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An early influence on the growth of the [[New age movement|New Age movement]] was the founding of the [[Theosophical Society]] by [[Madame Blavatsky]] in 1875, but it gained most popularity in the 1960s, when its followers looked forward to the dawning of the [[Age of Aquarius]] and the passing of the Age of Pisces which they saw as dominated by [[Christianity]]. The Age of Pisces, signified by the [[Astrology|astrological]] [[Astrology#Sun signs|Zodiac]] sign of two fish swimming in opposite directions, is seen by New Agers as evident in the early Christian use of the acronym ΙΧΘΥΣ IChThUS, Greek for "fish" '''ιχθύς''' ''ichthys'' (origin  of the word for the scientific study of fish [[Ichthyology]]), as representing Ίησούς Χριστός Θεός Ύίός Σωτέρ – '''Ί'''ησούς ('''I'''esous), '''Χ'''ριστός ('''Ch'''ristos), '''Θ'''εός ('''Th'''eos), '''Ύ'''ίός ('''hU'''ios), '''Σ'''ωτέρ ('''S'''oter) – "'''J'''esus '''Ch'''rist '''G'''od's '''S'''on '''S'''avior".

An early influence on the growth of the [[New age movement|New Age movement]] was the founding of the [[Theosophical Society]] by [[Madame Blavatsky]] in 1875, but it gained most popularity in the 1960s, when its followers looked forward to the dawning of the [[Age of Aquarius]] and the passing of the Age of Pisces which they saw as dominated by [[Christianity]]. The Age of Pisces, signified by the [[Astrology|astrological]] [[Astrology#Sun signs|Zodiac]] sign of two fish swimming in opposite directions, is seen by New Agers as evident in the early Christian use of the acronym ΙΧΘΥΣ IChThUS, Greek for "fish" '''ιχθύς''' ''ichthys'' (origin  of the word for the scientific study of fish [[Ichthyology]]), as representing Ίησούς Χριστός Θεός Ύίός Σωτέρ – '''Ί'''ησούς ('''I'''esous), '''Χ'''ριστός ('''Ch'''ristos), '''Θ'''εός ('''Th'''eos), '''Ύ'''ίός ('''hU'''ios), '''Σ'''ωτέρ ('''S'''oter) – "'''J'''esus '''Ch'''rist '''G'''od's '''S'''on '''S'''avior".

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