“She’s an evil angry witch who is never nice to children,” my son explained.

“Ooh. I guess she is,” I said. “I hope I am nice to children. I think I am.”

“Yes, you’re nice. You’re a free-wheeling mother,” he said.

Guess who has Jupiter in aspect to his Moon? Whew! ::wipes brow:: Because the other night he told the soldier I burped.

“Oh for chrissakes, when?” I asked. “How many times have you even heard me burp in your life?”

Continue reading Sun Conjunct Saturn @ 8 Years Old - On Venomous Women, Etc.

Regarding my son terrible awful day when he was rejected by the girl he liked satori wrote:

“One thing too, I was so shy about boys at that age (though no one would have known it; I was pretty outgoing) that I would have said “no” even if the answer was yes. I would have been waaay too embarrassed for someone to know I liked a boy. I’m not sure that’s something you’d want to share with him, but it is possible.”

satori, turns out you might be quite right. I did share your idea with my son who thought this might explain things because while the lovely Belle (yes, that’s her name) did openly reject him, she continues to talk to him daily.

Continue reading Astrology And Children: Sun Conjunct Saturn @ 8 Years Old - Perhaps Not Rejected After All?

I realized I didn’t answer Jessica’s question with the last blog so here goes:

As far as my son goes, I look at his Sun conjunct Saturn and I am aware of how difficult his struggle are and I just feel if he gets this one thing nailed… if he has someone he loves who loves him he will be able to cope with the rest. The soldier and I have a similar set up and this is why I think this whole thing will be so good for all of us.

Good for the soldier and I, obviously but also for my son who will be able to see right up close how love works. Although I have been in love in his lifetime he has not been able to witness this for complex reasons which have finally been resolved. So I am thrilled at having the opportunity to expose him to what I value (love and relationship) as I know we have this in common.

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“Oh, it’s terrible,” I said, “Vidroid got rejected by a girl at school today. A girl he likes.”

The soldier groaned.

“Yeah, it was bad. Apparently his friend was trying to fix him up. He said, hey. Vidroid likes you. Do you like him? And the girl stood there. Er… no.”

“Gah.”

“Yeah, he really felt bad. He was decimated. He feels like shit… he feels horrible.”

Continue reading Astrology And Children: Sun Conjunct Saturn @ 8 Years Old - Rejected By A Girl

My poor kid. My son started school early (which is why he lies about his age there) and used to attend the magnet school for gifted and talented as well. It’s a public school, so free but you have to provide transportation. My daughter went there as well which is how I wound up driving a car pool for 6 years but anyway, 2 years ago I had to pull my son from this school due family hardship - my daughter’s illness.

Continue reading Astrology And Children: Sun Conjunct Saturn @ 8 Years Old - Always Fraught With Problems, Laced With Pain

Dear Mom,

Yes it can be explained.

With natal Saturn @ 8 degrees Gemini, your daughter is having her first Saturn square Saturn transit. This sets off the whole configuration… Saturn trine Neptune and Mercury in Aquarius which essentially creates irrational (Neptune) eccentric (Aquarius) fears (Saturn) in the mind (Mercury / Gemini) and while I think it is fine to tell her it is okay to be old, I am not sure how helpful it will be to a 5 year old.

Reason being it is too far off and away and out of realm. Think of it as being extremely top down where I think she’d fare better if you worked bottom up.

To work from the bottom up I would teach(Saturn) faith (Neptune). I would try to reassure her that everything comes out okay in nature and I would also watch my language. When you tell her what she “should or should not” think or feel she almost has no choice but to #1, rebel, and #2, feel like crap for fearing that she has thought wrongly. It sounds worse than it is. She’s got a trine there so work with it. Teach her magic and brilliant, innovative thinking. With this tack she can and will become masterful over time. Good luck.

Anyone else?

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My son is all Taurus and Libra. He is terrifically oriented towards relationship. Mars in Scorpio…

“Can you open this for me, big and strong, mom?” he asked.

I was standing at the stove and I looked over my shoulder, “Do you think you’ll want a date when you’re older?”

“Yeah.”

“Then don’t ever tell a woman she is big and strong because she won’t like it. Try lovely and beautiful or something like that.”

“Can you open this for me lovely, beautiful mom?”

“Yeah, that’s it. That’s the way to fire. You’re going to have dates coming out of your ears, I’m happy to tell you. Give me that thing, I’ll open it.”

The difficult life of a Sun Saturn child…

Awhile back I wrote about my son who is a rich man in a poor family. Scarcity vs Abundance - A Rich Man Born To A Poor Family. Basically all resources flow to him.

Later I wrote about him installing locks on his bedroom door. Security Is A Specialty!

Little did I know he was going to start charging up to enter his room. 25 cents a pop, you have to buy a ticket.

What is even more alarming is we’re doing it. We’re paying him even though either one of us could beat him up.

Any other young entrepreneurs out there? Where is Saturn in your chart? Got planets in the 10th?

Speaking of the locks on my kid’s bedroom door… he installed this stuff last night.

This is apparently a security system… hooked to nothing, at least not yet.

And this is his padlock. Boy was he pissed when his sister yanked his door open and broke his lock

Foiled like Wile E. Coyote he went back to the drawing board and this morning there is a new version. Don’t tell me this kid can’t innovate.

And my daughter… Pluto in Scorpio rising: “What do you think he’s going to do in there?” she asked.

‘Well that’s none of our business is it?”

“No it’s not.”

“Okay then. So leave him alone and don’t you worry about it. He sneaks a girl in there, I’ll say something, okay?”

“Okay, mom. If I see one go in there, I’ll tell ya.”

I just shook my head. I have no idea how to survive this.

Did you lock your door when you were a kid?