There are plenty of couples out there who want to have big families, while there are some that aren’t sure they want children at all. There are couples who would be perfectly happy with one child, couples who want to give their first baby a younger sibling, and couples who would love to have a household with four or five kids.

And then there are couples who think that good things come in threes! Family planning is a very personal topic, but it’s also a very important one, and every couple will have different ideas about how many kids they want and how they want to space them out.

How can you really decide if you want a second child and when it’s time to bring them into the family? After all, live with “two under two” can be exhausting, no doubt—but sometimes, just getting through those baby years in one fell swoop and having all your kids be close in age is very rewarding, too. The choice will be a little different for every family, and couples have to do what’s best for them. Here’s when she should have baby #2 and when she should wait, based on her sign.

20 Fire Signs: You May Want Your Kids To Be Close In Age

It’s very common for fire signs to space out having kids in a way that means the kids will be close in age. Could this have some problems of it’s own down the road? Sure—kids who are close in age are probably more likely to bicker!

But at the same time, it means that the kids will be able to go through the same phases of life with their siblings, and it’s always good to have that support system. A sibling can be a best friend, and that is what fire signs really want to give their kids in life.

19 Aries: You’ll Start Trying Again As Soon As You Can

Aries, once you’ve gotten into the swing of things when it comes to parenthood, you’ll be itching to do it all over again—the pregnancy, the morning sickness, the weird cravings, the exhaustion, every moment of labor and every sleepless night with the newborn that follows.

Once you feel like your body is ready again, you and your man are going to start trying for baby #2, and you just can’t wait to make that second pregnancy announcement and tell the world that there is going to be a new addition to your little family—you just love being a mom!

18 Leo: You Would Love To Have “Two Under Two”

Leo, you’ve never met a challenge that you didn’t rise up to meet. Sure, there are plenty of other parents who will warn you about the many difficulties of raising two kids under two, but are you going to let that deter you from having another baby less than two years after the first? Nope, you’re not listening!

Sure, you’re taking their advice into consideration, but you’re not going to let anyone discourage you—you want your kids to be close in age and make it through the most difficult years right in a row rather than putting them off.

17 Sagittarius: You’ll Let Fate Decide

So, here’s the thing about Sagittarius moms—you would prefer to have baby #2 shortly after baby #1, because you do like the idea of your kids being only a year or two apart. However, you also don’t want to rush into anything and pop out another kid before you and your man are both totally ready.

But there’s also the fact that you’ve never been much of a planner, so making the decision will be very confusing! At the end of the day, you will be perfectly happy to simply let fate decide. Baby #2 will be right on time.

16 Fire Signs: You Love The Idea Of A Big Family

At the end of the day, fire signs generally want to have their kids close in age and start trying for Baby #2 shortly after the first baby because most of them do want big families. Yes, it can take them some time to adjust to the stresses of motherhood and giving up some of their freedoms, but once they are used to their new lifestyles, they generally learn to love being moms, and they want to keep having children.

Having a house packed with young kids sounds great to them—that’s why they want Baby #2 to come along!

15 Earth Signs: You Will Have To Carefully Think Ahead

Earth signs need to plan everything—they don’t just dive into something without really thinking it through first. Naturally, they take the same approach to family planning. Yes, many women born under earth signs truly love motherhood, and they enjoy the baby years—partially because it teaches them to expect the unexpected and not put too much faith in their plans!

But they still don’t want to bring another child into the world without thinking very seriously about it. That’s why they will typically wait a little bit longer between baby #1 and baby #2—they need time to sort everything out.

14 Taurus: You Might Wait Up To Four Years

When a Taurus woman has her first baby, she will slowly learn to love and appreciate all of the changes that motherhood brings—but just because she enjoys being a mom does not mean that she is in any rush to have baby #2! In fact, Taurus women often find that they want to wait quite a while before adding another tiny human to the family.

It’s totally normal for Taurus women about four years before having another child. They feel that it’s important to be able to give a newborn undivided attention, so they don’t want two under two!

13 Virgo: You Have A Due Date Picked Out In Exactly Two Years

Virgo women also take family planning very seriously, and although a Virgo woman will almost always want two kids, they will not start trying for baby #2 right after their first baby is just starting to sleep through the night! No way—they will want to put a good amount of space between them.

A Virgo woman will want her first baby to already hit their second birthday before they have another. Yes, having both a three year old and a baby can be difficult, there’s no doubt about it—but it is definitely easier than having two under two!

12 Capricorn: You’ll Wait About Two Years

Capricorn women approach family planning similarly to Virgo women. They know that they want to have at least two kids, possibly three, but they also feel like it’s better for their families if they have a bit more space in between them rather than just going for it right away.

A Capricorn woman will probably do her research and find that many women say waiting a little bit longer than two years to bring Baby #2 into the world is a good arrangement. Therefore, this is what most Capricorn women will do—they will want to have a strict plan.

11 Earth Signs: You Take Family Planning Seriously

Overall, women born under earth signs know that starting a family and raising your children well is one of the most difficult things that a person can do. There is a reason why they say that parenting is the hardest job in the world!

And earth sign women feel that they can be better parents when there is a little more space between the births of their children.

They want to raise the happiest, healthiest children they can, and they don’t want to rush into having another baby just because baby fever has struck them hard! They will simply wait.

10 Air Signs: You Can Make Anything Work

Air signs, you may decide to wait a while before bringing Baby #2 into the mix—or you might just decide that you would rather just keep growing your family once your body feels ready again. The truth is that the results of this decision will really vary amongst air sign women.

That’s the thing about women born under air signs—they like to follow their own paths, which can mean that their decisions often seem unpredictable to people who don’t know them very well! But no matter what, they always have what is best for their families in mind.

9 Gemini: You’re Genuinely Fine With Any Timing

Gemini, you seem to approach everything in life with a spontaneous attitude—and although you do take family planning and taking care of Baby #1 seriously, you feel like you will be able to handle anything life throws at you, so whenever you find out that you’re pregnant with Baby #2 is totally fine with you!

You don’t feel like you have to have a specific plan for when the baby should come into your life, and you just feel like you and your man will be good parents no matter what, even if you find out you’re expecting early.

8 Libra: You Want Another Baby ASAP

Libra women often love being stay at home moms, and even the ones who choose to balance childcare with work find that being with their children often feels more fulfilling than being at their jobs. That’s why many of them feel like they want to have Baby #2 sooner rather than later.

They love the idea of being home with two young kids and putting their time and energy into teaching them about the world. Plus, Libra women tend to be the type of women who thrive when they’re pregnant—they love the idea of growing a life inside them.

7 Aquarius: You’re Okay With Waiting A Few Years

Aquarius women do enjoy being mothers—some might choose not to have kids, but for those who do, they usually find themselves wanting exactly two. But because they only want a small family, they don’t want to rush anything—they want to be able to give Baby #2 the same amount of individual attention and effort that they gave Baby #1.

Therefore, they are perfectly happy to wait three or four years before having another baby. They feel like it’s best to wait a while and then leave the timing up to the universe, and everything will work out on its own.

6 Air Signs: You’re Just Happy To Be A Mom

Here’s the thing about air signs—they tend not to stress too much about when Baby #2 will come along because they are just happy to be mothers in the first place. They are very appreciative of everything they have in life, they want to spend as much time with their kids as possible, and they know that when it comes to family planning, they will be able to feel when the time is right for Baby #2.

And when the baby comes into their life, he or she will fit perfectly into their family and feel all the love.

5 Water Signs: You Need Some More Peace And Quiet

Water signs are often rather introverted—they need more quiet time alone than other signs do, and if they don’t get enough “me time,” they often start feeling irritated and upset. This is why parenting can be a bigger challenge for women born under water signs than women born under other elements—being a mom is pretty much a 24/7 job, and they suddenly don’t have a moment to themselves.

If a water sign decides that she wants to add another baby to the mix, it’s fairly likely that she will wait longer than the other signs to expand the family.

4 Cancer: You Will Wait About Three Years

Cancer women love babies—even before they become mothers, they often work as nannies, babysitters, or teachers, and they always are the first to volunteer to watch their friends’ kids. So when a Cancer woman finally finds out that she is expecting, she is usually ecstatic! She simply can’t wait to become a mom.

But after the baby comes, she realizes how much more challenging it is to raise your own kids. Therefore, a Cancer woman will often want to give herself about three years of space between Baby #1 and Baby #2—she just needs some time to herself.

3 Scorpio: You Need At Least A Two Year Gap

If you’ve ever met a Scorpio woman, you know how emotional they can be—and to say that motherhood is an emotional rollercoaster for them is an understatement. It seems like everything that other mothers feel, they feel ten times stronger—both the highs and the lows. That’s why they feel like they need to space out Baby #1 and Baby #2 by at least two years.

Scorpio women do like the idea of their children being close in age, but they also know if they want to be the best parent they can be, they need to space them out.

2 Pisces: You Might Consider Having One And Done

Out of all the water signs—and all the other astro signs in general—Pisces women might just be the most sensitive. They take a while to adapt to changes, and they need lots of time to themselves.

That’s why even though many Pisces women do love being moms, and many of them will decide to have a second child a few years down the line, many of them also feel like it’s fine to say, “One and done!” They often feel happier with smaller families, and they like the idea of giving all their love to just one kid.

1 Water Signs: You’ll Know When The Right Time Comes

When it comes to family planning, women born under water signs have to get in touch with what they really want for their lives. They have to balance their desire for motherhood with their need for time to relax and refresh alone.

It is true that parenting can be more difficult for introverts, but water sign women aren’t necessarily against the idea of having a big family. They just know that it will take a village to raise their kids, including helpful relatives, a very supportive husband, and great babysitters and teachers. And hey, shouldn’t we all be so lucky?