The Minor Threes

Everyday Themes in the Minor Three

Minor Threes will be gregarious, show leadership skills early, and be bright and popular among their peers. The Minor gives positive energy to every Major but also an arrogance about or a disconnection with the ordinary everyday activities of the home. The Minor Threes tend to feel above or apart from the petty day-to-day of home life, trying to relate to others on their own terms.

As they grow, Minor Threes will command greater resources, both in time and energy, from outside their family. They are aware of world issues, which may cause them great distress but they are less mullers over things than direct actors in them. The more they are held back, the more confusion grows in their minds. They learn better with lively and varied classes rather than dry, abstract and step-wise learning. Minor Threes can absorb best in the act than from teachers and in the act, and like examples rather than metaphors. They put what they have learnt to good use; it is the raft on which their consciousness rides.

Threes are always hunting for a means of self-expression, and thus are draw to art, writing and teaching. They tend to have discrimination but fail to develop an individual taste; they can divide, but don't know how to choose. They like maps to help them find their way around the cultural and social reality, and they may get lost in the absence of a trusted guide. This awareness gives them modesty in the everyday that can disappear when conditions are right. Minor Threes like to prepare their arguments, and will debate well. But even though they can focus well on an issue, they are often sidetracked by facts and find it difficult to weave an overview out of evidence. They may find it difficult to jump immediately to a new conclusion when new facts present themselves, but they can and will, as soon as they have verified the facts.

Minor Threes feel daily life is for living. They shift ground, finding the current best means of moving forward. Set backs will not set them back for long. The future always remains friendly and desirable, and Minor Threes are generally optimistic as long as their minds arrive on the Landscape. Minor Threes have personal charm and make friends easily, but the pressing need to be in action may easily obscure their social merits. Unless they know they can relax, they are likely to be distant with those who are not part of their work scene. There is no time to lose in fruitless daydreams; the business of life is serious! They can feel sidelined by rest, and will not take much time off from what they want to be doing. When work is over and it is officially time to relax, then those of this sign become charismatic and more considerate. They have no trouble befriending authority, but they can relax best when they are the authority. Minor Threes believe that being considerate and aloof from pettiness are actual functions of authority. As subordinates, though, they may feel they have no time for being magnanimous.

As the Major, the Minor Threes can override personal dislikes and work with anyone; even with those they burnt bridges with before. They can restrain their rancour as long as the job is going forward. They can put their anger with colleagues to good use for as long as the mutual action continues. But once the 'protection' of the job is over, Minor Threes may lose their patience with those they take against.