What is the Age of Aquarius?

Consensus states the Age of Aquarius is the year 2000.
Each Age is characterized by the astrological sign of that era.
Scientists estimate earth to be 4.6 billion years old.
Astrologers trace humankind's written history only to the Age of Leo.

  • AGE OF LEO  (c. 10,000 BCE to 8,000 BCE)
    This age is characterized by energy and creativity of humans.
  • AGE OF CANCER  (c. 8,000 BCE to 6,000 BCE)
    The age of moving from caves to fixed dwellings.
    Humans learned to spin and weave and make pottery.
    They grew crops and domesticated animals.
  • AGE OF GEMINI  (c. 6,000 BCE to 4,000 BCE)
    The age of recording and storing information.
    The new wheel made travel possible.
  • AGE OF TAURUS  (c. 4,000 BCE to 2,000 BCE)
    The age of civilization with empahsis on cultivation of land and building.
  • AGE OF ARIES  (c. 2,000 BCE to 1 BCE)
    The Iron Age. Militancy and aggressive spirit.
  • AGE OF PISCES  (c. 1 CE to 2,000 CE)
    The age of chrisitianity, sacrifice and struggle.
  • AGE OF AQUARIUS  (c. 2000 CE to c. 4000 CE)
    The age of humanitarianism.
    The era of scientific knowledge and invention.
    Discovery of new truths.








  • Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In
    The 5th Dimension....1969

    When the moon is in the Seventh House
    And Jupiter aligns with Mars
    Then peace will rule the planets
    And love will steer the stars

    This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius Age of Aquarius
    Aquarius! Aquarius!

    Harmony and understanding Sympathy and trust abounding
    No more falsehoods or derisions
    Golden living dreams of visions Mystic crystal revelation
    And the mind's true liberation Aquarius! Aquarius!

    When the moon is in the Seventh House
    And Jupiter aligns with Mars
    Then peace will rule the planets
    And love will steer the stars

    This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius Age of Aquarius
    Aquarius! Aquarius! Aquarius! Aquarius!
    Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in, the sunshine in
    Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in, the sunshine in
    Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in, the sunshine in

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