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A PHILOSOPHIC ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ASTROLOGY 135 Since the middle of last century the Aquarian influence, focused by the equinox, has made itself felt because the Sun’s orb is so large that it touches the cusp of Aquarius, and as a consequence we have had an unprecedented awakening of thought and a galaxy of inventions previously undreamed of as remotest possibilities, But as the years go on, the equinoctial Sun will illuminate our minds in such a manner as to justify our grandchildren in speaking of this as “the dark age”; and when, in the year 2658, the Sun’s actual entrance into Aquarius ushers in a new age, they will be justified in thinking of the Piscean age as we do of the time B. C.

We see then, that there is a natural Zodiac composed of the stationary star clusters, Aries, Taurus, etc., and a shifting Zodiac, which starts at the equinoctial point, no matter where in the constellations that occurs; and the first thirty degrees from that point are called Aries, the next thirty degrees are called Taurus, and so on. This is the intellectual Zodiac.

This may seem an arbitrary manner of division but it is a matter of observation that though the equinox actually occurs in Pisces ten degrees at the present time, the Spring activities ascribed to the Sun in Aries commence at once after the equinox. There is, however, a blending of Aries and Pisces which