What is the Age of Aquarius?

Question

lol, also: is it over? please tell me about it.

Answer 1

It's still up in the air when it will start. Some say it already has begun. No, it's not over.

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http://astrology.about.com/od/predictive/a/ageofaquarius.htm

Astrological Ages

Each of the 12 Zodiac constellations takes its turn ruling what's called an "astrological age." For the past 2,000 or so years, we've been living in the time span of the Age of Pisces with Jesus Christ of Nazareth being most often credited with ushering in the Age of Pisces. Each astrological age lasts a little over 2,155 years with a "Platonic year" taking over 25,868 years to complete the Zodiac Ages cycle.

Approximate Dates Age of Cancer: 8000-6500 B.C.
Age of Gemini: 6500-3750 B.C.
Age of Taurus: 3750-1800 B.C.
Age of Aries: 1800-7 B.C.
Age of Pisces: 7 B.C. - ?????

Speculation on the Age of Aquarius

Throughout the past many years, there's been plenty of endless speculation regarding exactly when the "Age of Aquarius" would begin. For instance, the astrologer Dane Rudhyar (as part of a very fascinating theory) placed the beginning of the Age of Aquarius at 2059 AD. However, many others believe the Age of Aquarius has already begun, is just about to begin, or is still way off in the distant future.

Based on the "Precession of the Equinoxes" there has long been speculation as to just when the astrological Age of Aquarius will begin and likewise endless conjecture as to what this new age might represent to humankind when it gets here.

Unknown to most… much of the current (and past) awareness in regard to the concept of a coming Age of Aquarius was revived in the 1950s and 60s due to Swiss depth psychologist Dr. C. G. Jung’s interest in and treatment of the arcane subject.

Aion - The Ages
Jung first wrote in some length about the so-called astrological ages in his book Aion first published in 1951. He wrote in regard to Jesus Christ ushering in the astrological Age of Pisces. Speculation was then later revived in popular culture and thought as to what the coming astrological Age of Aquarius would consist of and when it would finally get here.
"Before my illness I had often asked myself if I were permitted to publish or even speak of my secret knowledge.

I later set it all down in Aion. I realized it was my duty to communicate these thoughts, yet I doubted whether I was allowed to give expression to them. During my illness I received confirmation and I now knew that everything had meaning and that everything was perfect." Conversations with C. G. Jung

From Pisces To Aquarius
According to Jung, in his book Aion, perhaps the most significant symbolism and content that these two astrological (archetypal) images point to is that of Pisces, the fishes, being contained within water while - on the other hand - Aquarius, the water bearer, cannot be contained within water because Aquarius is a carrier of water. So, according to Jung, the aeon cycle of the astrological Age of Aquarius represents a grand transition of collective consciousness from that of being controlled by and in the container (Pisces) to that of being free of and outside the container (Aquarius).

But what in the heck does that mean when we attempt to place these images into some semblance of simple comprehensible language? In order to do that we receive help by way of the Aion commentaries of Jungian author Edward Edinger. There we can begin to put a handle on what Jung was talking about.

"If my reading of the symbolism of Aion is correct, the aeon of Aquarius will generate individual water carriers. This will mean that the psyche will no longer be carried by religious communities but instead it will be carried by conscious individuals." The Aion Lectures by Edward Edinger

According to both Jung and Edinger, the transition from one aeon to the next has never been a simple one. I would say that this particular transition from the aeon of Pisces to Aquarius is no exception to the rule.

The billion dollar question still remains. Is the Age of Aquarius finally here? And if not do we really have a clue as to what it'll look like when it gets here?

With each astrological age thought to last a little over 2,155 years with a "Platonic year" taking over 25,868 years to complete the Zodiac Ages cycle, there's been plenty of endless speculation regarding precisely when the "Age of Aquarius" would begin. As mentioned earlier, the esteemed 20th century astrologer Dane Rudhyar placed the beginning of the Age of Aquarius at 2059 AD.

As Carl Jung pointed out in the footnotes of his book, Aion, referring to the Aqe of Aquarius: “Since the delimitation of the constellations is known to be somewhat arbitrary, this date is very indefinite.”

“Starting from the star ‘O’ and assuming a Platonic month of 2,143 years, one would arrive at A.D.

2154 for the beginning of the Aquarian Age, and at A.D. 1997 if you start from star ‘a 113.’ The later date agrees with the longitude of the stars in Ptolemy’s Almagest.”

Note here that Jung was using 2,143 years for a “Platonic Year” rather than the now more commonly accepted 2,155 years, based on the precession of the constellations. So, obviously - as you may have already figured out for yourself - even this measurement is arbitrary.

Interestingly enough, in a letter dated August 12 1940, Carl Jung had many years previously written: "1940 is the year when we approach the meridian of the first star in Aquarius. It is the premonitory earthquake of the New Age. C G Jung Letters, Volume I, 1906-1950, p 285.

I think that for those intimately familiar with Jung’s larger body of works and writings there can be little doubt that later in Jung’s life he believed that the New Age of Aquarius would begin sometime around the turn of the centuries from the 20th to the 21st. Furthermore, he continued to be greatly concerned about this transition from age to age and what it would mean for humankind. Although, as evident here, he wavered from his original date of 1940, he never wavered from the thought of it being a “premonitory earthquake” of the New Age.

All of us having now lived through the first years of the 21st century, now realize that Carl Jung was right to be concerned about the coming of the New Age. It has, thus far, not been all that kind. Will, as Edward Edinger has said, the aeon of Aquarius generate individual water carriers, with the psyche no longer carried by religious communities but instead be carried by conscious individuals. Time will tell.

As for the billion dollar question: "Is the Age of Aquarius finally here?"

Our seeming need for "preciseness" and "exactness" as to when the Age of Aquarius began, begins, or will begin is tantamount to a modern day neurosis. It seems to me the real billion dollar question we should be asking ourselves is: "If the Age of Aquarius is here, then what are we choosing to do with it? Where do we go from here?"

Answer 2

we are at the instant interior the Age of Pisces. The Age of Aquarius will probable start up in relating to the twelve months 2600 advert. yet some human beings think of (and that's all in accordance with Nostradamus concept) that there is a "forgotten" sign or age or astrology and we are able to hit that age in 2012. and a few of those human beings think of it extremely is while the top of the international is going to happen. i don't comprehend approximately that area however. EDIT: The "forgotten" one is termed 'Ophiuchus'

Answer 3

The Age of Aquarius was a cultural idealism in the 70's that emphasized peace, love and harmony in tune with the astrological meaning of Aquarius and new-age leanings.
Higher understanding of nature, love for one another, peace, harmony, music were all facets of this movement

Answer 4

When it will or if it already began is still up for debate. Some thought it started in 1962, some think the year 2000, and some think around 2600.

It is supposed to be "The Age of Freedom, Peace, and the Water Bearer".

Answer 5

We are in the age of aquarius.

Today friendships, Information Technology, abstract thinking etc are more prevailent than ever before.

Understand what is aquarius and U will know what to do in today's world.

Answer 6

the age of aquarrious or any age is the the constellation you see when the sun comes up aquarious will be that constellation in about 4 years.

Answer 7

It is said that Aquariuses live 50 years ahead of time. That is why they are so hard to understand by regular people because Aquariuses are 50 years ahead of us all in their personal development.

Answer 8

the age of aquarius is slang for losing your flower

Answer 9

Wow! I had no clue! These answers are full of information. All this time I thought it was just a stupid song!

Answer 10

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The Age Of Aquarius

The Age of Aquarius (c.2000 ) starts at the dawn of Satya Yuga. The beginning of this age was estimated by various calculations around the year 2000. Some astrologers believe that mankind will step out of the mystical age of Pisces right into the luminous age of Aquarius between 2000 and 2050, which means the end of superstitions and of dogmatic religions (apud Bruno Wurtz.) It is not without interest to go back to the Ahmadiya Movement of Islam speaking about Mahdi's appearance on the Earth. We shall quote here Gibb and Kramer (Shorter Encyclopaedia of Islam, p.24): "To believe in His as the Second or the Promised Messiah is an article of faith, because first of all His coming early in the 14th century of the Hidjra was predicted by Muhammad." Or, Hidjra (Hegira), the starting point of the Muhammadan period was the 20th of September, 622 and that gives us the date close to the end of the year 1922 maybe the beginning of the year 1923 for the start of the new era.

Now, there is a brief extract giving the evolution of the heavy planets towards this end of the millennium.

Pluto, the mightiest of the planets, is the master of Scorpio until the beginning of the year 1995 and afterwards it will enter Sagittarius. It awakens the old demons to exorcize them completely and this cleansing will bring all the mud from the depths to the surface. The energy will serve to purify man, if it is well used; being perverted it will turn against him. Pluto in Scorpio indicates a token of life, death, rebirth. Then, it will enter Sagittarius, symbol of superior spirit, of metaphysical abstraction, of fundamental seeking.

The other three heavy planets will leave one after another Capricornus to enter Aquarius: Saturn in 1991, Uranus in 1996 and Neptune in 1999 indicating the entering of mankind into the age of Aquarius, generating a new awareness, a new spiritual order (apud Christian Kursner.)

In 1996 Uranus will enter Aquarius whose master it is. Thus, the dominion of materialism and selfishness will come to an end, leading at the same time towards a new society characterized by benevolence and universal integration. This will means the abolishing of the old concepts and the vanishing of any physical and spiritual frontiers. But beware! The entering of Jupiter alongside Uranus into the sign of Aquarius (1996-1997), may mean the outburst of the divine wrath against those that overlook its authority as well as those that disturb the divine order of the world.

The astrologer Alain considered that the age of Aquarius started in 1962. In Benjamin Creme's opinion, the beginning of this age would be in the spring of 1982, and according to others in 1987. Creme even asserted that Christ's new Avatar manifested Himself among us since 1977. The famous psychologist Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) considered that this age would start in 1997 (Bruno Wurtz, New Age, Ed. de Vest, Timisoara 1992.) Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi announced that Satya Yuga has started in 1993 on the vernal equinox ...

If Pisces is a sign of water, Aquarius is much more so. Considering the last ages of the cycle, the transition from the zodiacal names of mammals to those of the aquatic beings can be interpreted as the tendency of returning to the Primordial Ocean along the regressive branch of the ellipse, meaning the absorption (dissolution) back into the Original Atom from where the cycle had started.

We remember that Jesus is the Beginning and the End, the Alpha and the Omega. He is to descend for the second time as Kalki, the 10th and last Avatar of the Evolution Principle, thereby being the aeon under which the Age of Aquarius is placed. J. Carmignac gave an interpretation of the manuscripts found beside the Dead Sea, in which he identified "the Teacher of Righteousness" (Faith) with "the One who pours the rain of Righteousness" (Faith.) Many authors are known to have considered Jesus as being none other than the Teacher of Righteousness (see, for instance, I.D. Amusin's quoted work.) Jesus was the one to announce the Age of Aquarius: "a man will meet you carrying an earthen pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he goes in" (Luke 22:10; Mark 14:13.) The Last Supper was the symbol of the future "unio mystica."

The cusp of time that has elapsed and the time that is still to come represents the apotheosis of the divine revelation, the opening of the seventh, therefore, the last chakra (Adi Sahasrara) of the Universal Being, the crowning of the whole evolutionary process. "In the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound the trumpet, the mystery of God also shall be completed" (Revelation 10:7.) "The Omega point symbolises the end of the evolution towards the noosphere, the sphere of the spirit, towards which all knowledge converges" (Chevalier, Gheerbrant, p.26.) Sahasrara is the final point of the spiritual ascent, the Kingdom of Heavens. When asked by the Pharisees where the Kingdom of God lies, Jesus replied: "they shall not say, Lo here, or, Lo there; for behold, the Kingdom of God is in the midst of you" (Luke 17:21.)

The opening of the Sahasrara at the level of the whole Creation, allowed for the awakening of the Kundalini energy en masse through Sahaja Yoga, which has been revealed to the whole mankind by Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, who witnessed that cosmic phenomenon Herself. The Adi Sahasrara was opened on May 5th, 1970. Scriptures foretold the collective manifestation of the Holy Spirit in the form of the Kundalini: "In the last days, saith God, I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh" (Acts 2:17.) This prophecy was announced long time ago by Isaiah (44:3), Ezekiel (36:27), Joel (2:28-29), Zechariah (2:10.) "I will give wonders in the heaven above and the signs on the earth below" (Acts 2:19; see Joel 2:30 too.) The wonder in the heaven was the opening of the cosmic Sahasrara. "Then, whatsoever shall call upon the name of [the] Lord shall be saved" (Acts 2:21; Joel 2:32.) Of course, it refers to the activation of the kundalini by taking mantras, a fact that is well-known by the Yogis.

The Age of Aquarius is interpreted as the water of life pouring upon the people (the Kundalini), of the Spirit, of the Holy Ghost, in sign of harmony between the human microcosm and the divine macrocosm, of really attained "unio mystica" (Yoga.) But for this to take place, it is necessary that man should become Adam who had been created by God, as a divine embodiment "in His image" (Genesis 1:27; see also 5:1.) Because, as John said about the last coming of the Saviour: "What we shall be had not been manifested; we shall know that if it is manifested we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. And every one that has this hope in Him purifies himself even as He is pure" (1 John 3:2-3.) In other words, man has to deify himself and that implies the purification at the energetic level, allowing for Kundalini to achieve the mystical union. At the human level, this purification will make the enlightenment possible . . .

Levi H. Dowling (1844-1911) had transmitted . . . by revelation the Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ of the Piscean Age (L.N. Fowler & Co. Ltd., Romford, Essex) . . . Among Dowling's manuscripts there was one called "The Cusp of the Ages" describing the transfer of dominion from the Piscean Age to the Aquarian Age. It was published by Eva S. Dowling in the introduction to this gospel. Here is the description of the new era.

"This age will be an age of splendour and of light, because it is the home of the Holy Breath; and the Holy Breath will testify anew for Christ, the Logos of the eternal Love. At first of every age this Logos is made manifest in flesh so man can see and know and comprehend a Love that is not narrow, circumscribed. Twelve times in every revolution of the sun this christed Love of God is made full manifest in flesh upon the planes of earth, and you may read it in Akasha the wondrous lessons that these Christs have taught to man" (p.15.)

The gospel described the beginning of the Aquarian (= the one that bears the pitcher of water) Age as follows: "And then the man who bears the pitcher will walk across an arc of heaven. The sign and signet of the Son of man stands forth in the eastern sky. The wise will then lift up their heads and know that the redemption of the earth is near" (157.29,30.) And the accompanying footnote (within the French edition; our translation) explained: "From the beginning of this age, i.e. from this moment on, more and more people will try to understand the spirit of the Gospel instead of merely following its text. When the largest part of the human race has been penetrated by this spirit, to which this book makes its contribution, mankind will undoubtedly be in the Aquarian Age. That's why the Aquarian Gospel was given its present title." 5