Your child has been endowed with his or her own gifts, challenges, and a unique, predestined journey. All of which are portrayed by the planetary patterns in an astrological chart. Knowing your child’s zodiacal archetype can help you become a better parent. Because you’ll be able to adapt your parenting style to your child’s unique personality.

The point is, your child’s birth chart can offer key insights into their personal and developmental needs. More importantly, the combination of your birth chart and your child’s birth chart can reveal quite a bit about your parent-child relationship. Certain signs fit together like puzzle pieces; others are like square pegs in round holes. Comparing two charts to reveal and understand the dynamics and needs of a relationship is called synastry. The word synastry comes from the Greek prefix “syn” – bringing together and “astron” – a star.

Since the Sun in a birth chart represents our basic sense of identity, and the Moon in a birth chart represents what we need to feel safe, nurtured and happy, one of the most basic and yet profound way to make a comparison is to look at the Sun and Moon placements of each person and see how the needs and styles of each compare. If you can understand how your child receives and perceives love, and how it differs from the way you show and perceive love, you’ll have a huge advantage in establishing a strong parent-child bond.

For example, a Moon in Gemini child will need plenty of room to explore and learn quickly about the world around them. They’ll respond to verbal and social interactions and feel nurtured and loved if you playfully interact with and listen attentively and respond positively to them.

- Alex A. Kecskes