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ensure survival, and grew to value leadership skills.
It is likely that this age produced the first awareness
that the male of the species had something to do
with procreation, and the rights of paternity and
the role of “The Father which art in Heaven” took
on greater significance. Avatars of the age reflected

the wrathful, punishing aspect of this Father, as
well as protective, life sustaining Solar deities who
emerged as leaders.

As we move into the Age of Cancer (app. 8,000
– 6000 BC), the great floods of the melting Ice
Age recede, the fires raining down from the sky
subside and the natural forces of the Earth begin

to stabilize. Archetypes/Avatars of an incredibly
powerful Great Mother who gives life and receives
it back (from womb to tomb), replace the strong
masculine tribal leaders of Leo, and worship of
the Moon/Feminine (especially in her maternal
aspect) supplants worship of the Sun and Solar
Deities. Human beings come out of the caves
and the nomadic lifestyle shifts as we begin to
create small communities based on kinship and
familial attachments. The importance of mutual
cooperation and clan support take on much greater
significance in an agricultural community, where

the planting and reaping of crops is a community
affair. Burial rites, the rudiments of agricultural
science and domestication of animals emerge, as
do many of the “feminine arts”, like weaving and
pottery. It is from this period that we find many
of “The Great Mother Avatars” depicted through
the archaeological figurines of the female form
with large breasts and midsections. It was an age

of welcome stability, where Human Beings could
thrive by using the many gifts of the Great Mother,
rather than struggle to endure the hostile brutality
of Mother Nature of previous ages.

With the Age of Gemini (app 6000 – 4000 BC),
we move from a very physical and sensory-based
reality into a consciousness where imagination and
opportunities for mental stimulation could flourish.

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