Many people regard astrology as a pseudo-science or worse; but I have   
   definitely seen astrology make very precise descriptions. One of these   
   concerns generational character. There are two generational significators:   
   Neptune and Pluto. The first describes    
   the dreams and ideals of a generation. The second describes its actual   
   character.   
      
   The World War II Generation had Neptune in Virgo and Pluto in Cancer. They   
   dreamed of creating a great technological civilization; but really they were   
   about family, prosperity and nationalism. This had both positive and negative   
   outcomes, with World War    
   II generation taking like fish to water both to Hitler and to FDR. Across the   
   world, and across ideologies, they wanted to build strong countries and raise   
   strong families. Like all generations they thought that their way would last   
   forever; and like all    
   generations on this they were wrong.   
      
   The baby boomers had Neptune in Libra and Pluto in Leo. They dreamt of peace   
   and love; but really they were about self-assertion. After their original   
   attempts at peace and love failed, they came to believe in self-esteem and   
   self-love, and some came to    
   believe that people make their own reality and that everything that happens to   
   people is their doing. For this they are described as “the me generation”   
   and are accused of generational narcissism. There is some merit to this; the   
   matter however does    
   not end there. The more idealistic-minded – most Neptune-oriented – among   
   baby boomers continued believing in peace and love; and some have been able to   
   develop workable ways to actually make peace possible, including striving in   
   business for win-win    
   scenarios, creating world peace through international trade, and attempting,   
   as did Bill Clinton, to constantly find common ground among quarrelling   
   parties.   
      
   Generation X have Neptune in Scorpio and Pluto in Virgo. Their art was dark,   
   being into grunge, vampires and goth, and it was seen as trendy and   
   intelligent in that generation to be cynical, negative or nihilistic. But   
   really they are about work,    
   responsibility and technology; and their most lasting positive legacy has been   
   their vast contribution to the computer industry. Having their Pluto in the   
   same place in which the World War II had its Neptune, they look up to the   
   World War II generation.    
   They tend to be contemptuous of anything emotional or intuitive and think that   
   they are rational and responsible and that nobody else is. On economic issues   
   they tend to be conservative-minded, whereas on social issues they tend to be   
   repressive on both    
   the Left and the Right. They have among their members any number of people   
   with fascist tendencies – whether it be people embracing neo-Nazism and   
   anti-semitism or followers of Andrea Dworkin and Catherine McKinnon. On the up   
   side, they tend to be    
   stable, responsible and hard-working; which vindicates them against those in   
   the baby boom generation who thought that they would be forever a generation   
   of losers.   
      
   My generation has Neptune in Sagittarius and Pluto in Libra. Our ideals are   
   religious, and my generation is full of fanatics of all kinds. But what we   
   really are about is what the boomers dreamed about. Our generational purpose   
   is to rebuild    
   relationships, improve culture and implement workable solutions for peace. The   
   ideals of baby boomers are our deepest reality.   
      
   The generation now in their 20s have Neptune in Capricorn and Pluto in   
   Scorpio. They dream of wealth, careers and empires; but they are really about   
   passion, insight and scrutiny. They have so far shown great enthusiasm for   
   fighting corruption and have    
   created organizations such as the Anonymous hackers collective to fight   
   corrupt practices all across the board. There is a revolutionary sentiment in   
   that generation, which some take in the direction of socialism and others in   
   the direction of fascism.    
   This generation has the potential to become exceptionally powerful.   
      
   I write this not only to put down my thoughts about generations. I write this   
   because I, as an educated person who started out as an atheist, have seen   
   astrology work. I highly recommend that more people look into astrology. They   
   may discover that it is    
   not a pseudo-science or Satanism. And they may also develop insight into some   
   things that they did not previously know.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)