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Model of
History For over fifty years, it has been
serving the astrological community through
by Robert Fitzgerald informing and bringing together astrologers
from all over the world, via its stable of
© Robert
Fitzgerald
- first published by The Astrological Journal, 2009 / The
Astrological Association
publications, its annual Conference, Kepler
of Great Britain / 02.06.2016
Research Day and other occasional events,
Those who follow mundane astrology can
confirm and its support of local astrological groups.
It also represents the interests of
that history does, indeed, repeat itself. Over the past
astrologers generally, responding when
thirty
years, my in-depth research has revealed
appropriate to issues raised within the
amazingly detailed correlations
between the history
media.
of human evolution on our planet and the
astrological
ages. By examining the smaller 'cycles More information:
within cycles' contained in each
2160-year age, I About the Astrological Association
transition occurs
that brings to the fore historical developments that lead us into the also all the chart drawings and thousands
following age. of biographies.
the invention of agriculture in several places around the globe, E Mars 9 b 59' 0" 13n08
including Southeast Asia and Central America down to Peru. Jupiter 8 a 34'54" 2n08
F
Agricultural
tools such as adzes replaced the older Palaeolithic and
G Saturn 23 k 44' 9"r 14s48
Mesolithic
hunting tools. This age saw the building of the first year-
Uranus 18 b 23'52" 16n57
round settled
communities with permanent housing, especially O
noticeable in the dry
climate of the Near East. Older Palaeolithic I Neptune 25 l 19'13"r 2s57
hunters travelled
constantly, following herds of game animals. Settling Pluto 27 j 21'48"r 22s47
J
down in permanent
communities signalled the domestication of man 17n45
L TrueNode 20 b 2'36"r
himself, and occurred at
the height of goddess worship and matriarchal
Chiron 16 a 26' 0"r 8n16
culture. N
Explanations of the symbols
Age of Gemini: 6480 to 4320 BC
Chart of the moment
Gemini rules polarisation, the hands and manual dexterity,
travel, trade, thinking and
language.
This was our first industrial age. Soon after 6500 BC, there was a
sudden and dramatic
explosion of more than fifty different craft
industries throughout the Near East. Ceramics
was the most important for
archaeologists because of its symbolic decoration. At the
beginning of
the age, ceramics were very plain, but within a couple of centuries
decorations included beautiful polychrome glazes and abstract symbols. By
5000 BC,
there is a similar growth of craft industries in Eastern Europe
and in China.
Gemini age man began to move and trade both crafts and ideas. They
created a vast
trading network that linked the Mediterranean Basin with southern Russia. The Archaic
Culture in the New England area of North America also maintained a huge trade network,
which by 4800 BC stretched
west to Yellowstone and south to the Caribbean. The main
commodities
traded at this time were ideas and craft techniques more than the crafts
themselves.
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The Scorpio opposite energy was also evident in this age. The
religions of this age are all
strongly focused on death and rebirth in an afterlife. The burial rituals of both
Mesopotamia and Egypt reveal an overwhelming consideration for this afterlife. Rulers
were buried in huge
tombs together with all of their collected wealth, including servants
and
retainers, in order to fully enjoy their life after death. A similar
focus on this type of
burial is seen in the Archaic Culture in the
Americas at this same time.
221
BC into the Warring States Period before the Chin dynasty united China.
In the New
World, the Olmecs in Mexico, c. 1200 BC, appear to have been a
militaristic culture. The
monolithic Olmec heads found everywhere are
always pictured wearing helmets, either
for battle or sports. The walls
of the temples of a city recently discovered in the Casmas
valley in Peru
dating to about 1500 BC are covered with images of war and fighting.
Eras
There are 12 eras of 180 years each within each age. They flow in
a forward progression
through the signs of the zodiac, while the ages
proceed backwards.
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Scorpio Eras
Death and rebirth, control, suffering, taxation,
and the seeds of renaissance to follow.
Sagittarius Eras
Expansion and exuberance, foreign travel,
higher thought, and vision.
Capricorn Eras
Philosophy and government, precise, logical,
classical thinking and classical artistic
expression.
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Philosophers
and Kings. This was a period of modern European natural philosophers
such as Sir Isaac Newton, Adam Smith, John Locke, and Descartes. Outside Europe, the
Ching dynasty in China marked the height of their classical
period.
Aquarius Eras
Genius and science, revolution, brotherhood,
utopian ideals, immortality, and world
culture.
Prior to the 20th century, land had been the primary indicator
of wealth. From the land
came the food that kept one free from hunger and
the raw materials for the small home-
based crafts industries. At the top
of the social ladder, the aristocracy was traditionally
hereditary,
mainly because of large tracts of inherited land, and the economy was
land-
based. Industrial capitalism began to revolutionise that economy,
as the machines' ability
to produce goods from raw materials became more
important than the raw materials
from the land themselves. Around 1890,
finance capitalism began to replace industrial
capitalism. Money became
the most important raw material in any industrial venture. The
investment of money began to gain in importance, even over the needs of industry.
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In 1800, the gas lamp was invented, revolutionising the work cycle
of the modern man
and woman. This invention allowed industry to work
their employees for longer hours,
and eventually to keep production going well into the night. This change has thrown the
natural circadian cycle
out of balance. We no longer work according to the rising and
setting of
the sun. We now live in a revolutionary new and artificial environment.
One of the most personally promising of Aquarian gifts is that of immortality. Immortality
implies not only the lengthening of the average
lifespan but also a reduction in the
mortality rate of children, allowing
more people to survive into adulthood and beyond.
Already, in this era,
great strides have been made towards that goal. Since the beginning
of
the 19th century, there has been a very dramatic drop in the mortality
rate that has
spurred a powerful increase in population growth. In 1800
in Europe alone, there were
190 million people. By 1900, there were 420 million. That same year worldwide, there
were 1.165 billion people. Today
that number is over 6.5 billion. Over this same period,
the average life
span of an individual has dramatically increased to almost double that of
previous periods. The average lifespan today for both genders is in the
upper 70s, with
many living well beyond that.
The population growth of these last two centuries has been one of
the most important
themes of this modern era, for it is linked to almost every other theme. It fuelled the
unprecedented rise in huge metropolitan
cities and urban living. It created huge
consumer markets, making the
Industrial Revolution profitable. Socially, it created fertile
grounds
for strife and armed revolution, as people competed to attain a decent
standard
of living. Increasing numbers of governmental social
institutions were created in order to
handle this increasing unrest.
Phases
Phases are each 15 years long and move forward through the zodiac.
Let's examine those
that made up the history known as the twentieth century, and specifically 1905 to 1980,
the high point of the Aquarius
Era.
World War I was the first war fought on a global scale with the
devastating power of
modern mechanised weapons such as tanks and
airplanes. The Spanish 'Flu pandemic
killed over twice as many people as
the war, and did it in only six months. It was the
largest pandemic since
the Black Death in the Scorpio Era, and killed over 21 million
people. This served to destroy the lingering reliance on religion over questions
of good
versus evil and allowed humanity to embrace the new more secular
and modern vision of
our world.
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television greatly expanded knowledge and learning, and helped promote the creation of
a world cultural vision. The Great Depression,
caused by an exuberant over- investing by
the public without
understanding the laws of investment, created a top-heavy market that
crashed in a very large and expansive way.
With this last phase of the Aquarius Era of the Age of Pisces, the
modern world began to
dissolve. We then entered into the Pisces Era in
1980 and our world has continued to fall
apart. Interestingly enough, Pisces rules dissolution and the Virgo opposite rules
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disintegration and
extinction. We are now in times of disintegrating social and ecological
systems. This period corresponds to end-time prophesies that are
surfacing today in
many cultures, ranging from Christian prophesy to
Native American prophesy.
Pisces Era activity during this time, within the Age of Pisces,
creates a double Pisces bath,
an end-period of breakdown and chaos. It is
a continuation of disruptive trends begun in
the previous Pisces Phase, 1965 to 1980. Some researchers now say that we stand at the
threshold of
a sixth big, all- encompassing, mass extinction of life on earth. Global
warming is now recognised as a serious threat to life. This corresponds
with religious
prophecy from various cultures around the world and with
contemporary Native
American prophecy, which says that we are now in or
on the verge of a major end of the
present world scenario.
Now, let's examine the first two phases of this present Pisces
Era.
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Since 1995, the major historical focus has turned away from
violence and towards the
economy. In late 1994, Mexico devalued the peso.
This move was an economically sound
move designed to allow the peso to float and settle at the point of its real value. The value
of the peso
went down, and continued to go down. Mexico almost went bankrupt as a
result, and the US was forced to step in and offer assistance. At around
the same time,
the New York Stock Market took off like a rocket, soaring
from 2,000 points to over 11,000
in only a year. The stock market had
never grown astronomically like this before. Although
the market is still
up, the stock market has become very volatile, often changing by
several
hundred points in a single day.
Because this Gemini time will take place within the dissolving
energy of the Pisces Era
within the Age of Pisces, these movements will
have the potential for creating social and
political disruption that can overwhelm the cohesiveness of local and national
communities. Cultural as
well as ideological differences will be thrust against each other,
creating potential arguments and divisions within groups and communities.
Local and national politics will become more partisan and divisive
as people choose
ideological sides and passionately fight for them, while being unwilling to compromise.
The present separation of Church and
state may become more politically charged, with
fundamental ideals
aligning themselves against secular liberal ideals. The war on terror
could escalate to become a more ideologically charged battle, polarising
various
predominant camps of thought such as fundamentalist Islam against
fundamentalist
Judeo-Christian religions and modern Western secular
liberal thinking.
This tendency for division and argument could include our economic situation. There
could be a greater tendency for an internal social division as the gap between rich and
poor widens. The present economic
crisis could speed up the already growing rift
between rich and poor,
creating further division within our culture. It will also potentially
change our present focus on consumerism, altering the ways that we look
at our
economy.
Summary
In summary, this model of history adequately shows that
astrological ages actually do
work very accurately, and on a complex
scale. Since 9000 BC, the five ages from Cancer to
Pisces reveal a highly
accurate and in-depth connection between astrological cycles and
history. Within each age there exists a powerful cycle of astrological eras, which
allow for
the growth and evolution of humanity and history on a smaller
scale. These eras reveal
amazing parallels, with the recurring
renaissance classical high point being the most
astounding of them. On an
even smaller scale, the phases reveal an astrological evolution
for each
era. The beauty of these cycles, especially the smaller eras and phases,
is that
they give us a deeper understanding of history and therefore of
human interaction. They
embrace and give insight into the complex times
that we currently live in, and they allow
us the potential actually to
prophesy, to a certain degree, historical trends and possible
approaches
to what lies ahead.
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