Aquarius

Element: Air
Modality: Fixed
Ruler: Uranus
Symbol: The Water Bearer
Healing Combo: Cancer and Virgo

Most compatible with: Gemini, Libra, Aries, and Sagittarius

What an Aquarian dog daydreams about: A house full of the most wonderful freaks and geeks imaginable. A dog run full of friendsters.

Keywords: eccentric, independent, free-thinker, radical, friendly, people-lover, unpredictable, aloof, erratic, nervous, high-strung

The Personality Snapshot:

• The Aquarius dog needs to shake up the status quo.
• The Aquarius dog wants a wild troupe of doggie and people friends.
• The Aquarius dog needs dreams and goals to chase.
• The Aquarius dog likes to experiment and come up with new crazy inventions.
• The Aquarius dog likes to shock your socks off.
• The Aquarius dog wants freedom at all cost.
• The Aquarius dog loves surprises.

In-Depth:

The Original Man's Best Friend:
Everyone wants the Aquarius dog to be his or her best friend. So effortlessly cool and easy to get along with, they'll love you regardless of age, race, background or class. The weirder the better as far as an Aquarius Dog Star is concerned. Equal parts genius and equal parts doggie, this is the quirkiest and most easily lovable companion on the block. Though this pooch might seem aloof at first meeting, soon you'll see she has the most genuine spirit you could want in a best friend. She's always up for adventures and is knowledgeable about most things technical and cares deeply about humanitarian issues. If you need help downloading ringtones, want to talk about international politics or need a companion for the next big rally, an Aquarius is the dog for you. Like a Libra, the Aquarius wants everyone to get along. The more the merrier is easily her motto. She'll be loyally devoted but don't expect the Aquarius to smother you with affection like the devoted Leo might. She's content just sitting by your side, practicing mental telepathy or trying to figure out the next big innovation. It's no wonder so many Aquarians are in the hall of fame. They receive streaks of genius from out of nowhere. If you see your pooch off in space, don't try to reign her back because she is most likely just figuring out the next discovery in Quantum physics. This doggie will forever keep you on your toes. You'll never quite know what to expect but life is one happy, bizarre string of random surprises to keep life interesting.

Barking to the Beat of My Own Drummer:
This dog stands out from the crowd with her unique signature style. The best way to spot an Aquarius dog star is by the quirky, off-beat style whether it's an outlandish dog collar, or eccentric doggie mannerisms. Your Aquarian dog star might even twitch or have sudden bursts of energy where she shoots around the house like a bolt of lightening. Expect the unexpected with this outlandish pooch. They live by their own weirdo rules that change for no apparent rhyme or reason. Don't' try to figure this doggie out, because it's utterly impossible. This dog defies the laws of normal human gravity and logic — you'd have to be a rocket scientist yourself to truly decode the brilliant behaviors of this mad scientist dog. You see, Aquarian doggies are simply light years ahead of the rest of us mere mortals, so the best you can hope for is that some of her oddball genius will rub off on you when you bathe and brush her. Watch and learn, you'll uncover the secrets to the universe.

I-Pooch:
An Aquarius dog is a four-legged megabyte of information. They're astonishingly bright: if only they came with a printer. Like little Greek philosophers and modern intuitives rolled into one, they're tech geniuses; heck, they could probably fix your computer if you'd let them. When they appear to be napping they're actually downloading every nano-bit of information floating through the ether at that moment in time. It's as if these pups have internal wires connecting them directly to the information super highway. Their thoughts are light years ahead of other less-evolved doggies. All pups are unique, but the Aquarius seems like an entirely different species sent from an as-yet-undiscovered planet. They're like a blinking neon sign in a world full of run-of-the-mill painted storefronts, like a solar-powered mini on a road full of gas-guzzling SUVs, the polka-dotted pooch in a park full of solid-colored pups. They march to the beat of their own doggie drummer and will want to wear the most bizarre doggie costumes while they're doing it. Born rebels, they aren't fully happy unless they're stirring up the status quo. Nothing's more fun than shocking the socks off of you.

Don't Cramp My Style Buddy:
Sometimes the Aquarius dog's independence makes it seem like she needs nothing from you, but don't let that fool you. She needs people, minus the ones who would smother her to death. This dog prefers a nice casual group of punk rockers, hippies, social activists and girl and guy next door's to pal around with. She isn't one of those possessive one on one types. She's happy knowing her best bud is nearby, but she'd prefer not to smell your human breath. Let her drift off into her own astral plane and glean the latest insights that will take the rest of humanity decades longer to understand. This people-person dog loves groups — the more the better! She'd join doggie science clubs and humane societies and political parties if she could. Aquarius dogs like to herd everyone together. They're highly civilized but unconventional: a big fur ball of contradictions. One minute they'll seem like the most average Joe dog and the next minute like a genius freak from Mars. In any case, good luck finding a more conscious and conscientious canine. They're really here to save humanity from its own stupidity. Let this wise old dog teach you some new tricks.

If the Aquarius dog could talk, he or she would say:

E=MC squared, dude.
Can't fool me.
No blood for oil! Save the baby seals!

What an Aquarius dog wants in an owner:

Blind Me with Science:
You model your personality after my hero, Bill Maher. In other words, you're not afraid to go against the establishment and really speak your mind — and with a brilliant sense of humor if you will. You're a leader, not a follower: a real individual, true to yourself with quirks and all. You don't give a fig what other people think about you. You do your own thing because that is who you are. You're not afraid of getting into trouble: you challenge authority. You'll let me pee in forbidden places or walk on the neighbor's lawn just to test the limits of convention. You know that rules were meant to be broken. You're experimental: you even like to dye my hair pink or give me a Mohawk. I'm a tech freak so you'd better love gadgets, electronics, and buy me a plasma TV and take photos of me on the latest digital camera. I love watching television with you, but if you opt for the lowbrow nonsense news channels, we need to have a discussion! If you watch Real Time with my hero, we're set. I don't like mindless sitcoms either; I want to watch intelligent documentaries on Animal Planet or the Discovery Channel. If you're the kind of down-to-earth and sensibly logical human being with decent morals, we'll get on great. I'm looking for a real buddy, a pal, a person who truly knows the definition of friendship. If you have a lot of interesting and strange friends yourself — all the better. I thrive in a crowd, and hope that you would consider my friends your friends, and your friends my friends. In other words, it's important that your friends have lots of pooches for me to play with. I prefer not to be an only pooch if you can help it. But if so, please be sure to take me to plenty of doggie social outings, ice cream socials, and dog run mixers. I need to make friends and influence people. My tail starts to droop when I'm deprived of social stim for too long. Please, I beg of you, don't isolate me. I need people, and more people and doggies and more doggies. Oh and as a little aside, I dig it when you dress me up in loud and eccentric doggie clothing. The wilder and more rebellious the better. I love loud prints and funky dog collars that make people go "hmmm." Whatever you do, please don't dress me like the other dogs on the block. I must, repeat must be my own dog.