The article falls apart for me in two places...
QuoteGeneration X are known to the Baby Boomers as alienated, poorly educated underachievers with body piercing, who have to work at McJobs, completely dwarfed and culturally overshadowed by the Baby Boomer generation.
Really? So please explain to me how we have gone from the mailbox and the telephone with dial in the early 1980's to the personal computer, laptop, iPad, iPod, smartphone, cellphone, iPhone, tablet not to mention the Internet, broadband, Skype, digital cameras with face recognition and even driverless cars and transport systems?
I'm sceptical because I'm an astrologer. I have similar dates for the generations but link the years to those the planet Pluto spends in each astrological sign.
Pluto in Cancer - 1914-1939. This for me would be the 'Home' Generation. This generation were people concerned with their homes, their homelands, their ethnicity, backgrounds. When this generation was growing up everybody had to have their own home. As a result the suburbs exploded. This was also the period in history when most of the colonies achieved their independence.
Pluto in Leo - 1939 - 1956, and partly 1957 and 1958. This was a generation of people concerned with self-expression. These are the War Babies and Baby Boomers and their motto is 'do your own thing'. This is the generation of people who are never going to grow old. As they get older they share a fanaticism about staying young. These are people who confused advertising and marketing experts because they would splurge money on whatever was important to them but skimp on everything else. This was the generation who rioted on campus and defied authority.. unless of course they were the authority.
Pluto in Virgo - 1956-1971. While the Pluto in Leo generation marched, rioted and protested against authority (a few burning bras and guitars) the Pluto in Virgo generation are more concerned with work, health and service and prefer to be behind the scenes than in the spotlight.
Around this time Uranus (the planets most astrologers associate with genius) was also in Virgo and this is the generation behind revolutionary new ways of working (such as downsizing, working from home), a focus on economies based on service, and breakthroughs in healthcare and communication technology.
Pluto in Libra - 1972-1984. This is a generation concerned generally with art, creativity, justice and partnerships such as marriage. This generation will focus more on art and creativity, it's the generation of people who are pushing for changes in laws, greater social justice and such things as marriage equality i.e gay marriages.
Pluto in Scorpio - 1984-1995. This is a generation of people interested primarily in sexual and spiritual matters. This could be the generation that comes up with the first biological revolution.
Pluto in Sagittarius - 1995-2008. This will be a generation concerned primarily with long distance travelling. Perhaps the first to place the first human on Mars?
Then there's this which I have a problem with..
QuoteGen-X thinking is cynically against the Boomers, whom they generally detest. The electronic dance scene in Europe, extreme 2nd wave feminism, narcotics and dark values are related to this generation, along with deep cynicism and no respect for institutions.
If you are looking for shady goings on, dark deals and narcotics then for me there was no better decade than the 1960's. You could argue that Neptune, the planet of illusion, being in Scorpio (1956-1971) perhaps inspired a belief among many that people could be reborn through narcotics.
Think of how many 'classic' albums from the 1960's were inspired by drugs from people such as the Beach Boys, the Beatles, the Doors and Jimi Hendrix. How many in this period died prematurely at the age of 27?
The 1960's was also Watergate, Vietnam, and a rising concern for pollution. Nothing was done, that needed Uranus and Pluto to follow Neptune into Scorpio.
In 1971 Neptune left Scorpio and entered Sagittarius. The period of developing albums fuelled by drugs had come to an end. One of the first hits of Neptune in Sagittarius was George Harrison's 'My Sweet Lord' rising to the top of the charts. The inspiration had now changed, and if you listen to 'My Sweet Lord' you cannot mistake the inspiration of Neptune in Sagittarius and an emphasis on journeys, learning and higher spiritual values.
