“In the New Age we break free of centuries of false doctrines, destructive indoctrinations, absurd ideas, and children’s stories about God, education, medicine, and love. The corrupt foundations of false society crumble. This time of crises is not the signal of the end of the world. What comes is not the end, but the beginning. The dream humanity has lived for centuries ends and we awaken to a bright new day, a bright new way.”
This is a passage from my favorite interpretation of the Age of Aquarius. The entire text is inspiring, poetic, and quite realistic, with good descriptions of the actuality, idealism, and fakery of the New Age.
Remember this little ditty-turned-hymn of the hippie generation? Apart from being a prophetic song about the upcoming age of Aquarius, the “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” was also the only medley ever to make it to the number one position of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, as well as being listed on the Billboards’s Greatest Songs of all time. A medley of the musical Hair songs “Aquarius” and “The Flesh Failures (Let The Sunshine In)”, it was released as a single by The 5th Dimension in 1969, and later certified into Platinum. (source: Wikipedia)
Much debate has been shed over the Age of Aquarius, or more precisely, over the dates upon which it is assumed to begin. Some say that we have already entered the transformative period from Pisces to Aquarius – that we are in fact in the cusp which connects the two signs. Many events and happenings allude to an Aquarian presence in the world, from New Age trends and the deterioration of religion (religion being a very Piscean quality), to the greater communication and understanding that people now share. Still others say that the Aquarian age won’t begin until 2062 and beyond (imagine how orgasmic we’ll feel by then, wow-wee!), while 2012 is gaining more and more hype as the official beginning of loving Aquaria!
As to the words of the song, a lot of dispute is being shed there as well, namely over the lyrics: “When the moon is in the seventh house, and Jupiter aligns with Mars.” Many astrologers say that this happens frequently and is nothing too thrilling, while others claim that it sets future dates of great meanings and significance. Ask the astronomers, and you get a wholly different opinion.
The way I see it, it goes something like this: “harmony and understanding” – check, “sympathy and trust abounding”- check!! …Now it seems as though we are in a great period of filtering out the social, political, and religious manipulations, in order to get to – “no more falsehoods or derisions, golden living dreams of visions, mystic crystal revelation, andthe mind’s true liberation – Aquarius!” (…ORGASMIC Aquarius!)
