Astrology and the Elements: Water Signs Meaning

For those that believe in the power of the twelve zodiacs, their elements hold great weight. The elements influence the characteristics of zodiac signs. Astrologists believe they even affect how you perceive the world and interact with it.

If you're curious about your zodiac sign, you must therefore have an understanding of its element. There are four elements and they each affect their zodiac signs to varying degrees. For now, let's start with water.

In this blog, we'll reveal water star signs and how they can influence your characteristics.

What Does the Water Element Mean in Astrology?

Water holds mystic properties in astrology. It's a symbol of intuition, emotion, and connection derived from a collection of sources. Chief among them is Babylonian astrology. Additionally, this element gained some of its meaning from Hellenistic, ancient Greek, and ancient Egyptian culture. 

Presently, water as an astrology element affects the zodiac by imparting its nature. Just as it is fluid, temperamental, and nurturing, it gives these properties to those born with this element. Therefore, if water is your element, you may feel sensitive, empathetic, and creative. However, you may also feel as though your emotions control you.

How to Know You Have a Water Sign

If you want to know if the water element influences, you simply need to verify if your birthday falls in one of these ranges:

• February 19 – March 20
• June 21 – July 22
• October 23 – November 21

These dates coincide with the zodiacs that this element influences: Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces.

Water Sign Zodiacs and Their Meaning

Though this element affects three zodiacs, its influence varies depending on the constellation. Water's influence is the strongest with Cancer and weakest with Pisces.

Now, let's dive deeper into what this element means for your sign.

Cancer

Represented by the crab constellation, cancer is a water sign that's the most connected to this element. It takes one 4 major aspects of water:

• Strong Emotions: Water's main effect on this zodiac is an amplification of feelings. This not only increases your perception of others' emotions but also heightens your own. Therefore, you may feel sensitive towards others' emotions and understand them.
• Nurturing Behavior: Just as water is necessary for life, if Cancer is your birth constellation, you may desire to nurture others. Moreover, you may wish to protect and take care of those around you.
• Strong Intuition: If you have this zodiac sign, you may be more likely to have an innate sense of what you should do and what the future holds for you. Some may come to rely on you due to your intuition.
• Deep Connection: Through your amplified sense of understanding of others' emotions, you can create solid connections to others. Additionally, your element may push you to desire deep and significant connections, the comfort of family, and home. However, this can turn into a people-pleasing behavior.
• Changing Mood: Astrologists believe that water's nature to rise and fall with the tides can also create changes in your mood.

Scorpio

The second most affected water sign is scorpio. If Scorpio is your birth constellation, you might feel the intensity of the water element. In particular, if you're a Scorpio you may notice the following about yourself due to water's influence:

• Intense Emotions: You may feel emotions at a core level. This may make you seem easily angered or intimating.
• Powerful Intuition: Perhaps more so than Cancers, Scorpios have a strong intuition. Through this skill, you can solve mysteries and guide others. In fact, others may rely on it because of this ability.
• Easy Connections: Like with Cancers, water facilitates connections for Scorpios as well. However, if you're a Scorpio, your charisma and the strong impression you leave on others may help you create relationships.

Pisces

The last of the water signs is the fish constellation: Pisces. If you're a Pisces, you're the least affected by the water element. However, its properties may still affect your characteristics and the bonds you create with others.

For a Pisces, your element means that you're likely to have the following aspects enhanced:

• Adaptability: You may channel water's fluidity in your ability to alter your behavior as your surroundings change. Your adaptability may help you in a high-speed environment. However, it can lead to a flaky personality if you're not careful to honor your engagements.
• Empathy: Astrologist believe that water pushes those born under this sign to have an emotional understanding of others. Therefore, if you're a Pisces you may wish to fully comprehend others' perspectives before judging them. Your empathy may help you find a rich circle of friends.
• Negative Emotions: As a Pisces, you may feel that your bad moods are harder to deal with. This is due to water strengthening your emotions and making you sensitive to your environment. In fact, you may feel as though you take in or reflect the emotions of others.
• Artistic Aptitude: Water gifts creativity and imagination to those born under this sign. Therefore, you may find that you excel in artistic fields. If you don't work in art, you can always use it as an outlet for your heightened emotions.

Is Aquarius a Water Sign?

You might feel like water should influence the Aquarius sign. ‘Aquarius' is Latin for ‘water-carrier'. However, this zodiac is an air sign.

Recap

Now you know that the water signs are Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces, there's a belief that water influences these signs. The properties of this element amplify certain characteristics of those born with these zodiacs. The main aspect those affected by this element may feel is a heightened sense of emotions. This can lead to sensitivity, deep relationships, and empathy. Moreover, water may bestow upon your imagination to make art and a strong intuition you can use to guide others. However, it also comes with the risk of emotions overwhelming you or becoming so impermanent in your stances that you're unreliable. Therefore, if your birth constellation aligns with this element, ensure you keep the negative aspect in check as you exploit the positive ones.