Posted to News on 10th Aug 2007, 00:00
The dawning of the age of Aquarius - let the sun shine in
Might the future really be written in the stars? As a scorpio, I'm naturally sceptical about astrology, but let's take a look at the past and the present and see if we can draw any clues as to the relevance of the stars for the future.
>The Minoan civilisation was probably at its peak between around 3000 BC and 2000 BC, although the Minoans had their own mythology which would provide a history further back. A key figure in their mythology and religion was the bull, with the most famous example being the Minotaur which roamed the labyrinth of King Minos on Crete. Interestingly, in astrological terms, the period from 4000 BC to 2000 BC was the age of Taurus.
>Most timelines for the Bible place the likes of Abraham, Jacob and sons at around 2000 BC, and the Old Testament seems to be littered with references to sacrificial lambs. In astrological terms, meanwhile, the period 2000 BC to 1 AD was the age of Aries. Curiouser and curiouser.
>Then we come to the New Testament, where Jesus wanted his disciples to be fishers of men. The fish was a very important symbol back then, one which the early Christians used to identify themselves to each other. And would you credit that in astrological terms the period from 1 AD to 2000 AD was the age of Pisces.
>The new millennium saw us enter the age of Aquarius where, interestingly, it is water that is the issue of the day, what with flash floods, droughts, rising sea levels, etc.
>So there we have it, cut and dried. We can now confidently all plan for the future knowing that Aquarius will dominate until around 4000 AD, when we'll enter the age of Capricorn - whatever that may mean.
>The problem is, though, all we've done here is take four random points on the curve of history, and force a best fit straight line of theory through them. That's no way to plan for the future. Hindsight might be 20/20, but success for the future depends on a sound business model combined with a dash of creativity and a heck of a lot of hard work. Oh, and a government that was vaguely committed to a manufacturing industry in the UK might help.
David Roberts, 10 August 2007
