Kumbha · कुम्भ · The Water Bearer
Independent and principled — the sign that thinks for itself and expects everyone else to try.
Dates
20 January – 18 February
Element
Air
Quality
Fixed
Ruling planet
Saturn and Uranus (Shani)
Lucky day
Saturday
Gemstone
Blue sapphire (Neelam) or amethyst
The dates above are the common Western tropical ranges, which is how most people know their sign. Vedic astrology uses the sidereal zodiac, which runs roughly three weeks later — so if you were born near the edge of a range, your Vedic rashi may be the previous sign. A full kundali resolves it properly.
Strengths
Challenges
Aquarius wants a partner who is also a friend and will not tolerate possessiveness. It is loyal but not effusive, and it processes feeling intellectually first. It needs space and does not mean anything by it.
Strongest matches
Technology, science, social work, activism, research, engineering — anywhere new thinking is the job rather than a risk.
Get a career timeline from your chartNumbers
4, 8
Colours
Electric blue, turquoise, grey
Day
Saturday
Gemstone
Blue sapphire (Neelam) or amethyst
Nakshatras spanning Kumbha: Dhanishta (second half), Shatabhisha, Purva Bhadrapada (first three quarters). A gemstone is traditionally prescribed from a full chart rather than the sign alone — treat the stone above as the classical association, not a recommendation to go and buy one.
Your sun sign is one placement out of a chart full of them. A kundali reads the whole thing — ascendant, houses, dashas and all.