Ancar, I really like your description of the astrological Ages as being "vast in scope". I discovered that in order to comprehend them more fully, it would take more than a single point, or even a single line.
I appreciate your comment!
The founder of Modernistic siderealism, Cyril Fagan, gave me the idea. He saw the Age of Pisces as an Age of Aries, ruled by Mars. He knew a Piscean Age would be far more peaceful than what transpired following its beginning, according to his reckoning, in 221 A.D. He also said that since the Age of Pisces was more an Age of Aries, that would mean the Age of Aquarius would be like an Age of Pisces. He stopped there, and pretty much discounted the Vernal Point as a valid Age-indicator.
He should have stopped even before that - I give
no credence whatsoever to Cyril Fagan and his his "Neo-Siderealism". His interpretation of the Age of Pisces as an Age of Aries is messed-up nonsense in "my humble opinion". As I have suggested before, the Age of Pisces has manifested not only the positive characteristics of Pisces (i.e., the first time in history that the concepts of selfless love of others, anti-materialism, non-aggression, and willing sacrifice of material wealth for spiritual transcendence - or that an icon such as Jesus - emerged as so significant in the minds of so many) - but also manifested, most unfortunately, the terrible negative "shadow" of Pisces - irrational religious fervor and paranoia, as well as its "flip side",
victimization. The victimization (Piscean) resulted from zealous religious conviction (also Piscean) [remember Pisces is two fish swimming in opposite directions] - starting with the brutal humiliation and crucifixion of Jesus, later the massive murders committed by the "spiritually driven" Torquemada and his ghastly Inquisition, the religiously driven Albigensian Crusade, which purged an entire region of devoutly spiritual people who were judged heretical to the "true faith", to the murderous Great "Christian" Crusades themselves, and later the "spiritually inspired" Salem witch burnings, the murderous purging of Protestants by the "good Christian" Queen Bloody Mary, ad nauseum.
But, it gave me an idea: The Vernal Point is referred to as the "First Point of [tropical] Aries, which is a constructed 30 degree length of arc. Modernistic siderealism discounts the tropical zodiac altogether, so, i took the nomenclature "First Point of Aries" dropped the name Aries, but kept the entire 30 degree length, using BOTH the first and last points, and called it the "Age Interval". I also dropped the rest of the tropical zodiac, which wasn't needed in the sidereal context. Now I'm using the term "Age Window", because it's the window through which the Ages can be seen in a more comprehensive way.
You lost me here. The tropical zodiac based on the Vernal Equinox has proven itself valid throughout the history of Western astrology. The Tropical and Sidereal zodiacs last aligned - "matched up" - near 1 AD, so the juncture of the climax of the Arian Roman Empire and the dawn of Jesus' phenomenal Piscean seachange in the minds of so many seems to make perfect sense.
Pisces would be acoustic music, soulful, melodic, and low decibel.
Not if irrational paranoia sets in, unpredictably triggered by characteristic Piscean fears and superstitions. Neptunians can too easily go into pathological paranoia without some balance from Saturn or other stabilizing factors. (I have a stellium in Pisces, unfortunately...I know.)
Whereas Aries would be highly amplified, heavy metal rock. A case of background overwhelming foreground. Although it was enough to end the Roman Empire, the Age of Pisces couldn't contain the warlike influence of Mars, and still can't, on the spiritual level.
On this, I would strongly recommened that you read the 3rd Section of Koestler's
Ghost in the Machine. It explains incredible mass violence due to centripetal, integrating "spiritual belief" (which is a Piscean characteristic). Think Inquisition, Crusades, Jihad, ISIS, Northern Ireland, etc.
The best explanation of the Ages that I've ever found is Ray Grasse's
Signs of the Times - which, with Grasse's ever-amazing syncretism, elucidates the Tropical Zodiac revolving within the Sidereal Zodiac, two systems that he freely integrates (which has always been my inclination), perhaps including the "windows" that I think you may be referring to (see Appendix One, pp. 237-235). Grasse also points out the aberration that the Age of Cancer, according to traditional Sidereal boundaries of that constellation, would last only last 1000 years - which upsets my gut feeling for balance. I feel that even the Sidereal zodiac should be based on equal degrees for each sign and not on the positions of the particular stars that form the constellation that dominates that sector.