Age Of Capricorn

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{{Infobox Song|
| name=Age Of Capricorn
| runtime=3:52
| appearson=[[Inferno]] (2026)
| next=[[Father And Son]]
| prev=[[Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan]]}}

"[[Age Of Capricorn]]" is the fourth track on [[Boards of Canada]]'s fifth studio album, ''[[Inferno]]''.

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== Comments ==

* The "[[wikipedia:Age of Capricorn|age of Capricorn]]", to followers of [[wikipedia:Astrology|astrology]], is an upcoming astrological age that will follow the current "[[wikipedia:Age of Aquarius|age of Aquarius]]" and begin around the year 4000 AD.<ref>https://compassastrology.com/capricorn-age</ref> Astrologists theorise that humans, by this time, will be "born [[wikipedia:Clairvoyance|clairvoyant]]" and that the concept of death will disappear as humans "will be in constant contact with the worlds beyond."<ref>https://www.astrolada.com/articles/predictive-astrology/the-age-of-the-capricorn-4000-ad-to-6000-ad-occult-secrets-of-the-distant-human-future.html</ref>

* The mentions of "Mabus" likely refer to the writings of famed astrologer and seer [[wikipedia:Nostradamus|Nostradamus]]. Followers of Nostradamus claim that the name "Mabus" refers to the Antichrist<ref>[[wikipedia:Nostradamus_in_popular_culture#.27Mabus.27_as_Antichrist]]</ref>, and several attempts have been made to link this name with well-known figures, from [[wikipedia:Barack Obama|Barack Obama]] to [[wikipedia:Osama Bin Laden|Osama Bin Laden]]. The sample of a man rearranging the letters of "Usama" to "M a a u s" then to "Mabus" is almost certainly a reference to this.<ref>[[wikipedia:Nostradamus_in_popular_culture#.27Mabus.27_as_Antichrist]]</ref>

== Samples / Lyrics ==
* From 0:49 onwards, a Nostradamus prophecy theorist (potentially John Hogue) performing anagrammatic analysis on the name "Mabus", linking Osama Bin Laden through an alternative spelling "Usama".
<blockquote>
U-S-A-M-A 
M double A-U-S 
U, uh 
M-A-B-U-S 
Mabus, Mabus</blockquote>
* From 1:25 onwards, call and response choral singing, sampled from [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avn4ZTxSuyo Door of My Heart (A Chant by Paramhansa Yogananda)]
<blockquote>
Just for once, come to me 
I look for Thee night and day
</blockquote>
* From 1:58, a prayer from the end of televangelist Jack Van Impe's 1990 video tape "[https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1166333-a-d-2000-the-end A.D. 2000: The End?]".<ref>{{#ev:youtube|SXscbPwJXSA|480||||start=3219|false}}</ref>
<blockquote>
I am a sinner 
All have sinned 
You bore my sin 
You shed Your blood for me 
To cleanse me 
I receive You 
And Your shed blood 
For the remission of my sins 
Come into my heart 
Save me now 
Help me to be ready for Your return 
In Your name, I pray this</blockquote>
* At 2:55 and 3:16, a deep raspy voice, possibly TTS, saying "Capricorn".
* During the transition to “[[Father And Son]]” faint sounds of water leaking can be heard.

== Trivia ==
* This is the third track in [[Boards of Canada]]'s [[Discography|discography]] that is named after a [[wikipedia:Zodiac|zodiac]] [[wikipedia:Astrological sign|symbol]], after "[[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius]]" and "[[Gemini]]".
* As astrological signs, both Capricorn and Aquarius are ruled over by the planet Saturn, Saturn has a six-sided jet stream near its North Pole, which resembles a hexagon, the shape commonly associated with [[Boards of Canada]].

== Videos ==
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== Audio ==
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== See Also ==
* "[[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius]]"
* "[[Gemini]]"

== External links ==

== References ==
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[[Category:Released tracks]]
[[Category:Inferno tracks]]

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