Aquarius is the sign most closely associated with activism (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
When you’re thinking about your future career options and trajectory, why not consult the traits and realities of your star sign?
After all, it might steer you in the direction of the work destiny tailor-made to suit you and your strengths.
Astrology can also help you reveal weaknesses you may have missed, allowing you to deal with what’s holding you back and open yourself up to new opportunities.
Aquarius, step this way for some cosmic career advice, and read on…
What are Aquarius’s career strengths?
An Air sign ruled by Uranus, you are all unpredictable, clever, innovative, humanitarian, progressive and big thinking vibes. Aquarians were born to be leaders of the pack in terms of vision and seeing the future (if not actually creating the future!).
You are a very progressive and future-focused person and you see things with clarity, rationality, and objectivity. A little aloof and cold, perhaps, but this gifts you with clear sight and a true grasp of facts and reality. You are always focused on improvement, next steps, making things better, bringing new ideas and thinking to whatever you are working on. You are a game changer, always for the better, and you should be trusted to know what’s best in the long run.
People appreciate your smartness, your scientific and logical mind, your dispassionate understanding of situations that are emotive or complex, and your truthful and transparent approach to all tasks and interactions. You are not a people pleaser and you don’t varnish hard truths. You want what’s best and you know that has to start by understanding where you’re at right now in the present.
All Aquarians are motivated by the bigger picture, the long term, the future, the ability to use science, technology or intellectual insight to bring about innovation and progress and, in a nutshell, make the world a better place.
It’s important for you to do work that makes a difference (Picture: Getty Images)
What are Aquarius’s weaknesses at work?
You can be aloof and come off as cold and unemotional which, although a strength at times in a way, can undermine your ability to build fast, firm and bonded connections with colleagues or bosses.
You definitely think you know best and act on your own judgment. Following others’ orders or even instruction can be a problem. You don’t really respect authority, or pecking orders, or convention, and this can mark you out as a ‘trouble maker’ if you don’t learn to play the game well.
Analytical thinking is a true skill of yours but you also need to factor in the softer side of things, the emotions and feelings of others, the likely reactions that aren’t rational or logical, the notion that buy-in is as much about the heart as the mind.
Your Uranus planetary ruler brings you a streak of unpredictability and spontaneity that makes life around you exciting and inspiring, but you can be a devil to manage in the workplace. You get an idea and you act on it, often bypassing the processes and structure in place. This can cause issues.
Which jobs is Aquarius best at?
Science. You enjoy working at the frontiers of knowledge and scientific research and innovation affords you that position. You are extremely calculating, analytical, and objective, which are perfect attributes for this field.
Activism. All Aquarians carry a deeply moral social conscience (so social work, politics and investigative journalism also appeal) and want the world is be and do better. And not only that, they have the smarts and foresight to see what has to be told, revealed and tackled. Aquarians are very motivated by truth.
Tech and engineering. Uranus gifts Aquarius with natural ability to use and wield technology with expertise. All Aquarians are early adopters (if not inventors) of tech and enjoy using engineering theories and methods too.
Teaching. Passing on truth and knowledge is a very appealing quest for this sign and Aquarius also has the ability to make even mundane information come across as interesting and useful.
Wanting to do things on your own terms can be a blessing and a curse (Picture: Getty Images)
What is Aquarius like as a boss?
The Aquarius boss will be tech-savvy, idealistic, visionary and inspiring. They will motivate the team through seeing the long term goals, the bigger picture, and the good that their job is doing for the world (no matter how humdrum or routine it is).
Aquarian bosses will welcome new ideas, thinking, processes, systems, and inventions. They will encourage people to challenge the status quo and come up with better solutions.
The Aquarian boss might not always be aware of, or engaged with, the softer side of managing a team – the ‘hearts and minds’ exercises and care-taking. Employees may have to spell out their issues, needs or demands very clearly… but, if so, they will be heard and respected.
How successful is Aquarius as a business owner?
Aquarians possess the flair for creating new and different (and better than the competition) products and services and the rational, logical thinking to put great systems, processes and campaigns in place to make their endeavour a success.
They have a streak of ruthlessness and dispassionate thinking that helps them do whatever it takes to get where they want to go.
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