Star Struck Style

The sun enters my third house this coming Friday. Mercury is already there, and it will be there until the end of January because of its upcoming retrograde phase. Mars joins the festivities the following Friday, and it will remain in that part of my chart until early February. Venus arrives late to the party in mid-January, too.

I’m a third-house character with both my natal sun and my natal Mercury residing there, so I’m looking forward to all this action in the sector of my horoscope associated with things like communication, short trips and multitasking. “Café Astrology” describes the annual transit of the sun through the third house as follows:

“The Sun is illuminating your communications sector for the next few weeks, suggesting ‘busy-ness’ and movement. You are exploring and searching now, making connections, and paying attention to your immediate environment. Social interaction is emphasized during this period, and is for the most part light-hearted. Give other people a little extra time and attention, notice their efforts on your behalf, and strengthen your connections. You are more curious and alert than usual, and you could be quite busy with errands, paperwork, phone calls, and light socializing. Much energy is expended in understanding and adapting to your immediate environment.

Siblings, neighbors, close relatives, friends, and co-workers may play a more important role than usual in your life during this cycle. You are more interested in exploring your own neighborhood than you are a different country. This is not a time of big adventure-seeking. Rather, it’s a time of little adventures close to home. Neither is this a time when you are especially focused. In fact, you could have a finger in many pies right now.

You are especially resourceful now, and you could find yourself enjoying (or seeking) attention for your intellectual know-how. The ability to express and communicate your ideas is extremely important to you at this time. You are eager to investigate new things, whether scientific or technical.”

I’ll be happy if I am able to experience some “little adventures close to home.” I just spent the last couple of weeks by myself, and I’m feeling recharged and reinvigorated — just as I thought I would be! Now I’m ready to get out and about, even if that means staying close to home instead of traveling the world, and I’m eager to enjoy the fact that the worst of winter still hasn’t arrived in this part of the world.

How is the upcoming holiday season looking for you? Which house of your horoscope are these planets going to be transiting over the next few weeks? Let me know in the comments section or on one of my social media sites. I’d love to hear from you while I’m feeling so light-hearted and communicative. Just don’t leave it until everything piles into my grouchy fourth house . . .