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Aquarius season: dates for 2026 and 2027

Aquarius season, according to tradition, highlights independence, originality, and fellowship. Aquarius season is that of the heart of winter: the cold holds on, but the light gains every week.

  • midwinter
  • returning light
  • Chinese New Year
♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎♒︎January 20→ February 18
The essentials

Aquarius season at a glance

For you

January 20 to February 18, 2027: a month of new ideas, friendships, and common causes, according to tradition.

A strength

The moment when you can gauge the return of daylight by eye: each evening, dusk falls a little later.

Something to watch

Despite its water bearer, Aquarius does not announce rain: it is a figure of the sky, not a weather report.

Element and modality
Air, fixed
Ruler
Saturn and Uranus
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By Thomas Guilhot · updated

The dates

Aquarius season in 2026 and 2027

Paris time. The approximate dates (January 20 – February 18) shift by a day depending on the year: the year does not last a whole number of days.

The Sun in Aquarius: entry and exit, Paris time
YearSun’s entryExitDuration
2026Tuesday, January 20, 20262:44 AMWednesday, February 18, 20264:51 PM29 days and 14 h
2027UpcomingWednesday, January 20, 20278:30 AMThursday, February 18, 202710:33 PM29 days and 14 h

Aquarius season 2027 begins in 94 days. The current season is Libra season. Libra season →

Aquarius season: what it colors

Candlemas, which is compared to the Celtic festival of Imbolc and to other festivals of light, long marked the moment when people watched for signs of spring’s return; a French proverb says that at Candlemas winter either ends or gains strength.

Aquarius, shown as a water bearer, is associated by astrology with Saturn, then with Uranus since 1781, and with ideas, the collective, and breaking with habit. These readings, an inheritance of symbols, are reported in the conditional.

Sign
Aquariusair fixed
Ruler
Saturn and Uranus
Polarity
Yang (active)
Opposite sign
Leo

A reading of the sky to take as food for thought, not to be followed blindly: the dates are calculated, and what tradition associates with them is reported in the conditional, announcing nothing. Why?

The sky of the season

Light and sky

Days lengthen faster and faster: a gain of two minutes a day is reached before the end of the season.

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The 12 seasons

The seasons of the signs in 2026

  1. AriesFrom March 20
  2. TaurusFrom April 20
  3. GeminiFrom May 21
  4. CancerFrom June 21
  5. LeoFrom July 22
  6. VirgoFrom August 23
  7. LibraFrom September 23
  8. ScorpioFrom October 23
  9. SagittariusFrom November 22
  10. CapricornFrom December 21
  11. AquariusFrom January 20
  12. PiscesFrom February 18

The lunar calendar, day by day →

How is it calculated?

Moments when the Sun reaches 300° then 330° of longitude, searched to the second by the engine.

Frequently asked questions about Aquarius season

When does Aquarius season begin in 2026?

On Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at 2:44 AM, Paris time. It ends on February 18, 2026 at 4:51 PM.

When does Aquarius season begin in 2027?

On Wednesday, January 20, 2027 at 8:30 AM, Paris time, until February 18, 2027 at 10:33 PM, that is, 29 days and 14 h.

Does Chinese New Year always fall in Aquarius season?

Almost always. It opens at the second new moon after the winter solstice, that is, between late January and mid-February, which corresponds to Aquarius season. It sometimes spills over by a few days into Pisces season. The site calculates it each year.

What does tradition say about Aquarius season?

It reads the time of ideas, the collective, friendship, and projects that break the mold, with Saturn and then Uranus as rulers. Candlemas, the festival of light, is also celebrated then. Reported in the conditional, with no link to your year.