Music Monday ~ The Jazz Age: That Other Uranus in Aries Era

It's often written that The Jazz Age, in the mid 1920s, coincided with the last transit of Uranus through the zodiac sign Aries, which is true enough. Thing is though, the artists who brought about the Jazz Age had almost all been born while Uranus transited Sagittarius, with Pluto transiting Gemini - in the opposing sign.

So, although when jazz burst onto the scene it represented all that was new, unexpected and sounded more than a little eccentric to unaccustomed ears, it was more than simply the result of Uranus transiting Aries. Jazz was really the result of a generational pull from Sagittarius/Gemini reacting to Uranus in Aries.

Does that make any sense?

Here's a video overview from YouTube:



And in Europe - Paris, France ~



This current transit of Uranus in Aries will not see a generation of young(ish) people with generational Gemini in their astro-blueprints. Some will have generational Sagittarius, in common with the earlier Uranus in Aries crowd, but this time coming via Neptune. Generational Pluto in Libra (as it was in the 1970s and early 80s, instead of in Gemini, as in the 1920s, is a big difference. That generaion is now of an age to be making waves of some kind, as Uranus transits Aries. Libra tends to be laid back, maybe even lazy at times, hardly the ones to be interested in communicating vibrant new ideas. That's not to say they won't have something good to offer in some other area, a calming influence upon a worried world perhaps?

We owe a lot to that old Pluto in Gemini generation - we really do. They left us treasure troves to cherish in every sphere of the arts.