The lyrics below are from the 1969 Rock Musical HAIR. This song epitomized the hopes of the Anti War/Hippie movement of the time. It was at this juncture the Marxist utopia dream was merged with astrological millenealism; the “Age of Aquarius” with its false hopes and empty dreams. Those popular cultural expectations never entirely faded as the 1960's hippies became stock brokers, college profesors, and "community organizers". As I listen to the "messianic" rehtoric of the left wing demagogues of our day, I hear the echos of those earlier days. But the Age of Aquarias will not arrive on the wings of Air Force One. The false promise of the Age of Aquarius will end in dashed hopes and shatterd dreams just as all other 20th century messianic secularism has ended.
~ The Billy Goat ~
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!
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!
As our hearts go beating through the night
We dance unto the dawn of day
To be the bearers of the water
Our light will lead the way
We are the spirit of the age of Aquarius
The age of Aquarius
Aquarius! Aquarius!
Harmony and understanding
Sympathy and trust abounding
Angelic illumination
Rising fiery constellation
Travelling our starry courses
Guided by the cosmic forces
Oh, care for us; Aquarius
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