Star Struck Style

I’m a creature of habit. Sometimes that’s a good thing, and sometimes that’s a bad thing.

This coming Friday, Mars will enter my sixth house to form a brief conjunction with my progressed Mars. I’m looking forward to the transit because my routine is anything but routine lately. After getting back from vacation, I’ve had a schedule that is a tremendous challenge to follow. After Friday, I’ll be back to my somewhat routine schedule, and I’ll be able to do all the things that make me happy when I want to do them. “Café Astrology” describes Mars’ transit through the fifth house as follows:

“This is a very self-expressive time when you have lots of energy, but not necessarily self-discipline to match. You have more energy at your disposal to express yourself creatively, through activities with children, romantic activities, hobbies, or sports. Your love life may step up a notch, and this could be an especially passionate time. You tend to put more energy into play and pleasure! Be careful not to burn the candle at both ends. Also, watch out for a tendency to want to gamble. You are more playful than usual, and especially magnetic.”

That is definitely the life I’ve been living for the last few weeks. The sixth house transit, however, seems a lot more appealing to me:

“You have more energy for work and your daily routines tend to speed up during this transit. Perhaps you have a larger workload than usual. It’s a great time to take charge of your health. You have much energy at your disposal to pick up (or step up) a health and physical activity program. It might be hard for you to work with others in a harmonious manner during this transit, and disputes with co-workers are possible. If you are feeling especially angry, frustrated, or restless, it would be wise to find little projects and things to do so that you can channel excess energy constructively. If health is affected, fevers or infections are more likely.”

I might complain incessantly when my routines get to be too routine, but I really do thrive when I know what I need to do well ahead of when I need to do it. When my schedule changes and I have to drop something like my yoga classes because I can’t find the time to do them, everything else in my life suffers.

Anyway, I’m excited to experience this imminent ingress. Venus has conjoined Chiron in my seventh house today, letting me know that I need to be more conscious of my well-being. The sun, Jupiter and Uranus are all transiting Taurus, making me believe that there is nothing wrong with being a creature of habit at this moment. I’m going to take these cues from the universe and try to feel as if I’m getting somewhere over the next few weeks.

Having more daylight hours to get things done is only going to help me with this endeavor, so I’m grateful that this transit is occurring at this time of year. On that note, the sun is shining and I’ve got a million things to do before my focus shifts on Friday. Maybe I can cultivate a little self-discipline this morning. Wish me luck . . .