Monday, April 5, 2010

The Aquarius Woman by Linda Goodman

The AQUARIUS Woman

But Alice had got so much into the -way
of expecting nothing but out-of-the-way things to happen
that it seemed quite dull and stupid
for life to go on in the common way ...
Put cats in the coffee, and mice in the tea- And welcome Queen Alice with thirty times three!

The safest way to enter into romance with an Aquarian female is to remember she's as paradoxical in love as she is in everything else. That way, you won't be expecting Priscilla Alden and get Pocahontas.
This girl has all the faithfulness of the fixed signs when die's in love, but she also has the detachment and lack of emotion of the air element. It's possible to have a happy relationship with the Uranus woman if you leave her free to pursue her myriad interests and circulate among her friends. Never try to tie her to the stove or the bedpost. Ask the man who's tried. She can suddenly decide to study ballet, meditate in the mountains or join the Peace Corps. Remember the story of the princess with the long, golden hair who lived high in a tower? That's the Aquarius fe­male. Cutting off her flowing tresses won't change her any more than it did in the fairy tale. She dreams different dreams than you or I. She hears a distant drummer-and follows a star most of us have never seen.

She belongs to everyone, and yet to no one. Her love can be tender and inspired, but there will always be a vaguely elusive quality about it, like a half-remembered song. You can hum the melody, but the lyrics keep slipping away. The Aquarian girl's demand for freedom is insistent, but her allegiance to anyone who can accept romance with­in such limits is boundless. Here's something you'll like:
She won't be terribly interested in your bank book (unless Cancer or Capricorn or Taurus is on her ascendant). Money is never the prime consideration of the typical Aquarian woman. She won't care if you're not the richest man in town, but she'll expect you to be respected in some way for your intellectual achievements. Dr. Christian Bamard and his heart transplants or Wemher von Braun and his rockets interest her far more than J. Paul Getty and his billions.

When you set out to catch this butterfly in your net, remember that she'll never spend her unpredictable life with a man who isn't true to himself. Her own code of ethics may be as weird as anything you've ever come across, and quite different from the accepted codes of society, but she lives up to it totally. She'll understand that your rules may also be highly individual. That's fine with her, but don't compromise those rules. If you're looking for a passion flower, you've picked the wrong daisy. Passion is not her forte if she's a typical Aquarian. She'll think physi­cal love is pleasant enough, if it's not overemphasized. In other words, she can take it or leave it alone. Uranus fe­males can respond to lovemaking with a haunting, deep intensity, but if you prefer to keep it platonic for long periods of time, that's all right, too. Like all Aquarians, she may have an unconscious fear that desire for one per­son will imprison the spirit in some way, and keep her from being true to her one great love-freedom. Freedom to ex­periment and investigate and freedom to give time to hu­manity. Also freedom to pursue her rather kicky, off-beat fancies.

She's an ideal girl if you're planning a political, scientific or educational career. You couldn't do better, unless you happen to run across an Aquarian girl with adverse planetary positions in her natal chart who enjoys shock­ing people by walking barefoot down Main Street or smok­ing big black cigars on buses. There are some pretty wild, way-out Uranian females here and there. But the average girl born under the sign of the water bearer is a social delight. She's graceful, witty, bright as a penny, and ex­tremely adaptable to all forms of society, high and low and in the middle.

Her lack of suspicion under normal circumstances is a special bonus. A traveling salesman should find his dream girl in the typical Aquarian female. If she actually catches you being unfaithful, it will cause a deep wound to her sensitive nature. You'll know it the minute you look into those strange, dreamy eyes. But she won't suspect you without cause, and she'll rarely doubt your word. The typical Uranus woman will never check up on you after you leave, phone you at the office, inspect your handker­chiefs for lipstick stains or look for blonde hairs caught in your cuff link. Deception will have to be brought forcibly to her attention; she won't go out looking for it. Before you give her too much credit, consider that her lack of pas­sionate jealousy is due to something more than strength of character. First of all, she probably dissected your psyche under a microscope before she gave you a second glance. Besides, she has so many outside interests and so many people who turn her on to talk with, there's not much time for her to worry about what you're doing when you're out of sight. Out of sight can often mean out of mind for Aquarians of both sexes. Absence seldom makes the Uranus heart grow fonder. Occasionally, an Aquarian woman will suffer a promiscuous or flirtatious mate, be­cause there's something she needs which she can find only with him, so she looks the other way. On the other hand, if she doesn't really need you, that moral strength will work in reverse at the first actual proof of infidelity. Shell simply walk away. Don't try to kindle the embers, they're stone cold dead. Of course, you can still be friends. Why not?

She's willing. It never embarrasses an. Aquarian girl to be chummy with ex-lovers or husbands. She's forgotten the past and wiped the slate clean of memories.

There is one peculiar and notable exception to the rule. Like the Uranus man, the Uranian female will remember the first true and honest love for a lifetime. Only the first, however. Are you wondering whether that Aquarius girl you once knew still remembers you? The answer lies in her definition of love. It could have something to do with the first boy who gave her a bunch of sweet peas when she was nine-the boy who walked her through the park in the rain-or the one with the funny ears who knew the clown at the circus, and used to feed her peanuts.

Uranus women involved in extra-marital affairs are rare. They can be tempted in exceptional situations, but a dis­honest relationship goes against their chemistry. It won't be long until an undercover romance is broken off for good. Yet, there are many Aquarian divorcees. There's a reason. If a situation becomes intolerable, the Uranian nature turns cold suddenly. They can disappear overnight, and never look back. They don't seek or enjoy divorce, but it isn't the shock to them it is to their more sentimental sisters. Uranus rules change, you know. Since she's such an individualist, with a list of friends several miles long, the Aquarian female never hesitates to make her way alone if the need arises.

Expect her to probe into your heart until you haven't a secret left, or a dream that hasn't been analyzed. But don't try to dissect her private thoughts. That's not the way the game is played with Aquarians. She'll keep her motives hidden, and sometimes take a perverse pleasure in de­liberately confusing you. She'll usually be truthful to a fault, but remember, with an Aquarian, telling a lie is one thing. Refraining from telling the whole story is another.

It's comforting to know that an Aquarian girl is pretty cagey with a buck. That is, it's comforting to know unless you're planning to hit her for a loan. She might say yes a time or two, but if you let your credit rating slip, she can be colder than the guy at the bank when you skip your car payment. On the rare occasions when she ac­cepts a small loan herself, you'll get back every penny with no stalling, excuses or feminine wiles, if she's a typical Uranus female. As for every man's nightmare of charge accounts, you'll have little worry on that score. Aquarian women are uncomfortable about owing money. Bad debts don't fit in with the Uranus code.

Her appearance is puzzling. Most Aquarian women are lovely, with a haunting, wistful beauty. But they're change­able. They can give an impression of smooth whipped cream, then suddenly switch to salty pizza as quickly as a bright, blue, zig-zag bolt of Uranian electricity. Next to Ubrans, Aquarian females are often the most beautiful women in the zodiac. At the very least, they're interesting-looking. The Aquarian manner of dressing can stop you dead in your tracks. There are a few of them who could grace the cover of a fashion magazine, but the average Aquarian girl is anything but conventional about her cos­tumes. She can wear some outfits a gypsy would envy, and her naked individuality can produce some mighty unique combinations. She'll usually be the first to wear a new fad, no matter how zany it is, yet she can also stick to Grand­ma's styles-even great-grandma's styles. With typical - Aquarian indifference, she'll mix yesterday's lace snood with today's metallic jump suit, and the effect can be a little startling. She'll wear her lace nightgown to a formal ban­quet, ostrich feathers to the supermarket, bell bottom slacks to the opera, sneakers to the theater, diamonds when she visits the zoo-and top it all off with a faded Mother Hubbard she picked up in a thrift shop.

Your Aquarian girl will probably have an unusual way of wearing her hair. Her tresses are as unpredictable as her personality. They can be worn braided, pig-tailed, pinned in a bun, flowing down like a waterfall, short as a marine's, in Mary Pickford curls or as straight as a poker. One thing you can depend on. Her hair won't look like the hair of any other female on this planet.

A conversation with her can be remarkable, to say the least. She has charming manners, and usually behaves in a timid, almost reserved way. Then comes one of those sudden Uranus urges, and out will pop a remark with absolutely no relation to what anyone is saying. You'll be talking about the fluctuations of the stock market, and she'll interrupt out of nowhere with: "Did you know that Woodrow Wilson, Jack Kennedy, Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman, Calvin Coolidge, Benjamin Harrison, Franklin and Theodore Roosevelt and William McKinley all have double letters in their names?" There's only one way to answer a question like that. Tell her she missed Millard
Fillmore, Ulysses Grant and Thomas Jefferson. Then gen­tly, but firmly, lead the discussion back to the stock market. Other minds may progress in fairly logical steps, but hers rigs into tomorrow, then zags back into today with no more sense of direction than a flash of lightning. Now and then she'll toss off an unexpectedly poignant phrase. You'll ask her what she thinks of space travel and she'll answer, "When I was a little girl, I thought the stars were holes in the floor of heaven where the light shone through." If she's in a different mood, you'll say that melted snowmen make you sad, and shell counter with: "A melted snowman is just a pile of slush, Charlie." First misty-then practical. First timid-then rowdy. Aquarian women will rudely ridicule flying saucers, then tell you a story about a polka-dotted elf on a windowsill. Never talk down to an Aquarian female. She'll resent not being considered your equal, and an unsympathetic attitude will cause her to retreat and become unapproachable.

Since Uranus rules the future, you might imagine that these girls would be natural mothers. Children do, after all, belong to the future. But the average Aquarian woman may be bewildered by motherhood in the beginning. She has to adjust to devoting all her attention and energy ex­clusively to one human being for a period of time, when she's used to spreading herself far and wide, and this can take some practice. Her natural aloofness may make it difficult for her to demonstrate warm affection outwardly. The typical Aquarian mother is devoted to her offspring, but also somewhat detached toward them. But shell prob­ably be the most willing PTA worker in the neighborhood. She'll talk happily for hours with their small friends on their own level without patronizing them, and she'll give up her afternoons to work for a school project. The chil­dren will learn the lessons of brotherhood and humanity from her by observation. Aquarian mothers are never fiercely protective of their children. They take a tolerant view of the most startling confession. A Uranus woman will seldom punish a child for telling the truth, no matter what he's done. With her unprejudiced viewpoint, she'll gain the complete confidence of her little ones. She's great at reassuring young minds about everything from monsters hiding under the bed to the pain of being ignored in the playground. She can turn their tears to laughter in minutes. Your children will find her jolly fun, a little helter-skelter, relaxed about housework, helpful with homework and gentle when they're ill. She won't smother them with affection, and she'll seldom nag. Maybe Tommy didn't wash his hands the third time he was told, but she's more interested in what he learned in science class.

We may be a little ahead of ourselves. Even though Uranus likes to reverse the existing orders of things, before your Aquarian girl becomes a mother she has to become a wife. And before she becomes your wife, you'll have to convince her that marriage isn't synonymous with Al-catraz. She won't exactly rush into matrimony. She's in no hurry to take your name until she's weighed you, sorted you, tested you, and found out what makes you tick. The opinions of her friends and family will mean nothing, though she may ask them what they think out of curiosity. She has her own yardstick for measuring you. Assuming you pass her test, marriage to an Aquarian girl can be confusing. She'll listen pleasantly when you give her advice, but there's something in the Uranian make-up that prevents her from following directions explicitly. She can't stick to the recipe when she bakes one of her angel food cakes anymore than she can park the car exactly where you told her to. There's some kind of a snag in her thinking that causes her to believe just a little twist will improve any­thing. But shell smile agreeably as she goes on her own sweet way. There's a constant urge to experiment with a different way to make the coffee, fill her pen, fasten her ice skates or cross the street. She'll wear a sweater back­wards, mix her brandy with milk, arrange flowers in a fish bowl, rinse her hair in shaving lotion or make a rock garden on your desk. But don't ask her why. She doesn't know herself. The unique and unusual is her wave-length, that's all.

Because her nature is so impersonal, expressions of deep feeling won't come easily. Except for those sudden remarks that sound likes a combination of Robert Frost and Yogi Berra, she has few words with which to express her love, and her pattern of physical passion is woven closely with threads connected to the mind and soul. Although the unique Uranus outlook leads some Aquarian girls into peculiar attachments, once they find the right mate their marriages are usually models of happiness.
Your Aquarian woman can float through her days and nights with all the grace of a proud swan, but she may behave like a clumsy bear in romantic situations. The line between friendship and love is often all but invisible to Aquarius. Love songs about people who only have eyes for each other strike her as silly. There are so many miracles in the world for eyes to behold, it seems to her a terrible waste for two pairs of them to do nothing but gaze into each other's depths. Shell be glad to let you take her hand and walk beside her as she looks with happy delight on the sunrise, an antique car, the milkman's horse, a yel­low garbage pail, a stuffed owl or a red balloon caught in a church steeple. But don't distract her with too much to-getherness. Let her wander through her wonderland alone when she chooses, and she'll never question your pinochle games with the boys.

The quickest ways to lose her are to show jealousy, pos-sessiveness or prejudice; to be critical, stuffy or ultra-conservative. You'll also have to like her friends, who will come in odd, assorted sizes and shapes.

She's susceptible to sudden flashes of inspiration, and her intuition is remarkable. Her judgment may not seem sound or practical at first, because she sees months and years ahead. The Aquarian girl lives in tomorrow, and you can only visit there through her. What she says will come true, perhaps after many delays and troubles, but it will come true. I suppose, after all, that's the most special thing about your February woman. She's a little bit magic.

27 comments:

  1. Hi Linda,
    I have been dating an Aquarius lady for 7 months now, everything you wrote above is so true, she is unreliable, never keeps promises, gets bored easily, she never really tells you whats in her mind, thoughts, only partly, freedom loving to the extend that she will phone me, then I will not hear from her for days, I being a Scorpio need a close companion, she is distant, I never know whats going on really, I love her so much, but I cant see this relationship lasting, she is too independant, fears commitment, I need someone to be close and see them frequently, my lady is as you say, shes a little magic but too complicated for me !!

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  2. Anon August 13,

    Hey! I'm an Aquarius and if she's breaking dates and being flaky then chances are she doesn't respect you fully. Are you soft spoken? Do you let her run over you?

    You have to be ALPHA to deal with an Aquarius female. If we sense any fear or intimidation in other people sometimes we'll see them as "weak" and treat them accordingly. This is a major downside to my sign but no one is perfect and it's very rare that we'll go outta the way to be rude.

    And I've never dated a Scorpio but I do have plenty of Scorpio males in my life be they friends or family..you guys yearn for control and you can never fully control an Aquarius woman.

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  3. I find Aquarious women fasinating, my last 2 girlfriends have been an aquas. I love everything aboout them except for the fact that they are so hard to pin down! Love their intelligence and their easy going fun loving attitude. Dont be fooled by their cool and aloof manner, behind that cool exterior is a passionate kinky freaky sensual loyal woman that can rival a scorpio in the sex department! What a surprise when I finally got them in bed!! My ex would act like a nympho for 10 days straight then be cold for the next 3, in a weird way that drove me wild for her, kept me interested and on my toes, upredictable is right. One thing I noticed with them is that they need mental stimulation as much (or I dare say even more than) physical stimulation. Sex is more than a physical act for them, its also a mental and emotional act, they also seemed to like being dominated in bed. Sometimes I feel like my ex saw me as more of a friend than a boyfriend (scared of losing her freedom?) the term Ride or Die B**** comes to mind when I think of an Aqua female, a woman that will have your back till the end. I only wish they were a bit more open with their feelings and not as distracted, if youre having a nice romantic dinner with her and she happends to spot a friend your romantic dinner for 2 in now a social gathering!

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    1. well said...I am an Aquarian and i totally agree with wat u've said

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    2. It is as if you described what I've been living through with my Aquarius girl. Everything matches safe for 1 or 2 things I have yet to verify. Hard to pin down is exactly how she is. I am not very fond of spontaneity but when it comes to her I am all in.

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  4. Hello ,
    M an aquarian ..nd wat u wrote is actually true.sometimes evn i myself feel irritatd nd frstated being an aquarian..no wonder an aquarian is seriously hell COMPLICATED!!
    Its nt that she choose to b complicated but unintentionaly hr actions , hr response, reflects that she is unintrstd in hearing wat u hve to say..my friends lyk one thing about me the most that i undrstands them soo well ,evn though i may nt b knowing u bt if ull tell me ur problem ,i ll definitely try to get u out of it ..nt by doing anything bt by releiving him mentally ...i lyk ds quality of mine actually ,.bt jitna sbko samjh leti hu utna h khud Mein cnfusd rhti hu..

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    1. LOL We are complicated... that's true. We spend most of our days thinking of ways to uncomplicate it. You can catch me at least 3 times a day staring off into space. You can walk right in front of me and I won't see you.

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    2. I agree man ! I'm so confused. But I love being an aqua !

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    3. I am an Aquarian woman with a Moon sign Gemini. The combination is led me to be unpredictable to even an Aquarian. I wish I only had Aquarian friends, lol. There would be space and peace. It's hard for me to get detached once I fall for someone. I'm open minded and somehow end up expecting that people will be dignified and speak what they feel instead of ignore. I want to know do you as Aquas also hate being ignored?

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    4. I despise it.. It makes me literally sick to be ignored by someone I care about. And you, with your moon in chatty Gemini.. you definitely won't like it. We are the cerebral/brainy signs of the zodiac. Communication is everything.

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  5. I read all the blogs above, yeah so right when describing an aquarius lady. I am a scorpio male, crazy in love with a beautiful, magical aquarius she is everything that is written about her, but I can never give her up, I have learned to accept all the good and bad aspects of her aloof nature, but its a hell of a ride with this lady, like a roller coaster I never want to get off !!

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  6. Yeah, I like that too mr. Anonymous. Sweet. We definitely can take one for a ride ;)

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  7. Hello there!
    Im an Aquarius for I have Ascendant and the Moon in water bearer.
    I just started a relationship with a Scorpio male(Im a female)and he is wonderful so far. He has lots of patience with me and he is a true gentleman,very intelligent and passionate but possesive which can be a bit strange and unnerving but I really see myself with him for years to come. I never met anyone quite like him and Im grateful he is so patient with my ways which can be annoying at times but he just shrugs it of,very cool individual.Linda Goodman described me well I must say.My Scorpio boyfriend read it too and said its the best description of an Aquarius and he told me he sees me totally in the description.Thank you Linda!
    Ana from Croatia

    PS My darling is from Germany. Peace to all of you good people.

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    1. That's so beautiful. If anyone can understand aloofness, it's a Scorpio..

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  8. I'm an Aquarian woman. I keep promises and I am very reliable. I speak exactly what is on my mind when I want to speak it. There's no hold backs. But much of what is in this is true. If I feel nothing nor a connection then I give nothing to it, not even a word. I can go with or against things yet it depends on what it is. I do have passion inside for things I love and once scorned it's as if I seem to not be able to let go because when I love I love all the way. There's much more to say in this. I'm a great mom and my kids love me so much also prefer me over their dad. I am not immature I just don't see the reasoning in giving up what I enjoy and love in life to fit some social mold. Many thing I'm odd but a professional said I'm completely normal.....I asked for there to be a second opinion because as much as I'm alright with me in me and of me, no care what people think about me and what I do and many other against the gain things I can mention well it seems being odd is only because I'm not like anyone else. Not even another Aquarian. My thoughts are not irrational nor are they confusing. When I go with the flow is when I have no clue what I'm doing because I'm on auto pilot. Which is alot! I'm not a social butterfly but people seemed to be drawn to me. Psychologist say that's addictive personality traits. I say that professionals label and drug society. So I conflict with the social acceptance....guess what many people accept me and want to know about me even years after knowing me or seeing me last. I some how leave a lasting unforgettable imprint on them and I never meant to do that. All I did was be myself.

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    1. I"m an Aquarius too and you seem to be describing me too. A lot of people mistake me for a Introvert. I'm not, I just love my alone time and prefer to be around people I"m comfortable with. Making new friends is hard for me because I can sense right away who is genuine. I don't like having to work on friendships..either we work or we don't. And once you bite me..I'll never forget it. I might make you think I forgave you but I won't. The trust is gone forever. I feel pain and betrayal very deeply..it's so hard to get out of the rut it puts me. That's why I can't forgive sometimes. I think people are drawn to us because they wish they could be more like us and not care what other people think.

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  9. Also commenting to the one of who is with a Scorpio...I have dated one and all was great. Understanding was there. Just he loved me more than I wanted to love him. I am still friends with him today. As I also have dated a Leo and Pisces and all signs....seems the one for me is an Aries. And yes when in a relationship with an Aquarian it is fully happy and when in love we will do all for that love even more. I also was told once that life is seen to be beautiful and perfect by Aquarians because we see that you have to have ugly and gross to make that perfect happen.

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    1. An Aries? Really? Fire signs are good for us... it's the Earth and Water I have a hard time with myself.

      How was the relationship with your Leo? We are polar opposites but sometimes that is a good balance

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    2. wow, i didnt realize this was so common, the Aquarius woman and Scorpio man. And some astrologers don't like this, but i love how there are plenty still who think this match is wonderful, even Linda Goodman said it's "magic"....i love the astrologers who are open-minded and more into understanding charts and human relationship and chemistry and telling others this and that is good for you (which probably means it's good for them but not good for the couple. I dont trust alot of them out there, i trust only the ones who are open-minded) But i know the nature of the scorpio man, and yes he has his SECRETS. he needs them. So, ladies, be mindful and be protective of your scorpio man if you have one. I've been married to mine for over a decade, and i have a girlfriend who is also an Aquarius married to her Scorpio man much longer -- over 18 years, since she was in her early 20s.

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  10. I am an Aquarian Women, I am exactly what Linda wrote.Great Observation Linda!!! :-)

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  11. Perfect description! Wish others cud read this instead of asking us y we are like this! ;)

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  12. i forget to add that the entire description doesn't really describe me, only perhaps 20% of it, the rest, it doesn't. I can't imagine doing crazy stuff like and i love being with intense, dominant, confident men.

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  13. Great read - very eye opening. I'm an aquarian woman who was recently diagnosed with ADD..... after reading this, I wonder if that is more common than not?

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    1. Our ruling planet is Uranus..he's a bolt of lightening. We are always thinking. Sometimes that's mistaken as ADD but it's just us being us. Meditation and Yoga are the two best things for an Aquarius

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  14. I'm an aquarius girl and I too have a scorpio we fight like always but I just love him to bits. I don't know how to be with him happily it's really tough on both of us. Does it get better? We never have sex he turns me down but says he loves me and doesn't want to be with anyone else

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  15. I'm going to be very honest with you.. If a Scorpio is turning down sex, something is wrong. You will have to pull it out of him but he needs to tell you what's wrong. As an Aquarius we can be aloof and shrug off these type of things. If he was anything but a Scorpio I probably would to.

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