OMG! I just got the Leo / Aquarius thing

[Why Syzygy]

My life has been flooded with Aquarians .. and I'm a Leo.
And especially now. I'm going 250 miles from here tomorrow to live with one, and he is wacky as all get out.

But here's the thing. It just dawned on me. Leos are "boss" .. yes it is true. and Aqurians say, "nope... noone bosses me". We are totally bipolar opposites. Just like on the wheel!

The only guy I ever loved was an Aquarian. He's back in California now, and supposedly happy, though I doubt it. He was a rable rouser. I loved him so much. And now these other AQs are coming into my life and I LOVE THEM TOO! WTF?

Before I start dating or seeing anyone, I have a few questions.
Christian? Republican? and some other personal stuff I won't share here. So Now. I have to start asking... and I always do.. ask for the birth date. Want to know who I'm dealing with. But, now? I have to rule out AQs? maybe so. I already ruled out Pisces. They are crazy out the kazoo. Oh and Cancers. sowwry. I cannot take that stuff. You are alright just the way you are, and stay there... oh that's redundant, because Cancers always stay where they are. :D

Okay, I'll take the Leos are like the most arrogant sign, or whatever.

Do you thnk we care? Hell no. Ask a lion if he gives a shit.

So. What do ya'll think of my theory. Just leave 'em alone?

[jbnow]

1. I like the simple slogans

for the signs.
Leo says "I rule", Aquarius says "I am not ruled"

But people by sun signs has never been something I could relate to. When it was all I knew it was easy to ignore astrology,
When I could not ignore astrology I found sun signs are a tiny bit of the picture.

What's the rising sign, what sign/house is the chart ruler in?
In night births the Moon matters even more.
Planetary aspects are more telling then any sign...
and so on.

[Delphinus]

2. I agree.

Sun signs are just the icing on the cake ... I'm so much more than my Sun.

I think where the planets fall in the houses makes a big difference (Uranus in my first house), as well as relocation. I was born half-way around the world - it's amazing, and some people put no stock in it, but when I bring up a horoscope from Astrodienst, I tell it not to use my birthplace, as that horoscope is totally different from the place I'm living now.

Lots and lots and lots of insights beyond just the Sun.

[woodsprite]

3. I came to a similar realization this weekend.

Don't forget to look at your rising signs though. I wouldn't chalk them all up to being your total opposite. I get along great with Hubby and I don't think we're really "supposed" to according to the stars.

Now, at work it's a different story. My boss and I just don't mesh and I've been looking for the reason. I TRULY believe it's my being Aries, Leo rising and her being a Virgo. Love to know what her rising sign is. If female dog was one, I bet it'd be that. Whatever it is, it's gotta be in the stars. I have NEVER felt so "out of synch" with someone before and I have never been able to put my finger on it until now. I zig, she zags - even if I'm working from a prioritized list that she has given me! I would love to leave, but hubby and I both work here and with the nepotism policy, I am essentially his "insurance" that he WON'T have to work FOR her.

He's Taurus, Virgo rising - so while he's very detail oriented - just like her, as a taurus, he's stubborn about how he goes about it - his way or the highway. They get along like oil/water.

She is a control freak. If she could tell me when to go to the bathroom and how many times to wipe, she would - AND she'd want a weekly report and face to face meeting about it. I've been here 20 years, but this is doing me in.

Any ideas how to make it work AND regain some of my sense of self back? Can't sneeze at the pension, retirement bennes, and all-expense paid college ed for two kiddos, so I don't think I'll be leaving soon - I have 8 yrs til early retirement.

[emcguffie]

10. There's really only one thing you can do.

Other than leave. I think.

And that would be to just really suck it up. Just keep your head down. Make escaping the radar your main mission.

I had to do that where I went to work 12 years ago, and it taught me a lot -- a lot of lessons that I was much to stubborn to learn when anyone was showing me the way. It's sort of like I stumbled into this place where I had to let go of my ego, because I had decided no matter what keeping the job was most important. Everything else chanegs.... Bosses, sections, departments.

Hang in there, be really quiet, put your head down. It will change.

Of course, this is just my opinion.

[Nancy Waterman]

4. Aquarius and Leo are polar opposites

There is a real sense of being with your polarity when together. I have 5 planets in Aquarius and I adore Leo's. The warm me and make be laugh. I feel a real balance when I am with a Leo. Aquarians can be too much in their heads and kind of cool. Leos keep them warm and in their emotions.

[silverlib]

5. I'm an Aquarian female who once dated a Leo male

It was a disaster - didn't have time to spend on his ego.

I do, however, believe it could be a different story when the gender is switched.

As an Aquarian female, I never did well in relationships with Aquarian males. Maybe we were too much alike? I don't think so, but then I'm biased. It doesn't matter anymore, because I very happy with my Scorpio - which is also not supposed to be a match made in heaven. And I married and divorced a Gemini, which I hear should have been my perfect mate. I think he must have had "bad dog" rising. Something was certainly amiss.

[NuttyFluffers]

6. that your soul feels that it should challenge itself in love.

life wasn't meant to be easy; we were meant to cry and fail and hurt. otherwise we'd never have been born, hanging around in heaven blissin' out.

we came here to be challenged, to explore ourselves and others. and that's the beauty of love, "it" chooses. it's mysterious, multi-faceted, uncontrollable, and nothing else on earth feels like it. it's as real as real can be and we should take the plunge each time the chance arises.

so what do i say about the new aquarians entering your life? enjoy them. laugh, love, scream, shout, have make up sex, break each other's hearts, find a deeper level of you at the end. in the end there's no way to always play it safe and love is the only thing that matters.

let this karma, or soul lesson, or wild ride hit you full force without reservation. your brain isn't half as fun as your heart when it comes to relationships. so take inspiration from the tarot card "the fool" and walk into the unknown with faith in your heart that this is where you are now meant to be. after the tears are dried you'll have the memories and the afterglow. not always a bad trade-off...

[Lumily]

7. I'm an Aquarius female married to a Leo male.

We've been together for 17 years, married for 13 years. We're a great match. He brings me up out of my gloomy funks, and I knock him off his pedestal when he needs it. We've found a comfortable middle ground, and that's where we stay most of the time.

Our child is a Libra and she balances us out as well. :)

[leanin_green]

8. We attract what we need.

If your attracting or are attracted to Aquarians, then I would suggest that what you are doing on a soul level is reaching out for your opposites(in a solar way)in order to find balance. Although we are all born under a particular Sun sign. In order to grow we must take on some of the opposites of our nature. Oppositions are awareness, the mirror image. Everything you are not, they are, and vice versa.

I'm an Aries male married to an Aquarius female. And I thought I was stubborn! You also have to remember that Leo and Aquarius are part of the "Fixed Cross" of the signs. That means, a fixed solar personality is usually someone who doesn't make changes easily unless(and this is usually the case)forced to by circumstances or events. This is especially so with my wife(Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, South node all in Aquarius). I call the theme of her life, "Growth through trauma."

I would say you are probably someone who seeks growth and wishes to understand themselves through the melding of opposites. Not such a negative thing, don't you think?

[Why Syzygy]

14. Absolutely.

I seek growth .. all the time. Ouchie! :D

Wanted to get back to this thread for an update. I am GROWING! You nailed it.
When I met this dude, he said, he was going to learn so much from me.
I was thinking . um. dee dum hum. It was almost like he was making a demand that I TEACH HIM SOMETHING. We have a lot of spiritual circulation. Science . etc. It is really one of the most unusual relationships I've ever had. One night while talking to a neighbor, suddenly I started thinking about this guy. I just could not even stop. I mentioned it to the neighbor. Five minutes later 'he' called. Most of the time when I called him, he says, I was just thinking about you.

I'm an learning a lot. And growing. It's way cool.

I checked my chart, and I have no planet in Aq. My Descendant is Aquarius though.
My sun is Leo and Ascendant. So. I haven't done any research at all about what the Descendant is.
Gonna look now.

[emcguffie]

9. I have a question for you.

I hvae the Leo-Aquarius axis reversed in the 5th-11th through the moon's nodes.

I get confused, astrologers have not been able to clarify this for me.

I think it is north node in Aquarius in fifth house; south node in Leo in 11th house.


Since the moon's nodes have to do with where you're coming from and where you are or should be going, I am completely flummoxed because of the reversals.

I used to be an actor, liked that quite a bit. Now I work at the UN. Am I going in the right direction, or am I regressing?


Any help?

[leanin_green]

11. Your right on schedule.

The nodal axis has to do with where we are(south node)and where we need to go(north node). The south node contains within it all the knowledge, life experience and journeys our soul has taken into the current incarnation. It is what we know and are comfortable with. It is also our refuge in times of crisis. We always return to what has worked before when challenged by life or circumstances. This is also why the south node gets the added definition of our Achilles heel or the point of personal undoing. If we're overly clingy to the south node, it is because there is some unfinished work there or an issue that needs to be addressed. This can be seen if there is a planet/planets in conjunction with the south node.

As for the Leo/Aquarius polarity of the nodes. With the south node in Leo/11th; this denotes lifetimes where in order to garner sought after praise, adoration, self-expression and actualization, creativity and amusement, it was fulfilled within the chosen group, friends, social activity or society at large. Societal connections were pursued with a mind toward what it could do for me(Leo). This isn't to be understood as a negative. There are times within the evolution of every soul where it needs to fulfill ego-centric modes of operating. This explains the early gravitation to acting as a form of this expression. We usually seek out the south node expression in our early lives until the first Saturn return at 28-30 years of age. Then we begin to question where we are, what we think and why we are in the place we're in. This is when the energy of the north node can make itself known to the consciousness. In Aquarius, the need is for the expression(5th house)of self through group, society, friendship participation that is no longer solely ego-centric in nature. To acutalize itself through some kind of social need, revolutionary/reformist movement, expanded and meaningful relationships for the relationship's sake and not what the self can get from them. There is a need for independence, freedom, and a somewhat detached participation within the chosen realm of social interaction. A need for rebellion against established norms and the courage to go it alone if necessary. To be a group of one when called for.

[Why Syzygy]

15. where do we find

North/South nodes? My astro.com chart only lists "True Node" .. Capricorn . the only retrograde planet in my chart. That sure makes a lot of sense. Footing. I need footing.

[Why Syzygy]

13. sorry. no

I do not know. Astrology is a very novice pursuit for me. I have no idea about nodes. Or the axis. Sounds interesting though.

edit: oops didnt see that someone else answered you very well. I love this forum.

[Thirtieschild]

12. I live on the Aquarius/Leo axis --

Sun, Moon & North Node in Aquarius in the sixth (also Saturn in Aquarius in the 7th), Leo rising, Sun opposition the ascendant by just 3 degrees - and Neptune hitting all of it for the last year or so, will finally leave me alone around the first of February. I don't handle the opposition within myself at all well - Aquarius is aghast when Leo makes a play for attention, Leo doesn't understand why Aquarius spends so much time in her head.

I know that both charts need to be read when we try to understand a relationship, but am a strong believer in the interplay of the Sun signs. A fixed opposition can certainly butt heads, but think the quincunx is the most difficult of all - having nothing in common (neither element, triplicity nor contituity) they have a hard time understanding - or accepting - where the other person is coming from.

If you continually attract the same sign, then you must have a lesson to learn from that sign. Also, I doubt that we seldom marry a soul mate - relationships are all about what we have to learn.

[Why Syzygy]

16. That makes a lot of sense.

You sound fascinating. And I agree about the "lessons". That is becoming more apparent every day. I love lessons.