Age of Aquarius

When the equinox moves back even further, to the constellation of the Water Bearer, the Age of Aquarius will officially begin. Astrologers differ about when that will be. Some are convinced that it s happening now. Others believe that it s decades — or centuries — away. Eventually, the cycle will begin again. Around the year 23800, the vernal equinox will return to Aries, and astrologers will be able to skip this entire explanation. Meanwhile, constellations of the zodiac and the signs of the zodiac aren t the same. 

The Virgin Queen, Astraea, symbolized Elizabeth I. Romantic Elizabethans thought that Astraea s return to earth would inaugurate a golden age of virtue, justice, peace and plenty. This age, the Age of Aquarius, is nowadays approaching. 

These supernova explosions occurred in Cassiopeia in August 1572 and Ophiuchus in 1604. These two brilliant supernovas were both clearly visible in daylight for up to one and a half years and greatly excited the Rosicrucians as Stars of Bethlehem ushering in the penultimate age of man. This was to be the Golden Age of Aquarius. 

Robert Fludd wrote that the planetary conjugations of 1603-1604 were a sign for the Rosicrucian Brotherhood to expand its membership in preparation for the great Restoration of Arts and Sciences of the World, which they called the Instauration. The Rosicrucians believed the arrival of the Golden Age of Aquarius would lead all men to embrace Righteousness. ... 

Sagittarius and Gemini still mark the solstices in the closing years of the Age of Pisces. Next comes Aquarius. The ancients, no doubt, would have considered the troubles of these our times, the overpopulation, the working iniquity in secret, as an inevitable... 

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