Our new Aquarian Age is the era of freedom, a freedom beyond any we have experienced in our recorded history. We are learning what freedom is and what it is not – it is a conscious awareness of who we are, who we are becoming, thereby, discovering why we are here in this life; it is not getting our way or winning at the expense of others.

The guiding principle of the Aquarian Age is the freedom of individuation leading to connection, collaboration and a creative life in an ever more creative world. All internal and external problems are solvable if humans focus on developing their full potential individually and collectively. We will then unleash a creativity that will amaze.

The ruling planet, archetype and guide of this age is Uranus – individuation in which I meet myself (quite different from individualism), interconnectedness in which I meet you, and in community in which we all work and create together for a world in which we all can be different while supporting the thriving of all of us. This is neither socialism nor unrestrained capitalism nor authoritarianism nor oligarchy nor kleptocracy nor monarchy – it is a new vision for a new age that is developing.

The zodiacal cycle of Uranus in its journey around our Sun is 84 years. Let’s connect the dots for our American journey.

In 1773 the Sons of Liberty threw 342 chests of British tea into Boston Harbor in a refusal to tolerate what they called the tyranny of the English King to tax the colonists without their voice, their representation. That tea was the private property of British East India Company worth what now would be nearly a million dollars. This was an act of treason under English law repudiated by many of the men who would lead the revolution in a few years. The English government cracked down on the American colonists when it could have listened and negotiated. The English refusal to listen and its continued oppressive demands led to our American Revolution. We shall be free to govern ourselves still rings through the centuries.

84 years later in 1857 the U.S. Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Roger B Taney ruled in the Dred Scott decision that this slave had no right to his freedom despite living in Illinois and Wisconsin where slavery was illegal; was not and never could be a U.S. citizen, therefore, he was not entitled to the rights and privileges of U.S. citizens. Dred Scott was deemed by the court to be the property of his owner and the Missouri Compromise of 1820 prohibiting slavery in the western territories was ruled unconstitutional. Dred Scott was not entitled to the due process guaranteed by the 5th Amendment in the Constitution.

This decision later was seen as the worst and most poorly reasoned decision in our American judicial history. The reaction to this egregious decision was one of the final matches that sparked the Civil War to free the slaves once and for all with the guarantees provided in the 13th and 14th Amendments granting all slaves and all people born in the United States birthright citizenship. Citizenship and due process was now a freedom for all.

84 years later in 1941, the United States was drawn into World War 2 when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in a surprise attack costing thousands of American lives in this highly destructive attack that decimated the Pacific fleet. Prior to the attack the United States had turned away ships carrying Jewish refugees seeking safety in America. In addition to the rising antisemitism in the country, prejudice against Japanese citizens who were loyal to their country were also targeted for discrimination resulting in the Supreme Court’s decision in the Korematsu case affirming FDR’s Executive Order to remove Japanese citizens from their communities to detention camps.

While many fought against these racist views, the core question of who is or can become a U.S. citizen predominated in the American psyche. Even American citizens born in the United States were sent to the detention camps negating their rights guaranteed to them in the Constitution and strengthened by the Civil War amendments. The prejudices and fears of others again resulted in a Supreme Court decision seen now as a fear driven, racist decision depriving American citizens of their freedom.

This denial of freedom which Justice Frank Murphy called “the legalization of racism” violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. The United States subsequently paid reparations to the Japanese citizens still living as a formal apology was issued by the U.S. president Ronald Reagan.

84 years later in 2025 the United States is once more questioning who is a citizen, who is entitled to birthright citizenship, who citizen or noncitizen is entitled to due process under the law guaranteed by the 5th Amendment. The government is also eliminating DEI programs bringing the question of racial equality back to the courts. The public firing of women, Black, Brown, and LGBTQ people in the military, in the schools and universities, in the government, and in corporations highlights the fundamental question of freedom.

This is also a revolutionary time to stand for the rights of all to represent themselves and be legally represented, a time to stand for the civil and human rights of all Americans. It is a time to stand for the due process guaranteed in our Constitution and our laws to all.

This battle is not being fought in fields with soldiers and guns. It is being fought in the courts, in the gathering and growing protests in the streets as it was in 1773 (destroying Teslas not tea but both were private property) and as it was in 1857 court decisions are the tipping point that will determine how the freedom of the 21st century and beyond will be achieved.

Let us choose peaceful hearts, peaceful but powerful speech, action and freedom through the courts and in the streets as we envision how to live freely in a free, inclusive democracy. The cry for freedom rings clearly throughout the world from refugees, migrants, resistance and heroism in war torn countries and authoritarian regimes.