Why is it known as a "water bearer"?!
Question: Why is it known as a "water bearer"!?
How come Aquarius is a water bearer!? What's it supposed to mean!? I kinda get the Leo and Libra and what it may symbolize b ut what does Aquarius symbolize!? THANKS!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
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Everyone's making it very difficult to understand so here's the simple version!. The water that is being poured from the jug represents "knowledge" that is being poured onto humanity!. That's why Aquarians come off as know-it-alls because, instinctively, we're trying to "pour" our knowledge onto other people!. This can come off as arrogance but we don't mean to be that way!. We feel that it's our duty to drench our knowledge onto anyone that will give us the time of day!.!.lol!. We do it out of love :)Www@Enter-QA@Com
Well!. Most Scorpios were most likely physically conceived during the time of Aquarius(a fixed air sign)!. Scorpios themselves of course being a fixed "water" sign!. This is just one example however!. It may also explain why Aquarians have what seems to be an attraction to water signs as well!. Not so much of an attraction per se as just paying attention!. The outlook by most that are Aquarius is very different from that of other signs as well!. What most might even define as chaotic it seems!. Chaos, of course, breeding life!. Yet there are still several different meanings!. Yet many find Scorpios as a thing of physical beauty and representative of sex!. And we all know that beauty is only skin deep, when in fact it should be determined by the individual what they might perceive beauty as!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
The man who bears the water (cause most think its a woman- its not, the sign Aquarius is not only an air sign its masculine) is a man doing labour for the good of his community!. He is bearing the water back to pour over all, its a metaphor for knowledge- as aquarians are the knowledge keepers and social workers of the world!. It's not personal labour to benefit just him, kind of like the water boy at a game, its not for status its for a bigger cause!. That being said, all the constellations had their beginnings in ancient Greece and Mesopotamia and most have such mythology to go along with them!. Its worth noting the glyph for Aquarius is two wavy lines on top of each other said to represent waves- as in electrical waves- as Aquarius rules such things!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Aquarius - is a Latin translation of the Greek name!. Hydrochoos, "the Water-Pourer!."
The actual constellation - when viewed in the night sky was imagined to resemble a watercarrier carting an urn!.
Aries - Latin for "the Ram"
Taurus – Greek Tauros, meaning "the Bull!."
Gemini - "Gemini" is the Latin translation of the Greek Didymoi, "the Twins!." [Castor & Pollux]
Leo - Latin for "the Lion", called Leon in the original Greek!.
Virgo - "the Virgin" in Latin
Libra - Latin for "the Balance" or "the Scales",
Scorpio - Latin for "the Scorpion" (Skorpios in Greek)!.
Sagittarius - "the Archer" in Latin
Capricorn - Capricornus is a Latin mixup of "she-goat" (capra) and "horn" (cornus)
Aquarius - is a Latin translation of the Greek name!.
Hydrochoos, "the Water-Pourer!."
Pisces called Ichtyes ("the fishes") by the Greeks, "Pisces" being the Latin translation
Cancer - "The Crab" in LatinWww@Enter-QA@Com
The actual constellation - when viewed in the night sky was imagined to resemble a watercarrier carting an urn!.
Aries - Latin for "the Ram"
Taurus – Greek Tauros, meaning "the Bull!."
Gemini - "Gemini" is the Latin translation of the Greek Didymoi, "the Twins!." [Castor & Pollux]
Leo - Latin for "the Lion", called Leon in the original Greek!.
Virgo - "the Virgin" in Latin
Libra - Latin for "the Balance" or "the Scales",
Scorpio - Latin for "the Scorpion" (Skorpios in Greek)!.
Sagittarius - "the Archer" in Latin
Capricorn - Capricornus is a Latin mixup of "she-goat" (capra) and "horn" (cornus)
Aquarius - is a Latin translation of the Greek name!.
Hydrochoos, "the Water-Pourer!."
Pisces called Ichtyes ("the fishes") by the Greeks, "Pisces" being the Latin translation
Cancer - "The Crab" in LatinWww@Enter-QA@Com
The water bearer is the one who goes to get water from the well and brings it back to quench the thirst of everyone!. Probably hard for you to appreciate or understand in this time of modern plumbing!. A literary example of a water bearer would be Gunga Din written about by Rudyard Kipling!. He was sort of a part of the French foreign legions that served in the middle east in years gone by before Bush ever figured on sending American troops out there!. Any Gunga Din's job in the Legionnaires was to supply the troops with water during battles!. He would run around in the middle of a battle with bullets flying all around him and give no worry about being killed while trying to do his job of seeing to it that the soldiers had water to quench their thirst as they battled!. His selfless act is remembered by all mankind thanks to the writing of Kipling!. He is a man who lived what President Kennedy talked about in his inaugural speech when he spoke of "!.!.ask not what your country can do for you, but ask what you can do for your country!." from this you should understand that the water bearer lives for others and not for them self!. They understand that their job in life is to look out for others by getting the water to quench ones thirst!. Such is usually the life of a good Aquarian!. He or she lives for society without thought of them self!. Doing what they can do for society!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Aquarius is thought to symbolize Ganymede, the wine bearer of the gods!. He was a human that was so beautiful he was made immortal and a servant for the gods!. Zues loved him so much that he later put him in the sky as the constellation Aquarius!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
pardon these 2 posters as they have no idea what your asking!. anyway i answered it here, and so are other good answers, follow this link http://answers!.yahoo!.com/question/index;!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com