Investment consciousness deepens with the middle class entering into 401k plans, IRA's, and mutual fund investments. Crime and punishment are magnified as unprecidented numbers are imprisoned and prison culture shapes the mainstream. Pluto is in it's ruling sign, signifying a return to unhampered rulership by the power elite. The ERA, affirmative action, labor unions, and the aftermath of the social changes of the 60's usher in our modern litigious culture where issues of fairness and equality give rise to political organizations. Miniturization makes amplified music practical and chemical refining provides birth control and mind change drugs.
Youth culture expands adolescence to it's modern extent.
The rare conjunction with Uranus produced revolutionary power and a reaction against the ethos of the Leo period bringing the Pluto influence into sharp decline. World War II develops in response to Authoritarian dictatorships as patriotic fervor inflames patriotic sensibilities. Hitler's propaganda machine foreshadows the modern cult of personality which is imitated in politics, business, and entertainment ever since. This is also the height of the Pluto cycle when power struggles are played out with unprecidented violence and scale. For the first time, families are taken out of houses and compressed into highly dense neighborhoods.