Age of Aquarius

For other uses, see Age of Aquarius (disambiguation).
An Age of Aquarius symbol: Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man. Da Vinci created this drawing c. 1487. Chakras, or energy centers, were added later.[1]
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The Age of Aquarius, in astrology, is either the current or forthcoming astrological age, depending on the method of calculation. Astrologers maintain that an astrological age is a product of the Earth's slow precessional rotation and lasts for 2,160 years, on average (one 25,920-year period of precession, or Great Year, divided by 12 zodiac signs equals a 2,160 year astrological age).[2]

There are various methods of calculating the boundaries of an astrological age. In Sun-sign astrology, the first sign is Aries, followed by Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces, whereupon the cycle returns to Aries and through the zodiacal signs again. Astrological ages proceed in the opposite direction. Therefore, the Age of Aquarius follows the Age of Pisces.[3]

  1. ^ "EarthSky | when will the Age of Aquarius begin?". 8 January 2021.
  2. ^ Robert Powell (1979), The sidereal zodiac, Tempe, AZ: American Federation of Astrologers, p. 45, ISBN 978-0904693072
  3. ^ Neil Spencer, True as the Stars Above, 2000, pp. 115–27, chapter 7, "Love Shall Steer the Stars – The Long Dawning of the Age of Aquarius"