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Well, this takes me back!

Just yesterday I published a post where I admitted that I really don’t need a lot of external recognition to feel good about myself. I know for a fact that I didn’t always feel that way. Before I wrote this blog, I had a very successful fashion blog. I put my foot in the door at a couple of magazines and made friends with some of the staff. “Fashion” magazine in Toronto was one of those magazines. The great thing about “Fashion” is that they would attribute the content I created to me rather than just stealing it outright. Our relationship was not only mutually beneficial, but it was also a lot of fun.

I amassed a big following on that blog, including a few industry insiders. It was very gratifying for my ego to know that people in the business of fashion were ready to give me a seat at the table. However, after several years of blogging about fashion, I started to grow weary of people ripping me off. I stepped away from fashion blogging and launched this blog as a tool to promote the book that I was writing. “Fashion astrology” was always my thing, anyway. My first book on the topic, “Cosmically Chic,” was written before what we now call “social media” even existed. I remember promoting it in the Yahoo! chat rooms.

However, I’ve really gotten away from the “fashion” part of “fashion astrology” lately. The problem is that I barely ever get excited about fashion anymore. But this cover gave me goosebumps! With my natal moon in Cancer and my sun in Capricorn, I can be very nostalgic. I’ve got a good memory (as my moon position would indicate), and I enjoy poking fun at how serious people in the fashion business often take themselves (as any Capricorn worth his weight in designer clothes should be eager to do).

Perhaps I should try to rekindle my love affair with fashion. I’ve been feeling as if I need to find another creative outlet lately, and my self-confidence is high at the moment. Again, there was a time when I put my foot in the door of the venues where I wanted to collaborate with the staff, and it worked for me. I should take a deep dive into my chart to figure out exactly what is going on in the universe when I’m feeling this way.

In the meantime, I’m going to enjoy feeling nostalgic for the days when I was eager to create. The followers I amassed and the recognition I received were simply by-products of my creativity and I know that now. It was the act of creating something new that fed my soul and I need to remember that as the stars begin to shine on my eleventh house again.