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FIRST
TURNING
(High)

SECOND
TURNING
(Awakening)

THIRD
TURNING
(Unraveling)

FOURTH
TURNING
(Crisis)

GENERATION ENTERING:        
Elderhood Nomad Hero Artist Prophet
Midlife Hero Artist Prophet Nomad
Young Adulthood Artist Prophet Nomad Hero
Childhood Prophet Nomad Hero Artist
 
 
 

LATE  MEDIEVAL SAECULUM

     

Retreat from France

War of the Roses

     

(1435-1459)

(1459-1487)

 
 
 

TUDOR SAECULUM

 

Tudor Renaissance

Protestant Reformation

Intolerance & Martyrdom

Armada Crisis

 

(1487-1517)

(1517-1542)

(1542-1569)

(1569-1594)

 
 
 

NEW  WORLD SAECULUM

 

Merrie England

Puritan Awakening

Reaction & Restoration

Glorious Revolution

 

(1594-1621)

(1621-1649)

(1649-1675)

(1675-1704)

 
 
 

REVOLUTIONARY SAECULUM

 

Augustan Age of Empire

Great Awakening

French & Indian Wars

American Revolution

 

(1704-1727)

(1727-1746)

(1746-1773)

(1773-1794)

 
 
 

CIVIL  WAR SAECULUM

 

Era of Good Feelings

Transcendental Awakening

Mexican War & Sectionalism

Civil War

 

(1794-1822)

(1822-1844)

(1844-1860)

(1860-1865)

 
 
 

GREAT  POWER SAECULUM

 

Reconstruction & Gilded Age

Third Great Awakening

World War I & Prohibition

Great Depression& World War II

 

(1865-1886)

(1886-1908)

(1908-1929)

(1929-1946)

 
 
 

MILLENNIAL SAECULUM

 

American High

Consciousness Revolution

Culture Wars

Millennial Crisis?

 

(1946-1964)

(1964-1984)

(1984-2005?)

(2005?-2026?)

 
 
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