2021 Aquarius Horoscope Preview

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Aquarius Horoscopes, Year 2021: Summary/preview of the year ahead for the zodiac sign Aquarius.

This forecast is designed for people born with an Aquarius Sun sign (those born from approximately January 20/21 to February 18/19*) AND for those who have an Aquarius Ascendant** in particular.

See also the full Aquarius 2021 Yearly Horoscope.

2021 Aquarius Horoscope Overview

The following is an overview horoscope for the zodiac sign of Aquarius the Water Bearer for the year 2021, outlining areas of the lives of Aquarius set to expand, grow, and improve, as well as those life departments in which there is likely to be change, new approaches, transformations, and simplification or downsizing.

(Click on any sign above to navigate to that sign’s preview horoscope).

Areas of Expansion in 2021 for Aquarius:

Your Aquarius 2021 Horoscope points to areas of life that are destined to expand, improve, or grow.

Personality
Manner
Initiative
Body Image
Self-Confidence

Until May 13th, 2021, and then July 28th-December 28th, 2021, Jupiter is in your sign! This approximately one-year transit (it started in December 2020) comes only every twelve years and serves to bring you out of your shell. You’re ready to take on the world!

This is a time for exploring your needs and pursuing your dreams. Your personality, image, body image, and confidence in yourself expand to new levels with Jupiter in your sign for the most part from December 2020 to December 2021 (with the exception of May 13-July 28, 2021). You see whole new possibilities, and your vision of life is panoramic.

If you’ve done your inner work well while Jupiter was transiting your solar twelfth house from December 2019 to December 2020, this new cycle can be an especially rewarding period. Your confidence in yourself and faith in the world grow exponentially.

Freedom is something you seek, but be wary of the costs of freedom when it’s pursued without the necessary attention to responsibilities.

You are more willing to enjoy new experiences and to rid yourself of those things that have been holding you back from truly living and owning your life. You’re looking ahead!

There can be new projects begun now that have long-term potential. You may not yet know where you’re headed with them, but you’re certainly enthusiastic about beginning anew. Keep in mind that this marks the beginning stage of a 12-year overall cycle. You might begin anew or recommit to an endeavor that’s important to you.

Expanding your horizons through higher learning or new experiences might also figure strongly. This is a time for aligning your behavior with what you believe is right. You are taking more “me” time, which is in fact long overdue.

This is also a strong time for friendships, community, happiness goals, networking, inventiveness, internet business, and your social life. A benefactor or a good friendship can figure strongly. Jupiter is the natural ruler of the eleventh house in your solar chart.

This influence comes at the same time as a Saturn transit to your sign so that there may be some restrictions or buckling down involved with these areas of life as well. There is generally good energy for bringing more structure and simplicity to your life. This influence can help you to actualize dreams, as Jupiter and Saturn working together can help bring plans to life.

You are seeking out a new beginning – a fresh start, of sorts – and your desire to do right is especially strong. Work or projects that you have been working on in private or behind the scenes may now begin to pay off. There is less focus on serving and helping others now, perhaps because this is no longer as necessary (this depends on your circumstances or stage of life; for example, a child can go off to college, or even the end of a relationship that took up a lot of your energy and resources, from which you are now enjoying some level of freedom), and now you can put some of your personal interests on the front burner.

You won’t feel like sitting around during this period of your life. You are hungry for new experiences. This can happen on a mental level instead (or as well). Everyday stresses that may have frustrated you in the past now seem almost inconsequential, as your vision is lifted above the mundane. As such, your ability to manage stress and pressure increases.

You are more tolerant in your attitude towards others, and you’re considerably more confident about expressing the playful, creative, and fun side to your personality.

Potential problems: Excesses of food and drink, pompous behavior, restlessness, over-confidence, wastefulness, and extravagances, in general, are possibilities to watch for. See to it that these things don’t detract from an otherwise excellent period. As well, with your desire to start over, watch that you don’t blind yourself to some of your responsibilities or throw something worthwhile away.

There might also be times when others feel threatened by your newfound displays of freedom and independence, when your personal desires are greater than your means, or when you have troubles with self-discipline, budgets, and limits. Fortunately, it’s easier than usual for you to keep these things in check due to a concurrent influence interpreted in the section below, Areas of Contraction. You are less likely to waste your time or pass over the opportunities that emerge. You are especially productive, ambitious, and effective. You can find much pleasure and joy in exercising more self-discipline and initiative. Your efforts to discipline yourself or structure your life can be satisfying and rewarding.

This can be a time of great opportunity. You might choose to pursue a new channel for self-expression or mental interest with great passion. There can be a strong sense of release and freedom from previously limiting, rigid, or stifling conditions. Friends or networks can inspire you to find yourself or express yourself. You might be defining yourself through your dreams, plans, and causes.

From May 13-July 28, 2021, and then from December 28th onward, money, personal possessions, valuables, and self-worth begin to expand, increase, improve, and grow. Your desire for security and comfort is hearty now, and you’ll pursue these things with more confidence and verve. You feel that you deserve more or that you’re at a stage when you want to more thoroughly enjoy the fruits of your labor.

This influence spans three date ranges, and we’re on the first wave this year:

from May 13-July 28, 2021,
from December 28, 2021-May 10, 2022,
and from October 28, 2022-December 20, 2022

It may sound complicated, but it just means that you’re experiencing these themes in steps, starting this year from May to July.

This is a strong time for buying long-term valuables. You are likely to make bigger decisions about your material resources during this period.

This cycle is strong for attracting more money from your associations or an online business, and for expanding a business. Be careful if you are suddenly in the position to receive, for example, a credit line or sizeable loan – spend wisely. You should certainly watch for overspending.

Potential difficulties: Be on the alert for an attitude towards money that is careless. If you are accumulating personal possessions too quickly, this can lead to clutter and disorganization. If you’re overconfident about your ability to make money, then you might take foolish risks, such as borrowing from your future. Watch for over-indulgence. Be extra careful if lending or borrowing.

Otherwise, this is a good period for bringing a fresh, positive, and confident attitude towards your own self-worth and value, and to your practical affairs, including work. You could be more enthusiastic or optimistic about earning a living. A money problem may clear up. A major purchase or sale can figure strongly. This can be a time of a significant memento or financial benefit from a friend, a good possession, or a windfall related to a visionary or progressive approach.

You can be expanding your resources, developing your talents, and improving your money situation. It can be a time of a pleasant feeling of self-sufficiency. There can be powerful changes in how you view your money, resources, assets, personal belongings, and natural talents or earning power during this period.

Areas of Contraction and Lessons in Simplicity

Your Aquarius 2021 Horoscope points to areas of contraction, restriction, and necessary “slimming down” in order to test for stable foundations. There are always areas of life that require more simplicity. Tests may be part of the picture as you learn that life with only growth and expansion can run away with itself.

These areas include:

Body
Personality
Mannerisms

All year, the areas of your life that require a “back to basics” approach during this period are associated with the sector of your solar chart that governs your personal mannerisms, personality, image, and appearance. This sector also rules how you initiate things — your first impulse for coping with day-to-day demands. There may be tests of sorts in these areas of life — as if the universe is checking that the foundations are strong. Things built on weak foundations may very well crack under the pressure of these tests. Those that are strong will endure and strengthen.

This influence only just got started last year. While it wove in and out of influence then, you’ll now experience it consistently. Saturn will transit this area of your chart until March 2023.

This influence can be felt most strongly earlier or later in the cycle, depending on whether you were born earlier or later in the sign of Aquarius. This year, those born from approximately January 21-February 2 and those who have an Ascendant of 1-14 degrees of Aquarius are most directly affected.

During this cycle, you are likely to be more cautious than you usually are and, at times, pessimistic. This transit doesn’t allow you to continue with illusions about the self, the body, and personal capabilities. The end result is a newfound identity and a realistic understanding of the self. In terms of career and projects, outward signs of progress may not be as forthcoming, yet the work that you do during this transit will lay a foundation for future success and progress!

It’s a strong time for literally slimming down if that’s a goal, although Jupiter’s concurrent influence from December forward can counteract this in spots. You can more successfully begin new and improved health regimens, diets, and the like, simply because it is a time when you look in the mirror and see yourself clearly (instead of what you want to see). You can be serious during this phase, with more concern for your responsibilities and duties. You are getting in touch with your inner strength, and this takes some time and adjustment. This is a grounding energy that gets you back in touch with reality.

This is also a significant period for issues surrounding your personal identity and self-image. Try not to come across as a heavy during this period — not everyone is going through the same cycle at the same time as you. However, others are seeing you as more responsible. Self-discipline comes more naturally as well.

The best way to handle Saturn’s transit through your sign is to meet your responsibilities to the best of your ability. Do take a closer look at the areas you’ve allowed to slide, and listen to your feelings of disappointment, but don’t let this turn into regret or resentment. Instead, focus on making improvements and keep in mind the long-term. Short-sightedness now can get you into trouble. Impatience will not be rewarded.

While Saturn in one’s own sign is not the most desired transit, Aquarians understand Saturnine energy and do well with it. The last time Saturn transited Aquarius was from 1991 to early 1994.

Also, you have Jupiter in your corner much of the year. You may very much enjoy simplifying, structuring, and disciplining your life at this time. Also from December 2020 to February 2021, you’re in particularly good shape for working on personal interests and projects, making useful connections, and taking on helpful studies. There may be times when changes on the home front or with family can interfere with your efforts to get back on track, but overall, it’s a period for strengthening your life and building endurance and patience.

Areas of Excitement, Innovation, Independence, and Speed

Your 2021 Aquarius Horoscope points to areas of your life that seem to speed up so that you can take some risks, innovate, and revolutionize. These areas include the following:

Home
Family
Familiarity & Security

All year, family and home life can be unpredictable and unusual, but also inspiring and exciting. You may decide to move during this cycle, or you could now be in the position to move. Or, you might dramatically change your attitude towards your domestic life. More freedom is sought, and if your current domestic set-up feels confining or limiting, you’ll need to make important changes. Interestingly, for some, better living conditions or arrangements come through a more organized or routine existence at this time. You seek ways to innovate and make positive changes on the home front.

Your attitude towards the past and traditions is also transforming quite quickly. Old ties to your past may be severed, and at times this can be unsettling, but ideally, you are taking important steps towards carving out an identity that better suits and represents you.

This influence continues until April 2026. In 2021, Uranus clashes with Jupiter and Saturn in your sign, which can mean your personal goals and domestic life can be at odds with one another at times. Nevertheless, you’re more domestic and introspective than usual, and sorting these clashes or inner conflicts can be well worth your time.

Areas of Change, Purging, & Transformation: Spirituality, Private life, The Past, Creativity, Romance, Friendship

Your 2021 Aquarius Horoscope reveals areas of life in which change and transformation take place. It’s a time for “out with the old, in with the new.”

Attitudes towards spirituality and the past continue to transform this year. You’re doing important long-term work concerning the purging of past attitudes and confronting inner demons. This influence has been with you for many years and will stick around for many years to come!

You are confronting deeply buried aspects of your psyche, as well as learning unusual things about the hidden side of your nature. With this knowledge, you are also learning to control it. Things that you’ve buried, such as past events that you are ashamed of, emerge and require you to handle them. Facing your ghosts honestly is required of you now and in coming years. Self-improvement efforts can be tremendous.

At times challenging, you should watch that you don’t limit your life due to insecurities. However, it’s a generally good time to clear away lingering problems. Last year, this theme was strong, in focus, and intense, while in 2021, it’s more status quo. This year, it’s a background theme that’s less problematic and prominent.

With the North Node moving through your amusement/creativity and romance sector in 2021, you can benefit greatly from expressing yourself more playfully and uniquely. Don’t be afraid to stand out from the crowd now!

Eclipses this year continue to challenge you to express yourself more creatively and openly. Friendships, group associations, creativity, and romantic involvements are evolving in important ways. New group associations may be made, friendships can expand, and you are challenged to find a balance between your romantic life and your connections with friends, particularly around the eclipses in May, June, and December.

Near the end of the year, a newer theme that will develop more fully in 2022 begins. This one is about embracing your personal life, domestic world, family, and home pursuits. In these areas of life, you’re likely to see important changes, beginning with the Lunar Eclipse on November 19th.

Your modern planetary ruler, Uranus, is in Taurus all year. When it’s retrograde (until January 14th, 2021, and then from August 19th, 2021, to January 18th, 2022), you may find yourself in a more introspective phase. Observing more than moving forward often makes better sense during these cycles in a general sense.

Uranus is in the sign of Taurus until 2026. Taurus is a fellow Fixed sign — stubborn, persistent, and loyal like you but is from the Earth family rather than your Air, and you don’t always understand its energy (unless you have Taurus strong in your natal chart). Taurus may feel a little too set in its ways, traditional, and practical for your liking at times, and now that your planetary ruler’s sitting in its sign for years to come, you’ll need to grow more accustomed to it. It’s steady, determined, and persistent, and these qualities can be useful to you now.

*It’s important to note that birthdates for Sun signs are always approximate since the starting date and time varies a bit every single year. If you were born on one of these cutoff dates (commonly known as a “cusp”), you can get a definitive answer using a Sun Sign Calculator. You can also write reports@cafeastrology.com with your birth information and we can let you know your true Sun sign if you were born on or beside the approximate date range given for any sign of the zodiac.

**If you want to know your Ascendant, find out with an Ascendant calculator, such as our What’s My Ascendant?, but do note that an Ascendant cannot be determined for unknown birth times.

2021 Yearly Overview Horoscopes:

See also 2021 Summary Horoscopes for neat summaries of the year ahead for each sign, 2021 Yearly Horoscopes for detailed forecasts for each sign, and 2021 Love Guides/Horoscopes for Each Sign for forecasts in the areas of romance and relationships.

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