Star Child: Joyful Parenting Through Astrology

Help your child make the most of their unique gifts, challenges, and potentials with a guide to parenting by the stars. What stories do the stars tell about our children? Every person alive is born under a particular snapshot of the celestial relationships occurring at the time of their birth. This picture--known as a natal chart--offers a powerful tool for insight into your children's strengths, struggles, hopes, and dreams. In Star Child, Briana Saussy presents the first comprehensive guide for using Astrology to better understand your children--and becoming more joyful and effective parents as a result. A renowned astrologer and teacher, and a mother of two herself, Saussy brings substantial expertise, humor, and wisdom to this engaging guide. Highlights include: - An excellent overview of astrology basics--easily understand houses, planets, and other important elements - Simple-to-follow instructions for reading a natal chart, so you can go beyond sun signs into deeper understanding of your child's unique traits - Explore the characteristics of each sign--plus gain specific insights on friendship and play, academics, health, creativity, discipline, how best to connect, and more - What to actually do with all this information--Picky eater? Stubborn? Take a look at your child's second house for clues ... - Masterfully told fairy tales, legends, and myths from cultures around the world, providing archetypal maps for the signs of the zodiac - Engaging rituals and activities for connecting with your children, as well as inner-child rituals for adults - Connect with the cosmos to create more knowledgeable, joyful, and nurturing relationships with your children Far from putting kids into boxes based on their signs, Star Child instead invites us to recognize where the zodiac's archetypes live within each of us, honor these differences, and joyfully raise our children by the stars.