Understanding our chil

I recently overheard the
following conversation
between a father and a
friend:

“T can’t understand how
my children, Molly and
Sarah, came from the same
family,” Jim said. “Sarah is so
serious, reserved, a hard
worker and wants to be 3
success in the world. Molly,

“on the other hand, is capri-
cious, talkative, light-hearted
and extroverted. These kids
have the same parents and
grew up in the same environ-
ment. I don’t get it.”

To students of astrology,
Jim’s comments would come
as no surprise, especially
when they tearn that serious
Sarah is a Capricorn, born on
December 27, while versatile
Molly is a Gemini, born on
Juneil.

Astrology confirms what
parents, such as Jim, have
long observed. Chudren do
net enter this world as a
“tabla rasa” — a blank slate.

Instead, they are born

_ With a specitic agenda,
revealed in the birth-chart,

h begins to manifest at
irth” (actually, prior to
conception).

Tf children have their own
agenda, then our task as par-
ents and educators is to allow
them to fulfill the seed-
potential within them. Can
vou imagine exhorting an oak
tree to become a maple, or a
rose to grow into a tulip?

How many times are chil-
dren pushed into careers in
order to carry on the family
tradition of law, medicine or
some business? This “poiso-
nous pedagogy,” as psychoan-
alyst Alice Miller calls it,
occurs when adults project
their own wishes ands biases
onto the child.

Properly applied,
Astrology offers a solution by

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allowing the adult to see the
child for who she/he is — an
interdependent being with his
or her own unique needs,
and prociv .
example, a friend,
ently spoke to me
about a problem she was hav-
ing with her six-y
daughter, Laura.

Laura, an excellent dancer
(Mars in Leo}, wanted to
sign up for a number of dit-
ferent classes — tap dance,
jazz and ballet. Her cha-
grined mother complained,
“Laura is never going to
learn focus and di
self. She must de:
she wants now and stick to
ir.”

A quick look at my
ephemeris revealed that her
mother had the Sun conjunet
Saturn in Scorpio and
Capricorn rising. Laura, how-

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ever, was born with the

Moon in Gemini, the

variety and versatility. Thus

her desire to try out a num:

ber of different dance styles

was in keeping with an aspect

of her zodiacal make-up.
When I explained to Jane

the difference

Saturn's need f

Gemini's need tor vari

was able to let up, re

be more comtoritable with

her daughter's eclectic pur-

suits. Jane’s understanding of

astrology enabled her to trust
her daughter's decision to
follow her own path, She also
became more aware of her
need to control, as indicated
by the strong presence of
Saturn and Capricorn in her
horoscope.

if parents and educators
were to use astrology in a
responsible way, a revolution
in child rearing would take
place. We would function less
as autocrats and more as
guides, encouraging cach

idren’s agendas

child to unfold in accordance
with the seed potential within
the birth-chart.

(To be continued next
week}

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