Star Struck Style

Venus entered Taurus this morning. I’m pretty happy to have the ruler of my ascendant in one of the signs over which it rules. I’ve been more anxious than usual because of circumstances beyond my control. Between this transit and Mars’ ingress into Aries tomorrow, a little bit of normalcy will return to the universe — or at least I hope it will!

Venus in Taurus is a decadent position for me. Hopefully, I won’t be spending all my money before I make it. I bought this beautiful winter coat for a song the other day. The design reminds me of something I once saw on the Tom Ford runway, and the print reminds me of the tapestries that hang in Alexander McQueen boutiques. I won’t get to wear it until next winter, but I couldn’t help myself when I saw the price.

I hope that it’s the last thing I spend money on for a while, but I do often find myself dreaming of a life less ordinary this time of year despite the stabilizing influences in my horoscope. In fact, I published a post a few days ago entitled “Head in the Clouds, Feet on the Ground” to describe how I’m feeling lately. In that post, I predicted that Saturn might win the battle between practicality and immoderation that’s been going on inside my head. I was wrong. I actually bought this coat while Mars was conjunct Neptune in Pisces, which means that I succumbed to an impulse that I really ought to avoid: believing that the next fabulous purchase I make will change my life. Even if I believe that’s true, I know that would be better off if I stopped shopping so much.

Oh well! This coming Friday, Venus enters my eighth house. Maybe I’ll start taking things more seriously then. Stranger things have happened . . .