AQUARIUS

 

As the influence of new energies are more and more felt all over the planet, pushing all of God's creation (the four kingdoms – mineral, plant, animal and human) more rapidly up the ladder of evolution, it is good to have an idea of how these energies influence us humans. In this article we will have a quick look at the energies of Aquarius which are the strongest at the moment.

 

 

Aquarius, The Water Bearer - Johfra

 

 Extract from Johfra: Astrologie, Les signes du Zodiaque, 1981 (Translated from the French original.)

 

 AQUARIUS, the water bearer, is a positive sign, the last of the air triangle, meaning air in resolution. 

The Sun enters Aquarius at the end of January, when the deepest darkness gradually gives way to light. Saturn used to be considered the ruling planet of this sign, but since the discovery of the planet Uranus in 1781, this planet has been attributed to Aquarius, as the influence of Saturn is not sufficient to satisfactorily explain many facets of this sign.

As far as man's evolutionary path through the zodiac is concerned, this eleventh sign is characterised by transcendence and fluidity of movement across all limits. After having climbed the mountain, in his Capricorn phase, to renew himself, man pours the vivifying waters of a new discernment, from the summit of a newly acquired consciousness, onto those who are still below, in the valley. He is a humanist who will not rest until he has imparted his new knowledge to others. 

 

 The boundary between self and not-self is not respected here, far from it. The Aquarian lives in total awareness of unity and kinship with his fellow human beings. Ego consciousness certainly exists in this phase, but it is pushed into the background and when this is achieved, the limits are destroyed. This blurring of boundaries, particularly in the macrocosmic sense, between power and matter, mind and body, is the main characteristic of the present time. In astrological circles, this is attributed to the new spirit which, under the influence of Aquarius, is spreading over the world, provoking reactions in each and every one of us.

The General Influence of Aquarius

I would now like to briefly consider the influence of Aquarius. The moment when, in spring, the days are the same length as the nights, the vernal equinox does not always fall under the same sign of the zodiac; it changes due to the slow rotational movement of the earth's inclined axis: it moves backwards by 30° in 2,156 years. Shortly after the universal adoption of the Gregorian calendar, the vernal equinox left Aries to enter the sign of Pisces; it will soon enter the sign of Aquarius.

 

According to spiritual tradition, when this equinox enters another sign, a new spirit is awakened in humanity. When it entered the sign of Pisces, the Christian religion was born. The symbolism of the fish is obvious here: most of the first disciples were fishermen and later became fishers of men. The multiplication of bread and fish is also eloquent, as is the bishop's mitre in the shape of a fish's head. In the oldest paintings and in the catacombs, the fish is often used as a symbol for Christ. 

 

 It is said that each age (cosmic century) has its own spirit. The Age of Pisces was governed by devotion and the acceptance of sacrifice. Faith, hope and love were the virtues of the age, as were modesty and courage devoid of violence. These were the ideals, whether or not they were realised. 

 

The Age of Pisces also experienced the contradictory depths of intolerance and materialism. Knowledge and philosophy leaned more and more to one side. 

 

Towards the end of the age came wars and mass slaughter, the extent and horror of which the world had not previously known. Although we are not yet out of this stage, a notable change has taken place since the French Revolution; the beginning of a new spiritual climate, particularly in the younger generation of our time. It is here that we can discern the beginnings of a new era.

 

Although [in 1981] the equinox has not yet entered the sign of Aquarius, it is clear that the influences of the old and the new are impinging on each other. Close to or below the established order, which is clearly coming to an end and is being exhausted in an immense cultural and economic debacle, a number of things are happening that point in a different direction.

 

Ever since the discovery of radium followed by the splitting of the atom, our materialistic image of the world has been rapidly disintegrating. Knowledge is more and more transcendent. Parapsychology, which has passed through our image and our space, is a case in point.

 

Man, whom we had become accustomed to seeing exclusively as a mechanism, is now increasingly explained in terms of fields of power. Since the splitting of the atom, matter has appeared as an aspect of energy and vice versa. The occult sciences, too, such as astrology, are no longer relegated so lightly to the ranks of superstition, but are being scrutinised by progress-minded scientists.

 

At the social level, human rights and equality regardless of race or religion are now generally accepted norms. This is the result of the influence of Aquarius, whose main features are discernment, equality, freedom from dogma, freedom of speech and, finally, a feeling of kinship towards all human beings. Differences and borders are erased. Aquarius brings unity. This man has literally left the earth behind to travel into space, and in so doing has begun to think in cosmic terms. All this is more than symbolic.