Star Struck Style

“A Time of Adjustments” is the title of my horoscope on astro.com today. The forecast refers to Jupiter’s square to my natal Saturn. The passage reads as follows:

“During this time you will make many adjustments in your life, separating yourself from persons or circumstances that are doing you no good. You will change many standards of behavior and morality that you realize are inappropriate and generally realign your conception of duty and responsibility more in accordance with reality. In the process you may experience a considerable amount of tension, and for a time you may be confused, not quite knowing whether to go backward or forward, to expand or cut back.

Probably you would be well advised to go off by yourself for a while, because other people’s advice will be of little value, unless you select your advisors with great care. The challenge here is to increase and go forward in some areas but to cut back in others. You will not be able to keep everything going, no matter how much you want to. Unfortunately there is no way of telling in advance which areas of your life will be affected.

Under this influence there is often a strong feeling of restlessness and uncertainty. You know clearly that something is wrong, but you are not sure what it is. The best way to deal with this is not to be in a hurry. Usually you will have all the time you need to make a decision based on careful observation of the facts, so don’t rush.

In business and professional matters, this is a critical time, but not necessarily a bad one. It simply means that whatever you do now will have a more important effect than usual on the future. It is possible that you will change jobs during this time, because a new offer gives you more opportunities to get ahead than your old job. In that case, take it, because such changes are often beneficial with this influence. In general you should take any opportunity that comes along now to broaden your scope and release yourself from limitations that have held you back. The trick is to do this in a way that is not destructively disruptive.”

I suppose that I shouldn’t be surprised that this is the week that I quit the job I’ve held for the last five-and-a-half years. I also shouldn’t be surprised that this aspect is exact tomorrow morning. My natal Mars is squaring my ascendant today, too. With these two transits occurring almost simultaneously, I feel as if my resignation was written in the stars.

Nevertheless, I feel a sense of optimism this morning. The other major aspect occurring in my chart at the moment also goes exact tomorrow: Saturn’s trine to my natal Neptune. I wrote about that aspect just a few days ago in a post titled “A Monastic Consciousness.” At the moment, I believe that I have found peace of mind about my decision because of Saturn’s influence. I’m a Capricorn — I don’t make any decisions lightly. Still, that post specifically instructs me that this is “an excellent time for studies that can raise your consciousness, such as yoga, occult metaphysics, spiritualism and mysticism.” Of course, I’ve found my peace in yoga and astrology.

What really fascinates me, though, is that I woke up this morning and applied for a job at a retail store that specializes in yoga apparel. I did that before I visited astro.com to read that all these aspects were perfecting. As I just mentioned, my resignation was written in the stars. I just hope that a new job is also in my forecast. Nothing would be better for my own well-being than to be continuously employed.

I can’t wait to see how this works out . . .