Dawning of the Age of Aquarius

Have you ever wondered about the lyrics in "The Age of Aquarius" song by The 5th Dimension?

When the moon is in the seventh house
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars
This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius
The Age of Aquarius Aquarius! Aquarius!
Harmony and understanding
Sympathy and trust abounding
No more falsehoods or derisions
Golden living dreams of visions
Mystic crystal revelation
And the mind's true liberation
Aquarius! Aquarius!
When the moon is in the seventh house
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars
This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius
The Age of Aquarius Aquarius! Aquarius!
Let the sun shine, Let the sun shine in
The sun shine in Let the sun shine,
Let the sun shine in The sun shine in
etc.

The question of whether we have entered the Age of Aquarius is still being debated amongst astrologers.

What we do know is that the 5th Dimension didn't consult with astrologers when they created these beautiful lyrics. An astrologer would have told them their lyrics were nonsensical. That the Moon is in the 7th house on a daily basis for any given location. And Jupiter aligns with Mars a few times each year.

Maybe the 5th Dimension didn't feel the need to consult astrologers on this. Maybe they used a higher level of knowledge about the cosmos than we can glean with our current understanding of astrology . Possibly a clue as to when we will see the dawning of the Age of Aquarius is buried right there in the lyrics after all; when we "let the sun shine in."

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The image above is of our galactic neighbor, the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Source: the Hubble Heritage Team