that the last one hundred years of this millennium have been characterised by a phenomenal acceleration in human evolution.
This evolution has many facets to it. Some good, some bad When did this transformation begin? It became apparent that society was changing drastically about 150 years ago since the discovery of electricity, which enabled us to produce technology sophisticated enough to mechanise and modernise farming and industry. Since then, global society has been literally transformed.
In less than one century, we have gone from horse and cart, to man-on-the-Moon. From abacus to computer. From bow and arrow to atomic bomb. From pony express to the worldwide web. The rate of progress is staggering.
However, at the same time as our technological and material progress has developed so rapidly (left brain) - so in equal proportion have the spiritual and psychological ailments of humanity (right brain). They have increased accordingly.
The human psyche has developed materially at the expense of its spirituality. It has lost its balance. '
Our traditions, our rituals, our societies and our cultures, as well as our religious beliefs, have undergone many drastic changes in the process of tec:hnological advancement. In the main they have either been lost or ignored.
Perhaps you are wondering exactly why society has seen such a drastic shift of emphasis at this time and why our development seems to have accelerated to such a profound degree?
Some people attribute this to the coming of the New Age. The New Age is not to be confused with the new millennium, although they are interrelated to some degree. We have entered a new millennium because that is how we have measured time since Christ's death, and it is now 2,000 years since that point in time.
What is the New Age then exactly?
The 'Ages' themselves are determined by the precession of the equinoxes, which is an astronomical phenomenon caused by the
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position of the Earth's axis in relation to the signs of the Zodiac. Simply put, if you imagine a line sticking out from the North Pole, you will see that the wobble of the Earth on its own axis causes the axis to be pointing at any one of the Zodiacal signs at any one time. Now, the time it takes the Earth's axis to pass through all the twelve signs of the Zodiac is approximately 26,000 years. Therefore, it takes approximately 2,160 years for the axis to pass through just one sign of the Zodiac.
The Earth's Axis, which has been pointing to the sign of Pisces for the last two thousand or so years, is now about to move into the astrological sign of Aquarius. As you might notice, the precession of the equinoxes goes backwards through the signs.
When does the New Age begin? The Mayans, who had the most precise calendars, believe that the New Age will begin in 2012. The Hebrew calendar, which is also very accurate, says 2008. Some authorities believe it is at least two hundred years away yet, and some think it has already begun.
However, the signs that it is on its way are already visible in society, including the increase in technological inventions, and the increasing reports of 'higher wave' consciousness which may be attri buted to the higher vibration of the influence of the Aquarian Age.
The planet that is said to rule Aquarius is Uranus. Uranus is also said in astrology to rule electricity and invention. When was Uranus discovered? It was discovered in 1781 at precisely the same time we were beginning to harness electrical energy and come up with astounding new technological inventions.
Which sign are we just leaving? As already noted, we are leaving the sign of Pisces which has been the sign the axis has been pointing to for the last 2,000 years, since the birth of Christ.
Christ came to Earth at the end of the Age of Aries, and the beginning of the Age of Pisces, as a messenger for the Piscean Age. Christ represented the Piscean qualities of love and compassion. The secret symbol at the time was the fish. Christ said he was a fisher of men. His disciples were literally fishermen. Evolutionary symbolism incorporated into cultural mythology at the deepest and most profound levels.
Now, if we take a closer look at the symbolism of Christianity, we will notice something else quite interesting. Christ was not the only archetype to emerge in symbolic Christian teaching.
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The Virgin Mary also had· a central role to play in Christian tradition and mythology. Now, I am going to point out to you something quite obvious in astrological terms. The opposite sign to Pisces the Fish, on the wheel of the Zodiac, is Virgo, the Virgin. Now, who was the second central character in Christian mythology - of course, the Virgin Mary.
Christ (Pisces) and the Virgin Mary (Virgo) were symbols for a New Age which later became dominated by the Pisces/Virgo attributes. Pisces representing the mystical, and Virgo representing the practical, intellectual and analytical part of this polarity, whose influence we see in analytical materialistic science.
The Age of Pisces began in approximately 1 AD, and followed on from the Age of Aries. The well-known legend of St George and the Dragon, which was common throughout Britain after this period, is a symbolic one. The myth symbolised the end of the Age pf Aries - represented by the dragon. (In ancient Britain, ley lines were known as dragon lines.) St George and his red cross symbolised the new religion - Christianity - destroying the old.
In China, the dragon is associated with the sign of Aries. More astrological symbolism hidden in our myths and legends.
Before the Age of Aries was the Age of Taurus, approximately 4,000 years ago. It was at this time, when the Age of Taurus was �nding and the Age of Aries beginning, that Moses told his people to 'burn the golden calf'. Astrologically Taurus is said to rule material wealth and possessions. They burnt the calf, not only to symbolically destroy the idolatry and materialism of this age, but to denote the end of an Age - the end of the Age of Taurus. The Age of Taurus was followed by the Age of Aries. Typical of the Age of Aries was the archetype of the Roman soldier and the imperialistic Roman Empire - Mars the warrior God ruler of Aries - on the rampage in full Martian battle gear.
The Age of Aries ended at approximately the same time that Christ came to Earth and marked the beginning of the Age of Pisces. We are now about to leave the Age of Pisces and enter the Age of Aquarius.
So, what sort of society will be seeing in the coming years - in the New Aquarian Age?
Whatever technologieal science fiction scenarios we might conjure up for the future, I also believe we will develop our
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psychic superpowers to a phenomenal degree, and that some time in the future, we will all be capable of astral projection, levitation, telepathy, teleportation and so on. The Aquarian age represents technological development to a profound degree. However, the opposite of Aquarius is Leo - and we will also see the Leonine influence during this period. Since Leo rules the Heart, it is the heart of mankind which will determine how we use our technological discoveries.
The heart Chakra of the planet must be opened to receive love. If we are to make it into the future, we have to get our collective act together, so to speak. We have to love each other and we have to love our planet. We have already interfered with the weather, poisoned the seas, polluted the atmosphere, and chopped down most of our rainforests. Global weather is in chaos, and the polar ice caps are melting, threatening every city and town at low land levels. Species are disappearing at an alarming rate, and if we are not careful, we will be left with a barren Earth. Tiger, tree, fish and fowl may become just a distant memory. If we do not temper, each one of us, our material progress with spiritual understanding, we may become consumed by a monster of our own making.
The heart Chakra of humanity must be opened. Evolution has decreed that humanity has the capacity to love, and must have the capacity to love if we are to survive. If we do not love accordingly, we will not care as we destroy the last of the Earth. But we must care for her if we are to survive. We must also care for each other.
Only by an evolutionary quantum leap in consciousness can we hope to balance out materiality with spirituality . as we approach the New Age, and I sincerely believe that the evolutionary trend on Earth in the new millennia and the New Age is towards spiritual development, and human unity, in all its many glorious aspects.