Aries and Aquarius Compatibility

Aries and Aquarius are two signs apart, a sextile linking cardinal fire with fixed air. Aries supplies the drive and Aquarius supplies a cause or concept worth driving at. Both prize independence and bristle at being given orders. That shared streak tends to make them allies first, with everything else following from there.

Are Aries and Aquarius compatible?

Yes, comfortably. Communication reaches the maximum score, and chemistry and long-term ease are both strong. Sextiles describe cooperation, and this one works because neither partner asks the other to become smaller or more conventional.

• Chemistry 8/10
• Communication 10/10
• Long-term 8/10

How the scores are worked out: signs two apart (a sextile) start at 7, 9 and 8 for chemistry, communication and long-term ease. Aries’s fire adds a point of chemistry and Aquarius’s air adds a point of communication. Overall: 8.7/10, which the Codex calls “Natural flow”.

What attracts Aries and Aquarius?

The foundation is usually a lively friendship. Aquarius is unusually free of possessiveness, and Aries is unusually straightforward, and each finds that a relief. They are attracted to one another’s originality and tend to encourage it.

Where do Aries and Aquarius clash?

The difference is emotional temperature. Aries is warm, immediate and personal, while Aquarius is cool and inclined to step back and theorise. When Aries is looking for passion, Aquarius may respond with an idea. As a fixed sign Aquarius also holds its position, and pressure from Aries rarely changes it.

Read the full Aries + Aquarius page — plus all 78 pairings — in The Zodiac Compatibility Codex. The ebook page goes further, with how this pair communicates, what supports them long term and one practical tip.

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