So, what's the Aquarian Age?

I only found this thread because J.A. mentioned that astrologer Chris Brennan is still listed as a member, about 15 years after his last post.

So, I looked him up on the members list, and saw that he'd posted here.

And, there were Kite and Lapis! Lapis had some excellent insights, which Kite appreciated. However, Lapis stopped posting around 10 years ago.

I think the initial optimism about the Aquarian Age was based on a vision of the future, which hasn't yet come to pass. It was highly intuitive, and involved psychic abilities.

However, it wasn't grounded in current reality. The Ages astrology itself wasn't grounded in astronomy, the way astrological Charts are grounded.

The problem as I see it, is with the variability of the location of the sidereal Sign-boundaries. It's not enough to be able to track the Age Indicator. We need an agreed-upon Zodiac to tell us exactly where that Age Indicator IS, relative to the Signs.

And, the type of Zodiac with that feature, is the tropical one.

The Aquarian age lives by the teachings of 6 most influential people in history:
1. Jesus Christ in Judeo-Christian morality he promoted.
2. Queen Victoria due to her concerns of manners and etiquette.
3. Martin Luther King Jr on integration, diversity and tolerance.
4. Karl Marx on a global scale in socialism and esp. communism.
5. The Prophet Muhammad also on a global scale in developing Islam.
and 6. Buddha has a global influence in developing Buddhism.
But in a Libertarian culture or society, we may not strictly follow these people.

I'm hoping Kite will rejoin this thread after a 15 year hiatus. It's more about how the Aquarian Age is located in the Zodiac, and how we can calculate when it begins, rather than what it will be like--we have another thread for that question.

I suspect that Kite became disillusioned with it after 2012 came and went without impressive enough results.

3 tips for the Aquarius age by nagging moralizing PSA "safety nanny state" activists:
1. Wear sunscreen and a hat when outdoors (1990s tips) - sun exalted in this sign.
2. Go outside, don't be a shut in (2000s) - an air sign, esp. clear windy days.
3. Drink LOTS of water (2010s) - the symbol of 2 waves of flowing water.

For me, the Aquarian Age is simply the next phase for the Earth's precessional cycle.

I wasn't satisfied with the sidereal version, for two main reasons: First, although the concept of an upcoming Aquarian Age resonates strongly for me, I just can't relate well to this being, or having been, an Age of Pisces.

And, second, the timing is too vague, based as it is on a myriad of opinions as to where the sidereal Sign-boundaries should be located.

The alternative was to hypothesize that there was a tropical version that hadn't been noticed yet. And, since the tropical Zodiac is universally accepted in terms of Sign locations, it then became a matter of determining an astronomical means for locating a precessional "Age-indicator", transiting the tropical Zodiac because of Earth's "wobble" as it rotates on its axis.

The key, as it turned out, is a type of precession FAR more obscure than the Precession of the Equinoxes. Namely, "Precession of the Earth's Perihelion"--the time during each seasonal year when the Earth is closest to the Sun.

When it comes to the Aquarian Age, the confusing thing about the sidereal Ages, besides the retrograde-movement, is the EXTREME uncertainty about the timing. MANY start-dates have been proposed, with some being CENTURIES apart, and it's just one person's opinion versus another's.

The tropical Ages, on the other hand, have definite start-dates, as determined using astronomical calculations.

The (direct-movement) tropical Aquarian Age isn't underway yet, so we're still living in a tropical Age of Capricorn, TRANSITIONING into the tropical Aquarian Age. And in case you haven't noticed, it's not a smooth transition!

The tropical Precessional Ages explain why the wonderful Vision of what the Aquarian Age will be like, that was glimpsed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, failed to materialize when it was expected.

The vision was true, but the timing was off. Visions of the Future are often like that.

Those who use the opinion-based position of the sidereal Zodiac, so as to have a sidereal Aquarian Age that has already begun, following the sidereal Age of Pisces, usually now say that it won't really show its true results for several more Centuries. This puts them on the same page as those who say it won't begin at all for several more Centuries, but that when it actually does begin, it will get off to an immediate start, and radically change the World as we now know it.

Tropically, the Aquarian Age will get off to an immediate start by 2150, but is already making waves aquarius as this tropical Age of Capricorn nears its ending.