My son has the family Mars Mercury signature - Jupiter conjunct Mercury in Aries. We are all super confident boasters and he was hanging around the soldier for all of five minutes when he ripped off his shirt:

“I said I’d kick your butt, come on!” my son said.

The soldier and I stood there looking at his skinny chest as he climbed on top a chair and started throwing punches in the air. I was so proud. He did threaten the soldier on the phone some months ago and the boy follows through.

I am doing a 2000 piece puzzle with my son. We’re both very keen on puzzles.

“Why couldn’t you have just gotten me a board game?” he asked.

“I already told you. I wanted something we could do together.”

“You could play a board game with me.”

“I already explained why we are doing this. What? Do you want a challenging life or an easy one?”

“Challenging, of course.”

I was surprised. “Really? Why do you want a challenging life?’

“Don’t go all fortune cookie on me, Mom,” he said.

My son is “eight slash nine” now. He is 8, but he is a year ahead in school. He’s decided the kids in his class do not need to know this (Mars in Scorpio) so he is 8/9. “I am 8 when I am home and 9 when I am at school and when my birthday comes I will be 9 slash 10.

I didn’t argue. His chart is almost entirely cardinal and he runs his own life.

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