 |
|
 |
| |
| Departments |
Home
Columns, Special
Topics & Features:
The Columns:
Angels, Guides, &
Loving Spirits:
Angel Blessings:
with Dr. Doreen Virtue
Ask Valerie Morrison,
Internationally
Acclaimed Psychic
Trust Your Vibes
By Dr. Sonia Choquette, PhD.
Internationally Acclaimed Psychic Healer & Author
Body Mind & Spirit with John Holland
Psychic Medium, Author
& Teacher,
Astrologer's Notes:
Carin Martin,
Astrologer
Basil Fearrington,
Astrologer
Diana Stone,
Astrologer &
Huna Shaman
Jeff Jawer
Astrologer
Glenn Perry,
Astrologer
Ray Merriman,
Financial Astrology:
MMA Market Week
Noel Tyl,
Astrologer
Daily Aspect Calendar
by Care
MoonWatching with Dana Gerhardt and Friends
Creating Bridges:
The Spiritual &
Philosophical
Act of Power
Discovering the Key to Living Your Sacred Dream
by Lynn Andrews
The BUT Doctor
Healing America's Real Crack Problem One Person at a Time
by Eddie Conner
Avant-Gardening:
Insights by Frank &
Vicky Giannangelo
From The Heart:
Alan Cohen
Teachings from the Western Mystery Traditions: The Esoteric "Paths of Return"
by Jacquelyn Small, Eupsychia
"Letters from Heaven:" Spiritual Guidance from
the Hebrew Alphabet
by Avigayil Landsman
Spirituality in Daily Life: by Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron
The Conscious Column
by David Ault
Spiritual Mastery
for the 21st Century
Dr. Gwen MacGregor
Pearls of Wisdom:
with Care & Aeon
Encounters on the
Shaman's Path with
Dr. Hank Wesselman, PhD.
Anthropologist, Zoologist, Author, Shamanic Healer & Teacher
Feng Shui & Chinese Metaphysics:
Inside Chinese Metaphysics
by Barbara Finch,
Feng Shui &
Chinese Astrology
In Practice:
How to Create a Successful Holistic Practice- from Start to Success
by Shaun Brown,
CMT, BA BeWell Publications
Pet Care:
Dr. Carson's Holistic Animal Care
by Dr. Kathleen Carson, D.V.M.
Tarot:
Moment to Moment
by Gigi Miner
Author, Tarot Consultant, & Teacher.
Rosengarten's Tarot Of The Nine Paths
by Dr. Art Rosengarten
Reviews:
Tarot, Cartomancy,
Oracle Decks,
Books, & Software.
by Bonnie Cehovet,
Tarot Master
Humor:
Wake Up Laughing.Com:
Swami Beyondananda
Features:
Blessings & Messages
Event Calendar
Historical Notes & Data
The MetaPersonals
Opinion-Editorial
Symbols, Seals,
Amulets & Talismans
The What in the
World Department
Trivia & Other
Novel Moments
Interviews:
Watch for Upcoming Announcements
Healing & Alternative
Health:
Flower Essences
by Donna Cunningham
Living in Harmony-Astrology, Yoga & Ayurveda:
Venkat & Christine Machiraju
"Spirit and Practice
of the Wise Woman
Tradition"
By Susun Weed
Tai Chi & Qigong
by Bill Douglas
The Holistic Mystic,
by Lonny Brown
Medical Intuition: Tune
in to Your Body and Improve Your Health
by Caroline Sutherland, Sutherland Communications
Conscious Breathing
for Health and Self Transformation
by Dennis Lewis
Transformational Healing through the Violet Flame!
by Eva Kettles
Herbs for Health
with Kami McBride
The Directory
The Book Nook
Archives:
Past Issues
The Book Nook
Archives:
Past Issues
|
|
|
|
|
|
Astrology Notes: Cosmic Creation:
Jeff Jawer & Star IQ Presents:
The Terrible Twos
by Pat Lantz
byJeff Jawer
|
|
|
|
|
|
Since 1999 StarIQ.com has been publishing articles by many of the world's leading astrologers. We are delighted to share them with visitors to themetaarts.com so that they, too, can benefit from these original ideas.
This month, Jeff Jawer & Star IQ presents:
The Terrible Twos
by Pat Lantz
What parent can forget the fiery bursts of energy, activity and negativism as their two-year-old children struggled to maintain supremacy by screaming and refusing to cooperate or even negotiate their authority? The toddler is furious. He rules the world, he pulls the strings and the parents respond. A toddler’s defiant actions reveal that through the successful integration of his Mars he has attained a healthy and appropriate desire for the recognition of his individual will to be..
Nurturing Mars
Mars is the planet most active in directing the individual will outward and manifesting it in the physical world. Mars represents our ability to take action on any level of desire, be it physical, sexual, emotional, mental or spiritual. Mars leads us to assert ourselves and to act in our own self-interest. It fuels our desires and drives us toward life and toward experience. A child is approximately two years old when Mars returns for the first time to the sign and degree of the horoscope it occupied at the child’s birth.
Nurturing an infant’s Mars begins at birth with the impulsive action of the infant and the supportive reaction of the primary caregiver. An infant’s actions are purely impulsive reactions to the sensations and emotions he is experiencing. His desires do not exist as thoughts or ideas, but rather as motor behavior. It is an infant’s instinctive motor behavior that gives evidence of his Mars.
For months an infant’s impulsive actions, fueled by his desires, have rightly gone uncontested—he was fed when hungry, carried when tired of walking and easily got his parents’ attention. In time, an infant begins to see this happen and becomes aware that it is his actions that lead to the attainment of his desires. Healthy assertive development requires that the two year old see himself as omnipotent.
From Powerlessness to Preeminence: The First Mars Cycle
Six to Eight Months: Transiting Mars has traveled 90 degrees from its birth position (waxing square). With appropriate care and attention, an infant’s emotions have been fully integrated and he is ready to begin connecting emotions to actions. The ability to sit upright, unaided by a caregiver, frees an infant’s arms and hands while changing his perspective. The infant begins to act on his own behalf with increased freedom and dexterity by consciously choosing and grasping any desired object that is within his limited reach. The ability to independently and purposefully select and play with one toy after another marks a turning point, and during the second half of the first year voluntary mobility becomes an option.
Twelve to Fourteen Months: Transiting Mars has traveled 180 degrees (opposition) from its birth position. The surge to become independent and the negativism that accompanies it begins with walking. As an infant gets to his feet, he becomes a toddler and the world of independence opens up. By walking, a toddler begins to realize, “I can leave and I can come back.” “You are there and I am here.” The ability to purposefully separate from the caregiver gives rise to ambiguity. “Can I come back?” “What will happen if I do?” “What do I want?” “How can I get it?” As the toddler becomes increasingly aware that he is a separate and interactive individual with a will of his own, he has reached another turning point and the age of willful reciprocity has begun.
Eighteen to Twenty Months: Transiting Mars has traveled 270 degrees (waning square) from its birth position. With increased mobility and the freedom to act purposefully on his own behalf, the toddler has developed courage, and with a new burst of energy begins to demand recognition by asserting his personal authority. Not yet two years old, the terrible twos have already begun with the toddler acting out to prove his individuality not only to others but also to himself.
Twenty-Four to Twenty-Six Months: Transiting Mars has traveled 360 degrees (conjunction) and returned to its birth position for the first time. Having fully integrated Mars into his developing personality, the toddler is full of it. He knows “he is,” and though he still requires freedom to discover who he is and what he is capable of becoming, he must also establish an understanding that the parent is in charge. The first Mars return marks the end of preeminence and the beginning of socialization.
Some Mitigating Factors to Considerr
Although every infant/toddler, through his Mars, will participate in the developmental process described above, each Mars acts within the context of the individual life and horoscope, according to its sign placement and aspects. The sign tells us how the infant/toddler will reach out to gain experience and the aspects, or angles between Mars and other planets in the birth chart, reveal areas of the personality that will assist or be obstacles to assertive development.
Additionally, transiting Mars will retrograde approximately every two years and two months. A retrograde* is a perfectly natural cyclic phenomenon that must also be seen within context. A Mars retrograde occurs when, from our Earthly vantage point, the planet Mars appears to stand still and then move backward in the sky. Because of retrograde motion, not every infant will experience the phases and aspects listed above during the age range listed.
Symbolically, a retrograde indicates that almost every infant will experience a two-month period in which there will be more emphasis on assimilating previous initiatives than on moving forward. While this period of assimilation may slow motor development for a time, it also enables the infant to move forward in a more deliberate manner.
The Terrific Twos
Assertive development is a cyclic process that is set in motion at birth. From the moment the umbilical cord is cut and an infant is separated from its mother, there are ongoing stages of separation and development that have led to the creation of the healthy and actively selfish two-year old. Crying for attention, sitting upright, walking and the uncompromising demand for recognition of his desires are all developmental milestones related to the first passage of transiting Mars around the infant’s horoscope. As the infant successfully develops his physical prowess, he gains ever-increasing independence, learns to assert and win and to identify himself as a separate and important individual.
Notes
*For additional information on Mars retrograde see Retrograde Planets, Traversing the Inner Landscape by Erin Sullivan.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jeff Jawer,
Astrologer
|
 |
Jeff Jawer is well known in the astrological community as an innovative and dynamic teacher, writer and counselor. He is the CEO and co-founder of StarIQ.com.
With gracious support,
Jeff 's column features previously published articles from his Star IQ site. ( See link below).
Jeff holds a B.A. in "The History and Science of Astrology" from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and lectures at astrology conferences throughout the world.
His scores of articles have appeared in astrology journals in over a dozen countries and in five books.
http://www.stariq.com/
jawer/bio.asp
|
 |
You'll find it in
The
Directory! |
|
|
|
|
