A closer look
Earth wobbles on its axis in a 25,800-year cycle known as the precession of the equinoxes, which slowly changes the zodiac constellation that rises behind the sun on the vernal equinox and dictates the current astrological age. The highly anticipated Age of Aquarius popularized by 1960s hippies has absolutely no universally agreed-upon start date, with professional astrologers arguing it could have begun in 1447 or might not start until the year 3597. It is incredibly fitting that a community obsessed with precise birth times down to the minute cannot even agree within a two-millennium margin of error about when their glorious new era of universal peace, love, and spiritual enlightenment is actually supposed to kick off
