Aquarius has
to do with the formation of groups and spheres of influence.
Like-minded individuals bond together to form a larger whole.
With today's mutual
reception of Uranus and Neptune we are
seeing the influence of communities linked through cyberspace.
MySpace
and Facebook
are two web portals which link individuals—mostly
teenagers and twenty-somethings—in cyber-communities.
In MySpace, a widening circle of friends is added to one’s
own little web space. The number of friends one has can
become a form of competition or status symbol. MySpace also
enables users to find preschool friends, make new friends,
promote cherished friends, and invite people to become their
friends. Hip rock bands have begun releasing new music through
MySpace. MySpace is now the fifth most-viewed Internet site
in the
United
States, and participants
spend hours navigating its “spaces.” It is such
an astonishing social community that Fox
recently bought it for over half a billion dollars.
This is the powerful mutual reception of Uranus and Neptune
as well as the “shared resources” Pluto in Scorpio
generation. Add to this the tremendous urge to explore new
worlds (cyberspace) brought about by Pluto in Sagittarius.
The Aquarian
group phenomenon is not just confined to cyberspace, however.
Malcolm Gladwell points out in a recent issue of The
New Yorker that the group phenomenon has become a powerful
dynamic in many areas of modern culture. Gladwell, who has
himself written books (The Tipping Point, Blink) on social transformation,
sees group connections and networks as essential ingredients
of many of the changes which are swirling through the early
21st Century.
If one want to
look far ahead: the next Jupiter-Saturn
conjunction will be in Aquarius in 2020
and Pluto will enter Aquarius in 2023. That will be the
cultural Age of Aquarius. Group networks will then transform
the world in startling new ways. It's not that far away.
If you can remember the early 1980's compared to today,
you have some idea of the changes awaiting us between
now and the early 2020's.
See also: Uranus-Neptune
Trends; The
Surreal Life: Everyone's a Celeb.
