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Aquarius is the eleventh sign of the zodiac. It is symbolised by ‘The Man,’ who is pictorially represented as pouring water from a vase on the earth. As a fixed air sign it represents concentration of mind and the attempt to fix the mental vibrations received through Libra. The human and mental nature of this airy sign is shown by the symbol ‘Man,’ Sanskrit man—to think. In the order of the zodiac it shows that point where the circle is left for the spiral and man begins his mental ascent, having attained to that stability which the fixed quality produces. The inertia of this sign is, at our present stage of evolution, more in evidence than the stable and permanent expression of the man who has controlled the lower nature ready for the higher self-conscious ascent into the entirely human conditions. The most characteristic feature of Aquarius is its love of human nature; and there is always some attempt to blend art and science in this sign. As the last of the fixed signs it has been symbolised by two serpents, the oae the serpent of wisdom and the other the old Adam or serpent of the earth. In this symbology lies the mystery of human destiny.