The Minor Two

Everyday Themes in the Minor Two

Minor Twos are generally optimistic and want to see the plus side to things. They are trying to make sense and order out of the adult world with the themes and examples taken from their home relationships. What makes sense to them are appetites, physical security, lines of authority. Minor Twos are excitable, and may believe that passions are the most important human drive. Yet, they are unlikely to indulge their passions to the full for fear of losing balance. They feel disappointment and frustration with not being 'fulfilled' in everyday living.

They look for 'street cred' and may like to belong to a 'cool' gang (as long as they can get home for supper). Because 1 is their Antagony, Minor Twos may be quite resistant to changes in the established order of things (new demands in the home can make for a sullen child), and certainly to anything that smacks of elitism. Minor Twos may be reluctant to learn by rote and prefer systems of learning and the connections between things.

They are sensitive to the idea of restraint, both physical and intellectual, or to rigid sequences of events that they cannot order for themselves. Minor Twos can exploit any weakness in lines of authority through subtlety rather than confrontation and they are always ready to step in to repair their failures. They can become rebels without causes, non-conformists who remain on the doorstep. New modes of thought, fashion, even changes in our view of history are considered worthy targets for disdain if ever they come to dominate their community. While Minor Twos feel unsettled by the effects of change, they hope that ultimately, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Minor Twos like to keep close to their family and the home background. They may be precocious youths, mimicking the adults around them.

The Minor 2 can lend to any Major a happy materialism: a happy ambition to gain comforts and success, and improvements to home and circumstances, a better standard of life. In work, Minor Twos will find themselves drawn to bureaucratic-type organisations and even politics, although they will tend to subvert any rigid career ladder. Minor Twos perform best in jobs where there is more than one way to reach the next level.

Minor Twos have a skilful and determined organising streak, but they always like to keep something of their intentions back. They want everything to be out in the open, and everyone open-minded, while they chose which way to go. Because nothing around them seems ever completely decided and always in need of attention or 'tuning', they can acquire a reputation for refinement in their tastes.

Minor Twos are attentive to the general mood of the times, but they don't like to align themselves with the status quo. Minor Twos are social as long as the social event is loose and dynamic. Even as a guest, they don't like to be tied down. They like to move around sampling the mood and finding the important line. They like to make and break relationships continually but never to leave a door shut to the wider scene, or a bridge demolished. They like to see all doors kept open, especially the ones they have recently been through, in case they want to go back.

Even while they amuse themselves with their comforts, they hear distant echoes of a world beyond. There is the intermittent sensation of a higher purpose, but with no sense of urgency about its implications. From time to time, they indulge their curiosity in the spiritual side of life, but may not find anything that interests them until their later years.