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60 free Aquarius trivia questions with answers — science & nature quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Aquarius trivia quiz covers the eleventh sign of the zodiac from three sides. The astrology questions ask about the water-bearer's dates, its air element (not water), traditional ruler Saturn and modern ruler Uranus, fixed modality, opposite sign Leo, positive polarity, its Hindu name Kumbha, and the much-argued Age of Aquarius that the musical Hair sang about. The astronomy questions turn to the constellation: Sadalsuud and Sadalmelik, the Water Jar asterism, the stream that ends at Fomalhaut, the seven planets of TRAPPIST-1, Gliese 876, the Helix and Saturn nebulae, the demoted cluster M73, and the Eta Aquariid meteors shed by Halley's Comet. The mythology runs from the Babylonian Great One with his overflowing vase and the Egyptian jar that flooded the Nile, to Ganymede snatched by Zeus's eagle, the horses given to his father Tros, Hebe the displaced cupbearer, Jupiter's largest moon, the flood survivor Deucalion, King Cecrops, and the Chinese army of stars. Difficulty runs from easy to expert and is shown on every question, so it suits an Aquarius birthday, a pub quiz or an astronomy night. Every answer was checked against a reference page and each question carries its citation. Try our Zodiac, Astrology and Planets quizzes next.
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Q 01What does the figure of Aquarius carry?
A water jar
The Latin name means water-bearer; the Greeks called him Hydrokhoos, which means the same thing.
Q 02Aquarius is which sign in the order of the zodiac?
11th
It sits between Capricorn and Pisces, in the depths of northern winter.
Q 03Aquarius belongs to which element, despite the water jar?
Air
Gemini and Libra are the other air signs; the water pours from the jar, but the sign is not a water sign.
Q 04Which planet was the traditional ruler of Aquarius before the 20th century?
Saturn
Modern astrologers hand the job to Uranus, discovered in 1781.
Q 05Which planet is Aquarius's ruler in modern astrology?
Uranus
Traditional astrologers still use Saturn, which it shared with Capricorn.
Q 06What is the modality of Aquarius?
Fixed
It is the fixed air sign, sitting in the middle of northern winter.
Q 07Which sign is opposite Aquarius on the zodiac wheel?
Leo
Both are fixed signs; the lion faces the water-bearer across the chart.
Q 08Under the tropical zodiac the Sun is in Aquarius between roughly which dates?
January 21 to February 19
The Sun only reaches the constellation Aquarius around February 16.
Q 09Astronomically, when does the Sun really pass through the constellation Aquarius (as of 2002)?
February 16 to March 12
Sidereal astrology, which tracks the stars, puts the sign from February 15 to March 14.
Q 10Aquarius belongs to which polarity group?
Positive (active)
The odd-numbered fire and air signs are the positive ones.
Q 11What is Aquarius called in Hindu (Vedic) astrology?
Kumbha
Kumbha means a water pot, and it is likewise a fixed air sign ruled by Shani, or Saturn.
Q 12Roughly how long does an astrological age, such as the Age of Aquarius, last?
About 2,160 years
It is one twelfth of the roughly 25,900-year wobble of Earth's axis.
Q 13Which age does the Age of Aquarius follow, since astrological ages run backwards through the zodiac?
The Age of Pisces
When it starts is a matter of endless dispute among astrologers.
Q 21The ultracool dwarf TRAPPIST-1 made headlines in 2017 for having how many Earth-sized planets?
Seven
As many as three of them may sit in the habitable zone where liquid water could exist.
Q 22Roughly how far away is TRAPPIST-1?
About 40 light-years
Its radius is only slightly larger than Jupiter's, and it is older than the Solar System.
Q 23The TRAPPIST telescope that found the planets is located at which observatory in Chile?
La Silla
The Belgian-led team was headed by Michaël Gillon of the University of Liège; the name is a nod to Trappist beer.
Q 14Which 1967 musical opened with a song declaring 'the dawning of the Age of Aquarius'?
Hair
The Fifth Dimension's medley of the song topped the US charts in 1969.
Q 15Which star is the brightest in Aquarius?
Beta Aquarii (Sadalsuud)
It edges out Alpha by a hair, 2.91 to 2.94; both are yellow supergiants about 520 to 540 light-years away.
Q 16What is the proper name of Beta Aquarii?
Sadalsuud
The name comes from the Arabic for 'luck of lucks'; its neighbour Sadalmelik is 'luck of the king'.
Q 17The two brightest stars of Aquarius are both what kind of star?
Yellow supergiants
They were once hot blue B-type stars 5 to 9 times the Sun's mass, and both move perpendicular to the Milky Way's plane.
Q 18The Y-shaped group of Gamma, Pi, Eta and Zeta Aquarii is historically called what?
The Water Jar
Some modern observers call it the Steering Wheel instead.
Q 19In Ptolemy's depiction, the water-bearer's stream ends at which bright star of Piscis Austrinus?
Fomalhaut
The stream is more than 20 stars long, pouring down to the mouth of the Southern Fish.
Q 20What does Sadachbia, the name of Gamma Aquarii, mean?
Lucky stars of the tents
Aquarius is full of 'lucky' star names from Arabic astronomy.
Q 24Gliese 876 in Aquarius, 15 light-years away, holds what distinction?
First red dwarf found with planets
It has four planets, including a rocky one about 6.6 times Earth's mass.
Q 25Which glowing gas shell from a dying star in Aquarius is the closest such object to Earth, about 650 light-years away?
The Helix Nebula
It covers a quarter of a square degree, making it the largest planetary nebula in the sky as well.
Q 26NGC 7009 in Aquarius was named after which planet by Lord Rosse, because of its ring-like protrusions?
Saturn
It glows blue-green in a telescope around an 11th-magnitude central star.
Q 27Messier 73 in Aquarius was reclassified from an open cluster to what?
An asterism
Its six main stars simply are not close enough together in space to count as a cluster.
Q 28NGC 7252, a tangle of stars from two colliding galaxies in Aquarius, is nicknamed after what?
A cartoon atom
It is the Atoms-for-Peace galaxy, named after Eisenhower's 1953 speech.
Q 29The Eta Aquariid meteor shower, peaking in early May, is debris from which famous visitor?
Halley's Comet
Chinese astronomers first recorded the shower in the year 401.
Q 30The Eta Aquariids peak on roughly which dates?
May 5–6
They radiate from the Water Jar at around 35 meteors an hour, with fireballs common a few days later.