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Read my articles on the meaning of the zodiac sign of Aquarius and the meaning of Rising Signs in astrology as well as the nakshatras included in the Aquarius zodiac sign in Vedic astrology, which are Dhanista (3rd, 4th padas)
, Shatabisha (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th padas), and Purvabhadrapada (1st, 2nd, 3rd padas), to get a deeper understanding of this rising sign/ascendant sign:
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The Meaning of Aquarius Rising Sign in Modern / Western Astrology
Aquarius Rising Sign Background & General Info
- Aquarius is a fixed, air sign and it is ruled by the planet Saturn in Vedic astrology and the planet Uranus in modern astrology. You can read my articles on the meaning of the planets Saturn and Uranus in Modern and Vedic astrology to get a deeper insight into the nature of the Aquarius zodiac sign:
- If you are an Aquarius rising (aka your Ascendent is in Aquarius), then your first house, the house that rules your appearance, identity, and self-image, is ruled by Aquarius. Thus, the qualities that most other people will notice in you before they get to know you more deeply are Aquarian qualities and characteristics.
Aquarius Rising Sign Personality, Interests & Behaviors
- You are likely very independent and do not like being told what to do by others or being controlled by others.
- You might not appreciate unwanted help, instructions, advice, guidance but you might be receptive to getting guidance or advice from people you respect or people whose abilities/accomplishments you value but only if you request their help and it is not imposed on you.
- You likely want to figure out your own way of doing things in life and determine your own goals in life rather than have your parents, authority figures like teachers, or society tell you what you must do.
- Since Aquarius is ruled by both Saturn and Uranus according to Vedic astrology and modern astrology, you likely have an independent, anti-authoritarian streak in you due to Uranus’s influence and your inner rebel just wants you to do your own thing and do whatever you want to do without having to ask permission from anyone or having to apologize for it.
However, there is a part of you that is influenced by the planet Saturn and thus you can respect, and at times, want to obey and follow the rules of conduct, laws, regulations, structures, hierarchies, social mores, traditions, and values set by large institutions like government, corporations, industries, professional fields, and society in general.- Thus, you can find yourself feeling 2 seemingly contradictory desires of both wanting to join the crowd but also wanting to stand out from the crowd. You might have to search for a while in order to find a way to balance and merge these 2 conflicting desires in you.
- For example, you can find yourself thriving if you get a job at a large corporation/company which has a hierarchical chain of command in which you answer to your direct superior and strict regulations/rules of conduct to follow BUT you are able to join a team or department in this company in which you are given the freedom and permission to experiment, innovate, and work on projects you choose to work on and feel passionate about.
- Thus, you can find yourself feeling 2 seemingly contradictory desires of both wanting to join the crowd but also wanting to stand out from the crowd. You might have to search for a while in order to find a way to balance and merge these 2 conflicting desires in you.
- Due to Aquarius being a fixed sign, when you are invested in something and care about something, you are generally very good in single mindedly pursuing and tirelessly applying yourself to achieving your goals.
- You can be a progressive humanitarian and care deeply about the rights and conditions of humanity at large but struggle to have empathy and/or show displays of strong emotions in your closest relationships.
- You can have a tendency towards emotional detachment - you can become emotionally detached from situations or people that cause you unwanted stress, emotional burdens, or make you feel trapped or takes up too much of your emotional bandwidth and limits your ability to focus on the things you want to or that you deem to be important.
- Some Aquarius RIsings can find themselves having more empathy for the pain of strangers or groups or people you do not know than the pain or suffering of the people closest to you - you can be moved to the point of tears when observing or hearing about the painful persecution, oppression or discrimination of large groups of people but feel unmoved or uncaring about the pain or hardships of friends, family members or lovers. One possible cause of this contradictory behavior could be that you felt like your loved ones had very little empathy or care for you when you were in pain and thus you can find it hard to empathize with those closest to you.
Aquarius Rising Sign Appearance, Physicality & Health
- You tend to be taller and have a stronger (as in they are able to bear a lot of physical stress and burdens, have greater endurance, etc) than average physique.
- Could also have long fingers or big hands.
- You tend to be conventionally attractive.
- Aquarius Rising Eyes and Skin Color: Aquarius Rising often have light colored hair and eyes (within the range of their ethnicity and genetics) compared to other people from their same ethnicities, families, or regions. For example:
- Someone who has Aquarius Rising who is black or of Indian descent might be considered light skinned and have lighter shades of brown eyes (or possibly even have blue or green or hazel eyes) when compared to the skin color/eye color of most other people who are of the same ethnicity.
- People who have Aquarius Rising and are white/are of Caucasian descent tend to have lighter colored hair ranging from light blond/dirty blond to light brown hair and lighter colored eyes ranging from blue to green eyes. For example:
- According to Vedic/Sidereal Astrology calculations, Tony Hawk and Ronan Farrow are Aquarius Risings and they are both white/Caucasian men who naturally have blond hair and blue eyes.
- Ronan Farrow has Aquarius Rising according to Vedic/sidereal astrology calculations. More specifically, in Vedic Astrology, Ronan Farrow's Rising Nakshatra sign is Dhanista Rising (Pada 4)
- Ronan Farrow is an American human rights activist, journalist, lawyer, and former U.S. government advisor who is the son of actress Mia Farrow and the legal son of filmmaker Woody Allen. In late 2017, Farrow's articles in The New Yorker helped uncover the Harvey Weinstein s*xual abuse allegations...Farrow is gay and his fiancé is podcast host and former presidential speech writer Jon Lovett. The couple has been together since 2011.
- Ronan Farrow birth chart information [Source]:
- Born on: 19 December 1987 at 10:49 (= 10:49 AM )
- Location: Manhattan, New York, 40n46, 73w59
- Rodden Rating: A
Aquarius Rising Sign Love, Sex, Relationships & Marriage
- The easiest way to seduce and intrigue an Aquarius Rising is to engage them in stimulating intellectual conversations - you can be turned on by people who turn on your mind and can capture you mentally and intellectually.
- You could be a sapios*xual - a sapios*xual is a person who finds intelligence romantically or s*xually attractive or arousing and thus you can consider intelligence or intellectualism one of the most important traits in your ideal romantic partner.
- You could view intellectual activity as an integral part of emotional bonding and even physical/s*xual foreplay.
- Your tendency towards emotional detachment or emotionally distancing yourself when you deem it necessary or when you are under a lot of stress can create a lot of issues, dissatisfaction, or conflicts in your romantic, platonic, and familial relationships.
- This can cause romantic interests who need to connect with others deeply and profoundly on an emotional level or romantic interests who are very emotional/emotionally expressive to find it difficult, frustrating, or not fulfilling enough when it comes to being in a longterm relationship with you.
Aquarius Rising Sign Childhood, Family & Home Life
- You can find it challenging to connect with your more emotional, needy, or demanding family members, especially your siblings.
- It can drain you if you constantly feel like you need to emotionally cater to, emotionally nurture, or emotionally support the needs of your most emotionally needy or emotionally demanding family members on a consistent basis.
Aquarius Rising Sign Career, Jobs & Professional Life
- When it comes to your ultimate/long term career and the day to day jobs you hold, the 6th house, the 10th house, any planets placed in these houses, or planets that aspect these houses will give a better indication of what you might ultimately actually do professionally, how your career pans out, and the kinds of day to day jobs you tend to hold and be drawn to.
- Since you are an Aquarius Rising, then your 6th House is ruled by the Cancer zodiac sign and your 10th house is ruled by Scorpio. Thus, the natal placements and aspects to your Moon (Cancer’s planetary ruler) and Mars & Pluto (Scorpio’s traditional Vedic and modern planetary rulers, respectively) will have an effect and influence your career and professional life, job prospects, and what the actual job you hold is like on a day to day basis, and anything else to do with your professional life.
- A list of jobs/careers that Aquarius Risings might enjoy or excel at:
- Researcher
- Scientist
- Pharmacist
- Astronomers
- Engineers
- Politicians or being involved in politics behind the scenes such as being politicians’ aides
- Medical field such doctor, medical researcher, pharmaceutical researcher
- Physics - astronomer, physicists, engineers,
- Scorpionic careers (since your 10th house of career and profession is ruled by Scorpio) such as: Astrologer, surgeon, trauma specialist, ER doctor/nurse, magician/wizard/witch, psychologist, investigative journalism
- You will likely feel happiest with a job or working environment that allows you to apply you individuality, unique insight, inventiveness, innovativeness, visionary foresight, and creativity to your tasks or work.
- When your are able to pursue the things you want and find interesting, you are capable of having a strong work ethic and putting your full effort, focus, and attention into your work.
- You could struggle to find a job or professional career in which you balance and merge the two seemingly contradictory desires you feel of both wanting to join the crowd and follow the rules (Saturn) but also wanting to stand out from the crowd and do your own thing (Uranus). You might have to search for a while in order to find an environment, professional career field, or workplace that allows you to simultaneously express these 2 conflicting desires in you. For example,
- You can thrive at a large corporation/company which has a hierarchical chain of command in which you answer to your direct superior and follow strict regulations/rules of conduct to follow BUT you are able to join a team/department in this company in which you are given the freedom, autonomy, independence, and permission to experiment, innovate, work on projects you choose to work on and feel passionate about, and/or you are able to be taken seriously when you make suggestions and express your opinions on how you think projects and tasks should be handled.
- You might also thrive by becoming a manager or assuming a leadership role at work in which you have some more freedom and can delegate to others instead of being a worker/employee who must answer to their boss and follow their superiors' orders and demands.
- In general, any professional field that is intellectually stimulating and fields that allow for innovation, benefits and helps people/humanity/society at large in any way, enables the large scale connection of groups of people can merge the energies of Aquarius’s ruling planets, Uranus and Saturn (the modern and traditional rulers of Aquarius, respectively).
Thus, you can feel drawn to and have a passion for fields like technology, medical/pharmaceutical, scientific research and development, humanitarian (working for NGOs or other aid organizations) and you can also have a knack for being an influential figure (thus allowing groups of people to connect to each other due being fans or followers of you) and thus be drawn to careers and professional fields like music, writing/journalism, politics, acting, social media influencers, etc.
The Meaning of Aquarius Rising Sign in Vedic Astrology
Aquarius Rising Sign Background Knowledge & General Info in Vedic Astrology
- Aquarius is a fixed, air sign and it is ruled by the planet Saturn in Vedic astrology and the planet Uranus in modern astrology. You can read my articles on the meaning of the planets Saturn and Uranus in Modern and Vedic astrology to get a deeper insight into the nature of the Aquarius zodiac sign:
- If you are an Aquarius rising (aka your Ascendent is in Aquarius), then your first house, the house that rules your appearance, identity, and self-image, is ruled by Aquarius. Thus, the qualities that most other people will notice in you before they get to know you more deeply are Aquarian qualities and characteristics.
- The Sanskrit word for Aquarius is Kumbha and in Vedic Astrology, Aquarius is co-ruled by both Saturn and Rahu.
- There are far fewer Kumbha-lagna births overall than any other radical lagna.
- “It is a highly complex and apparently contradictory incarnation: Although believing in law and order and upholding the most exalted principles of personal and social discipline, one may be equally prone to acts of illicit or barrier-bending, taboo-twisting social disregard.”
- This is a result of the sign of Aquarius being ruled by Saturn and Rahu in Vedic astrology.
- There are 3 nakshatras included in this zodiac sign in Vedic Astrology and they are
- Dhanishta (Padas 3, 4) - Read More About Dhanishta Rising
- Hot tempered and hasty person.
- Straightforward personality.
- Interested in research.
- They will approach anything scientifically.
- A trusted person.
- And will be involved in religious matters and pious deeds.
- Person will be interested in entertainments.
- A benevolent person.
- Shatabhisha (Padas 1, 2, 3, 4) - Read about Shatabhisha Rising (coming soon)
- A truthful person.
- Mentally strong and will be doing everything with his own principles and with haste.
- They will have patience and perseverance.
- And will be interested in rest.
- Purvabhadrapada (Padas 1, 2, 3) - Read about Purvabhadrapada Rising (coming soon)
- They will have high regard to humans.
- Will take everything with a philosophical attitude.
- A dependable person.
- Follower of scientific as well as vedantic philosophy.
- This person be interested in astronomy and astrology.
- And will like the company of friends.
- He / she have no selfishness and will be a compassionate person.
- Dhanishta (Padas 3, 4) - Read More About Dhanishta Rising
Aquarius Rising Sign Personality, Interests & Behaviors in Vedic Astrology
- They will be pious, compassionate, and have humanitarian concern.
- They will be deeply involved in pious deeds.
- They will have a self determined goals they want to accomplish.
- They like to plan and decide what to do ahead of time.
- They are such a person who will execute their plans and works under any circumstances.
- Only after ascertaining the pros and cons they will engage in the action.
- They think logically and can understand the practicalities of their situation and thus take actions and decisions based on logic and practicality.
- They can be industrious and are be capable of completing any job with skill when they put their focus into it.
- They can work peacefully and with concentration.
- They can be highly intelligent and have great concentration.
- They will have sharp memory.
- Imagination and memory power are strong in Aquarius Rising people.
- They will have a broad, open mind.
- They will not change their intentions or opinions/judgments easily.
- Nobody can force this rising sign to change.
- Self control and self discipline come to them naturally.
- Though Aquarius Rising might have many acquaintances and know many people and have many "friends", they tend to trust and express themselves freely with only selected friends they deem to be their closest friends.
- They are interested in educated people such as deep thinkers, philosophers, academics and will try to pursue friendships with people like this.
- They will desire to have a spouse who will be equal to them in education and knowledge.
- They will talk fluently and with conciseness and objectivity with others though they have their own subjective opinions and preferences.
- When people with this rising sign can remove their emotions from a situation, they can be impartial and determine the justice or injustice that they themselves did or others have done.
- They will likely prefer for people to remain neutral with them - they not like others praising them and finding fault with them.
- They will be taking the lead in executing new and radical things.
- They tend to not try to control others or interfere too much in their lives - they will not interfere in others' matters.
- They are interest in social changes and social justice movements.
- They are capable of weighing others skilfully.
- If you are an Aquarius Rising and your Rising Sign falls under Dhanishta nakshatra, it is said by astrologers that your personality can seem paradoxical - your personality can be methodical, structured, restricted, and sober while also being impulsive, dynamic, hot headed, and impatient at times.
Aquarius Rising Sign Appearance, Physicality & Health in Vedic Astrology
- They have broad/wide faces
- They have “fat” necks (in my opinion, fat means wide or “bigger” aka longer necks).
- Though they are slim until middle age, they may gain weight later age.
- Oval shaped faces,
- Strong muscles.
- Lighter colored hair or skin compared to others in their families.
- Some with this rising sign will have a mole or some kind of scar or injury somewhere on their legs (their calves).
Aquarius Rising Sign Love, Sex, Relationships & Marriage in Vedic Astrology
- According to Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra:
- The married life of an Kumbha native is happy only if one's partner is as intelligent as oneself.
- These persons are steadfast in their affection and love but they do not display it.
Commentary on Aquarius Rising from Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra:
- Persons born with this lagna are generally tall with full stature.
- Their complexion is fair and appearance handsome.
- They are strong.
- They are intelligent.
- They are good character readers.
- They act carefully after considering the pros and cons of everything.
- They are slow in understanding things, but once they get at them, they can handle them with ease and confidence.
- They have a broad outlook and human understanding.
- They are unselfish, human and impersonal.
- They move in select society.
- They are reserved in nature and great moralists.
- They have wonderful intuitional capacity.
- The married life of an Kumbha native is happy only if one's partner is as intelligent as oneself.
- These persons are steadfast in their affection but they do not display it.
Disclaimer
- As always, this website is based on sidereal/Vedic astrology calculations. For example:
- If you are an Aquarius Rising based on tropical astrology (the astrology most people in the West use), then there is a chance you are in fact a Capricorn Rising according to sidereal/Vedic astrology OR
- If you are a Pisces Rising, there is a chance you are in fact an Aquarius Rising according to Sidereal/Vedic astrology calculations.
- If you have Venus in Scorpio at 20 degrees according to most astrology calculators that are NOT explicitly stated as being a sidereal calculator then you in fact have Venus in Libra according to sidereal/Vedic astrology calculations.
- Check out this link to find your sidereal and/or Vedic astrology birth charts.
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