Aquarius is the zodiac Water Bearer symbol, shown as two stacked zigzag wave lines that scream “making waves” and “I’m not like the other signs.” It pops up in bios, birthday shoutouts, and astrology memes to broadcast that cool, chaotic, humanitarian-inventor energy. Internet culture loves the irony: it’s called the Water Bearer, but it’s actually an air sign—cue jokes about being emotionally “detached but hydrated.” You’ll also see it used when someone’s “spilling the tea,” since, well, bearing water is kind of the brand.
On Apple devices, Aquarius appears as a crisp white double-wave glyph centered on a glossy purple square with rounded corners, fading from deep violet to magenta. The lines are evenly spaced, sharp, and horizontal—no pitcher, no person, just the iconic ripple pattern. It reads instantly as the “double-wave purple tile,” clean and flat, almost like minimalist Wi‑Fi bars with artsy flair.
People drop this emoji for Aquarius season (Jan 20–Feb 18), horoscope threads, and personality roasts like “sorry for being weird, it’s my Aquarius moon.” It pairs flirtily with ✨👽 when someone is leaning into quirky-genius vibes, or with 💧🌊 when joking about hydration or drama. It’s also used sarcastically to excuse commitment issues, or dramatically to predict the next revolution from their Notes app. In short: the emoji for making waves, even when the group chat is bone-dry.
Definition
Aquarius is the eleventh astrological sign of the zodiac. The Water Bearer. Honest, unique, innovative, unpredictable. The zodiac is a method of dividing the sky into twelve non-overlapping 30 degree sections. The twelve sections total 360 degrees and together make up the full sky visible from earth during the complete annual orbit of the earth around the sun.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
The code generated for this emoji was changed slightly in iOS 7 / OSX 10.9 (a variation selector was added) advising the OS to display character emoji style instead of black and white text when available. We don't mind Apple, thank you! We just love our emojis! [Sources 11438-emoji-var.pdf 13.7 Variation Selectors (unicode.org)]
