After almost five years, the
"Zodiac Series" has been a successful and satisfying experience,
but I feel the time has come to open up these areas for new
challenges. Therefore, each cache in the series will be archived on
the fifth anniversary of its publishing date. Many thanks to all
those who have, and will, visit!!
"The
Zodiac Series: AQUARIUS" will be archived on October 14,
2009
AQUARIUS
January 21 - February 20
* Altruistic* Intelligent * Humanitarian *
Aquarius is, surprisingly, an air sign. Before the discovery of the
planet Uranus in 1781, Aquarius was thought to be ruled by the
planet Saturn. Since then, astrologers have been inclined to view
Uranus as its ruling planet. Still others point to
Neptune-discovered in 1846-because the persona of its namesake
(Neptune, king of the sea) is so strikingly similar to that of
Aquarius. Toss a coin.
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The Zodiac Series is well suited to geocaching since the sun, moon,
and planets that follow their own paths through the fixed
constellations are known as "the Wanderers".
This is a thirteen part series of "stand alone" caches that begins
at the Southern Terminus of the Bruce Trail in Queenston, Ontario,
and works is way northward. All caches are accessible from the
Bruce (no side trails or loops). Under the lid, and on the first
page of the log book of the the first twelve caches, you will find
a number and either a "N" or "W" designation. Be sure to copy down
these "codes" accurately if you wish to locate the thirteenth
cache.
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Aquarius is the eleventh sign of the Zodiac, and, therefore, the
eleventh cache of the series.
The Bruce Trail entrance that leads to Capricorn and Auarius is
located on Ninth St. at N 43 06.765, W 79 19.528. I would recommend
using this starting point and locating "Capricorn" and "Aquarius"
on a single hike. The entrance to the trail from the other end is
at Louth Conservation Area, and would be a VERY long walk (Trust
me, I know). Notice that I have increased the terrain rating by
half a star for Aquarius due to some steep hills.
The cache is located about 4 metres off the trail.
Good Luck With The Rest Of The Series!!!