reasons from element, modality and the planet's function. They start from different questions, so the same placement can read differently, and neither reading is the verdict. Both use the tropical zodiac here.

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