• Yuga in Hindu philosophy is the name of an ‘epoch’ or ‘era’ within a cycle of four ages. These are the Sathya Yuga, the Thretha Yuga, the Dvāpara Yuga, and finally the Kali Yuga. According to Hindhu cosmology, life in the universe is created, destroyed once every 4.1 to 8.2 billion years.
• The cycles are said to repeat like the seasons, waxing and waning within a greater time-cycle of the creation and destruction of the universe. Like summer, spring, winter and autumn, each yuga involves stages or gradual changes which the earth and the consciousness of mankind goes through as a whole.
• A complete yuga cycle from a high Golden Age of enlightenment to a Dark Age and back again is said to be caused by the solar system’s motion around another star.

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