The Age of Aquarius

I just woke up (I know, I know...my band had a show last night okay) and I wanted to share a dream I had before I forget it. It was the most vivid dream I can remember having in a long time, and it was equally as strange.

Back story. I like a good conspiracy. One might go so far as to say that I love them. I also like to research things sometimes, and in this case I'm talking about the potential impending end of the world in 2012. I've done a good bit of reading about it and there's a lot of interesting theories as to what could happen on December 21 of that year. It turns out the Mayan calendar ends on that day and so it got people thinking. I won't get in to it too much, you can do that for yourself if you have an interest. Google 2012. One other point before I go on. If you follow the zodiac and are in to astrology, we are entering the age of Aquarius very soon. From Wikipedia:

Ages are believed by some astrologers to affect mankind while other astrologers believe the ages correlate to the rise and fall of mighty civilizations and cultural tendencies. Aquarius traditionally "rules" electricity, computers, flight, democracy, freedom, humanitarianism, idealists, modernization, rebels and rebellion, mental diseases, nervous disorders, and astrology.

So the dream went something like this. Meagen and I went out to the beach to watch the sunrise. When we got there we sat down at a picnic table with two other people, a man and a woman. We did not know them. We were making small talk and the conversation went something like this.

Woman [to me]: What is your sign?
Me: Pisces.
Woman: Ah, Pisces. Welcome to the age of Aquarius!
Man [to Meagen]: How about you?
Meagen [extends hand to greet him]: I'm a Virgo, nice to meet you!
Man [pulls away]: Ah, we wouldn't get along too well.

So we continue to sit there and the sun starts to rise. As this happens, I look out in to the ocean and the waves start to increase in period and size. Soon I see dolphins and whales jumping out of the water and moving toward the shore. As the sun continues to rise the waves get bigger. At this point I'm thinking something very strange is happening. The sun makes its final push over the horizon and at that point I see a very large tidal wave approaching. We all stand up.

Me [thinking to myself]: Oh my god we have to run.

Then I become calm.

Man: Time to say your goodbyes.

Then I woke up. One other thing I learned this morning before posting is that it is currently the age of Pisces, which happens to be my sign Again, I did not know this before this morning. I did some checking because I want to make sure my posts are factual. The reason I thought it was important is that the woman made a point of recognizing that I was a Pisces and welcomed me to the new age.

Who knows what it means. It probably means that I read too much about this. Or it might mean I'm starting to come to grips with my own mortality. It's something I've been thinking about lately. We all will die at some point. It's just a matter of how, when and where. At this point in my life I don't care for that. It makes me sad to think of all that I'll miss out on. Or maybe not. Who knows.

-Mike the Ryan