As an air sign and mental by nature, you thrive on the strength of your ideas. Is an idea invisible, insubstantial? Not in the hands of a determined Aquarian. You're a fixed sign, and you get quite stubborn about things in general and ideas in particular. In fact, you use ideas to change history, to build nations and to fiddle boldly with the knobs and dials on what is commonly accepted as "human nature" itself. Just look at this list of Aquarians who took a notion: Abraham Lincoln, Horace Greeley, Frederick Douglass, Thomas Edison, Jules Verne and Betty Friedan.

Inventiveness is your sphere of operations and one of your great strengths. The cosmos trusts you to stick with an idea until it takes shape in time and space. And so the cosmos shares its secrets with you. You don't mind being laughed at, and this is a key Aquarian strength, since sticking with an idea usually requires a great deal of refusing to listen to those who don't believe in it. Your hard-headedness is one of the strengths that you enjoy most about yourself. Stubborn adherence to an idea or loyalty to a cause or friend exhilarates you. The more folks try to talk you out of it, the more you will stick to it, even if it means you’re the only one who does.

You're far from a loner, though. In fact, your talent for platonic friendship is considered one of your greatest strengths. Revolutionary spirit is a great strength for Aquarians, even if you don't go out and fight for a cause. You do not fear change. You may live the most humdrum life right up until fate throws some curves at you. That's when the innate strength of your sign comes through. Aquarians, you sense an opportunity for rapid growth of consciousness. You are inspired and eager to meet the challenge. Instead of feeling singled out for misfortune, you feel chosen. You seem to be hearing a guiding voice, seeing a guiding light in the turmoil that appears to others to be chaotic and hostile. Your magic preceptors are interpreting the present events as coordinate points from which to navigate to the bright future that you see developing.

If your adversary is an Aquarian, they will first do everything possible to talk you over to their side. They will take you to lunch and try to get you to see "reason." Aquarius is so convinced that they are right they feel you ought to agree with them. They really believe that what is good for them is good for you, too. Besides, Aquarians are fully confident of their ability to win your friendship and thus take the sting out of your opposition, even if they can't bring you to their own way of thinking.

Should you prove to be completely "unreasonable" (anyone who disagrees with Aquarius is misguided, in their eyes), Aquarians will campaign against you very democratically. They are essentially political animals. And unless they are so far ahead of their time that others cannot identify with their position, Aquarius will win.

Aquarian weapons are logic (their own special brand of charisma, humor and the ability to bring people together for the cause). They will not use behind-the-scenes manipulation or smear campaigns. Campaign advisors to U.S. presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson despaired, as he refused to let them use the commonly accepted political "dirty tricks" that these "realists" thought were the only way to win. In the end, Stevenson was not elected president, but as leader of the Democratic Party, his idealism was an elevating influence that deeply affected the political climate of the nation. Aquarians are used to being so ahead of their time that they cannot be readily understood or easily elected to office. But they know that the issues they force others to confront are the food for thought that will nourish the growth of conscience and enlightenment. They introduce the future into today.

Aquarians are, in their own way, the ultimate elitists. They will not live or fight by any standards other than their own. Though you may try your best to alter an Aquarian's opinion, that little smile on his or her face is an indication that they at least made you think about their side of things.