Steven Forrest Evolutionary Astrology Podcast
Oct 1, 2026 · 46 min · 9 segments
The fabled Age of Aquarius – does it mean anything at all? Ever since the musical *Hair* was first performed back in 1967, there has been a vague sense that the Aquarian Age had something to do with…
Steven ForrestHost
Earth's North Pole describes a slow circle in the sky, sort of like a child's spinning top winding down.
This cycle, called the precession of the equinoxes, takes 25,771 and a half years from start to finish.
As the North Pole slowly circles around the starry background, naturally the position of the celestial equator shifts too.
You tilt the child's top, and you can't help but tilt the painted stripes on its sides as well, just like the equator.
To follow the logic, of what we're about to explore, four astronomical facts are necessary.
Number one, at the solstices, the Sun is maximally far north or south of the celestial equator, while at the equinoxes, the Sun is aligned with the celestial equator.
At the equinoxes, the sun is where the celestial equator and the ecliptic cross.
Four, and finally, that crossing point is slowly moving backwards against the background of the constellations, taking that 25,771 and a half years to return to where it started.
What all this boils down to is the fact that the Sun's position on the first day of spring, or the first day of autumn, relative to the starry background, is slowly processing in a retrograde fashion.
Four or five millennia ago, on the day of the northern vernal equinox, the Sun rose into the constellation Taurus.
after some centuries it began to rise into the constellation aries having retrograded eventually into the constellation pisces you'll notice i keep emphasizing the word constellation because constellations are different from signs That, as we will see, is really the key to understanding the conflict around when the various ages begin and end.
Now, unlike astronomers, we astrologers define the first degree of Aries as the position of the sun on the ecliptic on the day of the northern vernal equinox.
Long ago, it aligned with the actual constellation of stars that we call Aries.
That's how the connection between the constellation and the sign was first made.
The trouble is that because of the possession of equinoxes, that's no longer true.
Astrology, as most of us practice it in the West, is based on the seasons, not the stars.
Earth's North Pole describes a slow circle in the sky, sort of like a child's spinning top winding down.
This cycle, called the precession of the equinoxes, takes 25,771 and a half years from start to finish.
As the North Pole slowly circles around the starry background, naturally the position of the celestial equator shifts too.
You tilt the child's top, and you can't help but tilt the painted stripes on its sides as well, just like the equator.
To follow the logic, of what we're about to explore, four astronomical facts are necessary.
Number one, at the solstices, the Sun is maximally far north or south of the celestial equator, while at the equinoxes, the Sun is aligned with the celestial equator.
At the equinoxes, the sun is where the celestial equator and the ecliptic cross.
Four, and finally, that crossing point is slowly moving backwards against the background of the constellations, taking that 25,771 and a half years to return to where it started.
What all this boils down to is the fact that the Sun's position on the first day of spring, or the first day of autumn, relative to the starry background, is slowly processing in a retrograde fashion.
Four or five millennia ago, on the day of the northern vernal equinox, the Sun rose into the constellation Taurus.
after some centuries it began to rise into the constellation aries having retrograded eventually into the constellation pisces you'll notice i keep emphasizing the word constellation because constellations are different from signs That, as we will see, is really the key to understanding the conflict around when the various ages begin and end.
Now, unlike astronomers, we astrologers define the first degree of Aries as the position of the sun on the ecliptic on the day of the northern vernal equinox.
Long ago, it aligned with the actual constellation of stars that we call Aries.
That's how the connection between the constellation and the sign was first made.
The trouble is that because of the possession of equinoxes, that's no longer true.
Astrology, as most of us practice it in the West, is based on the seasons, not the stars.
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