Star Struck Style

Tomorrow’s new moon in Aries occurs in my sixth house at a degree that isn’t particularly significant in my horoscope. “Café Astrology” interprets the annual event as follows:

“The New Moon in the sixth house heralds a time when new diet regimes, healthy routines, and satisfying work schedules can be successfully initiated. It is a time of taking care of business, handling details, and increasing your efficiency by re-organizing or simply by working enthusiastically at tasks that help you get caught up in your work. It is also a good time for analysis of any sort, as critical thinking is now at its peak. This period is marked by a desire to sort things out, but also to be useful.”

I’m happy to have the time to “sort things out,” but I’ve already resolved to not get caught up in the desire to quantify everything I do. The sixth house can inspire an individual to “take inventory” and to focus on the details without looking at “the big picture.” Right now, I need a more comprehensive approach to my future. Take my physical well-being, for instance. I’m already feeling less stressed-out since I quit my job. I’m sleeping better and eating better. I’ve been getting more exercise, and I’ve been trying to round-out my fitness regime by including activities that I’ve neglected over the past several months. That’s made me feel better in general, and my mood has improved. Being in a good mood has made me want to get out of my house to see what sort of opportunities I might stumble across. I’m hopeful about my future because I’m not dreading going to a job every day that made me feel mentally, physically and spiritually exhausted.

The sun, Mercury, Venus and Neptune are already in my sixth house, along with my progressed Mercury and progressed Mars. For that reason, I should be feeling the way that I’m feeling; making my health and well-being a priority at this time should not be a surprise to me or anyone else who studies astrology. However, abandoning the idea that I need to document everything I do or create a spreadsheet to track my progress might be surprising to everyone who knows how people with major sixth-house influences in their charts operate.

I suppose that Jupiter’s imminent ingress into my ninth house is counterbalancing these sixth-house influences. Jupiter is at home in the ninth house, and both the planet itself and that sector of one’s chart correspond to the “big picture” way of thinking that seems to have pervaded my consciousness. Right now, I can see both the forest and the trees in a way that I haven’t for a long time.

So, I’m not going to allow myself to get lost in the details in this new moon cycle that begins tomorrow. I feel as if I’m running on “vibes” and “instinct” at the moment, and it feels good. Whether or not “good” is a measurable quantity is moot. I’m going to be just fine with a little less regimen in my life.