rrrrrrr! We enter mid-win-

ter and we can now avail

ourselves of the essence
ofthe sun sign Aquarius.
According to certain Native
American thinking, the totem for
Aquarius is the otter... an intelli-
gent and playful beast  clever,
curious, and group oriented. The
traditional viewpoint of astrology

' gives us the astronomical config-

uration of the Water Bearer as the
symbol for this time of year.

Aquarius is a fixed sign,
arriving in the middle of the sea-
son. This usually brings a quality
of wanting, or being comfortable
with, what is. In the case of
Aquarius, this looks like conser-
vation in the best sense ofthe
word. The truly conservative
nature is able to look ahead to
what will work over the long
haul. The questions that come up
in this area might be: How do
llwe conserve thepeace, ho.w do
we/I conserve resources, how do .
we/l conserve or preserve friend-
ships or a pair of hiking boots,
integrity  whatever is worth pre
serving?? Good questions  and
for good answers we need to be
able to look ahead at how this
kind of attentiveness will benefit
us  and we need to be able to
see the consequences of inatten-
tion to conserving. The energy of
the Water Bearer supports this
kind of awareness.

/ Thinking ahead is sup-
ported by this intelligent air sign.
Historically, the Water Bearer is
the one who carries the water
supply for the entire ‘group. Water
is both necessary and refreshing
to the group. All of us have
Aquarian energy and especially at
this time of year, we are able to
see and utilize what it is that each
of us has to bring to the greater
group. What can I bring to my

group (family, community, world) .

that is necessary and/or refresh-
ing?? My patience? My sense of
humor? My skill? My smile?
Each of us has something that our
group needs/wants. We each get
to be the Water Bearer, especially
now in this Aquarian time.
Aquarius is, also, an air
sign  The air people have a

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strong awareness of others and
they think. Individuals of this
sign are often thought to be ahead
of their time for this very reason.
To carry the water does not only,
mean to bring the water container
A. .. it also means to think about
how to keep the water pure for
those who come after us. This
mid -winter time now promotes in
each of us a desire to move with
the group for the greater good.
Wearenow most aware of the
great iriipoirtance of theilgroup as
wework for our vision of the

_ future. For some of us it means

helping out with the Dean cam-
paign. For others it might look
like volunteering for meals on
wheels, forming coalitions, doing
something together for all. Doing
with other otters what we know
we otter.

This airy way of being
has a challenging side, as well. It
is easier, with Aquarius, to “love”
the group. Expressing warmth on
‘a more personal level does not
come quite so naturally but we
can become more aware of how
to do this as we notice how it
feels when others are warm to us.

Ultimately, in my opin-
ion, the potential power of being
able to love in a cooler, more uni-
versal, and unconditional way is
the greatest gift of the Aquarian
moment. Now is the time when
we are most likely to get a
glimpse of this potent energy. V

Glo Daley is an astrologer living
on women is land in Huntington.

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