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The Age of Aries (app. 2000 BC – 0 AD)
ushered in a new perspective as the feminine
Venusian influence of Taurus waned, to
be literally “conquered” by the masculine
aggressive Martian mindset of Aries/Mars.
The concept of co-creation and fusion

with the Earth is replaced with a need for
individuation of the individual ego and
tribal identity. Ram-headed Gods replaced
the bovine representatives of the Taurean
Age and the great agricultural civilizations
and their Goddess avatars, archetypes of
fertility and celebration of Earth’s bountiful
gifts, were replaced by the archetype of the

conquering warrior, mortal or semi-mortal
men who wrestle themselves free from the
dominating influence of The Great Mother,
a theme repeated many times in the myths
and stories of this age. Human beings (men)
replaced the divine avatars of past ages, and
conquering heroes like Gilgamesh, Alexander
the Great, Moses, etc. became the inspirations
of the day. The bloodbaths shifted from
human and animal sacrifice in the name
of fertility and protection to invasion by
conquering forces in the quest for dominance

and power. The concept of Monotheism,
the worship of a singular masculine deity,
took root in the collective consciousness to
slowly replace the polytheistic religions of the
previous age. By the end of the Age of Aries,
the multiple Gods of previous cultures, who
shared participation in the administration of
Human affairs on Earth, were all but extinct.

The creativity of the Iron Age (1300-900 BC)
turned to the development of weapons and
tools of combat to aid in the conquering of
less martial civilizations, ill-equipped to resist
the conquest of the Barbarian tides that swept
across the known world. The Hittites, Aryans,
and Israelites, to name a few, gave birth to
new civilizations. The opposite sign of Libra
is also evident in The Age of Aries through
the formation of laws and codes of social 9 9
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