Aquarii enjoy their owner’s company. Well—they enjoy it as much as they enjoy anyone else’s. These cats are very confident and lack the usual aloof skittishness of some other animals. Whenever new people come over, your Aquarius will come over to meet them. It won’t go bounding into their arms, but neither will it be perched atop a bookcase, waiting to strike. An Aquarius will simply enter the room, perhaps do a few laps, back off if any initial attempts are made to pet it, and eventually give in for a few minutes before going on its way. If it were a fiercer or more aggressive cat, you might attribute this to some sort of kingly or territorial instinct; as it is, though, you know it simply comes from a desire to be knowledgeable, mixed with a level of independence that is not achieved in many other sociable cats.

Aquarii are very much their own animals. They do not respond to pointless commands and are sometimes classed, as a result, as being disobedient. Aquarii that were abused in their kittenhood are even more stubborn. Even in cases that might not be as severe as abuse, these cats will generally manifest a desire to run the show without wanting to involve themselves too much with the actual participants. Yes, it is true that they will greet new people, and they will tolerate petting and cuddling from their owners, but anything that directly impacts their world (another pet, for example), and your Aquarius may either go off the wall or else try to hide inside of it. They won’t generally force their attitudes upon these newcomers, but they will grow irritable if the newcomer tries that trick. The same is true for human newcomers who go for extra petting. If they overstay their sociability with an Aquarius once the cat has been sufficiently friendly, the danger of scratching and hissing may appear.

Cats born under the sign of Aquarius are not aggressive, but they are definitely reactionary. Gemini and Libra are the best matches for avoiding that. An Aquarius will not pick a fight, but it will do its best to win if provoked. This is often advantageous for you, though not always safe for your cat. Be careful. Aquarii are fiercely loyal and can easily discern between friend and foe. Foes put their back up, and may receive a bit of a prickly introduction to the world of the Aquarius.

That same keen sense of right and wrong serves your Aquarius well in all aspects of its life. It is a very intelligent animal, though not overly curious about extraneous things. Your cat will always be discovering new things to do with toys, food, water, or your belongings—things that it already has—but won’t be the sort of animal that spends its days in figuring out every last path up and down the tree in your backyard. Aquarii are too sociable to follow those sorts of pursuits. As such, it is true that most of them will prefer to be indoors cats, though they will not object to the outdoors in moderation. You will enjoy your time with your Aquarius as much as it enjoys yours—even if that time is only a few minutes here and there.