One way we try to understand people collectively is by grouping them together within a certain period of time, usually around 15 to 20 years, which we call generations. Each generation has distinctive historical events that shape them and attitudes that define them.
This article will look at astrological generations based on the two slowest moving bodies in our solar system, Neptune and Pluto, and discuss the distinctive characteristics of those generations based on the signs those points occupied when they were synched up.
If you search news feeds at this time, you will find plenty of articles about Millennials and Baby Boomers, and the significant tension between the generation going into or already in retirement (Boomers) and the generation coming into its prime economic power (Millennials – age 28 to 40). The prime economic power time for Boomers was between 1974 and 1994.
Each generation has significant markers that help define the generation as a “generation”. Below are the current six-generation divisions and the moniker given to each.
As of 2019, the breakdown by age looks like this:
Astrology offers generational groups based on specific times Neptune and Pluto enter and exit signs, and on the duration, they align together and overlap.
Rather than talk in terms of social change, popular culture, politics, and economics, which shape the traditional generational categories, astrological generations are more clearly and easily identified. While the individual meanings of Neptune in a sign and Pluto in a sign have their own merit, it is the overlapping periods I want to focus on for this article, which will combine the two separate meanings into a generational combination.
If you were born between 1942 to 1956, then you are spiritually (Neptune) concerned about justice and fairness (Libra) while experiencing significant transformation (Pluto) through creativity and performance (Leo). Not surprisingly your generation was the first to grow up on television as the new staple in the American home. Shows like “I Love Lucy”, “The Honeymooners”, “Father Knows Best”, and a host of westerns, like “Bonanza” all presented idealized versions of the American family.
If you were born between 1956 to 1970, then you are spiritually (Neptune) concerned with hidden truths, death/rebirth, and the darker side of human nature (Scorpio) while experiencing significant transformation (Pluto) through service and invention (Virgo). Your generation was the first to be affected by feminism and the sexual revolution, as well as mental health issues as a way to understand your feelings about your family, work, and personal development.
If you were born between 1971 to 1984, then you are spiritually (Neptune) concerned with mastery of knowledge and connecting to the wider world (Sagittarius) while experiencing significant transformation (Pluto) through the law, partnership, and negotiation (Libra). Your generation spearheaded the evolution of the global economy and would be involved in the trade agreements that greased the global markets.
If you were born between 1984 to 1995, then you are spiritually (Neptune) concerned with achievement and accomplishments (Capricorn) while experiencing significant transformation (Pluto) through power struggles, sexuality, and trauma (Scorpio). Your generation has seen the largest gap between rich and poor re-emerge since the time before and just after the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.
If you were born between 1996 to 1997, then you have the unique distinction to be between the 10-year generation of Neptune Capricorn/Pluto Scorpio and the other 10-year generation of Neptune Aquarius/Pluto Sagittarius.
You form a bridge between the two with your spirituality (Neptune) concerned with achievement and accomplishments (Capricorn) while experiencing significant transformation (Pluto) through travel, belief, and issues of authority (Sagittarius).
If you were born between 1998 to 2008, then you are spiritually (Neptune) concerned with how best to help humanity, new visions of community, and rebellion (Aquarius) while experiencing significant transformation (Pluto) through travel, belief, and issues of authority (Sagittarius). Your generation is facing and will face the implications of globalization and the most interconnected period of human history.
If you have children born between 2008 to 2011, then they have the unique distinction to be between the 10-year generation of Neptune Aquarius/Pluto Sagittarius and the other 10-year generation of Neptune Pisces/Pluto Capricorn.
They form a bridge between the two with their spirituality (Neptune) concerned with how best to help humanity, new visions of community, and rebellion (Aquarius) while experiencing significant transformation (Pluto) through achievement, responsibility, and consequences (Capricorn).
If you have children born between 2012 to 2024, then they will express their spirituality (Neptune) through dreams, global consciousness, and “oneness” (Pisces) while experiencing significant transformation (Pluto) through achievement, responsibility, and consequences (Capricorn).
