Star Struck Style

Yesterday, I published a post about Mars’ imminent ingress into my sixth house. Today, when I reread that post, I was intrigued by the line from the “Café Astrology” forecast that read “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.”

This is the beginning of gardening season in Canada. I’ve been out into my yard once so far, and I have a week off at the end of May to do some serious planting, but in the meantime I can take the advice above and get outside anytime the weather permits to clean up my yard. It’s not exactly a “little” project, but if I inch away it, it doesn’t seem like such a daunting task.

It’s in my nature to only take on what I can handle: I’m a Capricorn who innately understands how much time it takes to get things done. However, once in a while I need to remind myself that I don’t always have the luxury of endless free time to do the things I like to do. Although I would love to have a specific plan in place to get my yard cleaned up, that’s not going to happen. I’m too busy and the weather is too unpredictable and uncooperative.

But Mars is reckless and not a good planner. Perhaps having the planet in the part of my chart associated with orderliness and planning will allow me to “fly by the seat of my pants,” as the saying goes. I can choose to use my time more impulsively — fifteen minutes here, a half an hour there — instead of actually budgeting my time. To be honest, that would probably help with the stressors I encounter on a daily basis. Gardening is like yoga in the way that it calms me down. It’s good for my soul if I don’t turn everything I do in my yard into a make-work project.

So, I’m hopeful that the next few weeks will be filled with small windows of time that allow me to get my yard ready for primetime. I don’t want to feel “especially angry, frustrated, or restless,” as my forecast warns. I want to feel the way I feel when I see a peony blooming in my garden, like the one in the photo above. I want to stop and smell the roses when they finally start to bloom. Mars’ next stop is in my pleasure-loving, superficial seventh house. When that ingress occurs, I’m going to be ready to enjoy every moment of it.