, Vivian E. Robson, 1923).The astrological influences of the constellation given by Manilius:
"The youthful Waterman, who from upturned pot
pours forth his stream, likewise bestows skills which have affinity
with himself: how to divine springs under the ground and conduct
them above, to transform the flow of water so as to spray the very
stars, to mock the sea with man-made shores at the bidding of
luxury, to construct different types of artificial lakes and
rivers," and to support aloft for domestic use streams that come
from afar. Beneath this sign there dwell a thousand
crafts regulated by water. Why, water will even set in motion the
face of heaven and the starry habitations, and will cause the skies
to move in a novel rotation. Never will the sons of Aquarius grow
tired of the works which come in the wake of water and follow
springs. They who issue from this sign are a gentle sort and a
lovable breed, and no meanness of heart is theirs ; they are prone
to suffer losses ; and of riches they have neither need nor surfeit.
Even thus doth the urn's stream flow" [Astronomica