You're a six year old kid and it's your first day at school. Your neighborhood friends go to a different school across town, and your brothers and sisters are either too young or too old for your school. Midmorning, the recess bell rings and you wander outside with your classmates, who all chatter convivially with one another.

What happens next? Do you strike up a conversation with a friendly looking kid, join a game of dodgeball, or lurk on the sidelines, desperately wishing you were anyplace else on earth?

We're odd at heart, each and every one of us; it's a consequence of being human that we are not exactly like anyone else. Being unique can be something we wear like a badge of honor,as part of the special something we bring to the playground, the dinner table, or the boardroom. Or it can be a curse, a stigma that leaves us feeling lonely and maladjusted, never really fitting in anywhere at all.

Aquarius represents the dichotomy between celebrating what is unique about us and finding a place to belong. This is why Aquarius is the sign of friendship: friends are those like-minded souls who like us precisely because we're unique. Moon in Aquarius days are no time to stand on the sidelines and watch the other kids playing ball. Instead, no matter how solitary you are by nature, this is the time of each month to make an effort to participate in society's games - and to bring all your unique gifts to bear in furthering communal interests.